ICP Solar Technologies Inc. announced that it has signed a two-year supply agreement with Shanghai Electric Solar Energy Co. The agreement calls for delivery of solar modules to ICP Solar and has helped secure a majority of the modules the company needs for production in 2008.
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Archive for January 2nd, 2008
ICP Solar Reaches Deal for PV Modules
Posted in Economics, Electricity, Solar Energy on 2008-01-02 | No Comments »
PGE Completes Biglow Canyon Wind Farm
Posted in Economics, Electricity, Wind Energy on 2008-01-02 | No Comments »
The last of the 76 turbines in the first-phase of development at Portland General Electric Company’s (PGE) Biglow Canyon Wind Farm in Sherman County, Oregon are online. PGE broke ground on the project in February of this year, and the first turbines began generating electricity for the utility’s customers in October.
With [...]
SES Solar Facility on Schedule
Posted in Economics, Electricity, Solar Energy on 2008-01-02 | No Comments »
SES Solar Inc. (SESI) has announced that its new manufacturing facility in Geneva, Switzerland is on schedule and should be fully operational in early 2009. Construction on the facility began in July 2007.
The cost of the building is expected to be approximately $10 million and the cost of the machinery necessary [...]
RFP Issued for the Solar Integration Systems
Posted in Economics, Electricity, Science, Solar Energy on 2008-01-02 | No Comments »
Sandia National Laboratories, in conjunction with the United States Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technology Program (SETP), has issued a Request For Proposal (RFP) for the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems program (SEGIS).
The deadline for the RFP for Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems is January 21, 2008.
This RFP provides [...]
Solar Energy ‘Revolution’ Brings Green Power Closer
Posted in Electricity, Energy, Science, Solar Energy on 2008-01-02 | No Comments »
The holy grail of renewable energy came a step closer yesterday as thousands of mass-produced wafer-thin solar cells printed on aluminum film rolled off a production line in California, heralding what British scientists called “a revolution” in generating electricity.Full Story
EISA of 2007 Protects to Sell Renewable Fuels
Posted in Electricity, Energy, Policy on 2008-01-02 | No Comments »
This post summarizes the provisions of Subtitle C of Title II of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (”EISA”), relating to retail sales of renewable fuels such as E85 or B20. EISA was signed into law December 19, 2007 and takes effect January 1, 2009.
Franchisors Must Permit Retail Sales of E85 and B20
Section [...]
Congress Provides Boost to Emerging Marine Renewables
Posted in Electricity, Energy, Policy on 2008-01-02 | No Comments »
Signed by the President as part of the Energy ndependence and Security Act of 2007 (the “EISAct”), the Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Research and Development Act (the “Act”) could provide a significant boost to the development of ocean, tidal, and run-of-river energy in the United States. The Act covers “marine and [...]
