First Solar (FSLR) and Southern California Edison have announced they are planning to build two solar power projects in South California. The solar power plants in Riverside and San Bernardino are expected to generate 550 megawatts of photovoltaic solar electricity which is enough to power 170,000 homes. The construction of the projects should start...
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Wind power capacity grows in Missouri faster than in any other US state. In the second quarter, the capacity grew as much as 90 % which is explainable by the low base of the capacity. Furthermore, the growth comes essentially from only one project operated by Iberdrola Renewables. (Read more: NY Times, Treehugger)
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Fresh water is a scarce natural resource that is extremely important for humans, agriculture and industrial processes. Thus it is not at all surprising that corporations outside the water sector are interested in the huge opportunities provided by the sector. For example, IBM sees big opportunities in the water management. At the moment, the...
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Yesterday the trading of the common shares of China Wind Power International Corp. began on the TSX Venture Exchange (ticker: CNW). China Wind Power International Corp. is a Ontario company that indirectly holds exclusive rights to wind energy in Du Mon county in Heilongjiang, China. This wind energy company’s stocks might be a good...
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Chinese solar manufacturer Trina Solar (NYSE:TSL) sold 4.5 million American depositary shares. The company nets $124 million ro reducing its debt and financing the expansion in the fast growing solartechnology market in China. Read more in Trina Solar nets $124M for debt, expansion (Cleantech Group). During the last trading days, the First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR)...
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According to a survey conducted by Polachi Inc., 90 % of the executives in clean tech sector ndicated they predict growth in the sector to resume in one year or less. Nearly one third (31.2%) of these executives claim that growth has already resumed. Read more in CleanTech Brief.
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