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Solaris’ Floating CPS Solar Plan
Solaris Energy has won an award for an idea that could help generate renewable energywithout compromising on land resources. The company, which is at thestart-up stage, believes that large scale concentrated photovoltaicsystems could be floated on large water bodies to preserve land for more important needs. With a tiny (home-sized) 1KW prototype installed on the [...]
Electrification Coalition Releases Plan for 16M Electric Fleet Vehicles
The Electrification Coalition unveiled the Fleet Electrification Roadmap detailing the business case for electric vehicle adoption for the 16 million commercial, corporate and government vehicles in the United States. The comprehensive report both highlights opportunities where the lowoperating costs of electric vehicles could be attractive to governmentand commercial fleets which could make them "early adopters [...]
Germany’s New Energy Plan
Germany’s new energy plan has garnered praise as well as protest, as the country propels toward a clean energy future. The German government has announced its plan to generate 80% of thecountry’s energy from renewable sources by 2050. Currently Germanyproduces 16% of its energy from renewable sources. It seems as though more of Germany’s energy [...]
AQT and their Plan to Dominate CIGS
Sunnyvale, Calif.–That whooshing, whirring machinein the video is how solar will one day compete directly against fossilfuels, according to AQT Solar. The company, which makes copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cells, has come up with a manufacturing process that the company says allows it to produce relatively high efficiency solar cells fairly cheaply. AQT’s [...]
The Berkeley Climate Action Plan
Berkeley has a long history of green innovation including curbsiderecycling, greener vehicle fleets, and a polystyrene foam ban twodecades ago. In July, Berkeley was been named a 2010 Smarter City for Energy. Berkeley documented a measurable decline in greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions since 2002. The city had a 14 percent decrease in itsemissions in 2005 from [...]
Concern about China’s sunlight plan, focus on Shenzhen solar PV exhibition
The 6th China International Solar Photovoltaic Exhibition, which is thelargest scale and the most specialized solar photovoltaic exhibition inSouthern China (i.e. Sino-EU International Solar PhotovoltaicDevelopment Forum) will be held in Shenzhen convention & exhibitioncenter on the 25-27 September, 2010. This exhibition is anunprecedentedly grand occasion, and the exhibition area covers30,000sqm, gathering more than 360 domestic [...]
Concern about China’s Sunlight Plan focus on Shenzhen solar PV exhibition
The 6th China International Solar Photovoltaic Exhibition, which is thelargest scale and the most specialized solar photovoltaic exhibition inSouthern China (i.e. Sino-EU International Solar PhotovoltaicDevelopment Forum) will be solemnly held in Shenzhen convention &exhibition center on the 25th – 27th September 2010. Thisexhibition is an unprecedentedly grand occasion, and the exhibition area covers 30,000 square [...]
India: Domestic Manufacturers Incensed by Government Plan to Import Solar Cells for National Solar Mission
In India domestic solar manufacturers are up in arms over the government’s decision to supply its National Solar Mission with imported solar cells and modules from othercountries. The government says adding imported solar equipment into theequation, along with domestic manufacturing, will allow for fastercommissioning of projects. The National Solar Mission aims to install20,000-megawatts of solar [...]
United Solar Ovonic, ContourGlobal Plan Rooftop PV Installations $ENER
EnergyConversion Devices Inc. (ECD), through its wholly owned subsidiaryUnited Solar Ovonic, and ContourGlobal have partnered toco-develop rooftop solar systems for buildings in Italy owned andoperated by Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (CCH). Under the arrangement, ContourGlobal will own and operate the systems, whichwill be built by ECD using its Uni-Solar brand photovoltaic laminates,with development resources [...]