Posts from ‘February, 2009’

Wacker Chemie AG, a German chemical company, announced Thursday that it will build a $1 billion plant with 500 jobs in southeastern Tennessee to produce hyperpure polycrystalline silicon, a product used to make solar panels and semiconductors.

SAN FRANCISCO — California’s solar power market and its startups stand to gain from utilities making a direct play into rene…

Editor’s Note: Scientific American’s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in 60-Second Solar. Read his introduction here and see all posts here. The first step in installing solar panels, not surprisingly, is to call an installer. I contacted one through Home Depot and, on a Saturday earlier this month, [...]

DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. — Florida power and Light (FPL) is now using the power of the sun on a larger scale than ever before in Florida. Yesterday, FPL broke ground on a new “next generation” solar energy system in Desoto County.

NORWAY - Town officials have submitted an application to the Department of Environmental Protection for two more solar-powered reservoir circulators at the treatment plant lagoons.

In analyzing the potential for renewable energy production on state-owned land, officials have identified 37 potential Berkshire County sites for wind power development, including high-profile tourist destinations such as Mount Greylock, Pittsfield State Forest and Mount Everett.

WOODSTOCK, Minn.—-Juhl Wind Inc. , the Leader in Community Wind power is pleased to announce that Dan Juhl, CEO of Juhl Wind, Inc. and Director General Wesley Clark will be presenting at the Renewable Energy & Technology Conference being held this week at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A KEY power station in the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme may have breached its status as a green power provider, because its environmental effect downstream appears to outweigh the benefits of the renewable power it creates.

Electric bills could get a little smaller starting April 1 if NV Energy stops collecting fees to support rebates for small-scale renewable energy installations.

DUBLIN, Ireland—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of Global Markets Direct’s new company profile “Renewable Energy Corporation ASA Solar Photovoltaic Market Analysis” to their offering.

WASHINGTON - Advocates of using satellites to beam solar power from space to Earth hope U.S. President Barack Obama’s campaign promise to develop alternative energy sources will help resurrect NASA’s interest in the technology.

The solar panel maker had a nice quarter but sees a big revenue drop in 2009.

Shares of First Solar Inc. tumbled on Wednesday as investors responded to the company’s news that the solar panel maker expects demand to fall, competition to increase and mounting challenges for the industry in the near future.

At least three analysts assigned sell ratings to First Solar Inc. on Wednesday after the company issued a cautious outlook for 2009 and signaled that some of its customers need more time to raise cash to pay for its thin-film solar products.

When I was a kid, energy was fun. I used to write to utility companies asking for their brochures on nuclear power and then sit and study the cutaway diagrams of reactors. I devoured futuristic visions of cities where everyone drove whizzing electric cars and wore stylish white jumpsuits. I dreamt of becoming an astronaut [...]