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Archive for May, 2008

Flex Your Power Releases Guide to Hotel Energy Efficiency

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

OAKLAND, CALIF.—A new guide offer hotels simple energy-saving tips that can cut costs while increasing aesthetics and comfort. Flex Your Power, California’s energy efficiency marketing and outreach campaign, has released its Hotels Best Practices Guide. Tips come from all aspects ...

Sharp Provides Photovoltaic Panels for Winery’s ‘Flotovoltaic’ Solar Array in Napa Valley

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

SelfPoweredSystems

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

A revolutionary, patent pending, technology, which converts ambient heat into electricity, has the potential to go to production in the very near future. This system has proven the capability to recharge batteries from heat extracted from the air; an ...

Ironwood State Prison Activates 1.18 Megawatt Solar Power Plant

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Ironwood State Prison (Ironwood) and SunEdison today announced the activation of a new 1.18 megawatt (MW) ground-mounted photovoltaic solar power system.

IBM Research Could Lead to Reduced Costs in Solar Farm Technology

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Last week, IBM announced a research breakthrough in photovoltaics (PV) technology that could significantly reduce the cost of harnessing the sun's power for electricity.

SCHOTT Inaugurates Solar Receiver Plant

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

SCHOTT Solar inaugurated its new plant for solar receivers in Aznalcollar, a city near Seville, Spain. These absorber tubes are a key component of solar thermal parabolic trough power plants. EUR 25 million [US $39 million] has been invested in ...

MMA Moves into Wind Farm Development

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

MMA Renewable Ventures, LLC, announced plans to construct, finance and operate a 10-megawatt (MW) wind farm in north central Oregon. Upon scheduled completion in 2009, the PaTu Wind Farm is expected to produce 30,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of energy annually.

Quantum & Asola Awarded US $17 Million Contract by Sunworx

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. announced that its German solar partner, Asola Advanced and Automotive Solar Systems GmbH, has won a US $17 million contract from Sunworx GmbH, for the supply of silicon photovoltaic solar modules. Sunworx will take ...

WindConnect Completes Harvest Wind Farm Construction

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

WindConnect has completed construction of the Harvest Wind Farm, located on 3,200 acres in Huron County, Michigan. Harvest is the first utility-scale wind facility that will operate in the state of Michigan.

Suntech Announces Investment in Shunda

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. announced that it has acquired a minority stake in Shunda Holdings Co. Ltd, a manufacturer of solar wafers based in China, for a total consideration of US $98.9 million. Suntech also announced that a thirteen-year ...

Power-Hungry iPods Would Soak Up Sun

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Ontario Wind Plant Generates Power for Great Lakes

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

South Africa: Bio-Fuel Technology Tops Brasil Tech 2008

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Prism Solar Technologies to Present at TechConnect Summit in Boston, June 4th.

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Lake Katrine, NY, May 27, 2008 – Prism Solar Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of a unique holographic solar technology for solar-electric modules, today announced that Rick Lewandowski, CEO, will present at this year's TechConnect Summit at the Hynes Convention Center ...

Putting wind to work on farms

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Extra Cheese, Hold the Methane

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Stuff | Comments Off

A recent innovation from scientists in Australia and New Zealand offers hope for humans to continue our love affair with meat and dairy products. The proposed solution: A genetically modified grass that is more easily digested ...

Extra Cheese, Hold the Methane

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Stuff | Comments Off

A recent innovation from scientists in Australia and New Zealand offers hope for humans to continue our love affair with meat and dairy products. The proposed solution: A genetically modified grass that is more easily digested ...

Proudly Made in China: NEST Collective

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Stuff | Comments Off

By Erica Lee Schlaikjer A group of foreigners doing business in Shanghai recently hatched a new idea to bring "design with a conscience" to the China market. NEST, as the retail collective is called, aims to unite ...

Green-tech news harvest: Wave power, World Bank clean-tech fund

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Solar-powered iPhone on the way?

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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