Cleantech News

RSS

PermaCity Solar and Forever 21 Power-Up 5.1MW High Efficiency Solar Power System

With the flip of a switch, PermaCity Solar and American fashion retailer Forever 21, powered-up a massive 5.1-megawatt (DC) high efficiency SunPower solar power system, crowning the construction project that employed many local workers.

22 Jan 2015

Heliene and SimpleRay to Produce Cell Modules at St. Paul Facility

Heliene Inc., originally an Ontario based manufacturer of high quality commercial and residential solar panels, announced it has expanded and will begin production at its new St Paul, Minnesota facility.

22 Jan 2015

DEINOVE Reaches First Milestone in ADEME-Funded DEINOCHEM Green Chemistry Program

DEINOVE, an industrial biotech company developing innovative processes for producing biofuels and bio-based compounds from Deinococcus bacteria, today announced it has reached the first milestone of its DEINOCHEM green chemistry program, funded by the ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency) in the framework of the French government initiative "Investing for the Future".

22 Jan 2015

First Wind Contracts Winergy Drive Systems to Rebuild Gearboxes for Clipper Wind Turbines

First Wind, a renewable energy company focused on the development, financing, construction, ownership and operation of utility-scale power projects in the United States, has contracted with Winergy Drive Systems Corporation (WDSC) to rebuild gearboxes for some of its Clipper wind turbines at wind farms across the country, from Vermont to Hawaii.

22 Jan 2015

Trina Solar Unveils Two New High-Efficiency PV Modules

Trina Solar Limited, a global leader in photovoltaic modules, solutions, and services, today announced the launch of two new high-efficiency modules, the Honey Plus (PC05A (II)), a multi-crystalline module and the Honey M Plus (DC05A (II)), a mono-crystalline module, which offer average power outputs of 275W and 285W, respectively.

From Trina Solar Limited 21 Jan 2015

Fortum Announces Launch of Greenfield Solar PV Plant in India

Fortum has today launched a greenfield solar PV plant in Madhya Pradesh, India. This solar plant is Fortum's second solar energy project in the country. The 10 MW (AC) solar plant shall offset more than 18000 tonnes of CO2 emissions equivalent annually.

21 Jan 2015

New Report Analyzes Global Concentrated Solar Power Market

The concentrated solar power industry is bound to be one of the biggest and most efficient in the coming times ahead. If utilized to its full potential, it could end up providing for the world's 25% energy needs by 2050.

21 Jan 2015

NAU Students Learn Impacts of Prolific Bison Herd Near Grand Canyon’s North Rim

Students in a Northern Arizona University undergraduate conservation biology class have been studying impacts of a prolific bison herd near the Grand Canyon’s North Rim.

21 Jan 2015

UPC Researcher Develops First Public Lighting System Working with Solar and Wind Energy

Ramon Bargalló is a researcher belonging to the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Barcelona College of Industrial Engineering (EUETIB) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). In collaboration with the company Eolgreen, he has developed the first autonomous industrialised public lighting system that works with solar and wind energy.

21 Jan 2015

Study Explores Effects of Climate Change on Trees in Boreal Forest

Visitors to northern forests in coming decades probably will see a very different set of trees as the climate warms, a new University of Minnesota study shows.

21 Jan 2015

Study Reveals Flexible Diets of Gentoo Penguins Help Them Tackle Climate Change

In a part of the world that is experiencing the most dramatic increase in temperature and climate change, two very similar species of animals are responding very differently. New research published today suggests that how these species have adapted to co-exist with one another might be to blame.

21 Jan 2015

Time Necessary for Ice Mass Loss from Greenland Ice Sheet Decreases Steeply with Increasing Temperature

Melting of glacial ice will probably raise sea level around the globe, but how fast this melting will happen is uncertain. In the case of the Greenland Ice Sheet, the more temperatures increase, the faster the ice will melt, according to computer model experiments by Penn State geoscientists.

21 Jan 2015

ABB Joins Solar Impulse in Historic Round-the-World Solar-Powered Flight

ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, is proud to accompany Solar Impulse and its crew on the plane’s flight around the world powered only by energy from the sun.

20 Jan 2015

First Solar Achieves 10GW Milestone in Globally Installed PV Solar Capacity

First Solar, Inc. today announced that it has achieved 10 gigawatts (GW) of photovoltaic (PV) solar capacity installed globally, making it the first thin film PV module manufacturer in the world to achieve this milestone. The announcement was made at the start of the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, where First Solar is showcasing a comprehensive range of solar energy solutions.

From First Solar, Inc. 20 Jan 2015

Eolus Enters Agreement with ewz for Sale of 29 Wind Turbines

Today Eolus signed an agreement with ewz, an electric utility enterprise, for the sale of 29 wind turbines in south western Sweden for EUR 95 million. As part of the agreement Eolus has been entrusted to provide technical services to ewz for a period of twelve years and administrative services for a period of four years in order to maximize outcome and production from the wind turbines. The deal is the single largest in the history of Eolus.

20 Jan 2015