Kalahari Greentech’s Tri-Brid Solar Collector Has a Revenue Potential of $973 Million

Kalahari Greentech, Inc. released a statement today discussing the company’s revenue projections for 2011. According to the American Housing Survey, there were 128,203,000 housing units in the United States in 2007 (Source: www.census.gov). If only one tenth of 1% of the approximately 128 million housing units were to purchase the Tri-Brid Solar... 

Philadelphia University and MAG Establish New Composites Institute to Develop Textile-Based Composites for Industrial Applications

Philadelphia University and MAG are establishing the Philadelphia University MAG Composites Institute for research and development of new textile-based composites that could have wide application in industry, including the aerospace, automotive and energy sectors. The new research institute will be funded in part by $1.1 million from MAG, whose chairman... 

Sunvalley Solar Awarded $1.3M Solar Installation Contract in Coachella, CA

Sunvalley Solar, Inc. , a leading provider of solar power technology and solar integration systems, announced that it has signed a commercial solar installation contract with Prime Time Produce (Sun & Sand Enterprises, LLC) in Coachella, California. Based in Southern California’s Coachella Valley, Prime Time Produce is the largest year-round... 

Ecotech Institute Opens Its Doors to New, Progressive Facility in Aurora

Ecotech Institute, the first and only college focused entirely on preparing America’s workforce for careers in renewable energy and sustainable design, today announced that students are now taking classes in its brand new facility. Located at 1400 South Abilene Street in Aurora, the school has transformed a vacant, large-footprint building into... 

Teams Prepare for Round Two in the 2010-2011 Clean Energy Prize Competition

Ideas for new green-energy businesses ranging from a credit card bonus points program to fund renewable energy projects to a speed bump that generates electricity for roadside electronics will go head to head Jan. 21 in Round-2 competition for the 2010-2011 Clean Energy Prize. The competition, presented by DTE Energy and the University of Michigan... 

GOAL ZERO Introduces Most Cost-Effective, Compact and Lightweight Solar Energy System to Date at CES 2011

GOAL ZERO, an innovator of portable solar power systems, today introduced the GOAL ZERO Guide 10 rechargeable power pack and Guide 10 Adventure Kit, delivering its most cost-effective, compact and lightweight solar energy system to date. Consisting of four AA rechargeable batteries, a USB output port, and an LED flashlight, the GOAL ZERO Guide 10 power... 

Solar Acquisition Corp. Announces Asset Acquisition, Continues Expansion of Business Focus

Solar Acquisition Corp. is pleased to announce that it has finalized the acquisition of the assets of Clean Power, Inc. Included among the assets are Clean Power’s extensive propriety research, business development plans for building a diversified renewable energy company, and information related to building turnkey energy systems in the solar... 

Universal Power Group Launches Ecotricity Line of Solar Products

Universal Power Group, Inc. , today announced the launch of its new “Ecotricity” line of portable solar-powered products and unveiled the line’s initial product: the Ecotricity ECO1800 solar-powered generator. The Ecotricity ECO1800 features an 1800W inverter with four 120V outlets and a 50-foot cord that is ideal for generating environmentally... 

Alternative Energy Partners (AEGY) Obtains $8M Funding

Alternative Energy Partners,a provider of comprehensive alternative energy solutions, announces that it has received a commitment for $8M in funding. The funding was arranged by Alternative Energy Partners’ (“AEGY”) parent company, Healthcare of Today, Inc., and will be used for working capital and acquisitions. Per the terms of the... 

Suntech Brings Solar to Switzerland with Sunergic

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. the world’s largest manufacturer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules, announced today that it will supply Sunergic SA, one of Switzerland’s leading solar system integrators, with the solar panels for a 1MW solar system for Services Industriels de Geneve (SIG), a Swiss utility. The SIG 1MW solar...