Evergreen Solar Inc. (Marlboro, MA) announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2002. For the three months ended June 30, 2002, product revenues were $1.1 million, an increase of $863,000 from $212,000 for the same period in 2001. Research revenues for the second quarter were $207,000, as compared to $348,000 for the same […]
Electrotek Concepts (Arlington, VA), part of WPT Inc. (Edison, NJ), has been selected by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT)...
SkyTower Inc. (Monrovia, CA), and privately held parent company AeroVironment Inc. (Monrovia, CA), announced that it has successfully tested an unmanned, solar-powered,...
Airtricity (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) has started construction of the country's largest windfarm, a 25MW facility that will be operational by early...
Researchers at Industrial Research Ltd. (IRL, Christchurch, New Zealand) are demonstrating a trial fuel-cell generator system that is capable of providing electricity...
Green Mountain Energy Co. (Houston, TX) and Nuon Renewable Ventures LLC (the Netherlands) announced the new Green Mountain Energy solar facility at the Upper Kirby District Foundation building in Houston, which is a commercial-scale, 43kW, solar array that takes up approximately 6,000ft² of roof. Electricity generated from the installation will be delivered to the Texas […]
AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE) announced that it will power a Habitat-for-Humanity home through the donation of a solar-electric power system. Currently under construction in Westminster, CO, the home is sponsored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, Golden, CO) and the US Department of Energy (DOE, Washington, DC). The NREL- and DEO-sponsored home will incorporate […]
Vanteck Technology Corp. (VRB, Vancouver, BC) announced that it's subsidiary, Pinnacle VRB Ltd. (Melbourne, Australia), has been awarded a contract to provide...
A $130.0 million Nevada test site wind power project has been canceled after US Air Force officials said turbine blades atop Shoshone Mountain would disrupt radar signals during training exercises. The decision by the National Nuclear Security Administration, the agency that operates the test site for the US Department of Energy (DOE, Washington, DC), halted […]
Shanghai Power Co. (China) announced the launch of a 20,000kW power generation project. Construction will require approximately one year for Shanghai's first...
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced that its bi-directional, grid-interactive, 5kW power inverter has successfully undergone factory acceptance testing contemplated...
Robertson Stephens & Co. (San Francisco, CA), an investment bank that was important to the power electronics industry, was closed down by...
Lithium Technology Corp. (LTC, Plymouth Meeting, PA) announced that it has issued a purchase order to Ultralife Batteries Inc. (Newark, NY) for...
Motech Ind. Inc. (Taiwan) introduced the new MHC125E multi-crystalline, silicon, solar cell, which has a conversion efficiency of up to 13.49 percent and is rated at 2.03W to 2.11W. The 125mm x 125mm x 0.31mm device has a blue, silicon nitride, anti-reflection coating; 2mm silver contacts; and 5mm silver, aluminum, back-contact pads. Other specifications include […]
Vanteck Technology Corp. (Vancouver, BC) announced the establishment of a European subsidiary, Vanteck Technology GmbH (Vienna, Austria), who will be responsible for marketing, sales and corporate development in Europe. Vanteck owns 45 percent of the new subsidiary and 55 percent is owned by European private investors. The new European subsidairy has entered into a two-stage […]