Friday, November 7th, 2008
The Problem:
"Four-fifths of the growth in energy production through 1990 is expected to come from Siberia. In the European part of the USSR, the cost of producing coal is extremely high and reserves will continue to be concentrated in the European part of the USSR and in the Urals, the ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
L.A. Southwest College 4-MW PV Project, California
L.A. Southwest College's new 4-MW solar project, which was designed and constructed by Chevron Energy Solutions, marks another milestone in the Los Angeles Community College District's efforts to make its colleges carbon neutral through its Renewable Energy Plan.
SolFocus Agreement with EMPE Solar
SolFocus ...
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
R&D Magazine has awarded two of its annual breakthrough invention awards to solar energy technologies developed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado.
The first is an ultra-light, highly efficient solar cell called the Inverted Metamorphic Multi-Junction solar cell. The second is a process that uses ink-jet printing to ...
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Evergreen Energy is at risk of becoming the clean energy casualty in the current credit crisis.
The clean coal technology company has been notified by the New York Stock Exchange that it is not in compliance with the NYSE's continued listing standard for minimum share price under Rule 5.5(b)(2) of the ...
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
The Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion, a new research program at the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, has invested in a dozen next-generation solar energy research project.
The Center concentrates on ways to directly convert the sun's energy to clean, low-cost electricity and fuels, a research area called Solar Photoconversion. The ...
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Suntech Expansion of U.S. Market Presence
Suntech Power announced three initiatives designed to significantly expand its share of the U.S. solar market, including establishment of a joint venture with MMA Renewable Ventures forming Gemini Solar Development Company, acquisition of EI Solutions with the new subsidiary to be named Suntech ...
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
The good news is that solar energy will survive and flourish in the long term. The bad news it that it will be tough for many solar energy companies to survive the growing market glut, according to the new report from Lux Research entitled “Solar State of the Market Q3 ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Hudson Clean Energy Partners Acquisition of Helium Energy
Hudson Clean Energy Partners announced that it has acquired Helium Energy S.L.U., a renewable energy development company headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
Nippon Oil and SANYO Electric Joint Company
Nippon Oil Corporation and SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. have reached a basic agreement to explore ...
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
A wave of solar-energy companies are scrambling to adjust to the lingering credit crisis in capital markets. While investors and analysts are still bullish on the sector’s long term prospects, the next year or two could see a major shake up in the crowded solar energy space.
The looming threat of ...
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