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In Focus: Dupont’s Solar Quality Standards
Solar installations were removed from twenty-four San Diego Unified School District campuses after corrosion was discovered that threatened the possibility of electrical issues that could lead to fires. The 4.3-megawatt installation was built in 2005-06 by Solar Integrated Technologies (SIT). SIT was acquired by Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) (PINK:ENERQ) in 2009. ECD’s Uni-Solar manufactured the [...]
U.S Promises $2B in Renewable Energy Loans to South Africa
Eyeing South Africa’s potential as a key export market, the US is coming up with $2 billion in financing for clean energy projects. The agreement signed this week between the US Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank and Industrial Development Corp. (IDC) of South Africa is aimed at supporting solar, wind and other clean-energy projects that use U.S. [...]
Homeowners’ Associations: Fighting for Solar
There aren’t many reasons not to get a solar PV array installed on your rooftop, and a number of reasons to consider the clean, free, renewable energy solar panels provide. But if you live in a gated community or a development with a homeowners’ association, it may not be as easy as a phone call [...]
Tracking Alternative Energy Industries
The Roen Financial Report would like to introduce an exciting new feature to its website. The home page now includes a dynamic chart that tracks the return of companies that make up the six vital alternative energy industries. Updated daily, the chart posts returns of alternative energy companies involved with Energy Efficiency, Environmental Services, Fuel Alternatives, Smart Grid, [...]
Koch Industries War on Industry Oversight and Environmental Regulation
The Koch brothers are putting their immense resources to work in aclandestine push to realize their libertarian agenda. David Koch and his brother Charles are some of America’s wealthiest people and KochIndustries is the second-largest private company in the country, earning approximately 100 billion per year. This considerablefortune is being put to work to help [...]
Colorado Cleantech Industries Association Recognizes Abound Solar
Colorado Cleantech Industries Association awarded Abound Solar itsHigh-impact Cleantech Company of the year award at a ceremony in Denveron Oct. 19. Colorado Cleantech is a new organization, only in its second year,dedicated to promoting the clean technology industry in Colorado andestablishing the state as a key player in the growing national greeneconomy. The organization chose [...]
CHAD Industries announces semi-automatic solar simulator
CHAD Industries Inc., a leading supplier of factory automation solutions for the electronics, semiconductor, and solar manufacturing industries, in conjunction with Alpha Omega Power Technologies, is introducing aline of automated solar simulators. These units are intended for low to high volume production of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV)products. The systems will be presented at the Solar Power [...]
Creating America’s Next Great Industries at The Aspen Ideas Festival
Today Applied Materials’ CEO Mike Splinter took part in a well-known globalthought-leader forum: The Aspen Ideas Festival. Dedicated to the notionthat bringing the major policy, business and social leaders of the world together can lead to more meaningful discussion and action, Applied isproud to be able to take part in such a prestigious event. Specifically, [...]
The Solar Sound 2 Bluetooth Speaker from Devotec Industries
After making waves with the Solar Sound, the world’s first solar-powered wireless Bluetooth stereospeaker, Devotec Industries has unveiled the Solar Sound 2,which is an improved version of its predecessor. The device might lookidentical to the original version, but the company claims that thedevice has been redesigned right from the ground up. The Solar Sound 2 [...]