SunEdison Canada Origination, an associate company of MEMC Electronic Materials, has declared the receipt of a letter of confirmation from the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) that they are meeting 60% of domestic content requirements to support the solar energy project under the Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) program.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Apr 2011
The latest patent growth index on clean-energy in the U.S. indicates that General Motors, a leading automaker in the U.S., has obtained 135 patents constituting around 14% of the total 1,881 patent applications received from 700 companies.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Apr 2011
Researchers from the University of Texas and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S. conducted a study on the Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) to determine the optimum way to charge these vehicles.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Apr 2011
In 1961, 3M offered people a new, convenient home and office necessity with the invention of Scotch® Magic™ Tape – know for being frosty on the roll, invisible on paper and easy to write upon. Now, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Scotch Magic Tape, 3M is continuing the innovation by launching the first-of-its-kind Scotch Magic Eco-Friendly Tape.
Plasma nanoscience could help tackle the challenge faced by the world today regarding creation and storage of energy by conducting more research in this field.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Apr 2011
The Joint Research Centre (JRC), the in-house science arm of the European Commission, has announced winners of its GreenLight, GreenBuilding and Motor Challenge programmes.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Apr 2011
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), as an element of its SunShot Advanced PV Manufacturing Partnerships Program, has recently declared a grant of $57 million to the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at the State University of New York at Albany.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Apr 2011
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has declared the proposed introduction of the Feed in Tariff (FIT) system, which utilizes the smart grid solar technology, to encourage people to invest in solar power equipment for use in their own houses or buildings.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Apr 2011
Opcon Bioenergy, an ancillary of Opcon, declared that it has received a repeat order from Intech Slovakia, a biomass company that is an ancillary of TTS eko and operates a number of plants located in Slovakia and Czech Republic.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Apr 2011
India is gearing to become one of the top solar markets in the world. The Indian Government, through its Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, is looking forward to achieving 20 GW of solar power generation by the year 2022.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Apr 2011
GT Solar International declared that Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have established that monocast silicon material, developed at its advanced ingot casting furnace, showed an average cell efficiency of 18.8% and a maximum efficiency of more than 19%.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Apr 2011
AUO Crystal (ACC), a subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has performed the groundbreaking for the first-stage construction of its solar-grade monocrystalline silicon ingots and wafers production facility at Houli in Central Taiwan Science Park, Taiwan.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Apr 2011
ThyssenKrupp Steel has declared its intentions to provide construction components with roof-parallel solar PV modules incorporated in them, through its Color/Construction Business unit in association with the Juwi Group.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Apr 2011
The Greenbridge community, located in White Center, has declared the installation of solar PV panels over the rooftops of 24 public housing units that are being constructed at Sixth Place Apartments.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Apr 2011
PPG Industries, a company that produces fiber glass and coatings needed by the wind energy industry, declared that an array of products were displayed during the recently concluded fifth China (Shanghai) International Wind Energy Exhibition, held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Apr 2011