Spire Corp. (Bedford, MA), a leading supplier of solar-electric manufacturing equipment and solar systems for distributed power generation, announced the sale of a SPI-ASSEMBLER™ 5000 to Shell Solar Industries LLP (Camarillo, CA). This will be the fourth SPI-ASSEMBLER 5000 that Shell has ordered from Spire. "As a premier supplier of photovoltaic module assembly equipment, Spire […]
GE Wind Energy (Tehachapi, CA), a leading wind power company, announced that it will supply the first 25 wind turbines, or 37.5MW, for Phase I of the proposed 400MW Sweetwater Wind Project which, when completed, will be among the world's largest wind developments. It is currently being developed by DKR Development LLC (DKR, Houston, TX), […]
Dell Corp. (Round Rock, TX) announced that more than 90 high school students from New York to Mexico embarked on a 1,500-mile race in hand-built, solar-powered cars. The eighth annual Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge, which begins at Dell's headquarters, will wind its way through Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, en route to the finish line in […]
The American Solar Challenge started in front of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, IL, on July 13, 2003, in...
Zilkha Renewable Energy (Houston, TX) announced plans for a new 165MW wind farm. The Wild Horse Wind Power Project is planned for development on property along Whiskey Dick Mountain seven miles east of Kittitas, WA. The Wild Horse Wind Power Project, named for a spring on the remote ranch, joins two other wind farm projects […]
Spire Corp. (Bedford, MA) announced that it has been awarded a three-year, $5.2 million, cost-shared, research and development contract from the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL) to develop automated manufacturing processes for fabricating large-scale solar-electric modules. NREL will fund one half of the cost-shared contract, or approximately $2.7 million, under the […]
SunPower Corp. (Sunnyvale, CA), a silicon solar-cell performance leader, announced the appointment of Tom Werner as Chief Executive Officer. Werner comes to...
General Electric Co. (Fairfield, CT) and Enron Corp. (Houston, TX) have entered into an agreement authorizing a $75 million cash refund to GE for its purchase last year of Enron's wind-turbine business. The settlement also requires Enron to put $25 million of the purchase proceeds into a trust to be distributed only to US creditors […]
Spire Corp. (Bedford, MA) announced that it has renewed its technology licensing agreement for the manufacture and distribution of its solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing equipment with Marubeni Corp. (Japan). The technology is provided by Spire Solar Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary that makes solar-electric module manufacturing equipment and solar energy systems for distributed power generation. […]
GE Wind Energy (Tehachapi, CA), a leading wind power company, and Airtricity (Ireland), a large renewable energy company, announced plans to develop a 25MW wind farm in the Irish Sea to provide power for the Irish electricity grid. The project, to be located about 10km off the coast of Arklow, Ireland, will feature seven of […]
Beacon Power Corp. (Wilmington, MA), a development-stage manufacturer of flywheel energy-storage systems that provide uninterruptible electric power, announced an expansion of its energy technology product line with the launch of its new Smart Power M5 renewable energy inverters. The new products are based on the development and enhancement of electronics technology and assets purchased from […]
Kyocera Solar Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ), a leading supplier of solar-electric generating systems, has provided a 57.6kW photovoltaic solar array to West Marine Products (Santa Cruz, CA). The array, designed and installed by Solar Technologies, an authorized Kyocera dealer, consists of 480 Kyocera 120W solar panels that will provide up to 81,000kWh of electricity annually – […]
ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures (Houston, TX) announced that its energy services subsidiary, Chevron Energy Solutions LP (Chevron ES), has completed installation of the first solar photovoltaic (PV) facility in California to help power oil field operations. At 500kW, the demonstration project is one of the largest PV installations in the US, and the largest array of […]
UQM Technologies Inc. (Frederick, CO), a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, UQM Electronics Inc., has received an order from Southwest Windpower Inc. (Flagstaff, AZ) for the production of electronic controls to manage the operation of its wind turbines. Southwest Windpower markets a complete line of wind turbines with peak […]
SunWize Technologies Inc. (Kingston, NY) recently received UL listing for its SW line of single crystalline solar modules. The SunWize solar module line ranges from 85W to 120W and is rated at ±5% of the listed output. All SW Series modules come with a 20-year, 80% power output warranty. Accessories include SunWize mounting hardware, interconnects […]