Spire to provide 30 MW Solar Cell Manufacturing Line to Korea
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffBEDFORD, MA - October 28, 2008 – Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey production lines and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules worldwide, today announced that Spire has been awarded a contract to ...
Benefits of the Rescue Package
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffDon't get me wrong -- I'm as upset as the next person that our tax dollars will go to bail out unscrupulous banks -- but there is a silver lining to all those interested in renewable energy, which should be ...
Mining the Moon?
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News, New Science | Comments OffSomeone please tell me if I'm missing something. The New York Times reported last week that on October 22, India launched its first unmanned spacecraft to orbit the moon. The craft is expected to remain in space ...
The Declaration of Human Rights: Now Even More Universal
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Community, Green News | Comments OffIn 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt penned the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On December 10 of that year, the document was adopted and proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly. Read it here. Sixty years later, less than ...
Graphic Series: Earthly Ideas, Week 4
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments OffEditor's note: This post is part of a series. We'll be releasing one of Worldchanging ally Andy Lubershane's original comics each week until the end of the year. While many of the issues covered in the ...
The Green Collar Economy and Other Fall Books
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIt's been a rich season for books, including many I want to review. I've fallen so far behind in my work, though, that I figured it would be better to say something about the eight best ...
‘Whisper-quiet’ home wind turbine comes to U.S.
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Letter from Stockholm: 2010 is Sweden’s
Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments OffIf you want to know where the worldchanging action will be in the summer of 2010, look north. Stockholm already rumbles as one of the global epicenters of bright green innovation. It's a small city -- only ...
Perpetual Power Completes 5.5 acre Citrus Orchard
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffMitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. and Perpetual Power (P2) have announced the completion of one of the largest installations on a citrus orchard in the United States. When operating at full capacity, the 6,400 ground-mounted high-efficiency photovoltaic panels can ...
Speaking and training now provided.
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffMartin Herzfeld as an independent contractor and consultant announces they now provide speaking and training capabilities. If there are addition discussions regarding renewable energy resources in the future - as member of the Standard & Poor's Society of Industry Leaders, ...
Clean Technologies in India
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off"For the post-2012 period, we need new and enhanced mechanisms for the development and transfer of climate friendly technologies. The private sector will be the main vehicle to implement technologies transfer. Their experience and expertise should be fully used in ...
3TIER Named one of “100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies” in Washington
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off3TIER, one of the world's largest independent providers of assessment and forecasting of renewable energy, was recognized today by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of Washington state's "100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies" for 2008. Based on a three-year ...
New Directions for Our Clean Energy Future
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe Environmental Law & Policy Center will celebrate its 15th Anniversary at a dinner gala at the Chicago Fairmont Hotel on November 12th. The event will bring together prominent political and business leaders, and policy advocates with whom ELPC ...
FPL Cuts 400 MW of Wind Energy Plans
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffFPL Energy announced through it's 3rd Quarter earnings report that it plans to cut back on it's 2009 wind energy development plans. FPL Energy had previously planned to add approximately 1,500 megawatts (MW) in 2009, but the revised plan is ...
Johnson Controls Sponsors Award-Winning Film: Kilowatt Ours
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffJohnson Controls, the global leader in energy efficiency, is a proud sponsor of filmmaker Jeff Barrie's award-winning documentary, Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America (www.kilowattours.org). The film educates and empowers individuals to reduce their consumption of fossil fuels ...
ICP and Wal-Mart See Huge Market for Solar Chargers in 2009
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPoet Opens New Ohio Biorefinery
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPoet last week, held the grand opening for its third ethanol plant in Ohio during a ceremony in Marion. The company has now expanded its capacity by another 65 million gallons per year with its newest plant.
China Sunergy & Hitachi Sign 210-MW Silicon Ingot Supply Deal
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffChina Sunergy Co. Ltd. announced that it has entered into a multi-year agreement for a supply of eight-inch single crystal silicon ingot with the Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (HHT). Under the agreement, HHT will supply a total volume of 1,472 tons ...
A Shining Example for the State of Connecticut
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe future is no longer the future. It's now and it soon will be sitting atop the roof of Focus Mailing on Great Pasture Road. Stu Longman, who owns the building, is filling its roof with arrays of solar panels. ...
Concentrix & Abengoa Connect 2-MW Solar Plant to Spanish Grid
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAt the end of September, Concentrix Solar GmbH together with its partner Abengoa Solar successfully connected a 2-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant to the public utility grid under the still valid version of the Real Decreto 661/2007, the ...