Copyright 2006 RenewableEnergyWorld.com Renewable Energy News Headlines provided by RenewableEnergyWorld.com - the leading online publisher of renewable energy news and information world-wide. http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com en-us editor@RenewableEnergyWorld.com support@RenewableEnergyWorld.com http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53792&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53792&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53792&src=rss#readercomments 3TIER, one of the world's largest independent providers of renewable energy assessment and power forecasting information, today announced the opening of an office in Washington, D.C. Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53787&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53787&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53787&src=rss#readercomments Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital today announced it will become the first healthcare facility within the Sutter Health system to install solar power. Sutter Auburn Faith has plans for a 736-kilowatt (kW DC) solar electric system that will meet about 50 percent of the hospital's power needs. SPG Solar, a leading California solar installer, will design and construct the system, which will include an elevated installation in the employee parking lot and a ground-mounted tracking system on the adjacent property. Sutter Auburn Faith has partnered with premier solar energy services provider Tioga Energy to remove all upfront costs and ongoing maintenance requirements for the solar power system. Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53782&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53782&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53782&src=rss#readercomments "We are happy to support the cooperation with the EuroAkadem-Academy for European Management in holding the 2nd Congress. We strongly support the contribution that the Congress will generate toward making renewable energy an even more essential component in the fight against climate change", says Mr Bjoern Klusmann, CEO, BEE - German Renewable Energy Federation, Germany Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53781&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53781&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53781&src=rss#readercomments Prism Solar Technologies, Inc. (PST) was awarded a $1,000,000 grant from The Solar Energy Consortium (TSEC) this month as part of its financing to begin manufacturing of it's patented holographic planar concentrator technology in New York State. Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53779&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53779&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53779&src=rss#readercomments Konarka Technologies, Inc. announced that it has opened a roll-to-roll flexible thin film solar manufacturing facility with a production capacity of 1 gigawatt (GW). The company said that the facility is part of its plan to prepare for the commercialization and mass production of its patent-protected thin film solar material, Power Plastic. Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53778&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53778&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53778&src=rss#readercomments A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. announced that it has signed its second sales contract with China National Automation Control System Corp. (CACS) for the sale of fifty 2.7-megawatt (MW) wind turbines. This is in addition to a previously announced contract between A-Power and CACS for five of the 2.7-MW units. Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53777&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53777&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53777&src=rss#readercomments EnergyMixx AG has signed a deal with the London Office of Deutsche Bank AG for the bank to be sole mandated lead manger to arrange and syndicate at least EUR 500 million [US $679.9 million] of non-recourse project finance senior debt for the company's renewable energy projects in Italy. Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53776&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53776&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53776&src=rss#readercomments Vattenfall AB, the fifth largest electricity generator in Europe, announced that is has acquired 100% of AMEC Wind Energy Limited, a major UK developer of commercial wind farms for cash consideration of approximately US $221.72 million. Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53774&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53774&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53774&src=rss#readercomments Canadian Solar Inc. announced that it has signed two sales contracts with Iliotec Solar GmbH and Iliotec Solar International. Through these two contracts, Iliotec will purchase 28 megawatts (MW) of solar modules and obtain the option for another 20 MW for delivery in 2009 from CSI, with module prices fixed for the first six months. Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53773&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53773&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53773&src=rss#readercomments Interstate 65 is now America's first biofuels corridor. E85 Ethanol and B20 Biodiesel blends are available the entire length of the Interstate, from Gary, Indiana to Mobile, Alabama. A driver is now no more than a quarter-tank's drive from a fuel retailer carrying E85. Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53742&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53742&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53742&src=rss#readercomments The idea of using solar radiation to generate air convection that can subsequently be converted to an energy source has been around since the start of the 20th century, when a Spanish Colonel called Isidoro Cabanyes proposed it in a scientific magazine. Solar Updraft towers, also called solar wind or solar chimney plants, provide a very simple method for renewable electricity generation, with a constant and reliable output. Other renewable energy sources such as wind turbines and solar arrays suffer from high diurnal and seasonal fluctuations, or unpredictable patterns of output. Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53780&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53780&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53780&src=rss#readercomments The dates are set for the third national conference on workforce education in the renewable energy and energy efficiency fields – November 18 – 20, 2009. The conference will offer the most current information on instructional strategies, curricula development, and best practices for training. Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53775&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53775&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53775&src=rss#readercomments Samsung C&T Corporation recently dedicated the 3 Megawatt (MW) "Sol-Luce Jindo" solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Jindo County, South Jeolla Province in Korea. Sol-Luce Jindo will provide electricity to 1,500 families in the region. S-Energy Co. Ltd. designed and built the system utilizing their solar modules and the SunSeeker® Single-Axis Tracker System by Thompson Technology Industries (TTI). Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53772&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53772&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53772&src=rss#readercomments A distinguished group of energy leaders convened in Golden, CO last week at the NHA Fall Forum to address a critical connection between two clean energy industries: hydrogen and renewables. The link is mutual: the hydrogen industry needs more renewables to produce hydrogen; and the renewables industry needs hydrogen for storage of excess or off-peak energy to address irregular supplies. Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53770&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53770&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53770&src=rss#readercomments The UK government has announced the creation of a Department of Energy and Climate Change. The move, which has for the first time forged an arm of government explicitly uniting climate and energy, has been welcomed by the renewables industry and the environmental movement. Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53769&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53769&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53769&src=rss#readercomments The passage of H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, provides critical news for the solar industry at large, but also for regulated electric utilities looking to diversify their energy mix with solar electric generation. In addition to extending the federal solar investment tax credit (ITC) for 8 years, the legislation includes the removal of a prohibition that previously prevented electric utilities from taking advantage of the credit. Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53768&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53768&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53768&src=rss#readercomments Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53764&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53764&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53764&src=rss#readercomments National Grid announced that it has made an informational filing with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities for its plan to develop and own 5 megawatts (MW) of new solar generation capacity in the state. The company is the first in Massachusetts to present its proposal under the state's new Green Communities Act, which calls for utilities to develop and own up to 50 megawatts (MW) of solar generating facilities by 2010. Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53763&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53763&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53763&src=rss#readercomments The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJ BPU) announced that it has chosen Garden State Offshore Energy (GSOE), a joint venture between PSEG Renewable Generation and Deepwater Wind, as the preferred developer of a 350-megawatt (MW) wind farm off the coast of New Jersey. Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53762&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53762&src=rss http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53762&src=rss#readercomments Carbone Lorraine, a producer of graphite materials and solutions, has signed contracts to provide it's technologies to two major manufacturers in the solar energy industry. Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500