HNU Energy and International Battery Team for Solar and Energy Storage Demonstration Project in Maui, Hawaii
International Battery, a U.S. manufacturer and developer of large-format lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, today announced they have recently teamed with HNU Energy to participate in a solar power generation and energy storage project in Maui, Hawaii. The project, recently put into operation, will assess the effectiveness of storing solar energy using new, more-efficient battery technology. The renewable energy system is comprised of sixty 224-watt...
SunEdison Activates First Phase of its 16MW North Carolina Solar Farm
SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider and a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, has activated the first phase of its 16-megawatt solar farm in Davidson County, N.C. The first phase of the project represents 4 megawatts of generation capacity and is comprised of more than 14,000 solar panels that will generate over 6 million kilowatt hours of electricity in the first year of operation. Duke Energy is buying the...
Komatsu Hybrid PC200LC-8 Excavator
Komatsu America Corp. today announces the introduction of the Hybrid PC200LC-8 excavator into the North American market. Powered by the Komatsu Hybrid System, the Hybrid PC200LC-8 uses a newly developed electric swing motor, power generator motor, capacitor and diesel engine. Komatsu developed its revolutionary hybrid system to work on the principle of swing energy regeneration and energy storage using the Komatsu Ultra Capacitor system. Komatsu’s...
KYOCERA Solar Modules at San Diego’s Alvarado Water Treatment Plant
Kyocera Solar, Inc. announced that its 1.135-megawatt (MW) solar array at the Alvarado Water Treatment Facility in San Diego, Calif., has exceeded performance expectations consistently since it began operating in February 2007, as documented by power generation data. The Alvarado facility will increase its water treatment capacity by 67 percent next year, from 120 million gallons per day to 200 million. To alleviate the cost of the expansion, the...
Entech Solar Announces Design of Next-Generation Product – SolarVolt II
Entech Solar announced progress on its ThermaVolt™ II and tubular skylight products, as well as its plans for its SolarVolt™ II product, which would generate electricity only. Entech is currently completing the ThermaVolt II modules for the design-verification-testing (DVT) phase of product development. After the successful completion of the product prototype in June 2009, completion of modules for DVT will represent the product’s next significant...
DSM contributes to world record for most efficient solar module
Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, announces today that its KhepriCoat™ anti-reflective coating system has contributed to achieving the highest energy conversion ever of a full-size solar module. The world record of 16.4%, achieved by the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), was verified by global certification and testing organization TÜV. The previous record of...
MET Laboratories Strengthens Echelon’s Networked Energy Services Smart Meters
Echelon Corporation and MET Laboratories today announced that Echelon’s newest generation of ANSI Networked Energy Services (NES) residential smart electricity meters have successfully completed the MET Meter Certification Program for the North American market and can bear the MET Meter Certification logo and the MET NRTL product safety certification mark. Echelon, a leader in smart grid solutions, has long provided highly reliable, industry standard,...
Seattle’s Newest Hyatt Offers a Fresh Twist on Green
The highly anticipated Hyatt at Olive 8 opens its doors in the heart of Seattle’s thriving entertainment and dining district. Located at the corner of Olive and 8th, the new hotel – on track to be Seattle’s first LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certified hotel – is a striking addition to the city’s skyline and adds a new, more eco-friendly experience to the Pacific Northwest hospitality market. One of the first in...
Napa Valley’s Historic Bardessono Farmstead Morphs Into America’s Greenest Luxury Hotel
Phil Sherburne, a pioneer in modern green development, will open his long-awaited Bardessono hotel, restaurant and spa in California’s famed Napa Valley during the first week of February. The 62-room luxury hotel with its 92-seat restaurant and bar is situated on the Bardessono family farmstead in the heart of historic Yountville. Sherburne, who was hand-picked by the Bardessonos to develop their six-acre property, promised an ecologically-friendly...
Pakistan Utility Signs Contract with GE Energy to Fast Track Power Supply in Port City of Karachi
Delivering on a commitment to reduce the number of rolling blackouts in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, the new management of the utility Karachi Electric Supply Company Limited (KESC) has ordered 64 of GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engines to supply 180MW of urgently needed power to the local grid. The milestone contract was signed November 22. Karachi has been facing an average daily shortage of 500MW in electricity, forcing KESC to impose...
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