After a slew of acquisitions in the thin-film solar power technology market, Hanergy is now taking steps to add them into its existing production infrastructure. The latest news is that thin-film solar module manufacturer Hanergy Thin-Film Power Group Limited plans to establish a 300 MW flexible CIGS manufacturing facility in Changde, which … [continued]
Yingli Green Energy Holding, the world’s largest photovoltaic modules manufacturer, has recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Yingli Green Energy Singapore Company Pte. Limited (Yingli Singapore) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Huawei, Solventina Solar Energy, and Kasikornbank to provide turnkey solar power solutions for power plants … [continued]
As if we needed any more convincing of how harmful pollution from tar sands oil production is, a new finding has indicated that the potential climate change emissions have increased by 5 times for the top 20 public companies working in that sector. Processing tar sands produces quite a bit … [continued]
Editor’s Note: Upon repeated reader request and my own interest in seeing more accurate numbers, I have included an estimate of non-utility-scale solar (i.e., residential and commercial solar) in the numbers below. I will do this from here on out. Assumptions* and sources for these estimates are at the end of this … [continued]
XTO, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, just got caught in the “Al Capone” trap: EPA nails it for ordinary construction violations at fracking sites.
Emerging economies in the Middle East and Africa will have installed almost 3 GW of wind power by the end of 2014, with more than 58% of that being installed in the last two years. This is according to new analysis from MAKE, which follows on from recent and numerous additions to … [continued]
Ever since Nest “redeveloped” the thermostat to be a “smart thermostat,” the consumer technology industry has been well aware of clean technology. This awareness will lead to substantial growth, according to Navigant Research, which released a report predicting the smart thermostat market will reach nearly $2.3 billion in annual revenue … [continued]
Editor’s Note: This article is one submission in a live Masdar blogging contest (find out the entry requirements here). Very simply, the focus of the contest submissions is to: “Describe your city in 2030: what will occur due to changes in energy, transportation and water technologies, and how will they transform how you live?” We are … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. Google introduced its own, built-from-the-ground-up, electric self-driving cars earlier this year. This has got to be one of the biggest tech stories of the year. However, at that launch, the self-driving mockup vehicle, as Google noted in a Google+ post today, “didn’t even have real headlights!” … [continued]
Has the holiday season been stealing you away from CleanTechnica? Have you been unable to keep up with our obsessive cleantech coverage? The good news is that you should have a couple of “free days” this week to catch up. If not… you may want to at least check out the … [continued]
