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The Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) has released its 2009 Green-e Verification Report, which highlights Green-e Energy certified renewable energy and carbon-offset sales in 2009. The report shows a 43% increase in total Green-e Energy sales volume over the previous year, equivalent to over 18 million MWh of renewable energy generation. According to the National […]
Nov 3 2010 | Posted in Solar Investment,Studies | Read More » 
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President Susan Hockfield and Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni recently celebrated the opening of the Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Center (SFC). Originally announced in July 2008, the Solar Frontiers Center, headquartered on the MIT campus, promotes research in advanced solar technologies through projects ranging from new materials to hydrogen […]
Gujarat Borosil Limited (GBL), a member of the BOROSIL Group, announces production of high performance low iron extra clear Solar Glass. The entire process plant comprising of this manufacturing facility has been imported from West Europe and United States.Its process line to impart a pencil edge and temper glass sheets conforming to EN12150 is soon […]
Jul 13 2010 | Posted in | Read More » 
Genesis Solar, LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the leading generator of solar and wind power in North America, today announced plans to dry cool its proposed 250-megawatt (MW) solar thermal plant in California’s Sonoran Desert.In evidentiary hearings that begin today before the California Energy Commission (CEC), Genesis Solar plans to formally accept […]
A new regional centre to help develop the renewable energy potential for West Africa opened today in Cape Verde, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), which is supporting the facility, said. The Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), a specialized agency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is based […]
Bayer MaterialScience AG, ALANOD Aluminium- Veredlung GmbH & Co. KG, its subsidiary Alanod-Solar and the DTNW (North-West German Textile Research Center) worked together in a consortium for several years to develop a special protective coating for aluminum mirrors used in solar thermal applications. Bayer MaterialScience has now sold its relevant patents and know-how to ALANOD, […]
Jul 6 2010 | Posted in Solar Investment,Solar Thermal | Read More »
North Carolina could see fewer smog-alert days, as many as 28,000 new jobs, and a 10 million ton reduction in greenhouse gas pollution by achieving an ambitious but attainable goal for solar power. Relying on solar energy Solar power curbs pollution while safeguarding public health and driving our economy into the future. In fact, a […]
Jun 22 2010 | Posted in Headline,Studies | Read More »
A student-led and student-run Renewable Energy Initiative (REI) at Appalachian State University has financed the installation of a solar thermal water heating system installed on the roof of Plemmons Student Union. The system will provide hot water for the building’s restaurants, locker rooms and bathroom facilities. The $153,000 system was manufactured and installed by SunQest […]
Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. (SNRY 0.14, +0.02, +21.62%) , with businesses in solar project development, distribution and workforce training, received $704,110 in grant funding to be used for a solar rooftop array on its showcase facility in South Carolina. “Our expansion in the state of South Carolina continues with the addition of a $1.5 million […]
The replacement of fossil fuels is not just a concern for the environment as global warming consequences unfold around the world. Countries such as the U.S. are realizing that an energy policy that encompasses home grown renewable energy is a matter of national security. Concentrated Solar Power and Solar Thermal technologies such as heating,cooling and […]
Jun 9 2010 | Posted in Featured,Headline | Read More »
San Diego Gas & Electric this week introduced two new solar power demonstration installations that concentrate the light and heat from the sun to generate power in two distinctively different ways. The concentrated solar power technology employed by the utility’s El Cajon, Calif., operations center include a PowerDish(TM), built by Infinia of Kennewick, Wash, a mirrored […]
LOS ANGELES –– Registration has opened for Solar Power International 2010, the largest business-to-business solar conference and expo in North America. Presented by Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Solar Power International 2010 takes place October 12 – 14 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. As the premier U.S. event […]
May 30 2010 | Posted in Headline,Solar Thermal | Read More »
