Global Solar Leaders and UNEP Outline Central Role for Solar in Climate Solution at United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland

Representatives from three leading international solar companies and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) — Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Suntech’s Chairman and CEO, Jeremy Leggett, Executive Chairman of Solarcentury, Mike Ahearn, Chairman and CEO of First Solar, and Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director — gathered at the United Nations... 

Integrated Solutions Required to Meet Energy Challenge, ExxonMobil Says in New Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030

An integrated series of solutions will be required to manage increases in global energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions that will result from population growth and economic expansion, Exxon Mobil Corporation said, releasing the corporation’s Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030. “The world needs to meet the ever-growing need for reliable and affordable... 

Lockheed Martin Solar Power Testbed Will Foster Technology and Production Innovation

Lockheed Martin broke ground for a solar power testbed to support its entry into the utility-scale renewable power generation market. The Solar System Test and Engineering Site (SolSTES) Array testbed in southern New Jersey will provide Lockheed Martin engineers the opportunity to integrate and test a variety of solar technologies and materials selected... 

WINSO and Schneider Power Launch Bahamas Renewable Energy Corporation

Schneider Power Inc., Canada’s leading renewable energy company and WINSO Company Ltd. of Nassau, today announced the joint-venture and launch of the Bahamas Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd.. BREC is the developer of three contemplated renewable power generation facilities totaling 24 MW, enough to power over 25,000 homes. The contemplated projects... 

Stratos Renewables Secures Land Agreements in Peru to Produce Up to 90 Million Gallons of Sugarcane Ethanol Per Year

Stratos Renewables Corporation, an emerging agro-energy company developing a South American sugarcane ethanol operation, today announced that the company has secured enough land in the northern coastal region of Peru required for the production of up to 90 million gallons per year of sugarcane-based ethanol. Stratos intends to use this land for extensive... 

Solargy Systems Inc. Begins $120 Million West African Energy Project

Solargy Systems Inc. announced it has hired Cinergex Solutions Ltd, a Canadian provider of Waste to Energy (WTE) technology and equipment, to begin work on a $120 million energy facility that will be operated by Solargy Systems. The facility will generate over $100 million in revenue and open the door for additional facilities, using the Solargy model... 

San Jose’s Tech Museum of Innovation Dedicates 185-kilowatt SunPower Solar System

SunPower Corporation, a San Jose-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, Helio Micro Utility and the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation (The Tech), today joined with San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and other local officials to dedicate a 185-kilowatt solar-electric system that will be showcased at The Tech. This... 

Tufts University Grants Exclusive Commercial Rights to Electric Truck, LLC, for Mileage-Increasing Transportation Technology

Electric Truck, LLC (ET) and Tufts University’s Office for Technology Licensing and Industry Collaboration (OTL&IC) today announced that ET has exclusively optioned commercial rights to a technology that can recharge the batteries of any hybrid electric and electric-powered vehicle while it is driven. The Tufts-developed technology could increase... 

New Generation Biofuels Announces Test Burn Agreement With Progress Energy Florida

New Generation Biofuels Inc. announced today that it has entered into a Test Burn Agreement with Progress Energy Florida to demonstrate its proprietary biofuel technology in utility boiler applications. The Agreement calls for New Generation Biofuels to supply its biofuel for a test program that will be performed in early 2009 at Progress Energy Florida’s... 

Madison County Wind for Schools Project Brings Alternative Energy Education to Western N.C.

Winds blowing through the mountains of North Carolina will move more than leaves next year when the first rural wind power education program east of the Mississippi River is established in Madison County. A regional partnership will install small wind turbines at three schools in Madison County and develop a K-12 alternative-energy curriculum as part...