Clean Energy Inc. (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) has entered into an exclusive singular licensing agreement for all worldwide jurisdictions outside of Europe with...
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta) announced that the CANMET Energy Technology Centre (CANMET) of Natural Resources Canada will contribute $100,000 to the cost of commercializing the company's renewable energy inverter for grid-connected solar photovoltaic markets. Under the contribution agreement, CANMET will contribute 32 percent of costs incurred to a maximum of $100,000. "The contribution […]
Schott Applied Power Corp. (SAPC, Rocklin, CA) announced that it has been chosen by the National Park Service to renovate the power system at Natural Bridges National Monument near Moab, UT. The system, which uses a hybrid design of photovoltaics, batteries and diesel generators, was the largest of its kind at the time of installation […]
Proton Energy Systems Inc. (Wallingford, CT) announced that it has supplied a HOGEN 380 hydrogen generator for a hydrogen and renewable energy project in Barth, Germany. The system, delivered last November, was commissioned and successfully passed acceptance testing earlier this month. The HOGEN 380 hydrogen generator will be used to compress and store hydrogen at […]
Iowa Thin Film Technologies Inc. (ITFT, Ames, IA) announced the release of its PowerFilm paper-thin solar technology, which is claimed to be...
American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC, Westborough, MA) announced the sale of a 1 mega-VAR D-VAR™ voltage regulation system to wind turbine manufacturer Nordex USA Inc. The D-VAR system is one-eighth the power rating of the full-size D-VAR systems AMSC has sold during the last year. The new, lower-power rating system is specially designed to be used […]
The Japan Environment Ministry will begin testing a method for mass-producing hydrogen without creating carbon dioxide to meet the fuel needs of hydrogen fuel cells, according to government officials. The Ministry plans to produce hydrogen using electrolysis technology at an offshore wind-power generation facility next fiscal year. The ministry decided to use wind power as […]
Cape Wind LLC (Yarmouth Port, MA), the nation's first offshore wind farm, has chosen GE Wind Energy (Tehachapi, CA) as the wind turbine manufacturer for its planned net 420MW offshore project on Horseshoe Shoal off the coast of Cape Cod. By selecting the GE Wind offshore wind turbine, Cape Wind will reduce the number of […]
Evergreen Solar Inc. (Marlboro, MA) announced the installation of a 9kW photovoltaic (PV) system at the White House for the National Park Service. The new solar roof in Washington, DC, is the first solar-electric project on the White House grounds. The installation was placed on the roof of the main building used for White House […]
UNI-SOLAR (Auburn Hills, MI) announced an exclusive strategic alliance with Solar Integrated Technologies (SIT, Los Angeles, CA) to utilize UNI-SOLAR® flexible solar-electric laminates for integration with single-ply roofing membranes for Southern California. The unique qualities of the UNI-SOLAR flexible laminate will provide the basic building block to produce the first building-integrated photovoltaic roofing membrane system […]
Dynex Semiconductor Ltd. (Lincoln, UK) announced that it has been awarded ISO 14001 certification, which recognizes environmental management systems that provide quantified, objective measures to ensure ever-greater reductions in energy use, environmental impact and natural resource depletion. Dynex has achieved the certification as part of its ongoing commitment to improving the environment through its processes […]
Sharp Solar Energy Systems a subsidiary of Sharp Corp. (Japan), will construct its first production facility in the US to manufacture solar products. The new facility will be built at Sharp's plant in Memphis, TN, with production to commence by next spring. It will assemble solar modules for residential, commercial and industrial installations. This year […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (Aberdeen, Scotland) announced that the British government will provide £2.2 million to fund the installation of...
The province of Ontario has opened its first commercial wind farm. The Huron Wind facility will use five 1.8MW turbines from Vestas to generate power for 3,000 homes. The facility is located near the two Bruce nuclear reactors and is a partnership between Ontario Power Generation (OPG, Kincardine, Ontario, Canada) and British Energy (UK), a […]
GE Wind Energy (Orlando, FL), a business unit of GE Power Systems, announced that it is now testing a prototype 3.6MW wind...