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Eos Energy Storage Gets NYSERDA Award to Increase Commercial Production of Znyth Battery Technology

Eos Energy Storage today announced plans to ramp up manufacturing with the support of a $1 million award from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). This funding follows recent announcement of Eos’s manufacturing partnership with Incodema—an Ithaca, NY-based manufacturer and full-service rapid prototyping company—to begin MW-scale production of the company’s safe, low-cost zinc hybrid cathode (ZnythTM) battery technology.

14 Mar 2014

AORA Agrees to Install First Ever Solar Tulip Hybrid Generating Facility in the U.S. on ASU’s Tempe Campus

Solar-generated electricity, which can suffer from intermittency issues and related impacts on the grid, is about to blossom at Arizona State University. Work will now begin on the development of a hybrid concentrated solar system, following a contract signing with ASU and AORA to provide research expertise in order to enhance the efficiency of this unique technology.

14 Mar 2014

Solar Hydrogen Trends Announces New Breakthrough in Hydrogen Production

Menlo Park, Calif., March 12, 2014 – Menlo Park based technology firm Solar Hydrogen Trends, Inc. announced a breakthrough in hydrogen production that will revolutionize the energy market with the world's least expensive fuel source – hydrogen. Their invention is the world's first reactor for the production of unlimited hydrogen (patent pending) and provides clean fuel that can be generated anywhere across the globe.

13 Mar 2014

New Report Forecasts and Analyzes Dye Sensitized Cell Markets

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Dye Sensitized Cell Markets - 2014

13 Mar 2014

SunEdison Receives OPIC Award for Work on 60 MW Boshof Solar Park Project in South Africa

In a ceremony held last night at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's President and Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth L. Littlefield presented SunEdison with an award for Renewable Resources for their work in South Africa on the 60 MW (megawatt) Boshof solar park project. The "Impact Awards" were an inaugural event for OPIC, the U.S. Government's Development Finance Institution.

13 Mar 2014

PetersenDean, DeNova Homes and Canadian Solar Offer New Homes in Lathrop, CA with Solar as Standard

DeNova Homes recently announced the future opening of the new contemporary community of Edgewater at River Islands in Lathrop, CA, offering all new homes with solar as standard, in a partnership with PetersenDean Roofing & Solar and Canadian Solar.

13 Mar 2014

Toshiba Delivers Battery Energy Storage Systems to Expand Renewable Energy Sources on Remote Islands

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has delivered battery energy storage systems integrating the company's SCiB™, an innovative lithium-ion secondary battery to Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., for a demonstration project to expand introduction of renewable energy sources on remote islands.

13 Mar 2014

4th European Marine Board Forum Discusses about Managing Consequences of Changing Arctic Ocean

About 150 scientists, policy makers and members of industry are gathering today at the 4th European Marine Board Forum in Brussels to discuss how best to manage the consequences of a changing Arctic Ocean for human health and well-being.

13 Mar 2014

New Market Research Report on Fuel Cell Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Fuel Cell Market Outlook 2020

13 Mar 2014

Penn State Selects Vehicles that Run on Compressed Natural Gas

You have probably seen them driving around Penn State's University Park campus -- the silver or blue Honda Civics with blades of green grass on the back. They are the new parking enforcement vehicles for Transportation Services and they run on compressed natural gas (CNG).

13 Mar 2014

Echo Automotive Wins Work Truck Show 2014 Green Award for EchoDrive Bolt-On Hybrid Electric Kit

Echo Automotive, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ), won The Work Truck Show® 2014 Green Award for its EchoDrive™ bolt-on hybrid electric kit for fleet vehicles. The award was presented last week during The Work Truck Show 2014 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN. This is the second year in a row that EchoDrive was honored at The Work Truck Show: the product won the Editor's Choice Award for new product innovation at the 2013 event.

13 Mar 2014

New OEE Working Group to Focus on Issues in Organic Photovoltaics

Thin, light-weight, flexible and variably applicable – these characteristics make up the key benefits of organic photovoltaics (OPV) technology. Under the leadership of the OE-A (Organic and Printed Electronics Association), a Working Group within VDMA, leading companies in the area of organic electronics that are focused on energy generation have started a new working group on Organic Electronics Energy (OEE).

13 Mar 2014

NREL Examines Effectiveness of State-Level Solar Policies

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a report that aligns solar policy and market success with state demographics. By organizing the 48 contiguous states into four peer groups based on shared non-policy characteristics, the NREL research team was able to contextualize the impact of various solar policies on photovoltaic (PV) installations.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 13 Mar 2014

LightManufacturing Receives Patent for Solar Plastic Molding Technology

LightManufacturing LLC, a solar thermal technology company, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued the firm US Patent 8,662,877 covering the use of concentrated solar thermal energy for molding plastic.

12 Mar 2014

Solvay Expands Production of Torrefied Wood Pellets as Innovative Renewable Energy Source

Solvay has launched the production of torrefied biomass at an industrial scale in the United States, creating a new business that aims to provide an innovative and renewable energy solution. This business will be run by the recently created Solvay Biomass Energy joint venture between Solvay and U.S. company New Biomass Energy (NBE).

12 Mar 2014