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Sumitomo Sets Up Solar Power Storage System With Used Batteries

02/07/14, 06:08 AM | Solar & Wind
Sumitomo Corp. said it installed a power storage system using recycled electric-vehicle batteries near a solar power station in the western prefecture of Osaka.   The 600-kilowatt system is the world’s first large-scale power storage system from used EV batteries, the Tokyo-based company said in a statement today. The device uses 16 used batteries.   “Over the next three years, the system will measure the smoothing effect of energy-output fluctuation from the nearby,” solar farm, Sumitomo said in the statement.   Sumitomo set up a venture with Nissan Motor Co. in 2010 to address the secondary use of EV batteries.

SunEdison Builds Parking Canopy Solar System For Whole Foods Market Brooklyn Location

02/06/14, 05:58 PM | Solar & Wind | SunEdison
Innovative Design Helps Long-Time Customer Set New Standards for Environmental Building Features

Crowdfunding Renewable Energy on Kickstarter

02/06/14, 05:55 PM | Solar & Wind
Limitless clean renewable energy - Crowd Energy will be launching a first of its kind Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in March 2014 to fund the construction and development of the Ocean Energy Turbine.

First PPA Signed for Utility-Scale Solar PV Plant in Jordan

02/06/14, 05:52 PM | Solar & Wind
In December 2013, Phoenix Solar and Mustakbal Clean Tech signed an agreement for the contract of a 1MW PV plant for the Ma'an Development Company. This is the first-utility-scale project confirmed to go ahead in the country.

St. Thomas University celebrates completion of major solar energy project in Haiti

02/06/14, 05:47 PM | Solar & Wind
The projects were completed in December, 2013, and are now providing free, sustainable electricity to an area with no roads, little water, and no public electricity.

Canadian Solar Announces the Sale its Fourth Utility Scale Solar Power Plant in Ontario to a Fund Managed by BlackRock

02/06/14, 05:45 PM | Solar & Wind | Canadian Solar
The fourth utility-scale solar power plant purchased by BlackRock is located in the Township of Oro-Medonte and is scheduled to start construction in the first quarter of 2014

FROM WINTER STORMS TO SUMMER HURRICANES –

02/06/14, 05:40 PM | Solar & Wind
CONNECTABLES SOLAR CHARGING STATIONS OFFER BACKUP POWER FOR UNIVERSITIES, OFFICE PARKS, MALLS, AND MORE

SEIA Applauds Legislation Offered by Colorado, Nevada Senators

02/06/14, 05:37 PM | Solar & Wind | Solar Energy Industries Association
Their bipartisan legislation would allow America's solar energy companies to make full and effective use of the Investment Tax Credit (ITC).

U.S.-China Trade Dispute Threatens Solar Growth

02/06/14, 05:33 PM | Solar & Wind | Solar Energy Industries Association
Their bipartisan legislation would allow America's solar energy companies to make full and effective use of the Investment Tax Credit (ITC).

Urgent action needed to rescue 10% renewable transport target, REA warns Government

02/06/14, 05:26 PM | Solar & Wind
New stats reveal sustainable biofuels slash GHG emissions by 66%, but industry flat lining due to policy instability

In Austin, Energy Secretary Moniz Announces New ARPA-E Solar Projects

02/06/14, 05:19 PM | Solar & Wind
$30 Million "FOCUS" Program Supports 12 Projects that Develop Cost-Effective Solar Energy

Primus Green Energy Patent Application for Gas-to-Liquids Technology Allowed by USPTO

02/06/14, 05:16 PM | Solar & Wind
Patent secures IP around STG+, company's novel single-loop, thermochemical liquid fuel synthesis process

Global Wind Turbine Towers Market to Keep Growing, Despite Poor Grid Infrastructure, says GlobalData

02/06/14, 05:14 PM | Solar & Wind | Global Data
Wind turbine towers market value to climb from $12.1 billion in 2013 to $19.3 billion by 2020 -----With poor infrastructure, existing grids need urgent modifications to accommodate specific characteristics of wind power, says analyst

Fort Carson Chooses Solectria Renewables Inverters to Power 1.43MW Installation

02/06/14, 05:11 PM | Solar & Wind | Yaskawa - Solectria Solar
The system will produce 2,195,000 kWh annually.

Valentin Software Launches Simulation Programme with New Features for Designing Solar Power Plants of up to Two Megawatts

02/06/14, 05:04 PM | Solar & Wind | Valentin Software
For the first time, the software can also simulate the influence of any power optimiser chosen.

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