PG&E Employees Receive Annual Environmental Leadership Award for Protecting Natural Resources, Raising Awareness About Compact Fluorescent Lamps

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced the winners of its seventh annual Richard A. Clarke Environmental Leadership Award. The award acknowledges the top individual and team efforts for demonstrating PG&E’s ongoing environmental leadership, focusing on areas such as environmental protection, energy efficiency and renewable... 

Samsung Everland To Install 12 UTC Power Fuel Cell Systems for GS Power in Korea

UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp. company, announced that Samsung Everland has purchased 12 UTC Power 400 kW fuel cell systems for installation at a GS Power plant in the Town of Anyang, just outside Seoul. GS Power will use the electricity from the fuel cells to provide power for about 5 percent of Anyang’s population, with 40,000 megawatt... 

Progress Energy Carolinas Again Seeking Renewable Energy Projects

Progress Energy Carolinas is again seeking proposals for potential renewable energy projects and alternative energy providers, as part of the company’s balanced strategy for meeting the growing energy needs of 1.4 million households and businesses in the Carolinas. The company issued an open-ended request for renewable proposals in November 2007,... 

Griffin Announces Nuclear Power Plant Waste Incinerator Baghouse Catalytic Filter Bag Order

Griffin Filters, an air filtration systems and bulk material handling equipment manufacturer, today announced a large order for catalytic filter bags for two of its nuclear power plant waste incinerator baghouses. These baghouses and the associated incinerator system are located in an overseas power plant and used to collect the ash from the incineration... 

Sharp to Introduce 2nd Generation Thin Film Solar Cells in U.S.

Sharp, a world leader in solar cell production, announced today at Solar Power International 2008 that it will introduce next generation thin film solar cells in the U.S. market in the near future. With its thin film solar product, Sharp will be capable of handling multi-megawatt, large-scale utility projects that are best served by a thin film solar... 

Active Power Celebrates 2,000th Flywheel Shipment

Active Power, inventor and manufacturer of the most energy efficient critical power systems in the world, today announced the shipment of its 2,000th flywheel. The UPS (uninterruptible power supply) system containing the 2,000th flywheel was purchased by Active Power’s OEM partner Caterpillar Inc. to support an application in the solar power sector.... 

California Academy of Sciences Incorporates SunPower’s High-Efficiency Solar Cells into its Sustainable, Living Roof

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... 

Applied Materials Activates Largest Solar Deployment on a Corporate Campus in U.S.

Applied Materials and SunPower Corporation announced completion of two SunPower solar power systems totaling 2.1 megawatts at Applied Materials’ corporate facilities in Sunnyvale, Calif. The systems represent the largest solar power deployment at a corporate facility in the United States. “This is another exciting milestone in the adoption... 

ZBB Energy Corporation to Co-Share State of Wisconsin Clean Energy Fund Grant

ZBB Energy Corporation (ZBB), a Milwaukee-based company that specializes in clean energy storage systems, has announced that it will co-share with Eaton Corporation (Eaton) a $229,000 grant from the State of Wisconsin to develop a power conversion and energy storage system that manages energy from renewable energy sources. The grant is part of $7.3... 

Detroit Edison Submits Application for Possible New Nuclear Plant

Detroit Edison officials submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission a Combined License Application for a possible new nuclear power plant at the site of the company’s existing nuclear plant near Newport, Mich. “It is satisfying to reach this significant milestone, which is necessary if we are to maintain the option of building a...