After anti-dumping duties SolarWorld is claiming for International quality standards

Today, SolarWorld called on the world solar industry to establish, embrace and promote an industry-wide acceptable quality limit (AQL) for production of crystalline silicon solar panels sold within the U.S. market.  The company issued the call in response to reports of rising defect... Continue reading >>

Solar panels will offset electricity used to power the performances during Bonnaroo festival

When world-renowned musicians such as Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis take the stage starting tomorrow at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., solar panels from SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more than 35 years,... Continue reading >>

Novel enzyme can contribute to biofuel research

Researchers from the United Kingdom, the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and the University of Kentucky have recently published a paper describing a novel cellulose-degrading enzyme from a marine wood borer Limnoria quadripunctata, commonly known... Continue reading >>

Jet fuel from switchgrass

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is partnering with Cobalt Technologies, U.S. Navy, and Show Me Energy Cooperative to demonstrate that jet fuel can be made economically and in large quantities from a renewable biomass feedstock such as switch grass.   "This... Continue reading >>

First Solar to begin construction on the state's largest solar power plant

First Solar and New Mexico State Land Commissioner Ray Powellannounced that First Solar  has been granted a power purchase agreement (PPA) from the New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission, clearing the way for First Solar to begin construction on the state's... Continue reading >>

IHS study predicts strong growth for the power measurement market

Strong growth is predicted for the power measurement hardware market, with global revenues amounting to more than $4.2 billion cumulatively over the next five years, according to a new report entitled “The World Market for Power Measurement Trends” from IMS Research, now... Continue reading >>

Natural Power to provide remote monitoring services to wind farms in Massachusetts

Aquinergy, developers of 250kW to 20MW wind and solar projects, have appointed Natural Power in partnership with Rev1 Renewables as the provider of remote monitoring services and access control on two single turbine projects located in the towns of Kingston and Ipswich, MA.   Natural... Continue reading >>

BP to to reshape its U.S. fuels business

BP has completed the previously announced sale of its Carson, California refinery and related logistics and marketing assets in the region to Tesoro Corporation for approximately $2.4 billion as part of a plan to reshape BP’s U.S. fuels business. Cash proceeds from the sale include... Continue reading >>

Parker Hannifin presents power plant products and technologies in e-flipbook

Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, is now offering a new interactive, web-based electronic sales tool for utility customers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and industry consultants in the power generation market around the world.   Designed... Continue reading >>

Port Corpus Christi to start exporting wind components

As the primary economic engine of the Coastal Bend, Port Corpus Christi is the fifth largest port in the United States in total tonnage.   Participation in wind energy component cargo from global markets since 2006 has made Port Corpus Christi a leader in import facilities... Continue reading >>

New component manufacturing for Siemens gas turbines

  Siemens Energy has recently opened a facility in Charlottesville, Virginia for the innovative commercial production of airfoil ceramic cores for gas turbine blades and vanes using the TOMOSM technology, initially developed by Mikro Systems. The advancements are expected to... Continue reading >>

BP to promote new technologies

New technologies to increase the discovery and recovery of oil and gas - such as advances in seismic imaging - have been highlighted by BP's Upstream Chief Executive Lamar McKay in a speech to the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2013 in Houston this week.   BP... Continue reading >>

4JET expands its presence in USA

The German company 4JET Technologies GmbH  a  leading supplier of laser solutions for edge deletion, bond pad exposure and laserdrilling of thin-film solar cells has announced its expansion in North America.    A newly established subsidiary managed by Rolf... Continue reading >>

SolarWorld to sponsor a team for U.S. Solar Decathlon

SolarWorld will sponsor a joint team from Arizona State University and University of Mexico as well as a team from West Virginia University in this year’s U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon solar-home-design competition.  For the first time, the event is scheduled... Continue reading >>

Siemens' long-term programs succesful in North America

Siemens has signed 15-year contract extensions with RES Americas to continue providing service and maintenance at two wind projects in North America. Siemens will provide long-term service for the 26 SWT-2.3-93 wind turbines operating at RES Americas’ Whirlwind Energy Center.... Continue reading >>