Posted in Biofuels, Research on 2008-03-26 | No Comments »
The REFUEL project, a report commissioned by the EU’s Intelligent Energy Europe program to examine the biofuels potential in Europe, concludes that EU biofuels targets can be met with conventional feedstocks and current technology without major agricultural land use changes or environmental consequences. The two-year REFUEL-project is coordinated by the Energy research Center of the [...]
Posted in Research, Solar Energy on 2008-03-26 | No Comments »
Q-Cells AG and Singulus Technologies AG announced plans to develop a new system for anti-reflection coating of solar cells. The goal of the cooperation is to use the solar experience of Q-Cells with the coating technology of Singulus to develop better quality and cheaper coating specifically for solar cells.
The technology [...]
Posted in Solar Energy on 2008-03-26 | 1 Comment »
Apricus has announced the opening of its new production facility, an 80,000 square foot factory situated on 5.7 acres of land in Nanjing, China. This new facility will increase the company’s production to more 43 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of capacity per year.
A typical solar thermal installation can cost around $6000 for [...]
Posted in Solar Energy on 2008-03-26 | No Comments »
Western Africa’s dry season wreaks havoc on the lives of millions of people year after year. The 104,000 people living in Benin’s Kalale District are particularly hard hit: 95% of them rely on subsistence farming as their primary means of survival. For most, farming is limited to the rainy season due the lack of accessible [...]
