Western Wind to develop an additional new 30 to 80MW wind project in Tehachapi, CA

Western Wind Energy Corp announce that it has secured approximately 575 contiguous acres near Tehachapi, California through land purchases and ground leases and plans to pursue the development of an additional wind energy project of at least 30MW. The new project will be named Windswept. Western Wind is working on acquiring or leasing additional contiguous land parcels that could see Windswept increase to over 1,500 acres and up to 80MWs. Windswept... Read more..

AM Oil Resources & Technology Acquires Build Biodiesel Technology to Create Energy Diversity

AM Oil Resources & Technology Inc., announced that it has just completed design drawings to build a mobile bio-diesel device. The Company’s design is a mobile biodiesel production plant, capable of producing 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of biodiesel per week. The designed plant fits into a standard truck-trailer with dimensions 8 feet wide by 45 feet long by 9.5 feet tall. Biodiesel is the name of a clean burning alternative fuel, produced from domestic,... Read more..

Grundfos Pumps and SunPower Dedicate 1.1 Megawatt Solar Power System

Grundfos Pumps Corporation and SunPower Corporation dedicated a 1.1 megawatt solar power system at the Grundfos facility in Fresno. The system features a ground-mounted, high-efficiency SunPower sun tracking system on a 7.5-acre site. It is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions generated at the site by almost 2.4 million pounds annually, which is the equivalent to removing close to 200 cars from California’s highways each year. “Grundfos... Read more..

Canadian Solar Announces US Office

Canadian Solar Inc. announced that it has opened a US head office and customer center in San Ramon, California. The office will house purchasing, sales, sales support, and R&D staff. The office contact information is: 12657 Alcosta Blvd., Suite 140 San Ramon, CA 94583, USA Tel: +1 (925) 866-2700 Fax: +1 (925) 866-2704 Email: Sales.us@csisolar.com Inquiry.us@csisolar.com Canadian Solar has had an incorporated... Read more..

Petroplus Announces an Incident at its Ingolstadt Refinery

Petroplus Holdings AG announced that an incident occurred at its Ingolstadt refinery. At approximately 23:15 Central European Time (CET) yesterday, a fire occurred at a reflux pump associated with the crude oil unit. Refinery and local emergency response teams responded to the incident and the fire was immediately brought under control and extinguished in about an hour. There were no injuries or reported offsite environmental impacts. There was no... Read more..

Developers Diversified Announces Income-Producing Solar Energy Program to Benefit Tenants and Environment

Developers Diversified Realty announced an income-producing solar energy program in partnership with SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider. The program will enable Developers Diversified to incorporate solar photovoltaic (PV) systems through a multi-phase deployment at the company’s shopping centers, starting with those in California, Colorado, New Jersey and Puerto Rico. As part of the long-term partnership,... Read more..

German Solar Integrator Agrees to Purchase Solar Modules from Solar Power, Inc.

Solar Power, Inc. has completed its first sale to a prominent German solar integrator of its photovoltaic solar modules for use in the integrator’s Germany-based installation projects. An initial supply of SPI’s 200-watt panels was shipped to the integrator at the end of December 2008. The transaction follows IEC certification in early December 2008 of SPI’s family of solar modules by VDE laboratories located in Main, Germany. The IEC certification,... Read more..

WorldWater & Solar Technologies Completes Solar Installation at Valley Center Municipal Water District

WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp., developer and marketer of proprietary high-horsepower solar systems, announced that it has completed installation of a 1.1 MW solar power system for the Valley Center Municipal Water District (VCMWD) of Valley Center, California. The system, which was financed and will be owned, operated, and maintained by Solar Power Partners, Inc. (SPP) of Mill Valley, California, will provide 2.1 million kWh per year... Read more..

Raser Technologies Completes Initial Commissioning Tests of Thermo

Raser Technologies, Inc., a leader in geothermal power generation, announced that it is nearing completion of the commissioning process of the 50 power generation units at its first commercial-scale power plant, in Beaver County, Utah, demonstrating the viability of advanced technology that can make geothermal a major price-competitive resource for this country’s energy supply. Most of the individual units have been commissioned and placed in service.... Read more..

Hydrogen Hybrid, Corp. Now Taking Orders for the Hydrogen 8x Mega Fuel Cell System for Class 8 Semi Trucks

Hydrogen Hybrid, Corp. announced its plans to introduce a Fuel Cell System designed specifically for Class 8 semi truck. Performance tests indicate that this patented technology has the ability to increase a Class 8 semi truck’s fuel efficiency by 50% under a full 80,000 lb load. The “mega” Fuel Cell measures 24×18x18 inches and works with the semi truck’s engine to produce over 2,500 liters of hydrogen per hour. The Hydrogen... Read more..