Evergreen Solar Inc. announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2005. For the fourth quarter of 2005, product revenues increased 25 percent to $11.6 million from $9.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2004 and rose four percent from $11.1 million for the third quarter of 2005. Evergreen Solar […]
Renewable Ventures LLC, in partnership with its institutional investors, has established a $100 million fund for solar energy and other renewable energy projects nationwide. A specialist in the financing and management of renewable energy projects, Renewable Ventures works with project developers, installation companies and energy customers to commission onsite power plants that deliver predictably priced, […]
Vattenfall AB, Nordic Generation has awarded Siemens Power Generation (PG) a contract for the construction of Lillgrund in Oeresund near Malmoe, which will be the largest offshore wind farm in Sweden. The project’s installed capacity of 110 megawatts (MW) has the potential to meet the electricity demand of approximately 60,000 Swedish households. The Lillgrund wind […]
GE Energy delivered 1,346 wind turbines worldwide during 2005, completing the year with revenue exceeding $2 billion – more than a 200%...
Victoria Homes has announced that PowerLight‘s SunTile™ solar electric systems, paired with ConSol’s energy efficiency solutions, are to be standard features on...
The government of Taiwan is espousing a new doctrine of conservation and green energy in an effort to turn the island into a “Green Silicon Island.” At the crux of this initiative is the Challenge 2008: National Development Plan, an expansive government project devised to shift Taiwan into the next phase of economic development, as […]
Tuesday of this week, President Bush told workers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden Colorado, “I recognize that there has...
EMCORE Corp. has signed a subcontract to participate in the Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Very High Efficiency Solar Cell (VHSEC) program to more than double the efficiency of terrestrial solar cells within the next 50 months. EMCORE’s Photovoltaic division was selected by the University of Delaware, the prime contractor for the DARPA VHSEC program, […]
Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD Ovonics) announced that the company’s Board of Directors has approved a plan to expand the solar module...
Voller Energy Group PLC has signed a memorandum of understanding (‘MOU’) with Calor Gas Limited (‘Calor Gas’). The agreement is for Voller Energy and Calor Gas to work together to develop the market for fuel cell generators and battery chargers, where the hydrogen that the fuel cells use is from Calor Gas products. Calor Gas […]
Evergreen Solar Inc. today announced that it has entered into a four-year supply contract with S.A.G. Solarstrom AG (S.A.G.), based in Freiburg,...
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released the 236-page Annual Energy Outlook 2006 (AEO2006) report on its website. In preparing projections for the AEO2006, EIA evaluated a wide range of trends and issues that could have major implications for U.S. energy markets between now and 2030. Trends in energy supply and demand are affected by […]
Gallium nitride (GaN)-on-diamond semiconductor wafers are now available from Group4 Labs LLC. The new Xero Wafer™ sits less than 0.5 nanometers away...
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. has added a solid-state relay, dual photovoltaic MOSFET driver that they claim offers the highest open-circuit voltage and short-circuit...
Tiger Woods recently dedicated a solar-powered Learning Center that he helped create. The high-tech, 35,000-square-foot educational center will offer children grades 4-12...