The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (Greenfield, MA) announced results for this year's Tour de Sol, the Great American Green Transportation Festival, after...
Green Mountain Energy Co. (Austin, TX) introduced a 25kW solar array at Lake Farmpark in Kirtland, OH, designed to complement the operation of a 235-acre educational facility. The solar array consists of 260 individual solar panels and measures 106ft x 46ft. The complete solar electricity system was designed, commissioned and installed by BP Solar (Linthicum, […]
AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE) reported that total revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, was a record $20.7 million, an increase of 44.7 percent from the first quarter of 2001. Product revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2002, were a record $20.4 million, an increase of 49.9 percent from the three months […]
Exide Technologies (Princeton, NJ) filed suit to recover legal fees paid to the two most senior members of its former management team: former Chairman, President and CEO Arthur Hawkins, and former Executive Vice President and President of North American Operations Douglas Pearson. Both Hawkins and Pearson were forced to resign from Exide in October 1998. […]
AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE) announced that its board of directors approved a three-for-two split of its common stock to be effected in the form of a 50-percent stock dividend. As a result of the stock split, shareholders of record at the close of business on May 20, 2002, will receive one additional share of AstroPower […]
Altair International Inc./Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Reno, NV) announced that it has completed a $1,000,000 equity placement with two accredited institutional investors. Under the terms of the agreement, Altair Nanotechnologies will issue units containing one share of the company's common stock in addition to one-quarter of a warrant. The warrant entitles the holder to purchase one […]
Exide Technologies (Princeton, NJ) announced that it has signed an agreement to supply a full line of automotive batteries to STS Tire and Auto Centers, including the Exide Premium60. Exide Technologies will service the STS stores through its extensive customer service network. "Our new alliance with STS Tire and Auto Centers, along with the continued […]
Sharp Electronics Corp. (SEC, Huntington Beach, CA), the US sales and marketing subsidiary of Sharp Corp. (Osaka, Japan), has established a new division to make Sharp's solar cells, modules and systems available in North America. Noboru Fujimoto, president of Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America, stated, "Introducing Sharp's industry-leading solar technologies to the US and […]
Evergreen Solar Inc. (Marlboro, MA) announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2002. For the three months ended March 31, 2002, product revenues were $913,000, an increase of $767,000 from $146,000 for the same period in 2001. Research revenues for the first quarter were $236,000, as compared to $331,000 for the same period […]
Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ECD, Troy, MI) announced the installation of what is claimed to be the world's largest photovoltaic (PV) system integrated in a metal roof. The UNI-SOLAR photovoltaic laminates cover the roof on one of the main sections of the UBISA factory owned by NV Bekaert SA (Burgos, Spain). With an installed capacity […]
The US Senate voted 88 to 11 to adopt the broadest US energy legislation of the past 10 years. Senators approved the 458-page bill, as well as more than 100 amendments, which will substantially rewrite electricity and gasoline regulations, nearly triple ethanol consumption across 10 years, and require a more than five-fold increase in renewable […]
AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE) announced an agreement with Premier Homes to supply 50 of its 2.4kW SunLine packaged solar-electric power system as a standard feature in Premier Homes' Premier Point II community in Lincoln, CA. The companies have established a goal of building a total of 250 homes powered by AstroPower solar-electric power systems by […]
Xantrex Technology Inc. (Arlington, WA) announced that its 100kW, grid-tied, three-phase inverter, the photovoltaic (PV) 100208, has achieved an Underwriters' Laboratories (UL) listing to Standard 1741, which includes IEEE 929 interconnect requirements. The Xantrex PV 100208 offers a standardized large-scale option for commercial PV applications, allowing convenient installation of one large inverter rather than several […]
Sun Power and Geothermal Energy (San Rafael, CA) and its client, the Mt. Tam Racquet Club, announced plans to launch construction of one of the largest private solar power installations on the West Coast. The solar installation will use photovoltaic arrays to transform sunlight into electricity and reduce the club's dependence on the electric power […]
The United States Postal Service dedicated the nation's largest federal roof-integrated solar photovoltaic installation at its Marina Mail Processing and Distribution Center in Marina del Rey, CA. The 127kW system was built and installed by PowerLight Corp. (Berkeley, CA) using solar panels produced at Siemens and Shell Solar (Chatsworth, CA). The system, which is capable […]