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eBay’s New Data Center: 100% Powered by Bloom Fuel Cells
eBay announced it will power its flagship data center with renewable energy as its primary power source, the first company to do so. The company is building the largest non-utility fuel cell installation in the US and although it will be tied to the grid, that’s only for backup. And it will run on biogas from landfills. Most renewable [...]
Panasonic Ready for Insane Solar Sales in Japan
Next month, a feed-in-tariff (FIT) will be introduced in Japan. The tariff will grant solar panel makers with 42 yen (52 cents) per kilowatt-hour. The FIT also provides companies such as Panasonic Corp. (6752), Sharp Corp. (6753) and Kyocera Corp (6971) with a large incentive to increase their focus on the solar space. Panasonic anticipates [...]
Will The Remaining Thin Film Solar Companies Make It?
While the solar bankruptcies that have been going on for the last year or so are nothing new, the pace has recently accelerated. With even the biggest thin film manufacturer, First Solar finding its products noncompetitive in the face of cheap Chinese c-Si solar modules, the smaller start ups are facing extinction. Even the older [...]
IKEA Adds Another 5 Megawatts of Solar
IKEA has recently announced plans to install PV solar panels this summer at two east coast distribution centers, one in Perryville, Maryland and the other in Westampton, New Jersey. These projects will immediately join the ranks of the largest commercial rooftop solar installations in the nation. In addition, this move will result in 89% of [...]
Talesun Solar Awarded Seal of Quality for PV Modules
Talesun Solar: the first Chinese Solar company to be awarded the “VDE Quality Tested“ seal of quality for Photovoltaic Modules. “VDE has developed the new testing program for this highly valuable seal of quality in close cooperation with the solar industry, solar project investors, and our international network of partner laboratories. With this finely tuned [...]
4 Cleantech Companies Make Red Herrings Top 100 List
This year’s Red Herring Top 100 companies in the Americas, which celebrates the most innovative, promising privately held companies, include four cleantech firms. Companies are judged on financial performance, technology innovation, management quality, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay! Agilyx [...]
The Big Tunas Get It: GE, Buffett, Google, Apple go the Clean Energy Route
Google is backing it. So is Warren Buffett, America’s most-watched investor. GE, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers, is too. Each of these corporate icons is placing big bets and hundreds of millions of dollars on a future powered by wind and solar power. Apple just joined them, announcing plans to power its main U.S. [...]
Analysts: Not Surprised Konarka Collapsed
Solar company Konarka Power Plastic’s bankruptcy announcement early this week was no surprise to some analysts. As presidential candidate Mitt Romney is criticized for backing the technology, Lux Researchanalyst Johnathan Melnik, said he was surprised anyone backed it. “Konarka was better at telling a good story than they were at solar module development,” Melnick said. Konarka [...]
The Big Movers in the Corporate Green Ranking Report
As reviewed in a June 4, 2012 Environmental Leader article, Computer chip maker Intel and home appliance manufacturer Whirlpool have been named as the major US firms with the strongest environmental governance, policies, and infrastructure in a report by sustainability consultants Soyka & Company. Intel maintained their top spot for 2012 in the Benchmarking Analysis [...]