Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd has announced plans to discontinue the operations of its copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing subsidiary Honda Soltec Co Ltd in spring 2014 and withdraw from the ...
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Mack Trucks says it is reducing the CO2 output from its Macungie truck plant by 215.3 tons per year, as a result of working with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to identify ways to reduce its energy consumption. This is the third year ...
Tags: Transportation, auto parts, Truck
The Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has selected the Wi-SUN Alliance specification for the wireless protocol between smart meters and home energy management systems (HEMS) for its Wireless B route. TEPCO plans to deploy 27 million smart ...
TGE Group has announced the launch of a new solar monitoring package which will enable customers to get the most out of their solar PV installation. As one of the UK's leading solar PV specialists, TGE Group's new service will ensure ...
Tags: Solar PV, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
For most industries and enterprises that use compressed air systems, the high energy consumption costs have always been an area of concern. Oftentimes, energy costs associated with running a compressed air system amount to 75% of the ...
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Chrysler Group has entered into a five-year C$18.2m ($17.40m) agreement with McMaster University to develop next-generation, electrified powertrains and powertrain components. The project will receive funding support from the Canadian ...
Tags: Chrysler, Electrified Powertrains
Leviton announced today the expansion of its revenue-grade line of VerifEye™ submetering solutions with the launch of its line of Series 8000 Multi-Point Meters. Featuring universal voltage capabilities, the compactly-engineered ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Smart Meters
PowerGenix, the leading developer of high performance Nickel-Zinc (NiZn) batteries, today announced that it has signed a product evaluation contract with HELLA, a direct (tier 1) supplier to major automotive manufacturers worldwide. HELLA ...
The US federal government has shut many services after failing to pass a spending bill, something that has implications for the highly regulated oil and gas sector. On Friday, talks between House Republicans and President Barack Obama ...
As one of four winners in the first round of Sunidarity initiative awards (in December 2012), Paris-based Fondation Énergies pour le Monde (Energy for the World Foundation) has just finished installing a concentrator photovoltaic ...
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Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA is partnering with Asia-based original device manufacturer (ODM) Wistron NeWeb Corp (WNC), which supplies connected home solutions for a number of branded original ...
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German automobile manufacturer Opel has initiated the testing of its specially-equipped Ampera at the Technical Institute Karlsruhe (KIT) in Stuttgart, Germany as a part of the intelligent Zero Emission Urban System (iZEUS) project. ...
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PPG Industries has published a new architectural glass catalog that features photography of 40 building projects, along with detailed descriptions and performance data for more than two dozen architectural glass products, including ...
Tags: Print, Construction, Chemicals
TMI International, LLC, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based, leading international supplier of workplace environmental management systems and other PVC-based products, announced today that they have acquired the assets of Simplex Isolation Systems. ...
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, announced that it has teamed with the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). Schneider Electric will develop and implement a dynamic web-based solution for the SAC’s ...
Tags: Schneider, energy management