North America green energy

Photovoltaic Recycling in the EU and U.S.

published 2011 年 08 月 01 日 9:58
Handsome incentives, policy changes, technological advances, and economies of scale have made photovoltaic power plants less expensive and closer in generation cost to fuel sources, such as nuclear and coal -- and the benchmark ...  more

GM Ventures Invests in Solar Power Developer Sunlogics

published 2011 年 07 月 29 日 15:06
General Motors Ventures LLC announced today an equity investment of $7.5 million in Sunlogics PLC, a vertically integrated global solar energy systems provider specializing in solar project development and installation. The invest...  more

Suntech Solar Panels Now Available for Ontario Solar FIT Program

published 2011 年 07 月 28 日 9:27
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd (NYSE: STP), the world's largest producer of solar panels, is now offering solar panels that satisfy local content requirements for solar projects in Ontario, Canada. Using 100% Ontario-refined sili...  more

CSBA and SunPower Partnering to Establish Solar Schools Program

published 2011 年 07 月 27 日 14:48
In partnership with SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB), the California School Boards Association, a non-profit organization representing nearly 1,000 school districts and county offices of education throughout California, has l...  more

First Solar Sets World Record for CdTe Solar PV Efficiency

published 2011 年 07 月 27 日 14:47
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) announced it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar cell efficiency, reaching 17.3 percent with a test cell constructed using commercial-scale manufacturing equ...  more

LG Chem to Develop Electric Batteries for U.S. Carmakers

published 2011 年 07 月 27 日 14:45
LG Chem, Korea’s leading chemical maker, said that it has clinched a $10 million contract to develop a lithium-ion battery for U.S. automakers. Under the deal with U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC), LG Chem will develop a h...  more