SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that its industry-leading solar cells have been incorporated into the unique architecture of the California Academy of Sciences (Academy) in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif., which is re-opening its new home this weekend.
The Academy’s new building features [...]
Hanwei Energy Services Corp. announced that it has entered into binding purchase and sale agreements for the acquisition of the 99 percent equity interest in Daqing Deta Electric Co. Ltd. (“Deta”). The agreements will now be filed with the Chinese authorities to process the transfer of the 99 percent equity interest in Deta to Hanwei’s [...]
Bolstering its contribution of high-efficiency and cost-saving generators to the $37 billion wind industry, Danotek Motion Technologies has raised $14.5 million from CMEA Ventures, StatoilHydro unit StatoilHydro Venture and GE unit GE Energy Financial Services. Danotek’s generators can spur the wind equipment market by increasing wind turbines’ efficiency, while radically reducing their maintenance and [...]
Boralex Power Income Fund announces today a temporarily cease of its operations at the wood-residue thermal plant in Senneterre, Quebec, starting September 21 up to November 15. The decision to momentarily cease the operations of the power station results from the on-going difficulties in securing wood residue supply in the region.
Patrick Lemaire, President of Boralex [...]
VBV LLC announced “first grind” today at Indiana Bio-Energy’s ethanol plant in Bluffton, Indiana. The plant is VBV’s first facility to begin ethanol production. VBV’s other ethanol plant, located in Obion, Tennessee, is expected to be completed later this fall.
“The completion of the Bluffton ethanol plant is an important milestone that coincides with equity holder [...]
SymPowerco Corporation CEO John Davenport announces that the company is in receipt of a secondary review of its application for a series of development grants from a major North American Government Agency. SymPowerco is in the final stages of the grant application process after having submitted its application to a rigorous academic and industrial peer [...]
Cyclone Power Technologies hosted Rep. Ron Klein (D-FL) Friday in a meeting requested by the Congressman to view the Cyclone Engine and discuss ways to support the company’s award-winning technology on Capitol Hill.
This visit to Cyclone’s research facility represented the second meeting between Rep. Klein and the Cyclone team. The first occurred at the Congressman’s [...]
Akeena Solar, Inc., a leading designer and installer of solar power systems, today announced results for the second quarter of 2008.
“Second quarter results highlight our emphasis on residential solar power installations and the continued growth in that market. Second quarter revenues of $7.1 million reflect a 6.5% sequential increase in residential installations, but were overshadowed [...]
China New Energy Group Company, a leading energy project developer specializing in the development of natural gas distribution networks, and distribution of natural gas in China, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 51% of Qinhuangdao Chensheng Gas Co., Ltd. (“Chensheng Gas”), a leading natural gas project operator in Nandaihe, northeast [...]
The U.S. utility industry will have to invest between $1.5 and $2.0 trillion between 2010 and 2030 to maintain current levels of reliable energy service for customers throughout the country, according to a new report issued today by The Brattle Group. The findings are detailed in “Transforming America’s Power Industry: The Investment Challenge 2010-2030,” presented [...]