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Connecticut’s first net zero energy home, a 3600 sq ft New England Farm House Style home, was completed in November 2009 resulting in a house requiring no fossil fuels for heating and hot water, no net electrical usage from the utility company and no emissions from fuel burning equipment.
Icynene spray foam insulation was used in concert with other energy efficient technologies such as solar power as part of a “whole-house” approach to building the net zero energy home. Icynene was applied in... [more]
Romag has beaten off national and international competition to win a multi million pound contract to supply the next generation of energy efficiency measures. Consett-based Romag has been awarded the contract to supply North East-based Community Energy Solutions with Solar Photovoltaic systems – a contract worth up to £10.2m. And that means that Romag can look to move forward expansion plans which could create further employment opportunities.
Boldon-based CES is a non-profit distributing org... [more]
China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP) plans to build a 5MW utility-scale PV power plant in Inner Mongolia using silicon-based thin film solar modules for the first time. ENN Solar Energy Co., Ltd. has won the bid to supply modules for this project and will use 5.7m2 tandem junction, thin film, solar modules manufactured on ENN’s SunFab™ line which was supplied by Applied Materials.
Applied Materials, Inc. and CECEP have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)... [more]
GreenFix Energy has announced OASIIS, a floating solar-thermal island capable of producing industrial amount of distilled water and electricity
GreenFix Energy has announced the culmination of years of research and work into the development of the OASIIS technology invented and patent filed by Richard Henderson. Richard Henderson worked over a decade perfecting a technology that utilizes current solar thermal and OTEC technology in a whole new way.
Once built, this 1 to 3 Square Kilometer... [more]
McCormick & Company, Inc. and Constellation Energy have announced an agreement to develop a new 1.8-megawatt (DC) solar photovoltaic power system at the McCormick Distribution Center in Belcamp, Md. This will be the largest single rooftop solar installation in Maryland, and is the second solar installation developed for McCormick by Constellation Energy.
In late 2008, the companies brought a nearly 1-megawatt solar installation online at McCormick’s Spice Mill in Hunt Valley, Md. Constructio... [more]
Chevron Energy Solutions, a unit of Chevron Corporation, and East Side Union High School District in San José, California, have announced the start of construction on a 3.7-megawatt solar project that is expected to provide more than $1.5 million in budget relief to the district’s general fund in the first year and $7.6 million over five years. It is anticipated that the project will reduce the district’s electric utility costs by 30 percent and deliver $36 million in savings over the life of th... [more]
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