Pacific Power Management LLC of Auburn has completed the installation of a 500-kilowatt solar power system at Universal Forest Products Inc.’s manufacturing plant in Thornton.
Conergy completes Asia’s largest Solar Power Plant in South Korea and gets commissioned with the turnkey construction of additional 4.35 MW
Conergy Korea, subsidiary of the stock-listed company Conergy AG, announced today a framework agreement for a 4.35 MWp extension (worth approximately € 20 million) of Asia’s largest, recently completed photovoltaic plant (19.6 MWp) in SinAn, southwest of the Korean capital Seoul. Thanks to the perfect synergy between client DongYang Engineering & Construction Corporation and the renewable energy technology expertise of Conergy, the 19,6 MWp, € 90 million project was fully operational in June 2008, six months ahead of schedule. Based on this outstanding engineering achievement, DongYang appointed Conergy with the turnkey construction of an additional 4.35 MWp. The extension of Asia’s Largest Solar Power Plant to 24 MWp is expected to be fully grid-connected before the year is over marking a major milestone for Korea in becoming a worldwide leader in clean energy.
Steady electronics, currency and booming solar boost Cookson
LONDON — The Cookson Group plc (London) has seen an improvement in performance in the first six months of its financial year. At a constant currency rate revenue was £1,058 million (about $2,100 million), up 26 percent while trading profit was £113 million, (about $225 million) up 30 percent.
Solar Power, Inc. Contracted to Power Two Los Angeles Landmarks – STAPLES Center and NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE
ROSEVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Solar Power, Inc. (“SPI”) (OTCBB:SOPW) has entered into a design build agreement with venue owner-operators AEG to design and install photovoltaic (“PV”) solar systems for two of the world’s best known sports and entertainment venues; STAPLES Center and NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE. STAPLES Center serves as home to the L.A. Lakers, L.A. Clippers, L.A. Kings, L.A. Avengers and the L.A. Sparks, as well as a full schedule of special events and concerts featuring the most popular artists performing today. NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE, which opened on October 18th, 2007 with six sold-out concerts featuring the Eagles and Dixie Chicks, is located directly across the street from the arena within the new L.A. LIVE sports, residential and entertainment district, and has already hosted the ESPY Awards, the American Music Awards and American Idol finals in addition to a full schedule of concerts, trade shows and special events. Both venues are well known for their state-of-the-art technology, features and amenities that allow them to offer their guests the ultimate in live entertainment and sports experiences.
Giant retailers take shine to solar on roof
Retailers are typically obsessed with what to put under their roofs, not on them. Yet the nation’s biggest store chains are coming to see their immense, flat roofs as an untapped resource.
In recent months, chains including Wal-Mart, Kohl’s, Safeway and Whole Foods Market have installed solar panels on store roofs to generate electricity on a large scale.
A SOLAR GOLD AT THE GAMES
HONG KONG -With Beijing’s futuristic Olympic venues drawing almost as much attention as the athletes on show, a private Canadian solar power company is hoping that having its product provide energy to the Games will boost its standing in the rapidly growing global solarpower sector.
Capstone Turbine Receives Order from HelioFocus for the Development of a Solar Powered Microturbine
CHASTSWORTH, Calif., Jul 29, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Capstone Turbine Corporation (NASDAQ:CPST) (www.microturbine.com), the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today that it has received an order from HelioFocus for the development and modification of Capstone Turbine’s C65 MicroTurbine(R) to operate on solar energy.
