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Verizon Teams Up With Lineage Power Corporation For Energy Efficient Gadget

Verizon Communications and Lineage Power Corporation have partnered to reduce the energy use of information and communication technology companies. This will be done through new technologies developed. The technologies will allow wireless operators, c... Read >

IBM Breaks World Record for Solar Efficiency

IBM’s new thin-film solar cell has broken a world record for having an efficiency of 9.6 percent. The solar cell- made up of zinc, copper, tin and sulphur/selenium- has an efficiency rating that is 40 percent higher than older solar cells made up of th... Read >

Dow Chemical Company Assists in Achievement of Solar Certification for Solar Firm

Dow Chemical Company has recently aided SBM Solar achieve product certification for its crystalline silicon solar panels. The certification for compliance solutions and product safety was awarded to SBM Solar’s silicon solar panels by Underwriters Lab... Read >

LDK To Earn $122 Million More From Share Purchase

Jianxi, China-based solar wafer manufacturer LDK purchases extra American depositary shares from their 1.65 million stocks through their underwriters. With each ordinary share priced at $7, the decision for buying extra shares had been made after an en... Read >

Yingli Builds China’s 1st Solar Laboratory

China-based solar company Yingli Green will be building China’s first national laboratory for photovoltaic technology. Set to be built at Yingli Green’s manufacturing facility in Baoding, construction for the national laboratory was supported by the Chin... Read >

Press Release States Climate Forecasting Investment Could Boost Economy

A press release from two U.K. groups reveals that investments on studies on climate change could boost the economy of the UK and Europe. The National Centre for Atmoshperic Science (NCAS) and the Walker Institute of the University of Reading released a s... Read >

Intel Powers Rooftops with Solar Energy

Intel, the world’s largest income generating chipmaker, is planning to install solar panels on its rooftops in an effort to continue support for the purchase of renewable energy. Over eight sites in four states will be having solar panels installed, s... Read >

First Solar installs solar power for private lands

First Solar, a solar module manufacturer and supplier of comprehensive photovoltaic system solutions, will be working on solar projects for the Edison International subsidiary Edison Mission Group [EMG]. A deviation from First Solar’s existing public la... Read >

Evergreen Solar’s Good Performance Sits Well with Chinese Production

The last quarter of 2009 was a good quarter for solar cell manufacturer Evergreen Solar,leading them to some $74.5 million in revenue. The positive results will bring the solar company closer to their goal of $1.50 per watt solar production, as well as t... Read >

Wind Turbines from World’s Number One Manufacturer to Power Turkish Wind Farm

Vestas, the world’s number one wind turbine manufacturer will be supplying Turkish company Galata Wind Energy Limited with wind turbines that will be producing 93 megawatts of wind power. The wind farm will be situated at the Bandirma province in North... Read >

Wind Turbine Tower Design Gives 50% Savings on Steel Expenses

Texas-based Greenward Technologies develops wind turbine technology that increases wind efficiency, minimize steel component necessities, and increase stability. The renewable energy company uses a patent pending “ISO-e" tower technology that can less... Read >

Apple Helps Homes Get Smart Energy Technology

California-based Apple Computer Inc. will soon be helping homes become energy efficient as it files a patent for smart energy technology. The new smart home energy device is similar to Google’s PowerMeter and Microsoft’s Hohm, both of which serve to re... Read >

Wind Turbine Manufacturers' Market Share to Increase in US If Maximized

According to the U.S.’ National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the country could be fulfilling its electricity demands, if it could only maximize its wind power resource. U.S.’ primary renewable energy research center says that the United States has onsh... Read >

First Offshore Wind Farm in Germany to be Launched

Germany is set to develop a wind farm for offshore applications capable of generating 220 gigawatt-hours of electricity annually. Alpha Ventus is a $332.5 (250 million euros) million, 60 megawatt pilot project wind power complex that is expected to fee... Read >

Wind Energy in Australia to Be Supported by Smart Grid System

Wind energy in Australia as provided by Vestas Australian Wind Technology is now expected to advance, following the smart grid interconnection provided by American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC). Under the agreement, 24 dynamic reactive power (D-VAR... Read >