In the international solar race, it looks like Germany might be winning. The European nation generated a stunning 5.1 tWh in July, breaking all previously-set records. Oh, and that last record? Also set by Germany. So yeah, it's safe to say ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Solar Power
It was usually quiet Friday morning at the Baoshan Cement Co., Ltd. factory in east China's Jiangxi Province. The factory's production lines were shut down after it was put on a list of companies designated by the Ministry of Industry and ...
Amonix Inc of Seal Beach, CA, USA, which makes utility-scale concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems using III-V multi-junction solar cells, says that it has achieved a National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) efficiency ...
Tags: Amonix CPV, Electrical, Electronics
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA and Ingenero Pty Ltd of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia have announced a new collaboration arrangement to provide a joint offering to the commercial and off-grid solar markets. The partnership will combine ...
Tags: Solar, Electrical, Electronics
State's support for new environmental initiatives promotes emerging sectors China's investment in renewable energy will bring vast opportunities and challenges for the country's overall development, a senior official said at a recent ...
Tags: renewable energy, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The Moser Lamp was developed by a Brazilian mechanic in hopes to provide electricity free lighting to those in need. That is exactly what he accomplished, in fact he created a solar tube lamp that will provide those in need with as much ...
Tags: Solar Power, Lights, Lighting
The LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®) 2014 Call for Speakers opens today in a global invitation seeking responses from top lighting and design practitioners looking to participate in the world’s largest annual architectural and ...
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA is expected in 2013 to become the first PV engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) firm to install 1 gigawatt worth of solar power ...
PPG Industries announced that the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, which is LEED Platinum certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, was constructed with SOLARBAN 70XL STARPHIRE glass, CORAFLON ADS (Air-Dried System) ...
Tags: PPG Industries, PPG Glass
Lightfair International (LFI) has issued a global Call for Speakers for Lightfair 2014, North America’s preeminent commercial and architectural lighting conference and exposition, taking place in Las Vegas, June 1-5. And EBMag will be ...
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Last week, JA Solar, a major Chinese manufacturer of high-performance solar power products, revealed it had secured a US$89.84 million (RMB250 million) credit facility from state-owned lender Bank of Communications under a central ...
Neo Solar Power has obtained orders in excess of its production capacity and expects to run at full utilization through the end of 2013, according to company chairman Quincy Lin. Neo Solar has signed long-term supply contracts with ...
Tags: Neo Solar Power, PV module
Driven by feed-in tariffs (FITs) and the commoditization of photovoltaic (PV) modules, along with innovative leasing programs for residential solar installations, distributed solar PV systems are expected to see double- and, in some ...
Tags: Solar Power, Lighting
A Canadian IT consultancy has announced that it will soon begin selling an Ubuntu laptop that “never needs to be plugged in,” thanks to solar power. The SOL, as WeWi Telecommunications dubs the device, is designed to be used in ...
Tags: Laptop, Solar-Powered
For fiscal third-quarter 2013 (to end-June), Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has reported revenue of $33.5m. This is down ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics