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The El Paso utility has made a 20-year agreement with NRG Energy, a New Jersey power-generating company, to buy all of the power from the 92-megawatt solar power plant, which NRG will build and operate.That’s enough power to supply about 30,000 homes, El Paso Electric reported. Earlier, NRG said the…

The $1.35 million- installation, designed and installed by Meridian Solar, will generate about one-quarter of the building’s total energy needs. CPS Energy, one of the nation’s largest municipally owned energy company, will distribute excess electrical power. “Texas should be a prime location for solar, but it currently generates a relatively…

The $1.35 million- installation, designed and installed by Meridian Solar, will generate about one-quarter of the building’s total energy needs. CPS Energy, one of the nation’s largest municipally owned energy company, will distribute excess electrical power. “Texas should be a prime location for solar, but it currently generates a relatively…

Under this agreement, Yingli Green Energy has agreed to supply Recurrent Energy with crystalline PV modules through 2012 for expected use in Recurrent Energy’s distributed solar projects, typically ranging from 2 to 20 MW, in the U.S., Canada, Europe and other emerging markets. “Today’s agreement further signifies our commitment to…

The facilities include a 239 kW system at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena; a 601 kW system at BT’s North America corporate headquarters offices in El Segundo; and Safeway’s Vons grocery stores in Monrovia (230 kW), Oxnard (188 kW), Corona (205 kW), and Murrieta (198 kW). The…

ImplicationsThe draft of a comprehensive energy U.S. Congressional bill entitled the “The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009″ has been released. A bill of this nature is necessary for long-term investment in American clean energy and energy independence. This industry has been highly reliant on short-term subsidies and…

Starwood 1 will showcase two critical future technologies. The first is power storage. Without storage, you will only have power when the sun is shining. And while that can work to a point, it will never power the whole world. We’ll still need something to take care of the base-load,…

Hydra Fuel Cell Corp., the Beaverton-based company developing hydrogen fuel cell technology, on Wednesday said it has received its first patent and has begun production.

According to the Gulf News, the plant, as announced by Ali Bin Abdullah Al Owais, executive director of electricity affairs in the country’s Energy Ministry, will create enough electricity needs and will have enough left over for other countries in the region, he said.Mr. Al Qwais’s remarks were made during…

The Cell Awards are judged by a consortium of the solar industry’s leading companies and research organizations, including Q-Cells, Suntech Power and Fraunhofer ISE, and recognize products with the most potential to lower the cost of solar technology. “Our panel of judges from across the solar industry knows all too…