The Lowell, Mass.-based company Konarka declared that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has certified Konarka's plastic solar cells have achievement of an efficiency of 8.3 percent, the highest that NREL has recorded for organic photovoltaic cells.
Solar3D Inc. has filed a patent application for its new solar cell design and methods of fabrication. "With the filing of this patent, we are poised to create something truly exciting," commented Jim Nelson, chief executive officer at Solar3D, in a press release.
With focus on developing renewable energy projects Solar Park Initiatives announced that it has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with a Canadian company. Solar Park Initiatives is Florida-based and is a solar energy company dedicated to utility and commercial solar park developments in North America.
The construction work on the Biomass Heating Project at the Boulder County Jail has commenced. This boiler is one of the many energy efficiency improvements that have been implemented at the Boulder Jail.
A 765 MW Geothermal Energy project is being developed by the Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE). According to PGE’s Director of Planning and Development, Zainat Ilmie Bachrun, this project is one initiative contributing to the long term energy development plans of producing 1342 MW by the year 2014.
Six memorandums of agreement (MoUs) were signed between India and the United States focusing on disease detection, weather forecasts and clean energy technologies.
Energi Holdings, Delaware-based company, that offers specialized insurance and risk management solutions to power producing companies through its auxiliary company, Energi Insurance Services, declared that it has brought in an insurance program that insures the energy savings assured by the Energy Services Companies (ESCOs) for the new projects developed by them or for the up-gradation of the existing projects undertaken by them.
China Yangtze Power and EuroSibEnergo, a Russian-based electricity company, announced that they have inked a contract for establishing a joint venture for developing hydroelectric power plant facilities in Russia.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that it will extend $120 million in loans for setting up renewable energy plants in Papua New Guinea. The renewable energy plants will help the country to meet the gaps in electricity supply in the urban regions.
A number of companies are beginning to see renewable energy future in tidal energy. Most of the high tidal places across the world witness sudden rise of tides that are sometimes as high as 6 m. The tides submerge the nearby land and drain back only to come again during certain times of the day.
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