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Ryanair Receives Fuel-Efficient Aircraft from Boeing

Boeing has announced that it has supplied the 300th Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Ryanair, a low-fare airline of Europe. During this year, the airline has planned to procure 37 of these aircrafts from Boeing.

2 Mar 2011

Babcock + Wilcox Vølund to Build Waste-to-Energy Plant in Finland

Babcock & Wilcox Vølund, the Denmark located auxiliary company of the Babcock & Wilcox, declared that it has contracted an accord worth $35 million with EkoKem OY, a Finland-based company, to supply important equipment for a waste-to-energy plant in Riihimäki, Finland.

1 Mar 2011

Sonic Drive-In’s Solar Array to Generate Electricity

The Sonic Drive-in at Wilsonville recently had something new on the menu – solar panels. Jess Wetsel, owner of the drive-in took the decision to install a 45-panel, 9.9 kW solar panel array over one of the canopies.

1 Mar 2011

Solar System Installed on United Nations Headquarters

The largest on-roof solar-power system has been installed by Energiebau Solarstromsysteme in Nairobi.

1 Mar 2011

Fraunhofer Researchers Determine 20% Efficiencies Achievable in Silicon Solar Cells

Researchers at the Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems have successfully achieved new peak efficiencies for silicon solar cells that can be applied easily over larger areas.

1 Mar 2011

TAS Energy Receives Contract for Geothermal Binary Plant from USG Oregon

TAS Energy, a company that designs power solutions for renewable energy industries, has declared that it was contracted by USG Oregon, a fully owned auxiliary company of the U.S. Geothermal, for the supply of a modular binary geothermal power plant for its Eastern Oregon located Neal Hot Springs Project.

28 Feb 2011

Concentrated Photovoltaic Generator Uses Space-grade Solar Cells

Amonix has launched its revolutionary 7700 Concentrated Photovoltaic (CVP) Generator. Developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the technology places advanced space-grade solar cells under an earth-bound lens.

28 Feb 2011