Rigmor Aasrud, Norway’s Minister of Government, Administration, Reform and Church Affairs, has received a warm welcome at the new headquarters of Hydro in Bangalore, India.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
13 Feb 2012
A global manufacturing company, Soitec has received funds form Investec Bank, a specialist bank in Africa, to construct a 50 MW solar plant in Touwsrivier, South Africa.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
13 Feb 2012
Texas-based Green Energy Oilfield Services has reviewed the first truck of 60 Peterbilt Model 388 liquefied natural gas (LNG) fleet, an alternative fuel fleet that will be supplied by Rush Enterprises, a premier solutions provider to the commercial vehicle industry in North America. The pilot review has been conducted at Peterbilt Motors Company's facility in Denton, Texas.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
13 Feb 2012
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB) in Stuttgart have established a new pilot plant that produces biogas or methane from food waste by fermentation process. The pilot facility is scheduled to begin operation in early 2012.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
13 Feb 2012
Bayer MaterialScience, one of the world’s largest polymer companies, announced that its sustainable office building in Greater Noida, India has shown positive energy balance after one year of use.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Feb 2012
Hertz, one of the world’s largest general use car rental companies operating from about 8,000 locations in around 150 countries worldwide, will trial Plugless Power, the first charging system developed for electric vehicles (EVs). The company has introduced EVs into its rental fleet in three continents, including Europe, Asia and North America.
Southern Energy Management (SEM), a sustainable energy company based in North Carolina, has deployed SunPower’s 1.13 MW solar PV system at Marlboro Mushrooms’ farm in Pennsylvania.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Feb 2012
An American producer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) solar cells and high-power solar modules, Suniva has partnered with FLS Energy and PowerWorks for commissioning the 500 kW rooftop solar system at the Raleigh Convention Center in North Carolina. This is the second largest convention center solar project in the U.S.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Feb 2012
Schletter, a designer, developer, and manufacturer of solar mounting solutions in the U.S., has announced that it is conducting a workshop on large utility-scale solar installations. The workshop will be held between March 12 and 13, 2012 in San Diego, California.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
10 Feb 2012
Air Products, a company having more than 50 years of experience in the hydrogen fueling industry, provides hydrogen fueling technologies to approximately 1,000 units of material handling fuel cell systems functioning in warehouses throughout the U.S.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
Enerkem, a producer of biofuels and chemicals from waste, and GreenField Ethanol, the largest ethanol company in Canada, have joined forces to construct and operate a first full-scale waste-to-biofuels facility in Varennes, Québec.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by Ballard Power Systems, a provider of clean energy fuel cell products for a range of applications, and WEG Industries, based in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
Heat is Power Association is a newly re-launched alliance that is focused on expanding the American Waste Heat to Power (WH2P) market. It will act as the primary trade association for WH2P businesses.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
M.J. Soffe, a branded apparel company, announced that it has started an energy efficiency project at its headquarters located in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
9 Feb 2012
One of the leading producers of advanced cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules in the world, Abound Solar has started to manufacture 82.8 W modules at its PV plant located in Longmont, Colorado, U.S.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 Feb 2012