The StarInverter PVP5200 (240 volt) and the StarInverter PVP4600 (208 volt) grid-tie solar inverters from PV Powered LLC of Bend, Oregon are...
This is Part Two of a week-long special series looking ahead to 2006.by Richard Ruiz, Research Analyst, Darnell Group As the New...
Ballard Power Systems reported that Nippon Oil Corp. (NOC) recently announced it will begin installation of 1 kW kerosene-fueled residential fuel cell...
If the chip-making industry can integrate solar energy to produce highly efficient solar cells, it will help Taiwan reduce its dependency on imported energy, according to the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER). Chang Chien-yi, a department director at TIER, said the production process involved in developing low-cost solar cells have many common features as […]
Thermo Life Energy Corp. has introduced an improved model of its low power thermoelectric generators (LPTGs). The improved LPTGs provide a viable...
This is Part One of a week-long special series looking ahead to 2006.by Jeremiah Bryant, Research Analyst, Darnell Group As the new...
Honda Motor Co. announced its plan to begin mass production in 2007 of an independently developed thin-film solar cell composed of non-silicon compound materials, which requires 50% less energy, and thus generate 50% less CO2, during production compared to a conventional solar cell. A mass production plant with annual capacity of 27.5 megawatts will be […]
Composite Technology Corp. announced that its 100% owned subsidiary CTC Wind Systems Corp. (“CTC Wind”) has concluded an agreement with EU Energy...
The International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, awarded a $3 million grant to IST Holdings (PTY) Ltd. and Plug Power Inc., who will install 400 fuel cells in remote locations and cities of South Africa over the next three years. Plug Power will produce the five-kilowatt fuel cell systems, […]
Solatec LLC‘s new photovoltaic kit for the 2004-2006 Toyota Prius contains two flexible, conformal rooftop-mounted solar panels that charge the hybrid automobile’s...
Xantrex Technology Inc. has been awarded US$873,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) under its Photovoltaics Manufacturing Research and Development Initiative. Xantrex will match the funding from NREL during the course of the project for a total budget of $1.74 million. This program will take place at the Xantrex facility […]
The Dutch Center for Sustainable Water Technology or Wetsus, and Norway’s independent research organization SINTEF, working with power company Statkraft, have invented devices that generate electricity by mixing sea and river water. “Water will be the coal of the future,” French science-fiction writer Jules Verne predicted in 1874. More than a century later in a […]
SolarRolls from Brunton Inc. are now available in three wattages. The largest member of this family of flexible photovoltaic panels measures 12...
SunPower Corp. has announced the largest product supply contract in its 20-year history. The supply agreement with PowerLight Corp. calls for the...
Legend Investment Corp. has successfully completed its first alternative-energy transaction. The company’s new solar energy division has purchased and subsequently resold $366,930 worth of solar panels. This first transaction is part of a larger overall agreement for further supply. The solar panels were purchased from a supplier based in the United States and resold through […]