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| IREC`s Preliminary Agenda for its 2008 Annual Meeting Now Available |  |
| The Preliminary Agenda for IREC`s 26th Annual Meeting on Monday, October 13, 2008 in San Diego, CA as part of the Solar Power `08 Conference is now available. |
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| Geoffrey Ballard, 75, Fuel-Cell Pioneer Who Created Bus Powered by Hydrogen, Dies | |
| The Canadian entrepreneur?s company became a bellwether in the use of hydrogen fuel cells to power cars and other vehicles.
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| Kenya looks to geothermal power to fuel development | |
| By Hereward HollandNAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - For Maasai tribesman Charles Kamami, Kenya`s drive to boost its geothermal capacity spells environmental destruction which threatens his pastoralist way of life.But for east Africa`s largest economy, geothermal energy could be a savior as it struggles to increase power generation to keep up with soaring demand driven by years of robust growth.With proven potential of 7,000 megawatts, geothermal energy from Kenya`s geologically active Great Rift Valley forms the cornerstone of a government scheme to double total energy production by 2018. |
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| China to Build a Zero Carbon Green City | |
| gormanw writes "Just outside Shanghai, there is an island about the size of Manhattan. China is going to build its first ever `green city`, complete with no gasoline/diesel powered vehicles, 100% renewable energy, green roofs, and recycling everything. The city is called Dongtan and it should house about 5,000 people by the end of 2010, with estimates of 500,000 by 2050. The goal is to build a livable city that is energy efficient, non-polluting, and protects the wildlife in the area."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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| Geothermal power: A viable energy alternative | |
| The renewable energy laboratory estimates that if all the heat trapped up to 2 miles under the U.S. were tapped, it could generate enough electricity to meet all of the country`s power needs for 30,000 years. |
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| Flexible Nanoantenna Arrays Capture Solar Energy | |
| Researchers have devised an inexpensive way to produce plastic sheets containing billions of nanoantennas that collect heat energy generated by the sun and other sources. The researchers say that the technology, developed at the U.S. Department of Energy`s Idaho National Laboratory (INL), is the first step toward a solar energy collector that could be mass-produced on flexible materials. |
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| China Wind Systems Initiates Phase One Expansion | |
| China Wind Systems Inc. announced that it has initiated equipment installation for the first phase of a planned expansion designed to increase the company`s forging capacity for the wind power industry. The company is currently installing a ring-rolling mill and a 4,500-ton press to produce rolled rings up to 6.3 meters in diameter with cross sections measuring up to 700 millimeters. |
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| Duke Energy Carolinas Signs Deal for Landfill Gas | |
| Beginning in 2009, gas produced from a landfill in Durham, North Carolina, will be turned into power to serve customers of Duke Energy Carolinas. The company announced that it has signed an agreement with Methane Power Inc. to purchase 2 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy generated from the City of Durham`s landfill, which was closed in the mid-1990s. |
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| Path Cleared for Wind Energy Development in South Texas | |
| Babcock & Brown announced that a federal court in Texas has dismissed a final lawsuit, clearing the path for the company to bring wind energy to South Texas. The company`s planned wind farm on the Texas Gulf Coast, which could provide enough clean and renewable energy to power 80,000 Texas homes, will now be completed and operational later this year. |
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| juwi To Build 45-MW Wind Farm in Costa Rica | |
| The juwi group and its European and American project partners have launched construction work on what will be one of the biggest wind farms in Central America. Upon completion, the project known as Proyecto Eolico Guanacaste (PEG) in Costa Rica will comprise 55 wind energy turbines with a total production capacity of 49.5 megawatts (MW). It is juwi`s biggest wind power project to date. |
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| Worley looks to WA for solar power plant | |
| WorleyParsons Ltd, Australia`s largest engineering company, says the Pilbara region of Western Australia could be a potential location for the construction of a thermal solar power station. |
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| DOE to Invest up to $24 Million for Breakthrough Solar Energy Products | |
| WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy John Mizroch announced today that DOE will invest up to $24 million in Fiscal Year 2008 and beyond—subject to the availability of funds—to develop solar energy products to significantly accelerate penetration of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in the United States. The Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS) projects will provide critical research and development (R&D) funding to develop less expensive, higher performing products to enhance the value of solar PV systems to homeowners and business owners. These projects are integral to President Bush`s Solar America Initiative, which aims to make solar energy cost-competitive with conventional forms of electricity by 2015. Increasing the use of alternative and clean energy technologies such as solar energy is critical to diversifying the Nation`s energy sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on foreign oil. |
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| SMA America Releases the Industry`s Most Efficient Central Inverter | |
| ROCKLIN, Calif., Aug. 12, 2008—SMA America, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of global solar technology giant SMA Solar Technology AG, has unveiled the next generation Sunny Central 250U central inverter for commercial photovoltaic (PV) systems. The updated unit delivers industry-leading efficiency—97 percent, by CEC-weighting standards—along with an integrated isolation transformer and an updated user interface with an intuitive graphical LCD display. Best of all, at a time when commercial demand for solar power has never been greater, the Sunny Central 250U is available immediately. |
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| SMA America Hits the Road to Promote Solar Power | |
| ROCKLIN, Calif., Aug. 5, 2008—SMA America, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of global solar technology giant SMA Solar Technology AG, has partnered with SunEdison as one of the sponsors of the upcoming SunEdison City Tour for Solar—a 100-day, 50-city educational tour that will teach municipal leaders, energy companies and the public about solar power. The tour, which consists of two mobile exhibits traveling across the Western U.S., kicked off Aug. 1 in Golden, Colo., and will conclude in Sacramento, Calif., on Nov. 14. |
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| Is the U.S. the World Leader in Wind Power Generation? | |
| According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the capacity the US has for generating wind power is expected to increase 45% in 2008. America’s currently installed capacity stands at 19,549MW, up a total of 2,726MW from the end of 2007. Because of this, AWEA is announcing that America is now the US world leader in wind electricity. |
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| OCR Solar & Roofing Chosen As California Provider For Trilogy By Shea Homes National Solar Power Offering | |
| OCR Solar & Roofing, through their relationship with global leader, BP Solar, will install potentially 2,000 BP Solar Home Solutions® systems on Trilogy™ by Shea Homes communities in California, as part of Trilogy`s national solar power offering. |
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| Nanoantenna Arrays Seen As Possible Solar Cell Replacement | |
| Traditional solar cells only use up to 20% of the visible light they collect, and more efficient solar cells are too expensive for mass production. Now researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Idaho Laboratory have figured out a way to capture solar energy on the cheap: plastic sheets filled with billions of nanoantennas. |
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