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Salt River Solar & Wind Announces Sponsorship of First Nations Golf Association Talking Stick...
Thursday, 04 March 2010
Salt River Solar & Wind, a leading solar installation company based in Surprise, Arizona, announced today that the Company will be a major sponsor of First Nations Golf Association (FNGA) Talking Stick Championship Golf Tournament in Scottsdale, AZ on March 12-14, 2010. The event will be hosted by the Salt River Pima Indian community.
 
PV Powered Inverters Selected by Aircraft Parts Supplier for East and West Coast Warehouses
Thursday, 04 March 2010
PV Powered, Inc., the innovation leader in solar inverter reliability, performance, and serviceability, announces that its commercial inverters have been installed in both the Corona, Calif. and Peachtree City, Georgia warehouses of the Aircraft Spruce and Specialty...
 
Senate Proposal Could Hurt US Wind Industry
Thursday, 04 March 2010
This week, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced legislation that, if passed, would restrict any renewable energy project that uses less than 100% U.S. made components from receiving tax payer subsidies and grants.
 
Wind Gets Boost from EU Transmission Investment
Thursday, 04 March 2010
The European Commission this week allocated over ?903 million to electricity interconnection projects as part of its broader European Economic Recovery Plan, injecting new impetus into long standing electricity grid development plans within the EU. Nine projects received funding, including the vital France-Spain interconnection, which has been planned for a long time.
 
Konica Minolta Invests US $20M in Konarka
Thursday, 04 March 2010
Konarka Technologies Inc. has signed a comprehensive R&D collaboration and strategic investment agreement with Konica Minolta Holdings Inc. The companies reached agreement to start full-scale collaboration in April in the joint development and distribution of organic thin-film photovoltaics. Under the agreement, Konica Minolta has invested $20 million in Konarka.
 
Kyocera Plans 1 GW Production Capacity by 2013
Thursday, 04 March 2010
Kyocera Corporation recently completed construction of a new solar cell manufacturing plant, increasing the company's production capacity to meet the growing demand for solar energy products in the global market and contributing to the company's expanded annual production target of 1 gigawatt (GW) by March 2013. The new facility becomes the largest Kyocera Group manufacturing plant in Japan - located in Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture.
 
US Wind Potential Higher Than Previously Estimated
Thursday, 04 March 2010
New wind potential estimates for the lower 48 states based on windNavigator, AWS Truewind's high-resolution wind resource dataset have been released. The estimates were produced in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and they mark the first comprehensive state-level assessment of the onshore wind resource potential since 1993.
 
Poinso Awarded 3.2 MW of Solar Contracts in Greece
Thursday, 04 March 2010
Proinso has been awarded the supply of various solar photovoltaic farms in Greece which will all together amount to more than 3.2 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity. Proinso, part of Grupo OPDE, said that the first distribution agreements have been signed with the company Adiva Hellas for several photovoltaic solar farms located on the island of Crete and include the supply of 900 kilowatts (kW) of SMA modules and inverters.
 
Solar Cooling: Proving the Paradox
Thursday, 04 March 2010
There is a myth that we must lower our standard of living in order to avoid the effects of climate change but the reality is that alternative solutions do not sacrifice comfort.
 
Infrastructure Planning Commission Lift Off
Wednesday, 03 March 2010

The UK’s new Infrastructure Planning Commission opened its doors to major infrastructure planning applications this week.

The first applications are anticipated from the...

 
DOE Offers $100 Million for Innovative Energy Research Projects
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
DOE is offering $100 million in Recovery Act funding for the third round of projects under the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy. The latest funding round focuses on grid storage, power converters, and cooling systems for buildings.
 
Detroit Automakers Invest in Energy-Efficient Engines
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
The three major Detroit-based automakers are all investing in a variety of energy-efficient engine technologies. Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and Chrysler have all announced plans to build more efficient cars by retooling factories and adopting new powertrain designs.
 
NREL Finds U.S. Wind Energy Potential Larger than Previously Estimated
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
A new study by DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) finds that U.S. wind resources could generate nearly 37 million gigawatt-hours annually. The study represents the maximum amount of wind power that could be reasonably developed in the contiguous United States.
 
New Solar Manufacturing Plants Coming to Four States
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
New solar photovoltaic manufacturing facilities are planned for Arizona, Michigan, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. The surge in solar manufacturing follows a banner year for First Solar, which shipped more than a gigawatt of solar modules, and is indicative of rapid growth in the solar power industry.
 
World's Largest Solar-Powered Boat to Circumnavigate the Globe
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
PlanetSolar, the world's largest solar-powered boat, was unveiled recently in Germany. The 102-foot catamaran is scheduled to soon begin testing ahead of its planned round-the-globe journey, which starts in early 2011. Planned U.S. stops include New York City and San Francisco, California.
 
White House: Agencies Should Weigh GHG Emissions in NEPA Reviews
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
A proposal by the White House Council on Environmental Quality calls for federal agencies to consider greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change impacts when performing environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
 
KYOCERA to Manufacture Solar Modules in the U.S.
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Kyocera Solar, Inc. today announced plans to begin manufacturing solar modules in San Diego, Calif., to serve the U.S. market's growing demand for clean energy. The U.S. module manufacturing will support a new milestone for Kyocera's solar energy business - global production capacity targeting 1,000 megawatts of solar cells per year (equal to one "gigawatt"...
 
Solar in MENA: 9, 000 MW of Concentrated Solar Power Capacity planned by 2020
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
According to reports solar energy in the Middle East is going to be a boom market for the next 10 years - with 9,000 MW of Concentrated Solar Power Capacity planned by 2020 and more then 40,000 MW by 2030.
 
Getting creative at MEGAJOULE - innovation branch explores new approaches to Mesoscale and CFD
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
MEGAJOULE has created a branch fully dedicated to advanced wind modelling solutions, innovation and research. MEGAJOULE|Inovação will offer its services in Mesoscale Modelling and CFD simulations and spearhead the development of new services and products for the wind...
 
Video: Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo A Huge Success
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Last week, close to four thousand renewable energy professionals gathered in Austin, Texas to take part in the 7th Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo. Attendees took part in technical tours to places such as the Ercot Control Center and Austin Energy, conference sessions that covered...
 
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