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Low Power Robot for Solar Cell Manufacturing
Adept Technology, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, today announced it has further demonstrated its commitment to green and sustainable manufacturing through developing energy conscious solutions such as the Adept Quattro robot for production systems ranging from safely processing food to reducing the costs associated with manufacturing solar cells.
2010-07-01 solarnovus.com
Adept Technology, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, today announced it has further demonstrated its commitment to green and sustainable manufacturing through developing energy conscious solutions such as the Adept Quattro robot for production systems ranging from safely processing food to reducing the costs associated with manufacturing solar cells.
2010-07-01 solarnovus.com
ET Solar modules being used in UK firms free solar offer
UK-based renewable energy generator ‘A Shade Greener'(ASG) is the first of an expected many companies to offer free solar photovoltaic installations to residents in the UK, while they take the feed-in tariff payments.
2010-07-01 pv-tech.org
UK-based renewable energy generator ‘A Shade Greener'(ASG) is the first of an expected many companies to offer free solar photovoltaic installations to residents in the UK, while they take the feed-in tariff payments.
2010-07-01 pv-tech.org
More Truck Fleets Tracking Emissions, But Long Road Ahead
Nearly half of all truck fleets are measuring their emissions, according to a new industry survey from the fleet management and leasing services company PHH Arval. So is the glass half empty or half full?
2010-07-01 earth2tech.com
Nearly half of all truck fleets are measuring their emissions, according to a new industry survey from the fleet management and leasing services company PHH Arval. So is the glass half empty or half full?
2010-07-01 earth2tech.com
First Solar CFO heads up utility systems business group initiative
Now that the end of the NextLight acquisition is drawing near, First Solar has turned its focus to the large-scale photovoltaic system solutions market with the formation of a utility systems business group. The company's chief financial officer of four years, Jens Meyerhoff, has been named president of the initiative.
2010-07-01 pv-tech.org
Now that the end of the NextLight acquisition is drawing near, First Solar has turned its focus to the large-scale photovoltaic system solutions market with the formation of a utility systems business group. The company's chief financial officer of four years, Jens Meyerhoff, has been named president of the initiative.
2010-07-01 pv-tech.org
Honda Develops Home Hydrogen Car Refueler Prototype
Honda is developing a home hydrogen car refueling station that uses solar panels to power a machine that separates hydrogen from oxygen in water.
2010-07-01 earthtechling.com
Honda is developing a home hydrogen car refueling station that uses solar panels to power a machine that separates hydrogen from oxygen in water.
2010-07-01 earthtechling.com
Project Focus: Sharp signs agreement for 73MW of solar plants in Thailand
Sharp has signed an agreement with NED, the wholly owned independent power producer of Mitsubishi, based in the Kingdom of Thailand, to establish 73MW of thin-film solar power generation plants. The construction of the project, which is expected to be one of the largest in the world, will begin by the end of July 2010 for completion in 2011.
2010-07-01 pv-tech.org
Sharp has signed an agreement with NED, the wholly owned independent power producer of Mitsubishi, based in the Kingdom of Thailand, to establish 73MW of thin-film solar power generation plants. The construction of the project, which is expected to be one of the largest in the world, will begin by the end of July 2010 for completion in 2011.
2010-07-01 pv-tech.org
Clean tech VC investment bounces back to record levels
Venture capital investment in clean tech firms for the first half of the year tops $4bn
2010-07-01 businessgreen.com
Venture capital investment in clean tech firms for the first half of the year tops $4bn
2010-07-01 businessgreen.com
U-M microcontroller spinoff Ambiq Micro wins $250,000 from Cisco, venture capitalists - AnnArbor.com
Ambiq Micro, which spun out of the University of Michigan five months ago, won an industrial business plan competition, giving the startup access to $250,000 in funding from tech giant Cisco Systems and California venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, officials announced today.
2010-07-01 annarbor.com
Ambiq Micro, which spun out of the University of Michigan five months ago, won an industrial business plan competition, giving the startup access to $250,000 in funding from tech giant Cisco Systems and California venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, officials announced today.
2010-07-01 annarbor.com
New agreement reached in proposed RI wind farm
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A proposal to build a wind farm off the coast of Block Island could be moving forward again.
2010-07-01 finance.yahoo.com
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A proposal to build a wind farm off the coast of Block Island could be moving forward again.
2010-07-01 finance.yahoo.com
Is Japan Next for Geothermal?
Geothermal giant Ormat announced this week it's going to Japan. Ormat signed a cooperation agreement with Japanese construction conglomerate JFE Engineering. The deal calls for the two companies to work together in building geothermal power plants in Japan. Ormat supplies the equipment, and JFE does the work.
2010-07-01 oilprice.com
Geothermal giant Ormat announced this week it's going to Japan. Ormat signed a cooperation agreement with Japanese construction conglomerate JFE Engineering. The deal calls for the two companies to work together in building geothermal power plants in Japan. Ormat supplies the equipment, and JFE does the work.
2010-07-01 oilprice.com
