A research project of Natcore Technology by Natcore scientists at Rice University under the guidance of Prof. Andrew Barron has declared its success in forming a multilayered array of silicon quantum dots set in a silicon dioxide matrix.
Canadian Solar, solar products manufacturing company and a supporter of the ZERO Race, declared that the electric vehicles involved in the ZERO Race has entered Vancouver.
Alstom Hydro China, owned by Alstom, a leading power generation company, has announced the completion of the first phase of its hydro turbine generator factory in Tianjin, China.
Copperbelt Energy, a company that supplies electricity for the use of mines in South Africa, has declared its intentions to build Kabompo hydro power plant, to be located in the northwestern province with an investment of around USD 120 million.
The Tuscan geothermal centre, owned by Enel Green Power, has declared the start up of its Radicondoli 2, a geothermal plant in the province of Siena.
Sempra Generation, a group company of Sempra Energy, declared that it has obtained the construction sanction from the Kern County Board of Supervisors to build a new PV solar plant for Rosamond Solar in Antelope Valley, California.
Delta Energy Systems, a solar inverter solutions providing company, has offered its clients one more monitoring option for their PV installations. Till now the clients utilizing its SOLIVIA Solar Inverters were able to use only the Safer´Sun monitoring solution provided by Meteocontrol.
Sullivan Solar Power has announced the completion of a solar power installation for the Associated Students of San Diego State University’s Children’s Center in San Diego, California.
The change-over to lead-free products is in full progress. The problem is however that the environmentally friendly alternatives have to be as efficient as the lead-containing variants. One example is the injection system of diesel engines. Lead-free functional materials can be found faster by means of computer simulation methods.
Industry forecasts point toward 75 percent growth in aluminium recycling in the next decade. Roland Scharf-Bergmann, head of Hydro's Recycling unit, attributes the growth to a change in mindset and perceptions in our society.
Scientists at the University of Bath and Tel Aviv University are working on a new project to improve the properties of plastics made from plants so that they can be used in a wider variety of products, from bottles to clothes.
South Africa is giving clean technology a boost by signing up with Yingli Solar to build a $435 million manufacturing plant with a local partner.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Nov 2010
Japan's Kyocera Corporation has announced that it has developed a Solar Cycle Station. This solar powered recharging station will help to charge electric bikes that use the company's high performance solar modules.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Nov 2010
Natural Resources Minister Stephen Robertson has reject the criticism piled up on the solar power systems of the state of Queensland, Australia.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Nov 2010
C Solar, a Connecticut-based clean energy company, declared that it has completed the erection of a solar photovoltaic facility for South Kent School in Connecticut.