Monthly Archives: June 2010
CSP Summit 2010: Dispatches
The CSP Summit was held this past week in SanFrancisco. Many of the leading companies in the space were present, and the following represents some of the highlights. (Editor’s note: CSP stands for ‘concentrated solar power,’ which generally means solarthermal power plants. Concentration is coming to photovoltaics, so theacronym may not last forever, but enjoy [...]
Laguna Beach Ranks 3rd for Solar Homes in the O.C
In California, San Diego and San Jose lead the way in the GoldenState’s push toward making solar a prevalent source of power throughoutthe state. But at a smaller scale, there’s plenty of variation (andcompetition) among California municipalities. Case in point is Orange County — or, more familiarly, OC. According to data provided by the California [...]
Canadians Disappointed with Conservative’s Lack of leadership at the Toronto G20 Summit
According to recent poll results, 78 percent ofCanadians wanted Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government to use theG8 and G20 summits ”to signal that Canada wants to be a leader in theglobal fight against climate change.” Two thirds of Canadianswanted the Harper government to show leadership at the G8 and G20summits. The same number wanted to [...]
Solutia’s Performance Films segment receives grant
Solutia Inc. has announced that its Performance Films segment wasrecently awarded a $356,000 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act(ARRA) grant, entitled "Recovery Act: Advanced Energy Efficient Building Technologies," from the US Department of Energy. The awarded funds have been earmarked for the continued research, development andcommercialization of high-performance, energy-efficient retrofit windowfilm technology for residential and commercial [...]
KYOCERA supplies solar modules for Toyota marine boats
Kyocera Corp. announced that the company has started supplying solarmodules for "Toyota Solar Panels," which are to be installed inrecreational boats manufactured and sold by Toyota Motor Corp.. ToyotaSolar Panels can also be installed as an optional unit on recreationalboats manufactured by other companies. This solar module will beexhibited in the Kyocera booth at PV [...]
Goldman Sachs Is Bullish on Solar Stocks
For all the perceived evil, you have to give them credit…. Goldman Sachs knows how to make money — lots of it. In fact, they are so good at making money — for themselves and theirclients — that for years they’ve been referred to in financial circlesas ‘Golden Slacks’. It’s rumored that they won’t talk to [...]
Applied Materials Customers are Ordering Up Esatto
Applied Baccini Esatto Technology is seeing excellent traction across the globe. Customers around the world relay testimonials that Esatto is a recipe for success in developing next generation processes for higher efficiency solar cells.Esatto is a combination of hardware, software, qualified consumables and production proven processes that offers customers a low risk,production ready way to [...]
Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (ENER) Hits 52-Week Low $ENER
Energy Conversion Devices Inc.(ENER) Hits 52-Week Low Shares of Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (NASDAQ: ENER)plunged in Tuesday’s trading. The small cap stock hit a 52-week low of $4.18, down 10.30% from the closing price in theprevious trading session. The stock ended at $4.18 on above averagevolume of 2.08 million. It was active again in after-hours [...]
Atlantic Wind and Solar Adds To Ontario PV Program
Atlantic Wind& Solar Inc. has entered into an agreement with anOntario commercial real estate developer that will allow it to developand construct four more solar rooftop projects. The projects will generate a combined nameplate power capacity of approximately 492 kW.Under the agreement, Atlantic Wind & Solar will finance, build, own, operate and maintain the solar [...]
Solar Electric Tuk-Tuks in Bangkok
Auto rickshaws, better known as “tuk-tuks” in Bangkok have been afeature of Bangkok and are often regarded as a unique symbol ofThailand. However, conventionally fueled tuk-tuks are polluting and need a redesign to stay for years to come. Air Marshal Morakot Charnsomruadhas designed a prototype that could herald a cleaner, greener era onBangkok’s congestion-choked streets. [...]
QuantaSol restructures in gear-up to volume manufacture
QuantaSol Ltd, the independent designer and manufacturer ofstrain-balanced quantum-well solar cells, has undergone significantrestructuring as it readies for volume manufacture. In late 2009Chris Shannon was appointed CEO, in a strategic move to drive thebusiness forward. Chris brings with him more than 20 years of experience and an impressive track record in product marketing, productdevelopment to [...]
Economical and Flexible Solar Cells Developed at Cornell
The Dichtel group in the Department of Chemistry and ChemicalBiology at CornellUniversity has developed a method to organize organic dyes intostacked, porous 2D sheets, which can later be incorporated into flexible solar cells. The process employs organic dye molecules assembled into a structure known as a covalent organic framework (COF). The strategy uses a simple [...]