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| Mitsubishi Electric Corp. to install 1GW solar farm in space |  |
| Harvesting solar power from space through orbiting solar farms sounds extremely interesting. Mitsubishi Electric Corp., a solar panels manufacturer has been inspired from the concept to immensely and has decided to join an AUD $25 billion Japanese project to construct a massive solar farm in space within three decades. |
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| U.N. Reports on Developing Nations? Energy Needs | |
| Trillions of dollars are needed to help developing nations grow using renewable energy, according to an estimate. |
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| Japan Plans $21B Space Power Plant | |
| Mike writes "Japan has announced plans to send a $21 billion solar power generator into space that will be capable of producing one gigawatt of energy, or enough to power 294,000 homes. The project recently received support from Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and IHI Corp, who are now teaming up in the race to develop new technology within four years that can beam electricity back to Earth without the use of cables. Japan hopes to test a small solar satellite decked out with solar panels by the year 2015."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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| 3,000mile Green Power Express has SD partner | |
| SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Sioux Falls-based NorthWestern Energy has signed on to help develop a seven-state transmission superhighway to get wind power from rural states to urban markets. |
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| Southwest Windpower Co-founder Speaks on Residential and Community Wind Power | |
| Southwest Windpower`s co-founder Andrew Kruse will be speaking on September 10, 2009 at the Southwest Renewable Energy Conference in Flagstaff. Mr. Kruse will present "Wind 101: Residential and Community," a look at small-scale wind power and distributed energy generation. |
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| Treasury & DOE Award US $500M in Recovery Act Grant Funds for Renewables | |
| A milestone was reached this week for the renewable energy industry as the first part of the US $3 billion grant program authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) were awarded. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Tuesday announced $502 million in the first round of awards from the ARRA program that provides cash assistance to energy production companies in place of earned tax credits. |
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Khosla Ventures raises $1.1 billion to invest in green technology | |
| The Silicon Valley venture capital firm will finance early and mid-stage clean energy and information technology companies as well as high-risk `science experiments.`
In a sign that green technology investing is bouncing back, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Khosla Ventures said Tuesday that it had raised $1.1 billion to spur development of renewable energy and other clean technologies.
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| Khosla raises $1 billion for renewables, clean tech | |
| Khosla Ventures said on Tuesday it had raised more than $1 billion for renewable energy and clean technology funds, a sign that skittish investors are hot for climate-change-related projects. |
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| 2009 New Ideas in Educating a Workforce in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency | |
| Be part of an exciting conference dealing with educating the green workforce in renewable energy and energy efficiency. The New Ideas workforce education conference will take place on November 18-20, 2009 at the Marriott Hotel in Albany, New York. Conference sessions are planned for November 19 and 20. On Wednesday, November 18, six technical workshops will be offered. |
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| Update: Treasury & DOE Award US $500M in Recovery Act Grant Funds for Renewables | |
| A milestone was reached this week for the renewable energy industry as the first part of the US $3 billion grant program authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) were awarded. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Tuesday announced $502 million in the first round of awards from the ARRA program that provides cash assistance to energy production companies in place of earned tax credits. |
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| China Sunergy Receives 10-MW in Orders, Renegotiates Ingot/Wafer Supply Deal | |
| China Sunergy has signed a series of sales contracts with NUE PTY Ltd, a solar photovoltaic distributor based in Victoria, Australia. China Sunergy expects to ship up to 10 megawatts (MW) of monocrystalline solar modules, which are manufactured under sub-contracted OEM arrangement, to NUE. |
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| China Launches Differentiated Wind Energy Tariffs | |
| China has instituted a new system of differentiated wind energy tariffs based on four wind energy zones. The move is the first in Asia since South Korea implemented a feed-in tariff program in 2005. China now joins a growing list of developing countries with feed-in tariffs, including South Africa and Mongolia. |
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| eIQ Energy Launches Parallel Solar Technology | |
| Solar startup eIQ Energy Inc., officially launching this week, has unveiled its Parallux system that the company says will lower the installed cost and improve the performance of solar power systems, while also eliminating the design and installation constraints inherent in conventional string architectures. |
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