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Suntech to Strengthen Global Industry Leadership with Five Element Strategy

Suntech Power Holdings Co., the world's largest producer of solar panels, today announced its strategy to improve operations and solidify its global industry leadership.

From Suntech 10 Oct 2012

Suntech to Supply 39 MW of Polycrystalline Solar Panels to EDP Renovaveis

Suntech Power Holdings Co., the world's largest producer of solar panels, and EDP Renovaveis have signed a contract for Suntech to supply 39 megawatts (MW) of polycrystalline solar panels. The Suntech solar panels will power four new photovoltaic projects under construction in Romania that will be connected between late 2012 and early 2013.

9 Oct 2012

Sunpreme Completes Large Rooftop Solar Panel Installations on East Bay Dental Clinic

Sunpreme, a global SmartSilicon crystalline solar power product manufacturer headquartered in Silicon Valley, today announced the completion of two of the largest rooftop installations on a dental clinic in the east bay.

9 Oct 2012

First Solar to Supply Advanced Thin-Film Solar Modules for Two Power Plants in India

First Solar, Kiran Energy Solar Power Pvt. Ltd. and Mahindra Solar One Pvt. Ltd. have completed an agreement for the supply of First Solar’s advanced, thin-film solar modules for two solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants totalling 50 megawatts (MW) DC to be constructed in India’s Rajasthan state.

9 Oct 2012

Global Water Technologies to Participate in Water Summit 2012

Global Water Technologies will participate in Water Summit 2012 this week in Milwaukee, an event that draws national and international leaders on innovative approaches to sustainable water solutions.

9 Oct 2012

Bujagali Hydropower Plant to Provide Clean, Reliable Power for Ugandans

Uganda’s President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, today inaugurated the 250MW Bujagali Hydropower Plant in the presence of the Aga Khan and project partners Sithe Global, a company majority owned by a fund managed by Blackstone on behalf of its investors.

9 Oct 2012

EPA’s Partnership for Safe Water Honors Aqua’s Ingram’s Mill Plant

Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.’s Ingram’s Mill Water Treatment Plant has been notified that it has met and will soon receive the “Phase III Directors Award of Recognition” from the Partnership for Safe Water, a national volunteer initiative developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other water organizations representing water suppliers striving to provide their communities with drinking water quality that surpasses the required federal standards.

9 Oct 2012

New ‘Clean’ Technology to Destroy Water Toxins Caused By Harmful Algal Blooms

University of Ulster scientists are collaborating with international research partners to develop a new ‘clean’ technology to destroy water toxins caused by harmful algal blooms.

9 Oct 2012

Human Activities in the Middle Ages May Have Contributed to Climate Change

New data extracted from Greenland’s glaciers show that methane in the atmosphere follows the waxing and waning of civilizations.

9 Oct 2012

Novel Technology to Transform Microorganisms into Methane Gas

Technology developed at EPFL and the Paul Scherrer Institute to transform microorganisms into methane gas will be presented at the Swiss Energy and Climate Summit taking place this week in Bern. The technology could play a role in the future sustainable production of biosynthetic natural gas.

9 Oct 2012

Subsea 7, Bechtel to Develop Offshore Wind and Transmission Projects in Europe

Bechtel and Subsea 7 announced today that they will work together to develop offshore wind and associated transmission projects in Europe, including the UK and Germany.

8 Oct 2012

Expanding Palm Oil Production Drives Carbon-Rich Rainforest Destruction

Expanding production of palm oil, a common ingredient in processed foods, soaps and personal care products, is driving rainforest destruction and massive carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new study led by researchers at Stanford and Yale universities.

8 Oct 2012