SunPower Corporation, along with Japanese electronics giant Toshiba, are extending their mutually beneficial solar panel deal until 2018. With the expanded partnership, SunPower will give more than 100 megawatts (MW) of its highest efficiency residential solar panels to Toshiba to sell in the Japanese market, a news release stated. … [continued]
One of the best ways to lower the cost of wind energy is simply to lower the cost of building the wind turbines. With that in mind, GE has partnered with Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to rethink the way wind blades are … [continued]
Solar Power 1st EVSI Solar Tree Installations Will Be At California GM Dealership: GM hasn’t been hiding it — it has taken a liking to solar power. As yet another indication of that, it’s been announced that Envision Solar International’s “Solar Tree” will see its first installation at a GM dealership in … [continued]
The supply contract is Yingli America is its largest to date. Fluor Corp is leading EPC for the Centinela project in Imperial Valley, a region of Southern California that has become a hotspot for renewable energy development …
The Solana utility-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) project, capable of storing solar-generated electricity and delivering it in the evenings and at night in order to help meet peak demand, is 80% complete. A workforce of more than 2,000 is on site installing Solana’s 32,000 parabolic trough solar energy collectors, one of a range of benefits the project has brought to the Pheonix area …
Busy week behind us. Here’s a bunch of cleantech and climate news from around the interwebs: Clean Energy (In General) Germany Drastically Reduces Forecast For Grid Expansion: “On Monday, the German Network Agency slashed the number of urgently needed power lines needed for the energy transition from 74 to … [continued]
Susanna Schick of sister site Gas2 is at the LA Auto Show pumping out several posts on EVs and such. Here are four of those: LA Auto Show: Fiat 500E Debuts To Combat Global Warming, Start Global…Hotness? Once again bringing overpowering sex appeal to the LA Auto Show as only … [continued]
Everyone’s favourite shoe manufacturer last week announced the Nike GS 2 Boot (soccer shoe) is being billed as delivering “seamless ball control” and “low environmental impact” — a heady combination, to say the least, but worth your attention nonetheless. The Nike GS 2 is described as being “the lightest, … [continued]
Say what?! 282 MPG is a lot. Like, really, a lot. It’s not the 984 MPG equivalent (MPGe) that bikes get, or the 700 MPGe or 315 MPGe pedestrians and runners tend to get, respectively. But other than those human-powered options, 282 MPG may very well be better than … [continued]
Here’s some more top solar energy news from around the interwebs: China Solar Thermal Targeted For 3,000 MW By 2015: “China is likely to have about 3,000 MW of solar thermal power capacity by 2015…. The total market value for that projected solar thermal capacity is 45 billion yuan (or $7.15 billion).” Is Puerto Rico … [continued]
