Alternative Energy

Jimmy Carter Solar Panel Heads Back to White House

In a time when little to nothing is getting done about climate change at the legislative level, much of the efforts of the frustrated environmental movement must be symbolic in nature. Such is the mood and motive of Bill Mckibben, and others en route to Washington D.C. with one of the now-legendary Jimmy Carter solar [...]

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Record-Breaking Solar Cell Efficiency for Oerlikon, Corning

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has confirmed results for a record-breaking conversion efficiency in solar cell technology. Oerlikon Solar and Corning Incorporated have combined technologies to produce a tandem solar cell using thin-film silicon. Oerlikon’s proprietary Micromorph® solar cells and Corning’s specialty, advanced light-capturing glass combined to achieve 11.9-percent stabilized conversion efficiency in NREL tests. That [...]

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AEG Power Solutions Marks Technological Breakthrough in Polysilicon Production Efficiency
09/07/2010 | Maine Green Times

VALENCIA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--  AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS) (Amsterdam:3WP) introduces its new Thyrobox™ PI power system which will set new efficiency standards in polysilicon production. The new Thyrobox™ is unveiled for the first time at the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (Feria Valencia, Valencia, Spain,).
Using proprietary technology developed b [ ... ]


Solar Capital Ltd. Closes New $35 Million Senior Secured Term Loan
09/07/2010 | Maine Green Times

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Solar Capital Ltd. (NASDAQ: SLRC) today announced the closing of a new $35 million Senior Secured Term Loan with a new lender. The Term Loan, which expires in September 2013, bears interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 3.25% per annum and has terms substantially similar to the Company’s existing revolving credit facility.   

“Not only does this term loan  [ ... ]


IA Global Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire Solar Power Engineering Co Ltd with Annual Sales of $17 Million
09/07/2010 | Maine Green Times

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IA Global, Inc. (OTCQB: IAGI.OB) (the “Company”) announced the signing of a letter of intent to acquire 100% of Solar Power Engineering Co Ltd from Vegitus Co Ltd, both Japanese companies.

Solar Power Engineering Co Ltd (“Solar Power”) is an engineering services company that provides inspection, maintenance and solar cell production services that enable the [ ... ]


40 kW Solar PV System Completed at FREEDM Systems Center
09/07/2010 | Maine Green Times

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS), North America’s premier provider of turn-key solar solutions for commercial buildings, has completed the rooftop solar installation for North Carolina State University’s FREEDM Systems Center. Designed for the newly-built Keystone Science Center in the university’s Centennial Campus, the solar system will provide energy to the 15,000 squ [ ... ]


Advanced Energy Gets Grid Connected
09/06/2010 | Maine Green Times

VALENCIA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NasdaqGM: AEIS) today announced that the company has established its first grid connections at multiple sites located in Germany and the Czech Republic. The new solar powered facilities utilize the company’s award-winning Solaron® 500E grid-tied solar PV inverters to provide renewable energy to customers in the European region. [ ... ]


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