American Superconductor Corp. (Westborough, MA) today announced a follow-on order for its proprietary PowerModule-based wind turbine generator control systems from Windtec Systemtechnik...
Evergreen Solar, Inc. (Marlboro, MA) and Q-Cells AG (Thalheim, Germany) announced a partnership with Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (REC), based in Hovik, Norway. The world’s largest manufacturer of solar-grade silicon and multicrystalline wafers, REC is joining EverQ, a strategic partnership between Evergreen Solar and Q-Cells that is currently building a 30-megawatt solar wafer, cell and […]
A consortium led by the University of Delaware (UD) announced that it could receive nearly $53 million in funding — with the bulk of the money coming from the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA, Arlington, VA) — to more than double the efficiency of terrestrial solar cells within the next 50 months. The […]
Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Reno, NV), a developer of advanced ceramic nanomaterial technology, announced that it has been awarded a $250,000 grant from...
Amtech Systems Inc. (Tempe, AZ), a manufacturer of supplies for the semiconductor, silicon wafer, solar cell, and microelectro-mechanical system industries, announced another system order from the solar cell industry. The new $0.9 million order is from a manufacturer of solar cells located in Asia. The order is for Amtech’s solar diffusion furnace and S-300L automation. […]
SunLine Transit Agency (Palm Springs, CA) unveiled its new commercial fuel-cell-powered bus, which features a hybrid-electric drive system with a PureMotion™ 120 kW fuel cell power system built by UTC Power (South Windsor, CT), a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (Hartford, CT). An advantage of the PureMotion technology is its ability to combine pure hydrogen […]
GM Daewoo Auto and Technology Co. (Busan, South Korea), the the third-largest automaker in South Korea, announced plans to participate in a hydrogen fuel cell project being proposed by its parent company General Motors Corp. (GM, Detroit, MI). GM Daewoo will conduct a feasibility study on whether it can apply GM’s hydrogen fuel cell technology […]
Advent Solar Inc. (Albuquerque, NM), a manufacturer of solar cells and modules, reported that it has secured $30 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Battery Ventures. EnerTech Capital Partners, @Ventures, New Mexico Co-Investment Partners, Angels with Attitude, and Firelake Capital also participated. Advent Solar will use the financing to build and […]
Millennium Cell Inc. (Eatontown, NJ), a pure hydrogen technology development company, announced that it has completed the restructuring of $2.4 million of convertible debentures with three institutional investors. The revised debentures are convertible by the holders at $2.25 per share, accrue interest at 6 percent per annum, and mature on September 30, 2007. This restructuring […]
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA), a developer of power control electronics and motors for alternative energy, announced that two of its utility-grade Powergate® solar inverters are being utilized as the power-conditioning units for a new 502 kW solar-electric system installed at New Jersey American Water’s Canal Road Water Treatment Plant in Somerset, NJ. The SatCon […]
Fuel Cells 2000 (Washington, DC) unveiled a new searchable database of worldwide stationary fuel cell installations, which catalogues all installations around the...
SRI International (Menlo Park, CA), an independent, non-profit, research and development organization, presented its new direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) technology to the fuel cell research community. The new DCFC technology produces electricity at a competitive cost from a variety of fuels, including coal, coke, tar, biomass, and organic waste. In addition, it is two […]
Hydrogenics Corp. (Toronto, Canada), a manufacturer of fuel cell technology, announced that its Greenlight Power Technologies Inc. (Burnaby, Canada) division, which specializes in equipment and services for hydrogen fuel cell testing, will now operate under the name Hydrogenics Test Systems, effective immediately. Hydrogenics acquired Greenlight Power Technologies in 2003, and retained the company name and […]
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. (Irvine, CA), a manufacturer of packaged fuel systems for hydrogen fuel cell and alternative fuel applications,...
QuantumSphere Inc. (Santa Ana, CA), a manufacturer of metallic nanopowders for fuel cell and battery industry applications, announced that it filed two...