LM Wind Power customers can now benefit from reduced time to market by using the new LM e-Load developed in cooperation with GL Garrad Hassan based on its Bladed 4.1 software. The online web service provides access to the industry’s largest blade catalogue and helps wind turbine manufacturers speed up the blade qualification process [...]

Commercial Operations Begin at First Combined Wind and Solar Facility in North America Western Wind Energy Corp. (OTCQX — "WNDEF") has recently announced that effective September 16th, 2011, Western Wind Energy began commercial operations of its 100% owned Kingman I wind and solar project, located in Kingman, Arizona (the "Project"). The 10.5 MW combined wind/solar [...]

  Students to Begin Installing Ohio-Manufactured Modules Today First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) has recently announced that a team of students from Ohio State University will use the company’s advanced thin-film solar modules to power their sustainable house in the 2011 U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition, which will take place next week in [...]

Solar canopy covers red carpet at the year’s biggest television awards event A canopy composed of over 200 high-performance solar panels from SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more than 35 years, will grace the red carpet at the 63rd Primetime Emmy® Awards, giving solar energy its first starring role in U.S. entertainment culture. [...]

    New Solamet® PV51M Designed to Drive Costs Down for Solar Cell Manufacturers   DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) has introduced DuPont™ Solamet® PV51M photovoltaic metallization paste, a new tabbing material used in solar cell manufacturing.  This breakthrough new formulation enables cell makers to use up to 15 percent less material, in line with the [...]

  Lower Cost and USDA BioPreferred Certification Fuels Interest in the Company’s BioBacksheet by Large PV Panel Manufacturers BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, has recently reported that the company has entered into a sales [...]

    First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) has recently announced that a team of students from Ohio State University will use the company’s advanced thin-film solar modules to power their sustainable house in the 2011 U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition, which will take place next week in Wash., D.C. Installation of the 8 [...]