Magnolia Solar Corp. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Magnolia Solar, Inc., has demonstrated high-voltage InGaAs quantum well waveguide solar cells, described as a unique structure capable of improving the performance of photovoltaic modules. The technology has been done in collaboration with colleagues at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Kopin Corporation, the College of Nanoscale […]
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Energy Conversion Devices Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2011 Financial Results
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2011. Total consolidated revenues for the quarter were $73.1 million, compared to $21.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2011, a 240% increase, and $86.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, a 15% decrease. […]
Lawrence Berkeley Lab Announces New Test Center for Low-Energy Buildings
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced its User Test Bed Facility. Like a giant, life-size set of building blocks, the facility will allow researchers and manufacturers to test buildings systems and components under “real-world” conditions by swapping out systems and changing configurations and then allow rigorous monitoring of performance of every key building element that impacts […]
ClearEdge Power Completes $73.5 Million Financing Round
ClearEdge Power, a manufacturer of scalable, high-efficiency stationary fuel cells, today announced that it has raised $73.5 million in Series E financing through the sale of new shares and the conversion of previously issued promissory notes. New investor Artis Capital Management led this round, which also included Austrian-based Güssing Renewable Energy; Southern California Gas Company, […]
Greenscape Announces 40% Acquisition of CapTherm Systems
Greenscape Capital Group Inc. announced that it has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire a 40% interest in the issued and outstanding shares of CapTherm Systems Inc. for the sum of $1.9 million at a pre-money valuation of $2.85 million. Greenscape will also have the option to increase its shareholding to a […]
Defendents Claim SynQor Patents Have Been Determined Unpatentable; Plan Appeal
Bel Fuse, Lineage Power, and Power-One announced their intent to appeal the judgment in the SynQor v. Artesyn patent infringement case to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Artesyn Technologies, Inc., Astec America, Inc., Delta Electronics, Inc. and Delta Products Corporation, Murata Manufacturing Co., Murata Electronics North America, and Murata Power […]
IPVEA Finalizes 2011 Photovoltaic Production Forum Program
The International PV Equipment Association (IPVEA), an independent, non-profit organization of manufacturers and suppliers of photovoltaic (PV) fabrication equipment and related raw materials, announced that it will co-organize the PV Production Forum 2011 with the EU PVSEC during the 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference & Exhibition (EU PVSEC) in Hamburg, Germany. The conference will […]
Konarka Names New Director of Business Development
Konarka Technologies, Inc. announced that Kevin Debasitis has joined the company as new director of business development. Debasitis brings more than 20 years of business development experience in construction and renewable energy markets and will focus on customer development and revenue growth in North America. Most recently, he served Gemma Renewable Power as national business […]
IEE White Paper Addresses Building Codes & Appliance Standards for Electric Utilities
In a new white paper, the Institute for Electric Efficiency (IEE) offers electric utilities potential paths for including building codes and appliance standards in their energy efficiency portfolios. A previous IEE study found that these two policy mechanisms hold tremendous potential to affect the country’s long-term energy growth rate. The new IEE study, “Integrating Codes […]
Bosch to Build Pilot Line for the Manufacture of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Robert Bosch GmbH is to build a pilot production line in Eisenach in order to research into materials and production processes for future generations of lithium-ion cells. It is planned that the line will produce the first samples for trial purposes from 2012, and will then be extended until it reaches an annual production volume […]