Dr. Cameron Chai

Articles from Cameron

Solar Electric Power Association Ranks PG+E as Top Electric Utility in US

The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA), a non profit organization, has conducted a nationwide survey on solar power installations. Over 240 utilities participated in SEPA’s 2011 Utility Solar Rankings survey. Finally, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), a supplier of solar energy, has been selected as the topmost solar power provider for the year 2011.

19 Apr 2012

Citizen Power Offers Affordable Wind Energy to Pennsylvania

Citizen Power, a non- profit organization, has announced the supply of affordable wind power to certain parts of Pennsylvania. The company has teamed up with TriEagle Energy, a developer of wind products, to provide wind power strategies to residences in the Duquesne Light service territory that includes Beaver and Allegheny counties as well.

19 Apr 2012

Researchers Create Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Carbon Nanotube Electrodes

A team of researchers from the Tsinghua University and Rice University has demonstrated that a combination of carbon nanotube forests and a sulfide-based electrolyte can be used to fabricate high-efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) at a cost lower than that of conventional silicon-based solar cells.

19 Apr 2012

Southern Energy Management Constructs Solar Farm at Sandy Cross Vineyard

Southern Energy Management, a company that deals with sustainable energy, is constructing a solar farm for O2 Energies, a company specializing in solar photovoltaic systems. The 1.5 MW solar project is being constructed at a family-owned North Carolina soybean farm. The energy produced through this farm will be used by the Sandy Cross Vineyard community.

19 Apr 2012

GE Energy Exceeds 2 GW Capacity Through Global 2.5 Wind Turbine Installations

GE Energy, a company that serves the energy sector, has announced at the EWEA (European Wind Energy Association) 2012 annual event in Copenhagen that it has exceeded 2 GW of capacity by installing its 2.5 wind turbines across the world. This capacity is sufficient to provide clean electricity for nearly 1.4 million houses in Europe.

18 Apr 2012

Waste Management Opens Landfill Gas to Energy Conversion Plant in Northern Nevada

Waste Management (WM) has unveiled the first Gas-To-Energy power plant in Northern Nevada. The new plant at Lockwood Landfill will use landfill gas to produce 3.2 MW of electricity. The electricity produced is sufficient to power over 1800 houses.

18 Apr 2012

ASPATE to Install TROPICAL’s Natural-Gas Fuel-Cell Power Systems in New Homes

TROPICAL, a developer of fuel-cell power generation systems, has declared that its GreenGen N5, 5 KW natural-gas fuel-cell power systems will be installed by ASPATE, a company that develops large-scale energy projects. These power systems will be installed in 500 new houses that come under the bioclimatic residential construction project of ASPATE.

18 Apr 2012

GE Supplies Wind Turbines for Tayakadin Wind Project in Istanbul, Turkey

GE Energy, a company that serves the energy sector, has announced at the European Wind Energy Association’s EWEA 2012 annual event that it will deliver 1.6-100 wind turbines to the Tayakadin wind project at Istanbul in Turkey.

18 Apr 2012

Car Charging Group, Walgreens Extend Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Florida

Car Charging Group and Walgreens have announced that electric vehicles (EV) charging services have been extended to 13 Walgreens sites in Orlando, Tampa and St. Petersburg in Florida. The EV charging stations when deployed in communities along the main commuter routes can help avoid range anxiety and promote the EV revolution.

18 Apr 2012

EMCORE Secures Solar Panel Supply Contract from Ball Aerospace + Technologies

EMCORE is a company that provides compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for solar power and fiber optic sectors. The company has declared that it has been contracted by Ball Aerospace & Technologies (BATC) to provide solar panels for BATC’s new spacecraft. The contract value is approximately $6 million and the time period is around two years.

18 Apr 2012