Fronius USA Launches IG Plus at Solar Power International 2008
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffFronius USA, LLC unveiled their latest product line of grid-connected PV inverters, the IG Plus, at this year's Solar Power International 2008 in San Diego. Scores of curious attendees visited the Fronius exhibit to view the complete IG ...
EPV SOLAR Germany Begins Thin-Film Module Production in Senftenberg, Germany
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffEPV SOLAR Germany GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of US-based EPV SOLAR, Inc., a thin-film solar module manufacturer and photovoltaic systems provider headquartered in New Jersey, USA, announced today that the first amorphous silicon thin-film modules have been produced at EPV ...
NABCEP Announces Fee Changes to Entry Level Certificate of Knowledge for Solar PV Systems
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffNABCEP Announces Certification Fee Changes
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffTop 5 Renewable Energy & Efficiency Gifts for the Holidays
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWith the economy in a slump, people are looking for every way to pinch a penny. Deep Patel, Founder & CEO of GoGreenSolar.com, is urging holiday shoppers this year to consider giving gifts that can lower energy bills.
Localisation on Environmental Business and Supply Base in India with International Green Business Fair
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffEnvironmental Business and Supply Base transfer to India with the further development on the local market place. The new prospects of the Indian State promotion policy and legislative regulations toward attracting foreign investors' confidence and expectations
British Feed-in Tariff Policy Becomes Law – Was Once Unthinkable
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe Queen gave her "royal assent" to Britain's long-debated Energy Bill on November 26, 2008, putting into law Britain's commitment to dramatically cut its greenhouse gas emissions. The Energy Bill also contained provisions calling on Gordon Brown's Labour government to ...
ICP Solar Wins Business in Africa
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffMONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA – December 1, 2008 – ICP Solar Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: ICPR.OB, FRANKFURT: K1U.F), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary solar panels and products, today announced that the Company has signed an agreement worth $500,000 for off-grid ...
Spire Corporation Receives Staff Determination Letter from Nasdaq
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffMaking Clean Energy from Waste
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIn 2007, the US produced 254 million tons of municipal solid waste according to the EPA. The great variety of waste ranges from organic material in landfills, to waste from the chemical industry that must be treated as hazardous material, ...
As CEO of General Chrysfordco, Obama Can Spearhead Renewable Energy & Rebuild America
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIt's all but a foregone conclusion that a government bailout of the auto industry will happen, to save the millions of direct and indirect jobs generated by the Big Three. But unlike his predecessor who bailed out the banks, the ...
Santee Cooper & Center for Hydrogen Research Announce Solar Plans
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSantee Cooper and the Center for Hydrogen Research announced a contract that could advance research on hydrogen generation as a storage system for renewable energy sources. Santee Cooper is providing US $230,000 to the Center for the purchase of a ...
EPV Solar’s New Plant Shipping Thin-Film Modules
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffEPV Solar Inc., a thin-film solar module manufacturer and photovoltaic systems provider announced that a new 30,000 square foot, 20-megawatt (MW) production facility at the company's headquarters in Robbinsville, New Jersey, is now producing and shipping production quantities of its ...
XsunX Sells 15 MW of Its ASI-120 Thin-film Solar Modules
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffXsunX Inc., a solar technology company engaged in the build-out of its multi-megawatt thin film photovoltaic (PV) solar manufacturing facilities in Oregon, announced that it had entered into a two-year supply contract for the sale of 15 megawatts (MW) of ...
REpower & DOTI Sign Deal for 5-MW Turbines
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAnother step has been taken towards the building of the first German offshore wind farm, alpha ventus. REpower Systems AG and Deutsche Offshore Testfeld und Infrastrukturge-sellschaft mbH & Co. KG (DOTI) have signed a contract in Hamburg for the supply ...
3S Swiss Solar Systems Delivers First Turnkey Solar Production Line
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off3S Swiss Solar Systems AG has announced that it has handed over a semi-automatic production line to Spanish company Eurener Energia Solar. 3S Swiss Solar Systems AG entered the semi-automatic solar production line business in March of this year.
A Much Better, Better, Place is Coming!
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffProject Better Place reflects a commendable vision "an oil-free future and a healthier, safer planet". The program projects fully electric automobiles - with a battery swapping program as well as numerous recharge outlets. However, to the surprise of almost everyone, ...
Thanks
Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in Arts, Green News | Comments OffThis poem hit me deep the first time I read it, back when we were just starting Worldchanging. Simran Sethi reminded me of it today, and since it is so perfect for a holiday based on ...
Peak Population and Generation X
Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments OffThe babies born between 1965 and 1970 were historic. They were part of the highest global population growth rate ever achieved, 2.1 percent a year. As Joel Cohen writes, Human population never grew with such speed before ...
Stuff I Find Interesting
Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffIt's a holiday weekend, so this is a lazy post: I was recently asked what kinds of technological developments I found interesting. Here's the list I sent back. URBAN TECH We're getting close to good models of the ...