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Royal Wine Installs Solar Power System on Corporate Headquarters

Royal Wine (RWC) has declared that a solar power system has been installed on the rooftop of its warehouse facility and corporate headquarters in New Jersey.

14 Dec 2011

Espe Sunparc Launches Innovative Solar Tracker and Ground Mount Rack at Solar Canada 2011

Espe Sunparc America has launched a new, innovative ground mount rack and solar tracker system. The company has designed and manufactured the SUNLAZY ST ground mount rack and SSK30 Monoaxial Sun Tracker for severe climatic conditions.

8 Dec 2011

First Reserve and Renovalia Energy Establish New Joint Venture for Wind Projects

Renovalia Reserve is a joint venture company formed by Renovalia Energy and First Reserve, to own and run wind projects in North America and Europe. US$150 million has been invested by First Reserve for the joint venture.

6 Dec 2011

Boeing and SCE+G Complete Rooftop Solar Installation Project

Boeing and South Carolina Electric & Gas announced officially the completion of installation of one of the main single solar rooftops in the US.

5 Dec 2011

Toyota and BMW Group Collaborate to Enhance Eco-Friendly Technologies

Toyota Motor (TMC) and BMW Group (BMW) have declared that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in order to partner long-term for advancement of eco-friendly technologies.

5 Dec 2011

Canadian Solar Provides Modules for 9 MW Solar Power Plant in Spain

Canadian Solar, which is one of the main solar companies in the globe, has provided solar modules for a power plant, with 9 MW capacity, by the OPDE Group in Spain. The company has planned to commission the solar system during the fourth quarter of 2011.

3 Dec 2011

HACSB and HelioPower Complete Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing Project in California

HelioPower and the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino (HACSB) have completed the Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing (MASH) Track 2 grant project in California. At Maplewood Homes, HACSB dedicated the solar power system as part of its “70 & Solar” celebrations.

3 Dec 2011

Imec Demonstrates Interdigitated Back-Contact Silicon Solar Cells with High Efficiency

Imec and collaborators have demonstrated interdigitated back-contact silicon solar cells that have a high conversion efficiency of 23.3%. Schott Solar, Solland Solar, GDF-SUEZ, Dow Corning, Kaneka, Photovoltech and Total are imec’s partners in the silicon photovoltaic industrial affiliation program.

3 Dec 2011

Fast Jet Stream Winds Do Not Contribute to Considerable Renewable Energy

Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry have challenged the notion that fast jet stream winds in the upper atmosphere contribute to high wind power.

2 Dec 2011

Novel Technique to Fabricate High-Efficiency Silicon-Based Hetero-Junction Solar Cells

imec and Kaneka have introduced zero-silver, silicon-based hetero-junction solar cells at the 21st International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference being conducted from 28 November to 2 December 2011 in Fukuoka, Japan.

30 Nov 2011