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Archive for March, 2008

4 MW SolarWall® Installation Will Displace 2,000 Tons of CO2 each year at world’s largest collection of solar air heated buildings

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The largest collection of solar air heated buildings in the world can now be found at the military base of Fort Drum, in upstate New York. 50 SolarWall® systems (totaling over 110,000 ft2) have been installed on 27 military ...

Sharp Solar Energy Solutions Group Appoints Michael Lasky as Director of Reseller Channel Sales

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Sharp Solar Energy Solutions Group Appoints Michael Lasky as Director of Reseller Channel Sales

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UniRac Receives 2008 Progressive Manufacturing Award

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UniRac Inc., North America's leading manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) mounting solutions, is proud to have been selected for the second consecutive year by Managing Automation as one of the 2008 Progressive Manufacturing 50 Award Winners, recognizing organizations whose technology-driven ...

ICP Solar Signs Development Agreement with Ascent Solar

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Northwest Solar Expo April 18-20 at the Portland, Oregon Convention Center

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The Northwest is becoming a hotbed of solar energy development as home and business owners discover the huge potential for this limitless source of clean energy. The Northwest Solar Expo April 18 - 20, 2008, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, is ...

The Northwest Clean Energy Horizon

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Good weather and an appetite for sustainability appear to be the main factors driving the formation of a world-class 'clean energy cluster' in the Pacific Northwest. Skilled workers with strong creative talent are attracted to the area, and it's ...

How Will New Research and Development Act Affect the Geothermal Industry?

Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

I've read that Congress has passed a new US $100 million program for geothermal research. I have been working on some new ideas for the huge geopressured resource in the Gulf and would like to get support. Who do I ...

Wisconsin Solar Reaches 1 MW

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On March 1, 2008, Focus on Energy, Wisconsin's energy efficiency and renewable energy initiative, achieved a combined solar generation capacity of 1 megawatt (MW) with its 330th co-funded solar electric system.

Conergy Sells First Wind Turbine Units

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Conergy Wind GmbH, a subsidiary of Conergy AG, has announced the sale of its first two PowerWind 56 wind turbines to German project developer Energiequelle.

Construction Begins on Module Plant

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Construction on a new highly automated solar photovoltaic (PV) module assembly facility owned by Centosolar Group AG is underway. This marks the start of the expansion of the Sonnenstromfabrik Wismar plant in Wismar, Germany. The new facility is scheduled to ...

Iberdrola Plans Six Offshore Wind Projects

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Plans to develop six offshore wind farm projects with a combined generation capacity of 3000 megawatts (MW) at locations off the coasts of the Spanish Atlantic provinces of Cadiz and Huelva and the Mediterranean province of Castellon have been unveiled ...

6N Silicon Secures $20 Million in Financing

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6N Silicon Inc. announced that it has secured up to US $20 million in second round financing. This investment round was led by Good Energies.

Huntington Turbine Faces Visual Challenge

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One Country’s Success Story: Building a Green Economy

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Companies Give Folks Solar Help to Go Green

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BrightSource Energy signs whopper solar contract with PG&E

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Smart grid, meet the product-service model

Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments Off

by Joy Green What happens when disruptive ideas combine? We’ve heard a lot about distributed energy generation and smart grids recently – cities could act as distributed power plants, channeling energy from hundreds of thousands, even millions ...

The Worldchanging Interview: Clay Shirky

Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments Off

Clay Shirky is an influential writer, consultant, and teacher focused on the Internet as a social platform. He's one of the smartest thinkers I know about how people live, love, and work online. His new book, ...

The Worldchanging Interview: Clay Shirky

Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments Off

Clay Shirky is an influential writer, consultant, and teacher focused on the Internet as a social platform. He's one of the smartest thinkers I know about how people live, love, and work online. His new book, ...