SunPower Corporation announced that substantial strengthening of the U.S. dollar relative to the Euro during the fourth quarter is expected to reduce earnings growth in the current quarter and fiscal year 2009.
SunPower has historically operated under a hedging policy to minimize its exposure to changes in the foreign exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and [...]
The report analyzes and forecasts the growth of the market over the next ten years, highlighting the countries and subsectors with strong growth prospects within the market. The research determines global expenditure on oil & gas field machinery to be $120.6 billion in 2011.
The report forecasts and assesses the global spending in the oil & [...]
Evolution Solar Corp. joins the members body of the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) in Washington DC. Evolution Solar just announced its participation in the Solar Power International event in San Diego, California.
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) are the two nonprofits that have presented the Solar Power [...]
Since the June 23rd introduction of the Ameren Illinois Utilities ActOnEnergy(TM) electric business customer incentive program, the initiative has demonstrated that Illinois businesses are eager to improve the energy efficiency of their facilities and operations.
As of Sept. 1, electric business customers have applied for 76 percent of the $3 million in standard and custom incentive [...]
Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd, an established vertically-integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots and photovoltaic (“PV”) cells and modules in China, today announced that it has entered into a letter-of-intent for a three-year supply agreement with Q-Cells International, a 100% subsidiary of Q-Cells AG (“Q-Cells”), the world’s largest independent manufacturer of solar cells.
Under the letter of [...]
Energate today announced the availability of an innovative combined smart thermostat and full-featured in-home display that functions as an integral extension of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system. Named the Demand Response Control Center (DRCC), this breakthrough product gives consumers real-time, advanced information on their energy usage, and the means to control it, in one [...]
CLEAResult, a national energy optimization firm headquartered in Austin, Texas, today announced a significant capital investment from General Catalyst, a venture capital and private equity firm based in Cambridge, Mass.
CLEAResult, which ranked 144th on Inc. Magazine’s list of the 500 fastest growing companies in 2010, designs and implements energy efficiency and renewable energy programs [...]
Emera Incorporated and Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. announced that effective today they are closing their acquisition of the California-based electricity distribution and related generation assets of NV Energy, Inc.. Total consideration for this transaction is $131,789,563 USD, subject to final adjustments. Emera and APUC own and operate these assets through a newly formed [...]
PowerGenix, manufacturer of nontoxic, safe, high performance rechargeable nickel-zinc (NiZn) batteries, today announced that it has entered into a supply agreement with PowerEagle, the leading manufacturer of electric bicycles in China. Under the agreement, PowerGenix will supply its NiZn cells for pack fabrication into the entire product line offered by Veloteq, PowerEagle’s North American sales [...]
Disenco Energy plc, the Sheffield-based company that is poised to transform energy consumers into energy producers with its micro Combined Heat and Power (m-CHP) appliance, welcomes Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s initiatives to provide £910 million in fuel measures to address rising energy costs, but agrees with consumer groups that much more must be done to [...]