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What's Worse For America, Buying Solar Panels From Europe and Asia or Oil From OPEC

Solar energy panel sales were up 48 percent to 5.6 Gigawatts (GW), but we need a stimulus package to create jobs in the U.S., according to a report Opportunities in The Solar Cell Market For Thin Film Technology

18 Mar 2009

DuPont Expects to Triple Photovoltaic Sales

DuPont expects to nearly triple its annual photovoltaic sales to more than USD 1 billion in 2012 based on strong fundamentals for long-term revenue growth in the photovoltaic solar energy market, combined with the company's ability to deliver new technologies to the industry

18 Mar 2009

Praxair Signs Deal With Huizhou BYD Electronics To Supply Liquid Nitrogen For the Manufacture of LEDs

Praxair China has signed a contract with Huizhou BYD Electronics Co., Ltd. to supply liquid nitrogen for its light-emitting diodes (LED) manufacturing facility

18 Mar 2009

Top Chinese Officials Meet to Discuss the Future Of Solar Electricity in China

Applied Materials announced that Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang toured the company's state-of-the-art SunFab Solar Module Reliability Testing facility yesterday in Xi'an, China, and met with company executives to discuss the future prospects for solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity in China

18 Mar 2009

Global Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Industry Reviewed

A new market news review, 2008 HYBRID AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRESS REVIEW (FCB005J) from BCC Research, provides a comprehensive overview of the global hybrid and electric vehicle (HEV) industry, offering detailed insight into current and emerging technologies and markets

17 Mar 2009

Siemens Introduces New Powerful Wind Turbine For Use With Low to Medium Wind Speeds

At the European Wind Energy Conference (EWEC) in Marseille, Siemens Energy announces the arrival of the SWT-2.3-101 which is ideally suited to sites with low to medium wind speeds

17 Mar 2009

Climate Change Measures to be Discussed by Polar Bear States

Five countries meeting for the first time in 25 years to discuss polar bear conservation today retreated behind closed doors to discuss climate change and national measures being taken to combat it

17 Mar 2009

Governments Should Focus on Ensuring Water Supplies and Stopping Water Conflicts in the Future

A global ministerial statement on water management in a time of increasing water shortages and stress should squarely address the need to reduce more and more likely future conflict over water

17 Mar 2009

London Seminar to Focus on the Use of Nanotechnology in Foods

The latest developments in nanotechnology and its potential for use in the food industry is the subject of a seminar on April 30 in London

17 Mar 2009

Tecnalia and Kyosemi To Team Up on Solar Power Project

The Tecnalia Technological Corporation has signed a strategic agreement for joint working with the Japanese Kyosemi manufacturer of semiconductors in order to jointly research new technologies for the photoelectric energy sector with application to sustainable building

17 Mar 2009

Growth Rates For Biofuels in New Report

A new report released by BCC Research give the market growth rates for liquid biofuels

17 Mar 2009

California and Arizona About to Be Hit By Toxic Storm Caused by Contaminated Chinese Drywall

Americas Watchdog and its Homeowners Consumer Center are dramatically expanding their investigation of imported toxic Chinese drywall into California and Arizona

16 Mar 2009

Saving the World's Forests Can Be Done By Sustainable Investing and Financing

Leaders in the financial services industry and the environmental community will hold a first-of-its-kind summit this week in Washington DC to explore how sustainable investing and financing mechanisms can help advance the conservation of the world's forests

16 Mar 2009

Energy Conversion Devices Slows Pace of Production to Stay Strong in the Marketplace

Energy Conversion Devices, a global manufacturer of thin-film flexible solar laminate products for the building-integrated and commercial rooftop markets, today announced that it is slowing the pace of its "demand-driven" production and expansion plan

16 Mar 2009

Sunrise Solar Forms Energy Consulting Division

With opportunities for solar energy about to explode with billions of dollars of stimulus money coming down the pipeline, Sunrise Solar has formed a new operating division dedicated to helping companies identify financial resources and manage projects

16 Mar 2009