Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. today announced that its German solar partner, Asola Advanced and Automotive Solar Systems GmbH, has been awarded a contract by AS Solar GmbH for the supply of high-efficiency silicon photovoltaic solar modules. The value of this contract is estimated at $135 million over a three year period, beginning in [...]
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Thin-film photovoltaic manufacturer Global Solar Energy said Wednesday (March 5) it is opening a new solar-cell manufacturing plant. Global Solar (Tucson, Ariz) said the first phase of manufacturing at the new plant includes volume production of its thin-film CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide) photovoltaic modules.
The company is simultaneously breaking ground on what it says [...]
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The joint venture launched in 2007 by Schuco International KG and E.ON AG to develop and produce photovoltaic modules, has initiated construction of a new production plant in Osterweddingen, Germany. Production of thin-film modules is expected to begin as early as autumn 2008.
The 40 MW plant, featuring production equipment from Applied Materials, is approximately 1,076,000 [...]
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Sweden will propose a 30 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2020 by lowering pollution from cars and raising taxes on carbon-dioxide output, said Maud Olofsson, Sweden’s enterprise and energy minister.The government will offer legislation later this year to reduce global-warming emissions 30 percent below 1990 levels, Olofsson said today at a renewable energy conference [...]
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The central Dutch city of Almere is to be home to the world’s third-largest solar energy installation, built on a 7,000-square-metre artificial island, and is set to provide 10 per cent of the city’s domestic hot water. The solar energy installation will provide around 10 per cent of the energy used to supply hot water [...]
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Xcel Energy soon will begin testing a cutting-edge technology to store wind energy in batteries. It will be the first use of the technology in the United States for direct wind energy storage.
Integrating variable wind and solar power production with the needs of the power grid is an ongoing issue for the utility industry. Xcel [...]
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Dominique Maillard, head of the French electricity network operator RTE, explains why he believes splitting up energy firms is unnecessary in France. He spoke to EurActiv.fr just days after German energy giant E.ON stunned Europe by offering to sell off its electricity transmission network.
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Global Solar Energy has announced the official opening of its new Tucson, Arizona based manufacturing plant for CGIS solar cells. The plant’s first phase full-production capacity will be 40 megawatts (MW). Global Solar is simultaneously breaking ground on what will be one of the world’s largest CIGS solar fields, at 750 kilowatts (kW), and commissioning [...]
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GE has announced that it is ramping up its efforts to promote electric transportation by investing in Norwegian electric car manufacturer Think, which unveiled a five-seat crossover concept car in Geneva this week. To power its vehicles, Think has signed a commercial supply agreement with lithium-ion battery manufacturer A123Systems. GE plans to to help both [...]
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The concept of using road surfaces to generate clean solar power is moving beyond the idea stage. Roads absorb heat from the sun every day and are usually free of sightline obstructions that could otherwise block the transmission of light rays. And if the roads built for cars and driving are partly to blame for [...]
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