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EPA legalizes a safe alternative to climate-destroying HFCs in home refrigerators WASHINGTON, DC—The EPA has finally issued a rule making greener refrigeration gases legal in household refrigerators and some commercial freezers. Currently refrigerators and freezers in the U.S. contain HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons), which are thousands of times more potent greenhouse gases than carbon dioxide, pound for […]
Dec 20 2011 | Posted in Solar Thermal | Read More » 
Vice President Biden joined U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu today to announce the launch of the Home Energy Score pilot program. The Home Energy Score will offer homeowners straightforward, reliable information about their homes’ energy efficiency. A report provides consumers with a home energy score between 1 and 10, and shows them […]
Roth extends UK presence An extended product portfolio, continued investment into manufacturing facilities and new recruits to the Roth UK team have strengthened the company’s position in the solar thermal and multilayer pipe markets. Supported by nine manufacturing plants in Europe, and 1,100 employees worldwide, the UK company draws on the Roth group’s technical resources […]
PVT Solar, Inc. the creator of Echo(TM), a revolutionary new solar energy system that delivers twice the energy of a basic solar electric system, has appointed Vikas Desai as CEO. Desai was previously vice president and general manager of SunPower Corp.’s residential and light commercial business unit, which he grew to $1 billion in annualized […]
Power Tower Technology A field of sun-tracking heliostats reflects solar heat to a thermal receiver mounted atop a central power tower. The focused heat boils water within the thermal receiver and produces steam. The plant pipes the steam from each thermal receiver and aggregates it at the turbine, powering a power generator. The steam then […]
Sep 6 2010 | Posted in Solar Thermal,Technology | Read More » 
Hybrid Energy Holdings, Inc. recently reported independent advances in solar cell research that have virtually doubled the conversion ratio of sunlight to energy, thereby significantly reducing the effective cost of its solar energy solutions and the cut payback time frames in half. Researchers at the University of Texas in Austin and the University of Minnesota […]
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Solar Division Thermomax Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of high efficiency equipment for efficient and economical conversion of solar radiation into thermal energy. Based in two locations in the United Kingdom, and a unit in Italy, Thermomax occupies over 10,000m² of purpose built factories on 10 acres (40,400m²) of land. The operation is complete with […]
Jul 18 2010 | Posted in | Read More »
Apricus is a global company focused on providing simple and effective solutions for families and businesses concerned about the effects of climate change and rising energy costs. Apricus solar thermal systems are widely used in both residential and commercial applications to provide hot water, space heating, industrial hot water and even air-conditioning. The Apricus Solar […]
Jul 17 2010 | Posted in | Read More » 
New ARPA-E projects in 18 states will accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies, increase America’s competitiveness and create jobs The U.S. Department of Energy has announced 43 cutting-edge research projects that aim to dramatically improve how the U.S. uses and produces energy. Funded with $92 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the […]
This year, Oncor has nearly doubled incentives for residential systems and expanded customer eligibility to include businesses, organizations and public facilities for its 2010 Solar Water Heating Program. “Oncor’s had an overwhelming success with its solar programs,” said Michael Stockard, Director of Oncor Energy Efficiency Programs. “Due to the huge amount of interest from our […]
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 […]
The creative arts building design at Haywood Community College in North Carolina is one of the first public buildings in the state to be built under a new state law requiring enhanced energy performance. As such, the project architect is predicting it will generate a lot of interest. “The state construction and state energy offices […]
Saudi Arabia is home to one of the largest solar heating systems in the world. Millennium Energy Industries (MEI) designed and built this solar district hot water system,for the Princess Noura Bint Abdurrahman University for Women Project (PNUW) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The solar system, comprised of more than 35,000 sqm of roof mounted large scale […]
Jun 16 2010 | Posted in Headline,Projects and Installations | Read More »
