SCHOTT Solar, Inc. and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson have announced that SCHOTT will construct a new solar energy technology production facility in the Mesa del Sol region of Albuquerque, NM.
Initially, the production site will manufacture receivers for concentrated solar thermal power plants (CSP) and 64MW of photovoltaic (PV) modules. SCHOTT [...]
Archive for January 14th, 2008
SCHOTT to Build Facility in New Mexico
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2008-01-14 | No Comments »
Study urges governments to curb subsidies
Posted in Biofuels, Policy on 2008-01-14 | No Comments »
Many biofuels — including U.S. corn ethanol, Brazilian sugarcane biodiesel and soy diesel, and Malaysian palm oil diesel — cause more environmental harm than do fossil fuels, according to a recent study that urges governments to limit subsidies for harmful biofuels.The study analyzed 26 biofuel sources looking not only at the associated carbon dioxide emissions, [...]
Smarter US power usage could save $120 bln -study
Posted in Economics, Electricity on 2008-01-14 | No Comments »
Technology to help Americans reduce electricity use when the grid is stressed could help utilities save $120 billion on spending for new power plants and transmission lines, government officials and researchers said on Wednesday after a study in the Pacific Northwest.
A year-long “smart grid” study showed consumers saved 10 percent on power bills and cut [...]
Banks urged to address climate change
Posted in Climate, Economics, Policy on 2008-01-14 | No Comments »
A handful of the world’s biggest banks are starting to look at the risk that climate change poses to their businesses, but investors and environmentalists say they need to do more.
Necessary measures for the banks include raising targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at companies in their portfolios, according to Ceres, a coalition of investors [...]
Oerlikon Solar Invests in Singapore
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2008-01-14 | No Comments »
Oerlikon Solar has announced that it is boosting its presence and proximity to customers in Asia, with a new facility in Singapore. The facility will initially employ approximately 100 people and is planned to be completed within the year.
Oerlikon Solar’s sales have exceeded this year’s planning, with growth rates exceeding 50 [...]
Sierra Nevada Brewing Commissions Solar Array
Posted in Economics, Fuel Cells, Solar Energy on 2008-01-14 | No Comments »
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., a craft brewing company based in California, has announced that it has commissioned the first phase of what will be one of the country’s largest private solar installations. This commissioning comes on the heels of the installation of four 250-kilowatt co-generation fuel cell power units, also one of the largest fuel [...]
SkyPower Announces 27-MW Wind Project
Posted in Economics, Wind Energy on 2008-01-14 | No Comments »
SkyPower Corp. announced that it signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro to build, operate and sell power from a 27-megawatt (MW) wind project to be located in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The project will be located near the town of Fermeuse and will include nine 3-MW wind turbines. [...]
Xantrex Awarded $12 Million Contract From SOLON
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2008-01-14 | No Comments »
Xantrex Technology Inc. announced that it has signed a contract with SOLON AG, valued at approximately $12 million, to supply solar grid-tie inverters for the European, North American, and Australian markets. Xantrex expects to ship approximately two-thirds of the contract value in the first half of 2008.
The Xantrex solar grid-tie inverters [...]
Go renewable, not nuclear
Posted in Nuclear, Policy on 2008-01-14 | 1 Comment »
Echoing Margaret Thatcher, Gordon Brown insists “there is no alternative” to nuclear power in order to meet the UK’s future energy needs. The announcement that the government is giving the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear plants is based on this premise. Ministers warn that renewable sources of energy are not able to provide [...]
Germany’s Sunny Revolution
Posted in Electricity, Solar Energy on 2008-01-14 | No Comments »
On a bleak airfield 30km (19 miles) outside Leipzig in former East Germany, a quiet but sunny revolution is taking place. Derelict, communist-era barracks give way to hectares of solar arrays, lined up, row upon row, like a sea of gleaming plasma TV screens.
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