Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI), General Motors Corp. (GM, Dearborn, MI), and DaimlerChrysler Corp. (Auburn Hills, MI), as members of the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR), signed cooperative research agreements with the US Department of Energy (DOE, Washington, DC) to support continued research and development in the areas of lightweight materials and advanced […]
Evergreen Solar Inc. (Marlboro, MA), a developer of photovoltaic (PV) products, celebrated the groundbreaking of its 30 MW solar wafer, cell, and module manufacturing plant in Thalheim, Germany. The plant is being constructed by EverQ, a recently formed strategic partnership between Evergreen Solar and crystalline silicon solar cells manufacturer Q-Cells AG (Thalheim, Germany). The German […]
REpower Systems AG (Hamburg, Germany), a developer of wind power rotors and turbines, has signed a supply contract with Talisman Energy Ltd. (UK) and Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) for the design and construction of two of its 5 MW wind energy turbines. With a nominal output of 5 MW, the REpower 5M wind energy […]
AeroVironment Inc. (Monrovia, CA), a developer of fuel cell systems, renewable energy technology, unmanned aerial vehicles and electric vehicle systems, reported that it has successfully completed the world's first liquid hydrogen-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight tests. According to the company, the new platform will be able to operate at 65,000 ft for over a […]
Toyota Motor Corp. (Nagoya, Japan) and General Motors Corp. (GM, Dearborn, MI) will scrap a planned fuel cell vehicle joint venture over...
American Security Resources Corp. (ARSC, Houston, TX), a company specializing in products or services for homeland security and national defense, announced that...
Global retail giant Wal-Mart has unveiled a new experimental design store outside of Dallas in McKinney, TX, that combines a host of...
Advanced Power Technology Inc. (APT, Bend, OR) announced a new line of field stop, trench gate IGBT standard power modules, which broaden the company’s offering of 600 V products in the SP3 and SP6-P packaging, and introduce a complete new line of 600 V, 1,200 V, and 1,700 V devices in SP4 and SP6 packages. […]
Medis Technologies Ltd. (New York) announced that Medis distributor ASE International has issued to Medis a purchase order totaling over $50 million...
Deerfield Wind LLC (Waterbury Center, VT) announced plans to build up to 30 of the turbines in the Green Mountain National Forest...
Spire Corporation (Bedford, MA) announced that William Wiegler has joined the company as Vice President of Corporate Marketing. A skilled technology marketing...
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd (Osaka) announced the development of a 270W heterojunction with intrinsic thin-layer (HIT) hybrid solar cell module that achieves a conversation efficiency of 16.2%. SANYO also developed a new 200W HIT double-sided module, that improves upon its 1998 first-generation, double-sided module. These modules will be introduced in the European market in January […]
Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Rochester Hills, MI) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, United Solar Ovonic LLC, has achieved record product sales of approximately $18 million, representing 5.6 MW of solar cells for the quarter ended June 30, 2005. Production levels reached 2.0 MW per month for the months of May and June. Additionally, […]
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. (Irvine, CA), a manufacturer of packaged fuel systems for hydrogen fuel cell and alternative fuel applications, announced that the US Department of Energy (DOE, Washington, DC) has awarded the company phase two of its $2.6 million program for the development and advancement of next-generation hydrogen storage technologies. Quantum and […]
A European consortium announced plans for a new wind power facility on the Shetland Islands that could have a capacity as high as 600 MW, an unforeseen size in Europe. SSE Generation Ltd., a subsidiary of Scottish and Southern Energy plc, and Viking Energy Ltd. announced the agreement. Viking Energy is the company formed to […]