Solar Window Technology a promising and significant advancement | Construction magazine

In collaboration with the University of South Florida and the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), New Energy Technologies debuted its Solar Window technology based on an organic photovoltaic solution that can be sprayed directly onto glass as an incredibly thin, sub-micrometer layer. The next challenge was to attempt to develop methods for scaling up the fabrication method. The latest manufacturing innovation enables high-speed roll-to-roll and sheet-to-sheet manufacturing, according to the company. Importantly, the process can be executed at ambient pressure and low...

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Innovative Solar Cell Tech Gets Snapped Up In Lenders' Fire Sale | Photovoltaic (PV) | ReWire | KCET

Twin Creeks' Hyperion technology on display last March | Twin Creeks press photo

by Chris Clarke

The bad news is that another innovative California-based solar tech firm has gone out of business. The good news is that the firm's innovative technology lives on, and could well prove important in accelerating the state's solar revolution. Nashua, NH-based GT Advanced Technologies announced today that it had acquired core intellectual property of San Jose startup Twin Creeks, which had developed a way to increase the amount of solar panel made from a unit of silicon crystals by a factor of ten

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Innovative Solar Cell Tech Gets Snapped Up In Lenders' Fire Sale | Photovoltaic (PV) | ReWire | KCET

Feds Award $2.2 Million to C.O. Hydro Projects - News Story - KTVZ Bend

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Tuesday nearly $17 million in funding over the next three years for research and development projects to advance hydropower technology, including a pair of projects in Central Oregon.
A total of 16 projects in 11 states were selected through a competitive grant process for their ability to contribute to the development of innovative technologies that produce hydropower more efficiently, reduce costs and increase sustainable hydropower generation. The funding will help advance the Obama Administration’s goal of meeting 80 percent of our electricity needs from clean energy sources by 2035.
Earth by Design of Bend will receive $1.5 million from the Department of Energy to develop and test a new low-head modular hydropower technology in a canal in the North Unit Irrigation District to produce cost-competitive electricity.

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SoloPower to Expand U.S. Manufacturing Capacity to 400 MW | Renewable Energy News Article

By Renewable Energy World Editors

San Jose, Calif., USA -- On the back end of a week in which U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing took a big hit, a California company announced plans Friday to significantly increase its thin-film capacity while expanding into Oregon.

San Jose-based SoloPower, which makes flexible thin film solar cells and modules, has received a $197 million Department of Energy loan guarantee that the company says will allow it to produce about 400 megawatts (MW) of modules each year. According to the company’s website, SoloPower moved into its current 20-MW plant in 2008.

SoloPower will expand its existing operation in San Jose, Calif. and build two new facilities in Portland, Ore. The company says the expansion will create 450 permanent positions and 270 construction jobs.

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WARP Wind Amplified Rotor Platforms

This technology and others like it along with the use of recent PV thin film, solar paint material options and onsite storage innovations is where we should be headed. They could prove to be cost effective solutions that can make significant strides to reduce our reliance of fossil fuel power generation. Of course slight modifications may be required to provide reliable safety measures for installation and maintenance personnel as well as producing a safe environment for our wildlife population. View additional information regarding proposed uses at: http://www.warpwindsystems.com/ancillary.html Bravo!

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In January's State of the Union address, the President stated:

"We're issuing a challenge. We're telling America's scientists and engineers that if they assemble teams of the best minds in their fields, and focus on the hardest problems in clean energy, we'll fund the Apollo Projects of our time."

Energy.Data.gov is part of that challenge and part of the larger Data.gov community. The President's challenge wasn't issued to a select group of academics, or through a contract to a limited number of private companies, it was issued to all of us—a call to action given to all Americans, as well as citizens of other countries, and a part of our Open Government Initiative. As co-chairs for this effort, we worked with a talented group of individuals to get this site and initial data available.


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