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Sustainable Homes Could be the Solution for First Home Buyers

First time buyers could benefit if the Government and construction industry look to more innovative ways of producing affordable and sustainably produced and run homes, suggests a Loughborough University study.

2 Feb 2011

Turanor PlanetSolar Ship Circumnavigates World to Propagate Solar Energy

Turanor PlanetSolar, the large sized boat powered by solar energy that commenced its world tour four months back from Monaco, has now reached the Galapagos Islands away from the coast of Ecuador.

2 Feb 2011

Western Wind Energy Chooses RMT to Install Wind Turbines

Western Wind Energy (Western Wind) declared that it has chosen RMT, clean energy engineering and building company, to build two of its wind power generation facilities in Arizona and California.

2 Feb 2011

Honda Soltec Introduces New Thin-Film Solar Cell

Honda Soltec, an auxiliary company of Honda and committed to the formulation of thin-film solar technology, has declared that it will be introducing a new type of thin-film solar cell offering a power conversion efficiency of over 13%.

2 Feb 2011

Unirac Partners with Canadian Solar Solutions to Supply Solar Modules

Unirac, a supplier of substructure for solar power systems, and Canadian Solar Solutions, a fully owned auxiliary company of Canadian Solar, declared that they have entered into a partnership to supply 30 MW worth of solar PV systems produced by Canadian Solar along with the mounting solutions of Unirac for the rooftop installations of the commercial and residential users all over Canada.

2 Feb 2011

Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Announces Technology for Biodiesel Extraction

In the three-day international conference coordinated by the Indo-German Nachkonttakt Association, at Hyderabad, India, the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) declared that it is exploiting the renewable energy sources such as bio fuels, bioelectricity and solar cells.

2 Feb 2011

Vestas Announces the Opening of New Office in Bucharest

Vestas, the wind energy company, declared that it has opened its new office in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania.

2 Feb 2011

Hanwha SolarOne to Deliver 54 MW Solar PV Modules

Hanwha SolarOne, a China-based producer of silicon ingots, solar photovoltaic cells, solar wafers and modules, declared that it has contracted an accord with an auxiliary company MEMC Electronic Materials to provide PV modules worth 54 MW during 2011 to an associate of SunEdison for use in solar power projects.

2 Feb 2011

Solar Tracking Control Systems to Increase Efficiency of Solar Modules

The Simatic S7-1200 control system, provided by Siemens, tracks the movement of the sun all through the day and the year.

2 Feb 2011

BioSolar Completes Initial Property Tests for UL Certification of BioBacksheets

BioSolar, a developer of bio-based technology and materials for use in solar PV modules declared that its BioBacksheet production samples have fulfilled the requirements of the initial property tests of Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) and it anticipates receiving full-fledged UL material certification for them soon.

1 Feb 2011

REC Solar Donates Solar System to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

The National Audubon Society’s endeavors during the Gulf Oil spill last year has earned its gift in the form of solar installation from REC Solar, a California-based company.

1 Feb 2011

Nonprofits' Insurance Alliance of California Installs Solar Power

The Nonprofits' Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC) has declared its intentions to go solar and is installing a solar system over its Santa Cruz Office.

31 Jan 2011

Fundy Tidal Tests 5 kW Tidal Power Turbine

Fundy Tidal, which tried out a 5 kW tidal power turbine between Long Islands and Brier in southwestern Nova Scotia in November is planning to establish at least one tidal turbine by the year 2012 and generate energy.

31 Jan 2011

Pratt + Whitney Power Systems to Supply PURECYCLE Systems for Geothermal Project in Turkey

Pratt & Whitney Power Systems (PWPS), a United Technologies group company based in Hartford, Conn, USA, has declared that it is entering the clean energy market of Turkey with the sale of its three module type of patented PURECYCLE Organic Rankine Cycle units with the capability to produce a maximum of 780 kW geothermal power.

31 Jan 2011

Going Solar to Construct Roof-top Solar Power Project in the UK

Going Solar, a north Worcestershire-based company, declared that it has contracted an order worth £1.2m for the installation of a roof-top solar power plant.

31 Jan 2011