Author: Francesco

SolarNexus Seeks to Connect Solar and Energy Efficiency Through $1M California Solar Initiative Grant

SolarNexus teams with energy industry specialists on development of system to facilitate collaboration among energy-related applications and companies; consumers and businesses will benefit through reduced time to completion of solar-energy installations. SolarNexus, a provider of software solutions that streamline the installation of solar power systems, has been awarded $312,000 from the California Solar Initiative’s Research,… Read more »

Iowa Utilities Board: Adopts rules to encourage more small wind energy development

The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) has adopted rules to encourage the development of more small wind generation systems across Iowa and help the state continue to be a leader in renewable energy. The rules are for a State program to simplify and encourage small wind generation systems (100 Kilowatts or less nameplate capacity) being interconnected… Read more »

LGC Skyrota Wind Energy Corp. Announces Private Placement of Up to $1,000,000 in Convertible Debentures

LGC Skyrota Wind Energy Corp. announces that it has engaged Wellington West Capital Inc. on a best efforts agency basis, to complete a private placement (the “Offering”) of up to $1,000,000 principal amount of 10% convertible debentures (the “Debentures”). The Offering is expected to be completed on or before September 30, 2010. The Debentures are… Read more »

Ellsworth Adhesives Is Adding XIAMETER® PMX-200 Silicone Fluid Product Offering

Ellsworth Adhesives announced today it has added Dow Corning’s XIAMETER® brand PMX-200 Silicone Fluids to their product catalog and web site. The XIAMETER PMX-200 Silicone Fluids (formerly known as Dow Corning 200 Fluids) are considered the industry standard for consistency and quality. XIAMETER® silicone fluids are used in a wide array of applications. Ellsworth provides… Read more »

New Trends in U.S. Energy Policy: Focus on Offshore Wind Energy

“Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium” Opens Up New Perspectives for Offshore Wind Projects Second Offshore Summit in Rostock in September 2010: Knowledge Exchange Between Representatives of German and U.S. Government Agencies and International Offshore Experts The United States are starting to rely increasingly on ocean wind for energy generation. Last month, the “Atlantic Offshore Wind… Read more »

Phoenix Solar AG releases guidance for the financial year 2010

The compromise found on 5 July 2010 through the intervention of the Mediation Committee between the German Bundesrat and Bundestag on the promotion of photovoltaics under the German Renewable Energy Act has made an assessment of the German solar market 2010 possible.Accordingly, the Executive Board of Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93) is today releasing its… Read more »

Sweden: Greatest Potential Market in the Western European Wind Energy Sector, Says Frost & Sullivan

It would appear that budding opportunities for market growth in the Western European wind energy sector blow strongest to the North. A study from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.energy.frost.com), Investment Opportunities in the Wind Energy Sector in Europe, reveals that Sweden has the highest potential market growth in Western Europe. The Scandinavian powerhouse boasts the most… Read more »

EnXco, Inc. – Strategic Analysis Review – New Company Profile Published

enXco, Inc. (enXco) is a US based alternative energy company. The company is principally engaged in design, development, construction and operation of renewable energy projects. It predominantly focuses on development of portfolio of wind and solar energy projects. The company offers a wide variety of services under two segments, wind energy and solar energy. Services… Read more »

EVSO: Cornell Researchers Create Much Cheaper Recipe for Making Solar Cells

Evolution Solar. The Dichtel group in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University has developed a method to organize organic dyes into stacked sheets that are porous for incorporation into flexible solar cells. The process could revolutionize the way solar cells are made by lowering costs dramatically, while creating highly-efficient and easy-to-manufacture… Read more »

Welwind Energy International Corporation Enters Into Negotiations for Large Scale Wind Farm

Welwind Energy International Corp. (the “Company”) announces that China company officials will be leaving for Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China on July 4, 2010. The company will be in negotiations to acquire an 80% interest in an existing 100 MW wind farm. This is an advanced phase wind energy project with significant expansion potential. The company… Read more »

Rickmers christens four containerships with a combined capacity of 52,400 TEU during a ceremony at the HHI Ulsan shipyard

Even for Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipyard group, it was a remarkable occasion. In a quadruple naming ceremony at HHI’s Ulsan shipyard on 2 July, Rickmers Group christened four ultra-large container ships (ULCS) of 13,100 TEU each. MV “MAERSK EDINBURGH” (ex “PEARL RICKMERS”) is the first ULCS of Rickmers Group which will… Read more »

Phoenix Solar AG builds a solar park in Brandenburg with a peak power of 18 megawatts in its final form

. LUXCARA Asset Management GmbH won as a new customer. First construction stage of 14.4 megawatts already online Sulzemoos 1 July 2010 / Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leadingphotovoltaic system integrator listed on the German TecDAX, has built aphotovoltaic power plant with a peak power of 14.4 megawatts (MWp) forHamburg-based LUXCARA Asset Management GmbH,… Read more »

Xcel Energy’s First-Ever Solar-Coal Project is Running

Xcel Energy is now operating a first-of-its-kind demonstration of a hybrid solar-coal approach, using parabolic-trough solar technology integrated with a coal-fired power plant. The project, located at Xcel Energy’s Cameo Generating Station near Grand Junction, Colo., is designed to increase the plant’s efficiency, decrease the use of coal, test the commercial viability of concentrating solar… Read more »

Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. Announces Letter of Intent for $4 Million Solar Project in Georgia

with businesses in solar project development, distribution and workforce training, today announced it has signed a letter of intent with a private developer to initiate a $4 million turn-key solar project in the State of Georgia. Under the completed agreement, Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. will lead the project development effort including system design, installation, and… Read more »

DEK Solar looks forward to Semicon West 2010

DEK Solar has confirmed plans to attend this year’s Semicon West exhibition, being held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center from 13th – 15th July. On hand from booth 5251 in the North hall, the DEK Solar team will be talking to visitors about the company’s recent technology innovations and process advances. Semicon West visitors will… Read more »

TSENTSO-E 10 Year Grid Development Plan

The release by ENTSO-E of the revised pilot Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) today“marks a useful step towards a much-needed European electricity grid that interconnects nationalelectricity systems, benefits consumers, and enables the integration of large amounts of wind energy”according to Justin Wilkes, Policy Director of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). The pilot TYNDP acknowledges… Read more »

Wind Turbine Blade Comes to DC with Message from Americans to Federal Policymakers

Blade Arrives as President and Congressional Leaders Meet on Energy Policy, Carrying Signatures of More Than 6,000 Americans from Across Country Today, as the president and congressional leaders meet at the White House on energy policy, GE Energy and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) delivered a petition from Americans across the country in the… Read more »

Wind industry provides blueprint to build US clean energy industry, create jobs

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), United Steelworkers (USW), and the BlueGreen Alliance held a teleconference to discuss the release of their joint report, titled “Winds of Change: A Manufacturing Blueprint for the Wind Industry,” which they hope will inspire the U.S. to action before it falls behind the rest of the renewable energy embracing… Read more »

Solar Energy Initiatives Announces Letter of Intent for $16 Million School District Project in Pennsylvania

Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc., with businesses in solar project development, distribution and workforce training, today announced it has signed a letter of intent with a School District in Pennsylvania to install and operate approximately 4 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic (PV) systems on government buildings. The Company anticipates that the projects will break ground in the… Read more »

Yingli Green Energy Aiming to Leave a Sunny Legacy in Africa

“Football for Hope. Energy for Hope.” press conference to be hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa in conjunction with FIFA Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers, which holds the brand “Yingli Solar,” today… Read more »

SOLON and the Saint-Gobain Group have agreed to a sales network

SOLON SE and Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Deutschland GmbH (SGBDD) have concluded a framework contract spanning several years to deliver solar modules with a capacity of over 70 MW. The building materials retailer is currently making a foray with its sales activities into the growth segment of photovoltaics. Using its own ‘Solarkauf’ brand SGBDD has developed… Read more »

Ellsworth Adhesives Releases New Line Card

Ellsworth Adhesives, a global distributor and value-added supplier of adhesives, sealants, coatings, encapsulants, tapes and dispensing equipment, today introduces its newly updated line card offering. The Ellsworth’s line card provides a One Source comprehensive resource for customers looking for an inclusive list of material and equipment manufacturers. A complete list of value-added services is outlined,… Read more »

Dow Jones Solar Power Project Praised by N.J. Senators Lautenberg and Menendez at Ceremony

System will be one of the nation’s largest corporate solar power installations “Helping lead America to a new era of clean energy” Calling it a demonstration that “a clean energy future is both possible and profitable” and “groundbreaking in every sense of the word,” U.S. Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez of New Jersey praised… Read more »

FPL Receives Highest Honor for Building Nation’s Largest Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant

Florida Power & Light Company was recognized by the Southeastern Electric Exchange with its highest honor today for outstanding performance in constructing the largest solar photovoltaic power plant in the United States — the 25-megawatt DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center. The special Chairman’s Award is given annually by the Exchange to the project it… Read more »

Ameron Reports Solid Profits on Higher Second-Quarter Sales

Ameron International Corporationtoday reported net income of $9.5 million, or $1.03 per diluted share, in the quarter ended May 30, 2010, compared to net income of $9.4 million, or $1.02 per diluted share, in the quarter ended May 31, 2009. Consolidated sales increased to $136.5 million in the second quarter of 2010, compared to $132.9… Read more »

Hybrid Energy Anticipates Assets and Income Increase

Hybrid Energy Holdings, Inc. anticipates an immediate increase in the market value and projected revenues of its recently reported Technology Transfer Agreement and Joint Development Agreement with KS IP Holdings, LLC, a private company specializing in clean energy technologies that added $18,000,000 to the Company’s balance and increased its assets a further 360%. In addition… Read more »

Summer Solstice Survey Shows U.S. Consumers Want More Solar Energy

A new survey conducted by Applied Materials, Inc. reveals that two-thirds of Americans believe solar technology should play a greater role in meeting the country’s energy needs. In addition, three-quarters of Americans feel that increasing renewable energy and decreasing U.S. dependence on foreign oil are the country’s top energy priorities. Today is the summer solstice,… Read more »

Praxair China Signs Agreement with Evergreen Solar

Praxair China has signed a multi-year agreement with Evergreen Solar Energy China Co., Ltd. to supply bulk industrial gases for its solar wafer manufacturing facility in Wuhan, China. Evergreen Solar develops, manufactures and markets solar-power products based on its proprietary, low-cost STRING RIBBON(TM) wafer methodology which uses significantly less polysilicon than conventional ingot processes. “Praxair… Read more »

Ellsworth Adhesives Is Adding PRC Rapid Seal Product Line Offering

Ellsworth Adhesives announced today it has added the PPG Aerospace PRC Rapid Seal® Sealants product line. The PRC Rapid Seal® line offers high-performance, flexible, chemical resistant sealants that are designed for a variety of industrial applications. PRC brand sealants are available in a gun grade, self-leveling, and spray-applied consistencies. PPG Aerospace is an industry leading… Read more »

Defining innovation: how Whirlpool transformed an industry

Environmental issues and the pressures for companies to “go green” are among the biggest facing businesses across the globe currently. For Whirlpool Corporation, this commitment is being matched by a push to ensure that every single electronic product in the company is smart grid compatible by 2015. Behind this push is Bracken Darrell, the President… Read more »

Rickmers-Linie again wins Best Shipping Line

For the second time in a row, Rickmers-Linie, the breakbulk, heavylift and project cargo specialist headquartered in Hamburg, has won the category Best Shipping Line – Project Cargo in the annual Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA). In a gala dinner held on 10 June 2010 at the Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel, Dirk Wittkowski,… Read more »

Is a shadow falling across the Spanish solar industry?

With BP still struggling to plug its broken deep-water well in the Gulf of Mexico and end what appears to be the worst oil spill in American history, these should be sunny days for investors in the clean business of renewable energy – particularly solar/PV. Unfortunately, as the European industry is acutely aware, solar depends… Read more »

The winds of change blew in Dallas

Like many of our readers, PES has recently returned from the Windpower 2010 convention in Dallas, Texas, full of optimism for the coming year. It proved to be a watershed event, and one that we very much enjoyed – not least because we got to meet so many of you. What was particularly illuminating about… Read more »