Nearly 50 percent of the world’s installed solar-energy capacity is in Germany, and annual industry growth is expected to hit 25 percent in coming years. North American investments in eastern Germany have contributed significantly to this success. Mike Ahearn, CEO of First Solar, will present his company’s success story in eastern Germany at a reception [...]
Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing USA, Inc., a U.S.-based China manufacturing company specializing in products for customers in the industries of solar energy, aerospace, wireless telecommunications, medical equipment and automotive, today announced that its solar division, AmeriSolar, has signed two new solar module contracts in November valued at approximately US$13.7 million. These orders demonstrate Worldwide’s continued [...]
Brodeur Partners today launched its Clean Technology practice to help emerging and established companies attract public support for environmentally friendly technologies and sustainable “green” business initiatives.
Brodeur Partners’ new practice draws on 23 years of experience in business and consumer technology and the firm’s global reach — 80 offices in 50 countries across EMEA, North [...]
China Technology Development Group Corporation, a provider of solar energy products and solutions in China focusing on a-Si thin film technology, today announced that it had commenced the commercial production of SnO2 solar base plate, a TCO (transparent conductive oxide) substrate which is used as a key top electrode of a-Si thin film solar cell, [...]
PowerSecure International, Inc. today announced that Basil M. Briggs, 72, who has served as the non-executive Chairman of the Board of the Company since April 2007 and on the Board of Directors of the Company since 1991, has retired for health reasons. The Board has appointed Anthony D. Pell, an independent director who has served [...]
The Alliance for a Safe Alternative Fuels Environment (AllSAFE), www.allsafe-fuel.org, today announced its support of a recently issued enforcement letter from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) addressing self-directed blender pumps at retail outlets and the risks involved when using fuel blends containing more than 10 percent ethanol.
The recent EPA letter states that “gasoline containing more [...]
Jetion Holdings Limited, a manufacturer of solar cells and modules, is pleased to announce that its Chinese company, Jiangyin Jetion Science and Technology Co., Ltd, has been ranked #1 in the prestigious “Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China 2008″ program.
The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China program focuses on the technology, media and telecommunication (TMT) industry, ranking [...]
Suncor Energy Products Inc. announced that planned maintenance activities on parts of the company’s Sarnia refinery are scheduled to begin September 2.
This maintenance work is expected to take approximately six weeks and will involve approximately 600 contractors. Suncor expects to meet all customer supply agreements during the outage.
Suncor will focus on completing the maintenance work [...]
Tripwire, the leading provider of configuration control for virtual and physical infrastructures, announced its support for policies set by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). Tripwire helps users, owners, and operators of the bulk power system to manage security threats, avoid penalties and provide automated compliance to NERC technology-related policies, which are very difficult [...]
Aloha Petroleum, Ltd., a privately held oil marketer, has selected CBX, the strategic branding, design, and consultancy agency based in New York, to design a prototypical convenience store, beginning with a new, ground-up unit to open on Oahu in 2009. Currently, Aloha Petroleum serves Hawaii with more than 30 company-operated Island Mini-Mart convenience stores and [...]