Maryland’s single largest rooftop solar power installation was unveiled by Staples and SunEdison at Staples’ fulfillment center in Hanover. Staples is the largest office products company in the world and SunEdision is a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials and largest provider of solar energy services in North America. The solar installation occupies nearly 175,000 square feet of roof space, which is bigger that three football fields. The rooftop solar installation has a capacity to generate 1.01 megawatt of power.
Solutia has been selected to supply its Therminol VP-1 synthetic heat transfer fluid for a new concentrating solar power plant, Solnova 4, in Sevilla, Spain. The 50-MW solar power plant, which is managed by Abener, is scheduled to commence operations in 2010. This plant will be located in Abener's Solucar Platform complex, where several solar plants will also be installed.
Middleton Geothermal Services provides testing services for geothermal project. The two geothermal testing services, offered by the company, are thermal conductivity testing, and High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pressure testing. The thermal conductivity testing is conducted to measure the ability of a specific site to transfer heat. The thermal conductivity testing is essential in commercial geothermal projects. A commercial geothermal application may require large amount of heat transfer through the ground heat exchanger. The size of the heat exchanger is determined based on its efficiency.
MEG Geothermal is specialized in providing geothermal energy for residential and commercial heating and cooling. The company works with architects, developers, project owners, mechanical engineers, mechanical contractors, homeowners and builders to design and install geothermal systems for their projects. Site evaluation, drilling, ground heat exchanger designing, formation thermal conductivity testing and installation of geothermal system are some of the services offered by the company.
Mannvit Engineering offers geothermal development services for developing a geothermal power plant. The five phases involved in the development of a geothermal development plant are exploration and reconnaissance, pre-feasibility, feasibility, detailed design and construction, and operation and maintenance. The geothermal development service starts with the exploration and reconnaissance phase. This phase is undertaken to identify whether the location has enough geothermal resource that can be exploited commercially. First a desk study is conducted to collect the available data on the field.
The AIRCon 10S direct drive 10kW wind turbines can be used for multi residential, single residential and small commercial applications. Though the AIRCon wind turbines adapt large wind technology, they have customized features.
WePOWER announced the completion of its first wind training program for its dealers that was held in Palm Desert, California. The Authorized Dealer Training Program was attended by representatives from more than 100 dealers in United States and from five countries. WePOWER is leading developer and manufacturer of renewable energy systems and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs). The training program was for two days and featured hands-on field training as well as classroom curriculum.
The Department of Veteran Affairs has awarded SunWize Commercial Power Systems with solar power contracts of more than $7.8 million. SunWize Commercial Power Systems is a nationwide commercial installation division of SunWize Technologies. These solar power contracts comprise 10 solar hospital projects that require over 1.1 MW of photovoltaic systems, which are to be installed in various locations throughout the country.
Research and Markets has released a new report titled “Top 5 European Wind Power Markets to Look for in 2009-2010.” Wind energy has developed into a rapidly increasing source for electricity generation over the last decade possessing an average annual growth of 30 percent. Wind energy was in nascent stages 10 years ago and now has developed into a full-grown and flourishing global industry. The exponential growth of the wind energy industry is attributed to growing concerns for climate change, declining cost for wind energy generation and concerns about energy security.
In a new financing round that was led by Khosla Ventures, Nordic Windpower has raised $38 million. Khosla Ventures is a leading investor in clean technologies company. Other companies that joined in the Series C equity financing include New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Novus Energy Partners and an existing investor, Impax Asset Management. Pulsar Energy Capital and I2BF Management are the other participants in this financing round. Since 2007, Nordic Windpower has raised funds in three funding rounds from investors that include NBT AS, Impax Asset Management, and Goldman Sachs International.
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