Monthly Archives: December 2011
Wind-Tower Makers From China, Vietnam Draw Rivals’ U.S. Petition
By Eric Martin – Dec 30, 2011 9:07 AM MT Wind-tower producers from China and Vietnam are selling their renewable-energy equipment below cost in the U.S., according to an attorney for American producers that petitioned the U.S. to impose anti-dumping duties. “The Chinese and Vietnamese industries are using unfair pricing practices to capture critical sales from the U.S. industry,” Alan Price, […]
Energy Efficiency needs in the Military
The heavy, mine-resistant vehicles that almost all U.S. military personnel use to move about Afghanistan are gas guzzlers. And even though the U.S. military buys that fuel at a reasonable price, the energy it takes to fly it and truck it to remote parts of Afghanistan drives the price into the stratosphere. There’s also a […]
Welspun Approached to Sell Security Backed by Solar Revenue
By Natalie Obiko Pearson – Dec 29, 2011 6:33 AM MT Maintenance workers clean solar panels manufactured by Tata BP Solar India Ltd. at North Delhi Power Ltd.’s (NDPL) Keshavpuram power station. Photographer: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Bloomberg Welspun Energy Ltd., India’s biggest solar photovoltaic developer, was approached by a bank proposing to use revenue from its first plant to […]
Europe’s Biggest Solar Park Completed With Russian Bank Debt
By Marc Roca – Dec 29, 2011 7:56 AM MT Europe’s biggest solar park was completed today after its Vienna-based developer, Activ Solar GmbH, obtained financing from two Russian banks. Activ Chief Executive Officer Kaveh Ertefai said his company finished building the 100-megawatt photovoltaic plant in Perovo in the Crimea with funding from Moscow-based VTB Bank OJSC (VTBR) andSberbank […]
In Solar Power, India Begins Living Up to Its Own Ambitions
By VIKAS BAJAJ KHADODA, India — Solar power is a clean energy source. But in this arid part of northwest India it can also be a dusty one. Every five days or so, in a marriage of low and high tech, field hands with long-handled dust mops wipe down each of the 36,000 solar panels at […]
List of Solar Companies
Photovoltaic manufacturers According to EnergyTrend, the 2011 Global Top Ten Polysilicon, Solar Cell and Solar Module Manufacturers by capacity are found in countries including People’s Republic of China, United States, Taiwan, Germany, Japan, and Korea. In 2011, the global top ten polysilicon makers by capacity are as follows, GCL, Hemlock, OCI, Wacker, LDK, REC, MEMC, […]
Approval of Reactor Design Clears Path for New Plants
Westinghouse Westinghouse’s AP1000 nuclear power plant will use a design that relies on forces like gravity and natural heat convection. By MATTHEW L. WALD WASHINGTON — The Nuclear Regulatory Commissionunanimously approved a radical new reactor design on Thursday, clearing away a major obstacle for two utilities to begin construction on projects in South Carolina and Georgia. The […]
U.S. OKs Nuclear Reactor Design to Allow Licenses
By Jim Polson and Eric Martin – Dec 22, 2011 11:00 AM MT Enlarge image U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission member William Magwood joined two colleagues and voted to certify the AP1000 reactor from Toshiba Corp.’s Westinghouse Electric unit, giving the agency the votes to back the design. Photographer: Westinghouse Electric Co. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission […]
Foxconn Entry Into Solar-Module Making May Cut Margins for Chinese Makers
By Bloomberg News – Dec 23, 2011 9:00 AM MT Workers walk outside Hon Hai Group’s Foxconn plant in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Foxconn Technology Group’s decision to start making solar power modules may speed the rate at which margins are narrowing for Chinese manufacturers, another blow for an industry already coping with […]
Airlines Lose Challenge to EU Expansion of Carbon Cap-and-Trade System
By Stephanie Bodoni – Dec 21, 2011 2:05 PM MT Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) — Diogenis Papiomytis, consultant at Frost & Sullivan, discusses the European Union’s planned expansion of its carbon cap-and-trade-system. He speaks with Maryam Nemazee on Bloomberg Television’s “The Pulse.” (Source: Bloomberg) Enlarge image Giovanni Bisignani, chief executive officer of the International Air Transport Association […]
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