BP plc (London, England) announced that 87,000 state-of-the-art photovoltaic cells supplied by BP Solar are to be used in the construction of the new TXU-Europe building in Ipswich. The 200kW project represents what is claimed to be the largest solar installation in the UK and is scheduled for completion in December 2002. BP Solar says […]
Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Ringkøbing, Denmark) has received an order for 134 units of the V52 850kW wind turbine with an option...
Aplicaciones Tecnicas de la Energia SA (ATERSA, Spain) will be installing solar-electric systems in 227 rural villages in Senegal, Africa. ATERSA will design and supply turnkey systems under the country's rural development program, which will total an installed capacity of 425kW using modules from AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE). The contract is worth Euro 7.5 million […]
Aplicaciones Tecnicas de la Energia SA (ATERSA, Spain) announced the sale of its 100-percent shareholding to its main solar cell supplier, AstroPower...
Solar Dynamics Inc. (Simsbury, CT), a manufacturer of portable solar power systems, announced the availability of its new Cub™ personal portable power...
Norwegian King Harald has officially opened one of the largest wind farms in Europe. The 20 turbines at Smøla will generate 120GWh...
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the US Department of Energy (Washington, DC) announced that 14 university teams from...
Engineering Business Ltd. (EB, Newcastle, England) and Lancaster University have signed an agreement to start commercial development of the Frond wave generator....
PowerLight Corp. (Berkeley, CA) announced that it will install what is claimed to be the largest commercial, solar, rooftop, electric system in North America at Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. (Torrance, CA) headquarters. The 501kW solar system, which covers 52,000ft² and features 3,300 solar-electric tiles, will be installed by fall of 2002 at Toyota's South […]
Elgar Corp. (San Diego, CA) announced the appointment of John Mei as Vice President Finance and CFO. "John has a great track record helping technology businesses grow profitably," said Joe Budano, Elgar president and CEO. "Elgar will benefit greatly from John's public accounting and broad manufacturing experience as we improve our systems and grow our […]
Boeing Co. (Chicago, IL) and Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM), a research laboratory of the US Department of Energy (Washington, DC), have...
The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA, Kailua-Kona, HI) is negotiating with PowerLight Corp. (Berkeley, CA) to install a $8.0 million solar photovoltaic (PV) system at NELHA's facility near Kona International Airport to pump ocean water for use in its science experiments and commercial ventures. The laboratory estimates that it could save $3.5 million […]
AltFuel Solutions (Sylvania, OH) announced receipt of a fifty-fifty grant through the Ohio Department of Development, Office of Energy Efficiency, to conduct Phase I of a demonstration hydrogen fuel station project in the Cleveland area. The new facility will refuel natural gas, hydrogen, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and will include a small stationary fuel […]
Xantrex Technology Inc. (Arlington, WA) announced that three of its PV Series inverters have achieved Underwriters' Laboratories (UL) listing to Standard 1741, which includes IEEE 929 interconnect requirements. The company's 30kW, 45kW and 225kW PV Series models are the most recent products to receive UL certification. The PV Series three-phase inverters are designed for commercial-scale […]
US WindForce LLC (Wexford, PA) and Padoma Wind Power LLC (La Jolla, CA) announced the formation of a joint venture for the purpose of developing, constructing, financing and selling as many as 1,500MW of wind energy projects, involving 10 or more project locations, over the next five years in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US. […]