CellEra, which develops low-cost, platinum-free membrane fuel cells, has declared a funding round worth $9.2 million headed by Vodafone Group’s capital arm, Voadfone Ventures, and Carmel Ventures, a top-tier venture capital firm based in Israel.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Dec 2011
China Sunergy, a provider of solar cells and modules, has declared that TUV Rheinland Group has issued reliability and safety certificates to China Sunergy’s Quasar solar modules.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Dec 2011
Evatran announced that it has launched the online reservation system of the Plugless Power product along with a rebate card as a motivation to promote early reservations. The rebate card can be used to recharge the vehicles of the customer for upto six months of electricity.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Dec 2011
Dow Corning and Hemlock Semiconductor are prominent suppliers of major solar materials and polysilicon that drive solar innovation. The common objective is to together, support and contribute to a growing solar industry.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Dec 2011
Biotechnology and tire firms are partnering in order to obtain important raw materials from sugar instead of rubber trees or petroleum for the tires.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
20 Dec 2011
New engine technology developer, the Dearman Engine Company (DEC), has completed its first round of seed fund-raising, closing more than 30% oversubscribed.
Hensel Phelps Construction Company and Fentress Architects have announced that the UC Irvine Humanities Gateway building has achieved the LEED Platinum certification.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Dec 2011
Soitec, a global manufacturer of semiconductor materials for energy and electronics industries, has acquired a manufacturing facility in San Diego for producing concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) modules.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Dec 2011
The California-based Bio Architecture Lab (BAL), along with its subsidiaries in Chile, BALChile and BALBiofuels Chile, has broken ground on a seaweed-to-advanced biofuels experimental pilot facility.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Dec 2011
Stellar Solar has recently designed a 60 kW commercial solar system for the San Diego Cardiac Center. Stellar Solar had also performed the installation of the 252-panel solar system for the cardiac center.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Dec 2011
Concordia University has announced the opening of its new Solar Simulator - Environmental Chamber and the launch of the NSERC Smart Net-Zero Energy Buildings Strategic Network, in December, 2011.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Dec 2011
The Town of Hempstead, New York, has completed a major construction on its 100 kW wind turbine. As part of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program, the Town had received more than $4.5M in federal grants for its various energy projects.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Dec 2011
The Redlands, California distribution center of Kimberly-Clark, has received a major single rooftop solar power installation.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Dec 2011
The Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), Polyera and Solvay have achieved a record 8.3% efficiency for organic solar cells having an inverted device architecture.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Dec 2011
Gehrlicher Solar has successfully forayed into the U.S.-market. Gehrlicher Solar America (GSAC), a subsidiary of Gehrlicher Solar AG, announced that the company has completed two systems and is in the process of constructing six more systems.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
17 Dec 2011