Suntech Announces Groundbreaking of PV Cell Production Facility in Yangzhou, China

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, today announced the groundbreaking of a new PV cell production facility in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China. Suntech intends to complete the facility with a PV cell production capacity of 300MW by the end of 2009. The new production... 

Fluxite Research Facility in Edmonton

The Fluxite Research Facility, designed to be one of Canada’s most advanced alternative energy research facilities, is opening on October 1st, 2008. Located in Edmonton, Alberta, the Fluxite Research Facility is wholly owned by Canadian Entrepreneurs that fund the research and development of alternative energy sources. The group has secured Mr.... 

Titan Energy Worldwide, Inc. Announces Series of Event Dates and Product Demonstrations

Titan Energy Worldwide, Inc., a leader in the manufacturing, sales and service of power generation equipment, announced today the schedule for a series of upcoming events and live demonstrations planned in cooperation with military partners and its national distribution network to promote its product line of standby and emergency power generation equipment... 

Arch Aluminum & Glass Improves Solar Mirrors for Renewable Energy Industry

Arch Aluminum and Glass Co., Inc. has developed innovative new mirror manufacturing techniques to meet the demand for lower cost and more efficient concentrator photovoltaic units in the burgeoning renewable energy industry. The Arch parabolic mirrors optically focus sunlight onto a concentrator containing active solar cell materials that convert the... 

Phoenix Suns Teams With EI Solutions and Tioga Energy on Solar Energy System

EI Solutions, a leader in smart solar solutions, and Tioga Energy, a leading renewable energy services provider, announced today plans to provide the Phoenix Suns with the power of the sun. The companies will install a 194-kilowatt solar system to supply power to the team’s home arena, US Airways Center, which is owned by the City of Phoenix. The... 

University of California, San Diego Forests Parking Areas With Solar Trees(TM) From Envision Solar

The University of California, San Diego, which strives to be one of the nation’s “greenest” college campuses, has undertaken a forestation program in an unlikely place…on the roof of two of its parking garages. Steel components have already taken shape, forming the framework for Solar Trees™ that will soon be fitted with a canopy of Kyocera... 

FedEx Freight and BP Solar Complete Second Solar Power Installation

FedEx Corp. and BP Solar announced today the completion and activation of a second project together — a solar system for a FedEx Freight distribution center in Fontana, Calif. The 269 kW (kilowatt) rooftop solar array utilizes BP Solar modules. The first joint system was inaugurated on Earth Day 2008 at FedEx Freight’s facility in Whittier,... 

Suntech Solar Panels to Power The North Face 1MW Solar System

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, today announced it has been selected to supply 5,445 Suntech solar panels for a 1MW solar electricity system at The North Face® West Coast distribution center in Visalia, Calif. The system will be installed by EI Solutions, on RayTracker(TM)... 

Satcon to Power World’s Largest Rooftop Photovoltaic Array

Satcon, a leading provider of utility scale distributed power solutions for the renewable energy market, announced today its participation in the world’s largest rooftop solar photovoltaic power installation. The 12 megawatt (MW) system atop the General Motors car manufacturing facility in Figueruelas, Zaragoza Spain will cover approximately 2,000,000... 

Honeywell Helps California Schools Soak Up the Sun, Cut Utility Bills

The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that the nation’s schools spend an average of $175 per student on energy costs — a figure that continues to rise every year. Overall, utility bills are the second largest expense behind personnel costs At the same time, there is a growing awareness across the country about environmental impact and...