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C Solar Partners with MSGI Security Solutions

MSGI Security Solutions Inc. has established a strategic collaboration with renewable resources company C Solar LLC to offer engineering infrastructure support meant for solar farms in the region of the Northeast.

14 May 2010

Pacific Blue Energy Corp Establishes Joint Venture with Solar Farms Builder

Renewable energy developer Pacific Blue Energy Corp. has established a joint venture with a company that has strong track record in the design and construction of solar farms.

14 May 2010

SKF Displays Energy-Efficient Bearings at the World Expo

SKF is one of the official partners in the Swedish exhibition area at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai.

14 May 2010

ProLogis Announces Novel Rooftop Solar Project

Distribution facilities provider ProLogis Renewable Energy has announced an 11.1 MW rooftop solar project in the region of Southern California.

14 May 2010

University of Virginia Students to Power Car with Solar Energy

In 2009, students in a mechanical engineering class of James Durand at the University of Virginia converted a Honda Accord to run on electrical energy.

14 May 2010

Creighton University Students to Undertake Alternative Energy Project

Creighton University, in an effort to harness the wind and sunlight of Nebraska, is assembling a large-scale solar panels array and wind turbines throughout its campus locations.

14 May 2010

Cape Wind and National Grid to Ink Power Purchase Agreement

Cape Wind and National Grid are likely to sign an agreement with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities under which clean energy will be purchased by National Grid from an offshore, large-scale wind farm that is likely to commence operations by late 2012.

14 May 2010

Global Solar Energy’s Technology Powers CIGS PV Rooftop Installation

High-efficiency Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) solar material manufacturer Global Solar Energy has announced that one of its technologies is powering a large CIGS rooftop installation. This system currently generating solar energy of 820 kW for a manufacturer of plastics in Orgiano, Italy was facilitated by applied solutions and solar modules producer Yohkon Energía SL as well as by photovoltaic (PV) specialist CDM Italy.

14 May 2010

Sound Solar Systems Installs Solar Array in Bridgeport, CT

Clean energy development and installation company Sound Solar Systems, LLC partners with clean energy projects investor Altus Power Management, LLC to finish installing a solar array on a commercial building rooftop of Royal Flush in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) provided funds for the project that is likely to reduce the electrical energy of the client by around 35%.

14 May 2010

Cavico Provides Updates on Construction Projects

Infrastructure development company Cavico Corp. has provided updates on its construction projects at Dambri Hydropower, A Luoi Hydropower Plant and Ta Trach Reservoir.

14 May 2010

Dow Corning Discuss Expanding the Solar Energy Sector

On April 28, Dr. Stephanie A. Burns, Dow Corning chairman, president and CEO, delivered keynote remarks during a Brookings Institution briefing titled, “Scaling up Solar: how far can we go?” in Washington, D.C. Burns was invited in recognition of the leadership role Dow Corning has played in the solar energy sector.

14 May 2010

OLED Performance Reaches Levels Suitable for Use in TV's

DuPont announced that it has achieved record performance in printed organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays, sufficient to enable future adoption of OLED television (TV).

13 May 2010

Dow Corning Discuss Their Role in Developing Renewable Energy Sources in Washington DC

Dow Corning executive vice president and general manager of Core Products, Bob Hansen, was recently in Washington, D.C. during the unveiling of Senator Kerry and Lieberman’s American Power Act, representing the company’s support for the elements of the proposal which encourage further development of domestic renewable energy manufacturing and implementation.

13 May 2010

New Methodology for Detecting Faults in Photovoltaic Solar Panels

A group of researchers of the University of Cádiz has designed a new mapping system for the study of photovoltaic surfaces. The system can detect, at the micrometric level, all the defects existing in a solar panel.

13 May 2010

Converting Waste Plastic into Clean Energy

Student researchers at Northeastern University have designed an apparatus to convert plastic waste into clean energy without releasing harmful emissions.

13 May 2010