UK academic researchers working in the area of photonics have been given a boost today with the announcement that Vancouver-based Lumerical Solutions, Inc. has donated ten FDTD Solutions Engine licenses to ScotGrid. Scientists are now able to perform large-scale design of devices across a diverse range of applications in biophotonics, display technologies, solar energy, and optical communications, sensing and imaging on one of the largest grid computing facilities in the United Kingdom.
Recurrent Energy announced that it has entered into agreements with Southern California Edison. The utility company will buy all the power generated from three of Recurrent Energy’s solar power projects in California. Recurrent Energy is a leading solar power projects developer.
PV Powered announced that the largest utility-scale solar power plant in the Northwest will use its PowerVault DC-to-medium voltage turnkey inverter platform. The first project will start in April 2010 and additional 5-MW projects will be installed in the same year. Obsidian Finance Group of Portland is developing the project, which is located in Lake County, Oregon.
SANYO Solar has successfully commissioned its PV silicon manufacturing plant located in Salem, Oregon on schedule. SANYO North America Corporation announced a partnership with InSpec Group to provide Total Energy Solutions for customers who are attempting to reduce carbon dioxide emission, energy consumption as well as to improve the operating efficiencies in their facilities.
The City of Gresham, SunEdison and REC Solar will celebrate the activation of a solar power system at the Wastewater Treatment Plant of the city on February 9, 2010 at 10.00 A.M. This 419-kW solar power system is the largest ground mount system in the Pacific Northwest.
USFloors, a leading sustainable flooring company in the country, has commissioned Georgia state’s largest solar array in the commercial sector in the city of Dalton. The 144.48-kW solar array was installed on their facilities. Piet Dossche, President of USFloors, said that the energy generated from the solar array is more than sufficient to meet the electricity requirements of its green building.
Advanced Energy Industries announced that Solar Power has awarded a second-phase contract for an expanded 6-MW solar plant that is being installed at the corporate headquarters of Aeroject located in Sacramento, California.
Clear Skies Solar has signed a contract for a rooftop solar project with a capacity of 185 kW in New Jersey. The company is a renewable energy provider to agricultural, industrial and commercial customers. This project is the first to receive funding among other contracts signed by the company on both the West and East coast. The New Jersey project is anticipated to begin by February end.
A new photovoltaic application facility, Meyrin Photovoltaic Application Laboratory, was opened by DuPont at its European Technical Center to cater to the growing needs of the photovoltaic market. This new lab will facilitate the development of next-generation photovoltaic products.
The Outback MX60 solar charge controller utilizes a photovoltaic array with a high output voltage and battery with a low voltage thereby, enabling reduction in power loss and wire size as well as increasing the performance of the PV system.
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