SolarDay 2010 Goes Nationwide

This year's annual day of recognition for the growth of clean, solar energy in the US is SolarDay 2010 - Saturday, June 19.


Germany's First Offshore Wind Farm Formally Commissioned

The German Federal Minister for Environment Norbert Rottgen has officially opened the Germany's first offshore wind park, Alpha Ventus, situated in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), in the North Sea 45 km north of the island of Borkum.


MIT Researchers Harness Viruses to Split Water

A team of MIT researchers has found a novel way to mimic the process by which plants use the power of sunlight to split water and make chemical fuel to power their growth.


First Wind Receives DOE Loan Guarantee to Finance Construction of Oahu-based Kahuku Wind Project

First Wind, an independent US-based wind energy company, today was offered a conditional commitment from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for a $117 million loan guarantee to finance the construction of its proposed 30 megawatt (MW) Kahuku Wind project.


AlumiFuel Power Announces New Test Reactor for Hydrogen and Steam Generator Products

Early production stage hydrogen generation company AlumiFuel Power, Inc announced today that it has assembled and begun using a fully automated and instrumented AlumiFuel powder test reactor, which will facilitate the accelerated commercialization of API's family of hydrogen and steam generator products.


Enel Green Power, Sharp and STMicroelectronics Join Forces to Produce Innovative Thin-Film Photovoltaic Panels

Today, Enel Green Power, Sharp and STMicroelectronics signed an agreement for the manufacture of triple-junction thin-film photovoltaic panels in Italy.


Chipotle to Install Solar Panels on About 75 Restaurants

Chipotle Mexican Grill announced it is partnering with Houston-based Standard Renewable Energy (SRE) to install solar panels on approximately 75 Chipotle restaurants over the next year.


New Berkeley Lab Report Shows That the Installed Cost of Solar Photovoltaic Systems in the U.S. Fell in 2008

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) released a new study on the installed costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the US, showing that the average cost of these systems declined by more than 30 percent from 1998 to 2008.





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