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Coney Island Facility Gets Solar Hot Water in NY
A rather interesting development is taking shape on New York’s ConeyIsland, the southern most portion of the Big Apple’s Brooklyn Borough.It has nothing to do with the Astroland Amusement Park or the annualMermaid Parade. Instead, it’s solar power that’s stealing the spotlightfrom Sea Gate to Manhattan Beach. The solar developments began in 2005 when the [...]
Suntech’s Victoria-Suntech Advanced Solar Facility Launched
TheVictoria-Suntech Advanced Solar Facility (VSAF), a joint project fromSuntech and Melbourne, Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology,launched yesterday in Melbourne. The VSAF will enable Suntech and Swinburne to collaborate and find away to commercialize Swinburne’s new NANOPLAS technology. According to Professor Min Gu, who is the Director of the SwinburneCentre for Micro-Photonics and will head the [...]
ThermalSoul Plans Solar Thermal Power Generation Facility In Austin
ThermalSoul, a provider of renewable thermal power, says it is in theprocess of selecting land for a site to develop Austin, Texas’ firstsolar thermal power generation facility. The new facility will be thefirst for the company in the U.S. Studies show that solar thermal facilities with efficient storage capabilities could meet more than 90% of [...]
SunPower Announces 3 Year, $350M Letter of Credit Facility $SPWRA
SunPower Corp., a Silicon Valley-based provider of high efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, has signed a new three-yearletter of credit facility. The new facility, which initiallyprovides for a maximum issuance of $350 million in letters of creditbut, at the agreement of the parties, may be increased to a maximum of$400 million, will [...]
Hoku Begins Producing Poly At Idaho Facility $HOKU
HokuMaterials just announced that it has actually started producingpolysilicon at its Pocatello, Idaho facility. The plant is currently in a testing phase that it expected to last about 3 weeks. In a press release, Scott Paul, president and chief executive officer of HokuCorporation, commented on the news: “This is a significant milestone for Hoku Materials. [...]
Underwriters Laboratories Opens PV Testing And Certification Facility
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) has opened the Photovoltaic Technology Center of Excellence in Neu-Isenburg, Germany. The new 22,600square-foot testing facility houses 22 testing chambers, including 14climate chambers, four damp heat chambers, two large walk-ins, twotemperature and humidity ovens, and other testing equipment. This addedcapacity allows UL to offer its European customers faster and morecost-efficient testing processes [...]
DPL Inc. to build second solar array facility
DPL Inc. (DPL) announced that its unregulated subsidiary, DPL EnergyResources, will build a 60 kilowatt (kW) solar array at the MoundAdvanced Technology Center in Miamisburg, a former Department of EnergyWeapons site. “The installation at Mound supports the city ofMiamisburg’s efforts to develop the site as an energy park,” said Teresa Marrinan, senior VP, Commercial Operations. [...]
Applied Materials Opens World’s Largest Solar Research Facility in China $AMAT
If you’re looking for evidence of China’s growing importance in the world of renewable energy, look no further than Applied Materials’ (Nasdaq:AMAT) new Solar Technology Center. The center, located in Xi’an, China, is the largest non-governmentalsolar energy research facility in the world. The 400,000 square footcomplex is comprised of laboratory and office buildings as well [...]
Michigan Investing In Dow Solar Shingle Production Facility
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, D-Mich., has announcedthat the Michigan Economic Development Corp. has selected 11 companiesin Michigan for investment. Combined, the 11 projects are expected tocreate 17,321 new jobs and generate over $804 million in new investmentin the state. Companies selected include the Dow Chemical Co.,which received a jobs-creation state tax credit valued at $61.3 [...]