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Linde Group to Supply Gases for Next-Gen Thin Film Photovoltaic Production for Masdar in Germany

The Linde Group has been awarded a long-term contract to supply all the gases for next-generation thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module production at Masdar's manufacturing site in Erfurt, Germany

30 Mar 2009

Several Factors Converge to Put Solar Cell Market at a Crossroads

Several factors have converged over the past several months that will impact the solar cell market

30 Mar 2009

Climate Entrepreneurs Will Be The Driving Force Behind a Low Carbon Future

WWF urges delegates at the ongoing UN climate talks in Bonn to find ways to support a new class of climate entrepreneurs as the main drivers for a future low carbon economy

30 Mar 2009

Atlantis and Statkraft To Develop European Tidal Current Electricity Generation

Atlantis Resources Corporation, one of the world’s leading developers of electricity-generating tidal current turbines, has entered into a cooperation agreement with Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy

30 Mar 2009

Research Points to Silicon Based Solar Cells Leading Photovoltaics Market for Years to Come

According to NanoMarkets, Amorphous silicon (a-Si) - a thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) material that has been around since the late 70s - will continue to lead the TFPV space for several years to come

30 Mar 2009

Feeding Fish Oils to Flatulent Cows Reduces Methane Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The benefits to animals of omega 3 fatty acids in fish oils have been well documented – helping the heart and circulatory system, improving meat quality and reducing methane emissions

29 Mar 2009

Florida to Get World's Second Largest Solar Power Plant

Lauren Engineers and Constructors recently signed a contract with Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for a new 75 MW Concentrated Solar Power Plant located near Indiantown, FL

29 Mar 2009

MIT Study Labels Modern Manufacturing as Spectacularly Inefficient

Modern manufacturing methods are spectacularly inefficient in their use of energy and materials, according to a detailed MIT analysis of the energy use of 20 major manufacturing processes

29 Mar 2009

Nanotech Treatment for Solar Cells Boosts Efficiency

Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that boosts the light absorption of silicon photovoltaic cells in two complementary ways

29 Mar 2009

Bosch Shuts Off The Lights For Earth Hour 2008

Across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, 30 Bosch facilities will turn off the lights for one hour on March 28, 2009 at 8:30 p.m. local time in recognition of World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Earth Hour 2009

29 Mar 2009