Silikin achieves carbon footprint certification for PV module
Siliken, Paterna, Spain, has achieved the carbon footprint certificate for its SLK60P6L photovoltaic modules in accordance with the PAS 2050:2011...
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New record set for recycling indoor light to electricity
G24 Innovations, a Cardiff, Wales-based manufacturer of dye-sensitized cells for indoor light energy harvesting — the recycling of ambient...
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Exide Technologies expands operations in Georgia for automotive battery manufacturing
Exide Technologies has expanded operations at its Columbus, Ga., facility for the manufacture of its new Exide® Edge™ absorbed glass mat (AGM)...
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GTI, industry partners launch North American Emerging Technology Program
Des Plaines, Ill.-based Gas Technology Institute (GTI), a not-for-profit RD&D organization serving the natural gas industry, has announced the...
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Orion Energy Systems achieves Green Professional status
Orion Energy Systems Inc., Manitowoc, Wis., has earned Green Professional status under the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council's Green Masters...
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Harbec awarded for sustainability in manufacturing
Harbec Inc., Ontario, N.Y., has received a 2012 Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award in Sustainability from Manufacturing Executive, a global...
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Unirac appoints CEO
Unirac Inc., a Hilti Group company and provider of infrastructure for solar power systems in Albuquerque, N.M., has appointed Peter Lorenz as its...
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Los Angeles Air Force Base to switch to electric fleet
Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., will be the first federal facility to replace 100 percent of its general-purpose fleet with plug-in electric...
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Franchise Investment Group to open solar systems plant in South Carolina
Franchise Investment Group, Greenville, S.C., is investing $18 million in a solar systems manufacturing facility in Blacksburg, S.C., for its...
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Feeney installs solar array at California facility
Feeney Inc., Oakland, Calif., a manufacturer of stainless steel architectural cables, aluminum railings, and trellis products, has installed a...
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Energy storage summit scheduled for March
The importance of future energy supplies storage will be the topic of the first Energy Storage – International Summit for the Storage of...
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W2E Organic Power to build waste-to-energy plant in Baton Rouge
W2E Organic Power, Columbia, S.C., has announced plans to build a $12 million to $25 million anaerobic digestion facility in Baton Rouge, La....
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GE, IIT collaborating to improve wind farm productivity, efficiency
GE, Charlottesville, Va., has announced it is working with Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to investigate ways to improve wind farm...
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Trojan Battery, Palladium Energy form alliance
Trojan Battery Co., Santa Fe Springs, Calif., and Palladium Energy, Naperville, Ill., have formed a strategic alliance to explore the development...
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Mage modules powering N.J. rooftop system
Mage Solar, Dublin, Ga., has announced that its high-efficiency Mage Powertec Plus modules are powering the 910-kW rooftop system at...
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NACFE publishes free freight efficiency executive reports for trucking industry
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) has published three free "Freight Efficiency Executive Reports" on its Web site at...
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Air Force Thunderbirds perform first demonstration with alternative fuel
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flight demonstration team became the first Department of Defense aerial performance team to fly on alternative...
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NACFE publishes free freight efficiency executive reports for trucking industry
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) has published three free “Freight Efficiency Executive Reports” on its Web site at...
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Argonne, Gartner develop new approach to calculate lifetime solar energy cost
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ill., in partnership with an analyst at Gartner Inc.,...
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AICON 3D Systems installs own PV system
AICON 3D Systems, Braunschweig, Germany, has just set up its own photovoltaic system. The system covers a roof area of 850 square meters and is...
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Schneider Electric establishes green buildings segment
Energy management firm Schneider Electric, based in Rueil-Malmaison, France, has announced the creation of a team dedicated to the green...
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Ground broken for 20-MW DC solar farm in New Jersey
Representatives from Con Edison Development and Panda Power Funds joined local officials in Pilesgrove Township, N.J., in October to break ground...
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SKF USA to get rooftop solar array system
SKF USA Inc., Lansdale, Pa., has entered into an agreement with solar power contractor Tecta America Corp., Chicago, to install a rooftop solar...
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Solar Services completes large PV solar panel installation
Solar Service Inc., Niles, Ill., has announced the completion of the largest privately owned commercial photovoltaic solar panel installation in...
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State RPS policies will drive continued increase in renewable power generation
State renewable portfolio standards (RPS) will be the most critical driver determining the pace of U.S. renewable growth going forward, according...
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EnergyMatrix, SRE partner to develop solar-powered street lights
EnergyMatrix™, a distributor of LED and other energy-saving products in Santa Clara, Calif., has announced its partnership with solar system...
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USAID, Russia sign agreement on energy efficiency
Following the commitment by Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev at the June 24 U.S.-Russia Summit to promote energy efficiency and green...
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Thomas Built Buses delivers hybrid school buses to Kentucky
Thomas Built Buses has delivered 20 Saf-T-Liner® C2e hybrids to 13 Kentucky school districts. The buses are powered by a 2010 EPA-compliant...
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NEMA publication focuses attention on power transmission corridors
To focus attention on the problems of approving electrical power transmission corridors, Rosslyn, Va.-based National Electrical Manufacturers...
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Orion Energy Systems awarded NSPE Product of the Year Award
Orion Energy Systems Inc., Manitowoc, Wis., has been honored with the Professional Engineers in Industry’s 2010 Product of the Year Award...
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Federal stimulus advances concentrating solar power plant toward construction
President Obama has announced that the Dept. of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Abengoa...
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U.S. wind executives reveal top industry growth obstacles in poll
Business advocates of the U.S. wind market point to the lack of financing and the lack of a national energy policy as the top obstacles to...
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Fleet managers drive propane offerings at alternative-fuel vehicle conference
At the Alternative Fuels & Vehicles National Conference & Expo 2010 in Las Vegas in May, Roush Performance exhibited a 2010 Ford...
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Elon Musk receives Automotive Executive of the Year Innovator Award
The 2010 Automotive Executive of the Year Innovator Award has been presented to Elon Musk, chairman, product architect, and CEO of Tesla...
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Envision Solar, GRID Solar announce alliance
Envision Solar Intl. Inc., San Diego, a solar master planner, architect, and inventor that designs and deploys advanced solar systems globally,...
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RES Americas begins construction on wind project
Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc., Broomfield, Colo., has started balance of plant (BOP) construction on the 343-MW Lower Snake River wind...
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LVD Group reduces carbon footprint
LVD Co. nv, a manufacturer of sheet metalworking machine tools and offline software in Gullegem, Belgium, has installed solar electrical cells...
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MHI to build wind turbine manufacturing plant in Arkansas
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Tokyo, has announced plans to build a wind turbine manufacturing plant in Fort Smith, Ark. The plant, which will...
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Lowe’s to offer small Wind turbines
Lowe’s has announced the launch of Energy Centers in 21 California stores. The Energy Centers give customers options for creating energy...
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AC Propulsion, AutoPort partner to develop electric vehicle for USPS
AC Propulsion and AutoPort have announced that they will partner in engineering, development, and conversion to provide an electric vehicle...
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FMA Communications launches www.greenmanufacturer.net
FMA Communications Inc., Rockford, Ill., has established a new Web site at www.greenmanufacturer.net, an online information tool for those...
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