Duke Energy Plans ‘Top of the World Windpower Project’
Duke Energy recently went public with plans to build and manage a 200 MW wind energy facility outside Casper, Wyoming. The wind farm, dubbed the Top of the World Windpower Project, will be the ninth, U.S. based-wind farm for the ...
by Lynnette Adamson September 2nd, 2009
Acro Energy Will Acquire EE Solar
Acro Energy Technologies Corp. announced their signing of a letter of intent to purchase shares in Energy Efficiency Solar Inc., known as EE Solar. The solar equipment company which installs solar modules in residential areas, will acquire EE Solar shortly ...
by Tessa Clarke September 2nd, 2009
Siemens Commissions New Wind Turbine-Powered Facility
Last week Siemens Drive Technologies and Winergy Drive Systems Corp. officially commissioned their second wind turbine joint venture at a facility located in Elgin, Illinois. The new $20 million facility will help to create over 300 new jobs for the ...
by Justin Becks September 1st, 2009
Aurora Biofuels Engineers ‘Super’ Strain of Algae
A California renewables research team has just developed a base algae strain designed to optimize CO2 consumption and generate double the amount of biofuel. The company, Aurora Biofuels, demonstrated the improved upon method several months ago in an outdoor open ...
by Tessa Clarke August 27th, 2009
Research Team Developing New Low Energy Use Desalination Process
A team of scientists from China and the U.S. are currently working on a new way to desalinate water without using the traditional methods such as reverse osmosis and electro-dialysis, which require large amounts of energy to perform. The research ...
by Samantha Donovan August 21st, 2009
Plextronics Secures Funding For LED Technology
Plextronics, an American electronics manufacture, announced today that they had just secured financing for up to $14 million. The company will receive the majority of the funding from Solvay North American Investments, which is now Plextronics biggest minority share holder. The company focuses primarily on lighting and solar technology, and began
by Justin Becks August 21st, 2009
ESolar Unveils Sierra SunTower in California
The United States is now the recipient of it's first commercial use solar tower, which was built in California by eSolar. The tower is 50 miles north of Los Angeles, and has been named the Sierra SunTower solar power plant. The ...
by Beth Williams August 20th, 2009
Acciona Secures Additional Financing For 123 MW Wind Farm
Acciona, a wind turbine manufacturer, announced yesterday that they closed on two financial transactions to free up funding for a renewable energy project. The transactions are a tax equity and a debt transaction, which combined with additional sponsor equity from ...
by Samantha Donovan August 20th, 2009
Suntech Solar Technology Surpasses World Record For Efficiency
Suntech Power Holdings, based in China, announced today that their multi-crystalline silicon PV modules had set a world record for efficiency in solar conversion. The company also made the claim that the modules could be modified to become even more ...
by Tessa Clarke August 20th, 2009
Goldeneye Winery Joins California Solar Trend
SolarCraft just completed installing a 32kW solar energy system at winery in California. The system will now enable Goldeneye Winery to be completely run from solar harness energy. SolarCraft installed 144 SunPower 225 watt solar modules at the winery which ...
by Jenson Brayshaw August 20th, 2009
