http://www.solarnewsportal.com/Latest solar energy, photovoltaics and solar technology news articlesensolar News Portalsolar News Portalhttp://www.solarnewsportal.com/solar_article9151.htmlThu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMTXcel Energy plans to help customers save money by using less energy with a comprehensive series of new and expanded programs under its proposed 2010 2012 Conservation Improvement Program (CIP). The proposal filed with the Minnesota Office of Energy Security (OES), will guide the company's electric and natural gas conservation and load management efforts for the next three years. Xcel Energy's p ... [more] http://www.solarnewsportal.com/solar_article8753.htmlTue, 6 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMTXET has executed an option agreement to sell its technology for $100 million to EOS Renewable Technologies. In a technical memorandum EOS is releasing, for the first time, data from the U.S. Army, Navy and Marines that has been declassified demonstrating significant improvements in the performance of solar energy systems using XET's technology. These improvements represent billions of dollars in p ... [more] http://www.solarnewsportal.com/solar_article8601.htmlWed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:09 GMTHP and Xtreme Energetics, a solar energy system developer based in California, have announced they have entered into an agreement for the development of a solar energy system designed to generate electricity at twice the efficiency and half the cost of traditional solar panels. Under the technology collaboration and licensing agreement, HP will license its transparent transistor technology to X ... [more] http://www.solarnewsportal.com/solar_article8570.htmlTue, 20 May 2008 16:06:17 GMTXcel Energy has selected the GridPoint SmartGrid Platform for its SmartGridCity in Boulder, Colorado. The platform applies information technology to the electric grid to provide utilities with an intelligent network of distributed energy resources that controls load, stores energy and produces power. Xcel Energy's smart grid system estimated to be a $100 million effort when fully implemente ... [more] http://www.solarnewsportal.com/solar_article97.htmlSat, 29 Mar 2008 12:56:12 GMTXantrex Technology Inc. has announced the launch of its Xantrex Gateway monitoring system, a wireless monitoring solution for small scale solar power installations. The Xantrex Gateway is the central communication component of a residential or small commercial solar energy system. It keeps the system owner informed about the system's operation and energy production from any location. The Gatew ... [more] http://www.solarnewsportal.com/solar_article50.htmlWed, 23 Jan 2008 17:07:53 GMTXethanol Corporation has announced an investment in Carbon Motors Corporation, a new American automaker developing a specially-built law enforcement vehicle featuring a clean diesel engine that can run on biodiesel fuel. Carbon Motors, based in Atlanta, Georgia plans to build the vehicle using a global partnership and supply network that includes a world-class automaker, as well as Lotus Engine ... [more] http://www.solarnewsportal.com/solar_article42.htmlWed, 9 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMTXcel Energy is a major U.S. electricity and natural gas company with regulated operations in eight Western and Midwestern states. Xcel Energy has filed with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency plans to significantly reduce mercury emissions from Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Plant Unit 3 and the Allen S. King Plant. "These plans outline a ... [more]