Evergreen Solar (Marlboro, MA) has developed a solar panel called the EC-51. The new 51W panel incorporates solar cells that are wider and have a higher conversion efficiency than those in the company's previous products. Evergreen reports that the shift from a 2.2in-wide ribbon to a 3.2in-wide ribbon, both processed into 6in-long wafers, represents a […]
Amonix Inc. (Torrance, CA) announced that Arizona Public Service Co. (APS, Phoenix, AZ) is planning to use Amonix's technology to install what...
Altair International Inc. (Cody, WY) announced that its subsidiary, Altair Technologies, has entered into a cooperative solar-cell and energy-storage work program with the J. Heyrovský Institute (Czech Republic) Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland). Dr. Ladislav Kavan of the J. Heyrovský Institute is the principal investigator for the program. He is under the overall […]
Wurtland Elementary School (Wurtland, KY) recently became Kentucky's first school to install a solar electricity system as part of the Department of...
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. (Canada) has completed development of what it calls a "universal" dc/dc converter. The company already has orders for the new bi-directional dc/dc power converter from several fuel cell companies, as well as some solar panel manufacturers. Delivery of the first units is planned for early June 2001. "We are very excited […]
AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE) and GPU Solar announced that their solar-electric power plant in Hopland, CA exceeded expectations for annual output during its first year of operation. The 132kW plant is owned and operated by GPU Solar, a joint venture of AstroPower and GPU Diversified Holdings (Morristown, NJ), in cooperation with Green Mountain Energy Co. […]
Microsemi Corp. (Irvine, CA) is a corporate sponsor of the University of Minnesota's (UMN, Twin Cities, MN) fifth-generation solar-powered car that will...
Evergreen Solar (Marlboro, MA) announced that it will celebrate the opening of its 56,000-square foot manufacturing and headquarters facility on May 23,...
According to reports from South American Business Information, the Brazilian government is looking at a likely energy crisis beginning in early June, 2001, onwards through the summer. The imminent possibility of black-outs has led to increased demand for solar energy-generating equipment in the area. Tecno Sol, which produces equipment for water-heating, reported a 30-percent surge […]
Winners were announced at the eleventh annual Junior Solar Sprint (Golden, CO), which took place on Saturday, May 12, 2001. Thirty-seven teams...
The eleventh annual Junior Solar Sprint (Golden, CO) will take place on Saturday, May 12, 2001. Forty-two teams of middle school students from across Colorado will race model solar energy-powered cars. The event is sponsored by the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, Golden, CO), Kaiser-Hill (Golden, CO), Midwest Research Institute (Kansas […]
AstroPower Inc. (Newark, DE) announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to settle litigation with the Department of Justice. Under the terms of the contemplated settlement, Astropower will pay $3.5 million to the federal government and the Department of Energy will consider the acquisition of the company's silicon-film product for government use. "We […]
The Australian government reports that it is supporting a process that may drop the price of solar energy. A titania-dye solar-cell manufacturing operation has been opened in Queanbeyan, Australia, by Sustainable Technologies International. The $12 million project has received a $1 million grant from the Federal Renewable Energy Commercialisation Program. Titania-dye solar cells are claimed […]
Green Mountain Power Corp. (Colchester, VT) announced consolidated earnings of $0.51 per share of common stock, diluted, for the first quarter of 2001, compared with earnings of $0.63 per share for the same period in 2000. Earnings for the first quarter of 2000 were $0.20 per share higher than they otherwise would have been due […]
Xantrex Technology Inc. (Arlington, WA) announced that the next generation of its Sun Tie product, the new Sun Tie XR, will be available for delivery by July 1, 2001. The Sun Tie XR is an all-in-one inverter designed to connect dc solar power to ac electric meters in homes and small businesses. All of its […]