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NYC Taxis, Nissan Team Up on Fuel Efficiency
New York City. With a population of more than 18 million people and a bustling hub of commercial activity, the Big Apple is a city unmatched by any other. And with great power must come some sense of social responsibility, especially when handling one of New York City’s greatest assets: Its signature yellow cab system. [...]
Walmart Installs 14K Solar Panels at AZ Distribution Facility
Companies like Google, Apple and Facebook often capture headlines with their clean energy initiatives, but over the last year, Walmart has become an installed solar capacity leader. The company completed its 100th solar installation in the U.S. with dozens more planned in the near future. Now Walmart is taking it one step further at its [...]
Top 10 Fuel Efficient Cars for the Money
Given the state of the economy, affordability is the current buzzword you’ve probably been hearing lately, especially when it comes to purchasing a new vehicle. You’ve probably even wondered if it makes better sense to buy a used car instead of going for a brand new one. Fortunately, not only are there plenty of affordable [...]
The World’s Lowest Emissions Building
One of Japan’s largest construction companies is making a bold claim. Shimuzu Corp. believes its new Tokyo headquarters emits less carbon dioxide per square meter than any other building in the world. Thanks to a myriad of energy efficiency technologies and renewable energy installations, the building (pictured below) uses only 38 kilograms per square meter [...]
Japanese Companies Looking to Reclaim Solar Leadership
If you’re going to pick two eventual winners in the thin film sweepstakes (ignoring First Solar for now), Japan’s Sharp Solar and Solar Frontier need to rank high on your list. Sharp is looking to do it withamorphous silicon (a-Si) in spite of that technology’s historicalfailings, while Solar Frontier is focused on CIGS. Sharp looks [...]
Solarfun Signs Japanese Distribution Deal $SOLF
Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd., a vertically integrated manufacturer ofsilicon ingots, wafers and photovoltaic cells and modules in China, hassigned a PV module distribution agreement with Fujimi FineTechnology Inc., a manufacturer of silicon wafers and a distributor ofsemiconductor products. Fujimi Fine Technology will act as a non-exclusive distributor of Solarfun’s products in Japan for one [...]
Japanese Spacecraft to Test Solar
A Japanese spacecraft that launched this week will be using an advancedtechnology that could mark a whole new chapter in the history of solarenergy. This week, Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)launched the Akatsuki craft to study conditions on the planet Venus.This particular mission will include a solar sail, which uses particlesfrom the sun to propel [...]
Japanese Solar Installations Explode in 2009
After the federal government increased domestic incentives forinstalling solar power, solar panel sales (by capacity) rose to arecord high in Japan last year. According to data accumulated by the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association(JPEA), 1.39-gigawatts worth of solar panels were sold in 2009. Thistotal not only represents a 21% increase from 2008 installations, butalso the largest [...]