Recent announcements from the research community affiliated with Georgia Institute of Technology focus on the continuing developments in the field of energy...
American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC) announced continued growth in orders for its power electronics solutions for the global wind power market. The company’s PowerModule™ power converter technology has been selected to manage power for a unique wind energy storage system – a new product that is expected to increase the uniformity of electricity from wind farms. […]
Evergreen Solar, Inc. announced that it has signed a multi-year polysilicon supply agreement with DC Chemical Co., Ltd with shipments beginning in late 2008 and continuing through 2014. Under the agreement, Evergreen Solar will receive sufficient polysilicon to manufacture a total of approximately 1 GW of photovoltaic solar modules through 2014. Concurrent with the execution […]
MEDIS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. announced that it has begun commercial sales of its 24/7 fuel cell Power Packs to Microsoft. The first shipment of Microsoft branded 24/7 Power Packs have been sent. "This is an historic moment for our company," said Robert K. Lifton, Chairman and CEO of Medis Technologies. "It marks the first commercial sales […]
SatCon Technology Corp.® announced that SatCon Electronics, a wholly owned subsidiary and a designer and manufacturer of high reliability electronic components recorded a 40% quarter over quarter increase in Q1 shipments of products used in alternative energy systems. The Electronics subsidiary utilizes high-speed surface mount manufacturing capability to build the company’s proprietary DSP based controller […]
Ener1, Inc. announced that Subhash Dhar has joined the company as its President. Dhar previously was the President of Ovonic Battery Company Inc. & Chief Operating Officer of Ovonic Fuel Cell Company Inc., both divisions of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Dhar led the pioneering efforts of Ovonic Battery’s commercialization of Ni-MH batteries for electric and […]
Solatec LLC founder Howard J. Fuller Jr. has announced US patents are pending on the Fuller Wind Turbine System, a new, compact type of wind turbine that can be used to generate electrical power. This unit is claimed to be much smaller than conventional wind turbines and should be especially useful in rural areas that […]
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has unveiled what it claims is the first-ever utility Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology. The demonstration is said to mark a milestone in the development of innovative technologies to make electric vehicles suppliers of electricity to homes and businesses. V2G technology allows for the bi-directional sharing of electricity between Electric Vehicles […]
GE Energy announced that it provided wind turbines representing over 45% of the new wind capacity in the United States in 2006. The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) reported that U.S. wind power generating capacity increased by 27% in 2006 and is expected to increase an additional 26% in 2007. The U.S. wind industry installed […]
The Green Grid, a non-profit consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems, announced plans for a technical summit to be held April 18-19 in Denver, Colorado. The summit, which will be the first since the formal launch of the organization earlier this year, is expected to produce detailed technical […]
General Electric (GE), PowerLight Corp. and Catavento SA announced the successful implementation of 52,000 photovoltaic modules in what is claimed to be...
FuelCell Energy, Inc. announced that it intends to publicly offer 9,000,000 shares of its common stock. In addition, FuelCell intends to grant the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 1,350,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any. Proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures. Credit Suisse […]
Good Energies and NorSun have established Sunfilm AG to manufacture what is claimed to be the world’s first 5.7m2 tandem thin film photovoltaic modules on glass substrates on a production line supplied by Applied Materials, Inc. "Sunfilm opens new frontiers; it goes beyond what today’s industry is projecting – in size and in performance – […]
"Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting," "Fuel Cells and Thin-Film Batteries," "Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting," "Wireless Sensor Networks," "Energy Harvesting Components," and "System Design Considerations"...
ReliOn announced it has received Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) certification for its T-1000® and T-2000™ fuel cell solutions. The certification was completed under ANSI/CSA FC 1-2004, Stationary Fuel Cell Power Systems – the most current and comprehensive standard for certification of stationary fuel cell systems. UL is an independent, not-for-profit product safety testing and certification […]