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AltaTerra Research Web Conference Presents Status Update and Outlook for Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariffs in North American and Worldwide
 Once "unthinkable" in North America, renewable energy feed-in tariffs are gaining momentum in the U.S. and elsewhere. On March 4th, author, advocate, and renewable energy industry analyst, Paul Gipe will present the latest developments in the feed-in tariff debate. |
SolarCraft is Awarded Green Business of the Year
 SolarCraft has been selected by the Novato Chamber of Commerce (NCOC) as the inaugural recipient of its Green Business of the Year Award. In business since 1984, SolarCraft celebrates its 26th year providing renewable energy services to the North Bay. They offer full-service solar electric, solar pool heating and solar hot water, including consulting, design, sales, installation, monitoring and maintenance. |
25% US Renewable Electricity Standard Will Create 274,000 Jobs
 A new study released by Navigant Consulting finads that a 25% by 2025 national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) would support hundreds of thousands of new American jobs and prevent a near-term collapse in some industries. Job growth in the wind, solar, biomass, waste-to-energy and hydropower industries would particularly benefit the Southeastern U.S. and manufacturing states whose Congressional delegations have had a history of voting against incentives and other measures designed to support the renewable energy sector. |
Massachusetts Awards 4-MW of Solar Contracts
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on Friday, announced the award of federal stimulus-funded contracts to install 4.1 megawatts (MW) of solar energy at 12 public water and wastewater treatment facilities throughout the Commonwealth. The 12 contracts represent the state's largest-ever award for solar installation at public facilities. |
Abengoa & JCI Installing Solar Thermal System at Colorado Prison
Abengoa Solar Inc., under contract to Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI), is installing a turnkey solar hot water heating system at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) located in Englewood, Colorado. The solar system consists of 160 parabolic PT-1 collector modules comprising 22,720 square-feet of collector area situated on 1.7 acres of land area. |
POET: Ethanol plants can be biorefineries
 New ethanol co-products can help ethanol plants become true biorefineries, unlocking the additional potential of each kernel of corn. |
Denham Capital Invests US $108M in Geothermal Developer Vulcan Power Company
Geothermal developer Vulcan Power Company and Denham Capital announced that an affiliate of Denham Capital has invested US $108 million in preferred and common stock of Vulcan. This is the second equity investment in Vulcan by such Denham Capital affiliate and brings its total investment in Vulcan to $166 million. Other shareholders include a principal investing division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. |
Amplio Connects 2 MW of Solar to Italian Grid
The Amplio Group has completed and connected two 1-megawatt (MW) solar plants to the Italian grid. The company also said that it plan to connect four additional 1-MW projects to the grid by the end of the month. |
Solarfun Introduces Eclipse With Reduced LID
Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. announced the introduction of Eclipse, a new line of PV cells and modules with reduced light induced degradation (LID). The largest percentage of degradation of PV modules occurs during the first day of sun exposure. |
Hanwha Commissions Spire's 30MW Solar Cell Manufacturing Line
 BEDFORD, MA ? February 1, 2010 ? Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing capital equipment and turnkey lines to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, announced its 30MW per year turnkey solar cell line has been accepted by Hanwha Chemical Corporation Ltd. of South Korea (Hanwha). The line exceeded both its efficiency and throughput specifications producing 15.8% efficient multi-crystalline silicon solar cells at the rate of more than 34MW per year. |
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