Honda Joins Race for High Tech 3D-Printed Metal Car Parts
Honda is among those expecting big things from a new hyper-precise additive manufacturing process for 3D-printed metal car parts.
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Less Carbon Pollution = More Manufacturing (Report)
This article was originally published on the indispensable blog Climate Progress. By Jeff Spross If you listened just to GOP talking points, you’d think efforts to cut carbon emissions and efforts to revitalize the United States’ manufacturing sector are locked in perpetual, mutually exclusive combat. But a new report by the Center … [continued]
DOE, US Treasury Announce New, $150M Round Of Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits
The second round of Section 48C Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits will provide another boost to enhancing US competitiveness in the fast-growing clean energy sector.
Recognition For PV Supply Chain Partners: 5 Companies Garner First Solar 2012 NOVA Awards
Ups and downs notwithstanding, First Solar has forged itself into the world’s leading manufacturer of thin-film Cd-Te solar PV cells and modules. Management took time out recently to recognize the contributions of its supply chain partners in meeting its business goals in a manner consistent with its broader set of values and ethics. […]
Advanced Solar CPV Manufacturing Plant to Open in NC this Month
Semprius and its backers — including the DOE, NREL, Pratt & Whitney, and Siemens — believe record-high efficiency ratings and low-cost production will make the startup’s concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) cells and modules a winner in a global solar market undergoing much turmoil, including bankruptcies, plant shutdowns, slowdowns, layoffs, and cutbacks in government solar incentives and subsidies […]
Wind Farms Add Nearly $6B, 20K Jobs to Illinois Economy
A study by Illinois State University’s Center for Renewable Energy finds that the state’s 23 largest wind farms create thousands of jobs and boost local economies, adding fuel to calls for Congress to extend the key federal wind energy production tax credit (PTC). […]
Commerce Comes Down Hard on Chinese Silicon Solar PV Manufacturers
In what may mark a turning point in US-China trade and relations, the Commerce Dept. today came down hard on Chinese manufacturers’ dumping of silicon solar PV cells and panels in the U.S. market. […]
Solar PV Industry Group Invokes US Legacy of Industrial Innovation Ahead of Telstar 1’s 50th…
CASM invokes a legacy of US industrial and technological innovation ahead of Telstar 1’s 50th anniversary and a Commerce Dept. ruling on Chinese dumping of silicon solar PV cells and panels in the US market. […]
US-China Relations, Solar Energy & Trade: Radical Rethink, Restructuring Required
A “race to the top” or a “race to the bottom”? China-US ties have reached a a pivotal point as China’s economy has rapidly grown to be one of the largest in the world. The US-China solar energy trade dispute highlights inherent tensions, which have profound implications in terms of climate change, as well for energy, food and national security .
Economic Multiplier at Work: US Solar PV Manufacturers Boost Local Economies, Spur Innovation
Four founding members of the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) purchased more than $400 million in goods and services from other manufacturers and employers in 46 states in 2011, according to a CASM survey. The survey results highlight the ripple effects and positive impact a healthy US solar PV manufacturing sector can have on job creation, income growth and economic development, particularly in areas hard-hit by the exodus of manufacturers from US shores.
