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Developer of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTI) has formed a partnership with China-based TFG Radiant Group that will result in $450 million of investment.
California-based SunPower is expanding its operations into Mexico in an effort to better serve the North American market, the company has announced.
The United States Department of Energy has committed US$50 million to fund the Scaling Up Nascent PV At Home (SUNPATH) program which represents the second phase of its Photovoltaic Manufacturing Initiative (PVMI).
First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR), billed as the “world’s most valuable solar company”, has announced a new efficiency record for its cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar cell.
Field tests conducted by Caltech professor John Dabiri show the output of wind farms can be increased as much as tenfold by the selective placement of vertical-axis wind turbines, or VAWTs.
Honda has just announced that 10 of its 14 manufacturing plants in North America are operating with zero-waste-to-landfill as part of its “Green Factory” initiative in North America.
When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) first set up its workforce development training programs (called Brownfields Job Training Grants Program), the aim was to provide education in brownfield remediation and reclamation under the EPA’s Superfund program.
L’Oreal, the world’s largest beauty and cosmetics group, plans to install a solar system in it’s New Jersey plant and have it fully operational by the end of this year.
General Motors (NYSE: GM), the world’s second largest auto-manufacturer has made a $6 million investment in Proterra, a company that makes electric buses.
