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  • Sector Snap: Solar slides on weak demand, credit Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 7:14PM The solar sector slid on Tuesday as solar power companies continued to face weak customer demand and dried up credit markets.
  • Beacon Equity Issues Technical Trade Alerts on Newsworthy Market Movers: LDK, LOGI, MVSN, TM, MOS, MHP Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 7:01PM BeaconEquity.com announces the availability of Trade Alerts on stocks making news today.
  • This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 6:51PMCowen says Northrop will rocket.
  • Evergreen Solar Slips on Fourth-Quarter Charges, Slashed Guidance from LDK Solar Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 6:46PMLate Monday, Evergreen Solar (ESLR: sentiment, chart, options) said it would take a charge of %2425 million stemming from the closure of its pilot manufacturing facility in Marlboro, Massachusetts...( Read More )
  • LS Power pulls plug on Waterloo power plant project Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 6:35PM WATERLOO --- LS Power affiliate Elk Run Energy Associates LLC announced today that it will forego further development of the proposed Elk Run Energy Station coal-fired power plant in Waterloo.
  • CES 2009: Husqvarna Automower Solar Hybrid tends the lawn without Fuel Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 8:11PM The Husqvarna Automower Solar Hybrid is a fully robotic lawn mower partly powered by the sun and uses no fuel or oil. The company will exhibit this green grass cutting robot at the CES 2009. The Solar Hybrid mower is designed to handle lawns of up to a ...
  • A New Search for Commerce Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 8:05PM
  • In Pursuit of Equality: Sentiments Past and Present Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:55PMAs we stand boldly and enthusiastically on the horizon of the year 2009, it seems like only yesterday that the 1960s civil rights revolution took full stride.
  • Yingli Green, Goldbeck reach solar supply pact Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 7:48PMChina-based Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. said Monday it has won a contract to supply solar cell modules this year to Goldbeck Solar GmbH, a German provider of photovoltaic technology for industrial buildings.
  • Big solar power plant planned for northwest China Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:23PMTwo Chinese companies announced plans to build a solar power plant in northwestern China that could one day be the largest photovoltaic solar project in the world.
  • Relief and optimism Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:14PMAchieving energy security becomes more imperative as it is the wisest and most pragmatic way to the future and also because the initiatives taken toward it would create jobs.
  • Apple, Flagstar, NovaGold, Nucor, Seagate: U.S. Equity Movers Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:06PMJan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of the following companies had unusual fluctuations in U.S. trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 4 p.m. in New York.
  • 10 reasons for having an electric car Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:03PM 10 reasons for having an electric car
  • Meteors? PS3 price cut? Solar Prius? (yes, no, maybe so) Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 10:03PMQuadrantid meteor shower Saturday morning Be sure to wake up extra early Saturday morning for the Quadrantid meteor shower. You’ll get a good view since the sky is expected to be free of moonlight, but it’s best to head out into rural areas free of light pollution.
  • City pens stimulus funding wish list Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 8:09AMSeeking a stimulus package seems to be the hip thing these days, and city governments want in on the action.
  • Solar-panel incentives lure customers Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 7:54AMIlan Caplan took the plunge last December and had 14 solar panels installed on the roof of his 2,900-square- foot home in Lowry.
  • Police stress safe driving Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 7:46AMIf you’re going to drink tonight, don’t get behind the wheel of a vehicle.
  • Taiyo Nippon Sanso Shares Surge on Report of Evonik Venture Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 1:35AMDec. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. , a Japanese maker of industrial gases, headed for its biggest gain in eight years in Tokyo trading after a newspaper reported it will form a venture with Germany’s Evonik Degussa GmbH .
  • Breakthrough In Production Of Double-walled Carbon Nanotubes Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 1:15AMIn recent years, the possible applications for double-walled carbon nanotubes have excited scientists and engineers, particularly those working on developing renewable energy technologies. These tiny tubes, just two carbon atoms thick, are thin enough to be transparent, yet can still conduct electricity. This combination makes them well-suited for advanced solar panels, sensors and a host of ...
  • Pasadena volunteer committee creating energy road map Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:17AMPASADENA - A volunteer committee and a hired energy consultant are working to create a road map for how Pasadena will meet its energy challenges in the future.
  • Australia Stocks, Japan Futures Rise as Oil Gain Lifts Miners Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:06AMDec. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Australia shares and Japan’s stock futures rose as the biggest gain in oil prices in two weeks lifted resource companies. BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, climbed 2.5 percent in Sydney, while Rio Tinto Group, the third largest, climbed 1.5 percent.
  • THE LOVE WE ALL WAIT FOR Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 11:00PMOne young woman grows up, and two young men hit the road in a car fueled by vegetable oil.
  • Outshining Conventional Electricity For Christmas Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 5:31PMSunshine lights up the crude, artificial Christmas tree looming 30 feet high in Ray Samples’ front yard.
  • John Lennon in TV ad - for laptops Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 4:11PMImagine, John Lennon makes a television commercial for charity – 28 years after his death.
  • 2008 goes out with a celestial bang Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 4:07PMIt’s been quite a year for stargazing. There’s been a lot of great conjunctions; the best one was just a few weeks ago when the crescent moon had a beautiful dance with the bright planets Jupiter and Venus.
  • Some Colorado companies are hiring Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 5:21PMRenewable energy, private education, health care, aerospace and engineering looking for people in Colorado
  • San Jose Library Installs Photovoltaic Art Glass Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 5:17PMEntitled Solar Illumination I: Evolution of Language, the project is a collaboration between artist Lynn Goodpasture and Peters Glass Studies.
  • Study identifies local barriers to green homebuilding Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 5:13PMThe city of Vancouver has released findings of an extensive study on barriers to green homebuilding in the city and Clark County, and will seek builders’ feedback on the study in early 2009.
  • Electric-Car Battery Makers Seek Federal Funds Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 4:59PMIn the race to make the lithium-ion batteries that will run the electric cars of the future, the United States is losing to Asian countries, and start-ups and big companies need to band together to build a lithium-ion battery industry in the United States, says Jim Greenberger.
  • Dad lauds renewable energy bill approval Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 4:57PMBACOLOD City Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, chair of the City Council committee on energy, welcomed the approval of the Renewable Energy (RE) Bill.
  • Partial solar powered freighter ship sets sail from Japan Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 4:41PM In Japan, a new type of freighter ship has recently launched from the city of Kobe that will draw part of its power for lighting and engine devices from solar panels mounted on its deck. Called the Auriga Leader, it is a car delivery freighter that was jointly created by Nippon Yusen KK and Nippon [...]
  • How World War II ships came to catch Chesapeake menhaden Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 4:15PMTheir names have changed many times; their origins are often obscure. Yet each ship has a legendary history: of war, tropical islands, foreign ports and now, fish.
  • St. Clair County RESA updates electronics curriculum Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 4:12PMTechnology classes at the St. Clair County Technical Education Center will be getting a boost. Wind turbines, solar panels, and weather stations to be built in several locations in St. Clair County will train TEC electronics students in sustainable, alternative energy sources.
  • KTAR Story Archives Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 3:45AMA suspended Tucson lawyer has been convicted of bilking clients out of more than $750,000. Annoyed by the constant drone of gas-fueled generators at his hunting camps, Dan Jones began experimenting with solar power in the 1990s.
  • Slowdown hits Reliance Industries Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 3:44AMMukesh Ambani’s foray into the capital-intensive semiconductor business with a mammoth investment of Rs 30,000 crore has been deferred because of the financial crisis, said informed sources.
  • Northwest Arkansas Incorporations Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 3:18AMBenton County Woodsgate Ventures Inc., Pacific Registered Agents Inc., 1116 S. Walton Blvd., 171, Bentonville.
  • FPHC to buy back $5-M notes Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 3:00AMFirst Philippine Holdings Corp. (FPHC), the umbrella company for the power and manufacturing businesses of the Lopez family, is buying back $5 million of its remaining $26.1 million floating rate notes due in 2009.
  • NASA Astrobiology Institute Newsletter 19 December 2008 Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 2:36AMNASA Astrobiology Institute Newsletter 19 December 2008
  • Mozilla re-issues Firefox 2 update, includes missing patch Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 2:35AMMozilla issued a final update to Firefox 2.0 Friday, making good on a promise earlier this week when it forgot to include a patch in the Windows version of the browser.
  • December 18, 2008 | 10:44 IST Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 5:14AMPanasonic Corp has signed an agreement to purchase stakes in Sanyo Electric Co held by Goldman Sachs, Daiwa Securities SMBC Co., and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., the three financial firms with major holdings in the electronics group, according to the reports.
  • Debate over Sunrise Powerlink may be near decision Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 5:10AMThe California Utilities Commission is scheduled to vote on the renewable energy transmission project, opposed by some environmentalists. In the rural, arid flatlands near the Salton Sea, CalEnergy Generation is sitting on what California needs.
  • Museums, exhibits Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 5:06AMNOTE. Museums and exhibits are listed alphabetically within main sections.
  • BIZ BITS Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 5:01AMSuper Bowl Will Use Renewable Power Super Bowl XLIII and the five-day NFL Experience festival will be powered with electricity made from renewable resources in Florida, Tampa Electric Co. said Wednesday.
  • Technology timeline Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 4:53AMEver since Edison Electric Light Co. was founded in 1878, technological innovations have been frequent and constant. 1879: The first commercial power station opens in San Francisco.
  • Motech wins 1MWp solar energy contract from Taiwan state-run power firm Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 4:49AMMotech Industries, a maker of crystalline silicon solar cells, has won a NT$200 million (US$6 million) contract from the state-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) for setting up a solar power generating system with an annual capacity of about 1MWp in southern Taiwan, according to industry sources.
  • OPEC to cut its output — again Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 4:48AMThe OPEC cartel agreed Wednesday to reduce production by 2.2 million barrels a day, the group’s largest cut ever, in an effort to put a floor under falling oil prices.
  • Solar protection Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 3:14PMLOWER-INCOME households, pensioners, business and industry will receive more than $11 billion a year to compensate for increased costs caused by the emissions trading scheme.
  • SolFocus lands Greek deal for concentrated solar Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 3:09PMA leading vendor in the emerging area of concentrated photovoltaics, SolFocus lands another deal for a 1.6 megawatt solar power installation in Greece.
  • Hemlock Semiconductor to expand again in Saginaw County Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 3:08PM Hemlock Semiconductor Corp. today, for the second consecutive year, announced up to a $1 billion expansion at its Saginaw County manufacturing complex, promising 300 full-time positions and the potential of drawing job-producing solar companies to mid-Michigan. Included in the expansion plans is a new $1.2 billion site in Clarksville, Tenn.; HSC will funnel an additional $800 million to either ...
  • Hemlock plans up to $1B Michigan investment Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 3:04PM Associated Press - December 15, 2008 9:45 AM ET LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A solar power technology company is getting ready to announce an investment of up to $1 billion in Michigan that would...