Twenty high-tech solar-powered cars from 10 countries have set off on a 3,000 km (1,860 mile) race across Australia’s vast outback in...
Ersol Solar Energy AG (Erfurt, Germany), a manufacturer of solar power cells, and its owners plan to raise as much as €153...
Q-Cells AG (Thalheim, Germany), a manufacturer of crystalline silicon solar cells, reported plans to raise as much as €280 million (US$340 million) during an October 4, 2005, debut on the Frankfurt market. The company is offering 1.6 million outstanding shares as well as 6.7 million new shares for between €29 and €34 an issue. Q-Cells […]
Telecommunications group Verizon Communications Inc. (New York) has unveiled an alternative energy product at the company’s call-routing facility in Garden City, New York, which it built, and is now operating as the largest fuel cell project of its kind in the United States. Verizon has installed seven fuel cells, each of which is capable of […]
Toyota Motor Corp. (Nagoya, Japan) reported that it is planning to invest $2 million in a project, to be based at the Savannah River National Lab, to develop hydrogen fuel storage systems for cars. One goal of the project is to develop lighter materials that cost less and store hydrogen more efficiently for vehicles. The […]
RWE SCHOTT Solar Inc. (RSS, Rocklin, CA), a manufacturer and distributor of solar-electric modules and photovoltaic (PV) systems, reported that effective October 1, 2005, SCHOTT AG (Mainz, Germany) will acquire the 50 percent share that joint venture partner RWE Solutions AG (Neu-Isenburg, Germany) holds in RWE SCHOTT Solar GmbH (Alzenau, Germany). The move means that […]
Audi AG (Germany} officially unveiled its new Audi Q7 SUV, which combines a 4.2 L V8 petrol engine incorporating FSI injection technology...
An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have developed a hydrogen tablet that stores hydrogen in an inexpensive and safe material, enabling storage and transport of hydrogen in solid form. Hydrogen is a non-polluting fuel, but since it is a light gas, it occupies too much volume and it is […]
Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Rochester Hills, MI) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, United Solar Ovonic LLC, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Tianjin Jinneng Investment Company (TJIC) to form a joint venture to establish a 25 MW thin-film, triple-junction, amorphous silicon photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing operation in Tianjin, the People’s […]
The Government of Canada and Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. (Shelburne, Ontario) announced the official start of construction of the Melancthon Grey Wind Project in the townships of Melancthon and Amaranth near Shelburne in Southern Ontario. The $120 million dollar wind facility consists of 45 GE Energy wind turbines, each rated at 1.5 MW for a […]
IdaTech Corp. (Bend, OR), a fuel cell system/component and fuel cell solutions provider, unveiled a suite of targeted backup power fuel cell products, the Extended Run Module and the new iGen™ portable power fuel cell system. The Extended Run Module allows operation of ElectraGen™5 using liquid fuel for extended periods of run time, thus eliminating […]
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), a developer of power electronics for renewable energy applications, has completed a previously announced private placement of securities to raise gross proceeds of $1 million. The issue comprised a sale of 50 limited partnership units ($500,000) of its subsidiary STG Markets Limited Partnership at a price of $10,000 […]
ITM Power plc (UK), a developer of fuel cell technologies for the hydrogen economy, announced that the European Patent Office has formally...
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Allentown, PA) reported that Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage to its industrial gas complex in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 31, 2005. The total extent of the damage was not immediately known, nor how it will affect the company’s ability to supply customers with hydrogen from the New Orleans plant […]
FuelCell Energy Inc. (FCE, Danbury, CT), a manufacturer of electric power generation plants, announced that it will supply two of its Direct FuelCell (DFC) units to provide electricity for a 650-bed hospital and a wastewater treatment facility in South Korea as part of the government’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One DFC300A power plant […]