SEI's Third Annual PV Instructor Training is in full swing in Paonia, Colo.

SEI's Third Annual PV Instructor Training is in full swing in Paonia, Colo.

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On March 5th, 2010, hydrogen and fuel cell industry experts joined Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii to brief Senate staff on the balance needed between industry and government commitments as well as between different clean vehicle technologies. Daimler, General Motors, Linde and Dr. C.E. (Sandy) Thomas led the event on "Solving the Market's Dilemmas-Energy Infrastructure for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles."

POET plans to decrease water use in the production of ethanol by 22 percent over the next five years in the first goal of its sustainability iniative, Ingreenuity. If successful, it will cut the company's water used per gallon of ethanol from an average of 3 gallons to 2.33, an annual water savings of one billion gallons.

The achieved financing for the project rises to EUR 275 million. The technology developed by Aries positions the company as the standard of international efficiency in the development of concentrated solar power projects.

The achieved financing for the project rises to EUR 275 million. The technology developed by Aries positions the company as the standard of international efficiency in the development of concentrated solar power projects.

The U.S. Renewable Energy Group (US-REG), A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd., and American Nevada Group (ANC) have unveiled plans to develop and construct a new wind turbine production and assembly plant in Nevada that will supply project developers in North and South America.

Conserval Engineering has been awarded the 2009 Renewable Energy World Award for Best Building Integrated Renewable for their SolarWall® PV/Thermal (PV/T) technology installed at the new John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal. The award was presented to Conserval at the opening ceremony of the Renewable Energy World Conference in Austin, Texas on February 23.

Conserval Engineering has been awarded the 2009 Renewable Energy World Award for Best Building Integrated Renewable for their SolarWall® PV/Thermal (PV/T) technology installed at the new John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal. The award was presented to Conserval at the opening ceremony of the Renewable Energy World Conference in Austin, Texas on February 23.

SMA Solar Technology AG this week announced plans to form a subsidiary in Canada. The company plans to invest between €5 and 10 million initially and a site is expected to be chosen in the first half of 2010.

Trina Solar Limited announced that its subsidiary, Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd., has signed a sales agreement with Essco Wholesale Electric Inc., a full-service commercial, utility and residential electric distributor with locations throughout the United States.

Solar Power Inc. has received an initial commitment of US $24.7 million in Recovery Zone Facility Bonds (RZFB) by Sacramento County and is exploring plans to open a manufacturing facility within Sacramento County to build its solar panels.

REpower Systems AG has received the first unit certificate from Germanischer Lloyd (GL) for new turbines in its turbine portfolio. The certificate is the first ever that has been issued for a wind turbine (generation unit) with a double-fed generator system. It confirms that the technical system implemented by the company meets the high requirements of the grid system in Germany.

The U.S. Senate this week passed a bill containing the reinstatement of the biodiesel blenders' tax credit, a critical piece of policy for the industry that had been allowed to expire at the end of 2009. The American Workers, State and Business Relief Act, included H.R. 4213, the Extenders Package which contains the extension of the US $1 per gallon biodiesel production tax credit. The bill calls for the tax credit to be retroactive to January 1 and runs out on December 31, 2010.

Southern California Edison (SCE) and SunPower Corp. have reached a deal for SunPower to provide 200 megawatts (MW) of solar panels to the utility, which plans to use them to cover 80% of the capacity needed for its solar photovoltaic installation program.

CSP Today talks to Dr Fred Morse, Chairman, Utility-Scale Solar Power Division, U.S. Solar Energy Industries Association and speaker at the upcoming 4th Concentrated Solar Power Summit USA this June 24-25, about current constraints on CSP in the US market and why, ultimately, CSP will play a vital role in US energy strategy.

CSP Today talks to Dr Fred Morse, Chairman, Utility-Scale Solar Power Division, U.S. Solar Energy Industries Association and speaker at the upcoming 4th Concentrated Solar Power Summit USA this June 24-25, about current constraints on CSP in the US market and why, ultimately, CSP will play a vital role in US energy strategy.

Despite the global financial crisis, the Australian solar power industry grew a phenomenal 366% in 2009. Driven by a rebate that enabled "free" solar power systems to be sold, installations of grid connected solar power systems grew even eclipsed past-years' 200% growth. Will Australia be able to repeat these figures in 2010, now that the federal government's rebate has been substituted for a far less generous point-of-sale discount?

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