The EMerge Alliance, Armstrong World Industries, the Center for Power Electronic Systems (CPES), Nextek Power Systems, and the Korea Electrotechnology Institute will be represented during the Plenary Session of Darnell’s third-annual Green Building Power Forum (GBPF ’11) in San Jose, California, on January 24-26. Brian Patterson, Chairman of the EMerge Alliance and General Manager of […]
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SoloPower Announces New Solar Panel Manufacturing Facility in Oregon
SoloPower, Inc. announced that it will locate a high volume manufacturing facility in Wilsonville, Oregon. The initial phase of this expansion will be the construction of a 75 MW manufacturing line which will create 170 new jobs. Upon completion, the facility is expected to have nameplate capacity of 300MW, employ approximately 500 people, and have […]
IBM Study: Electric Cars Stir Interest But Face Obstacles
Many automobile industry executives believe that sales of traditional vehicles will peak before 2020 and are looking to electric-only vehicles (EVs) as one of the next hot products, but they will first have to address stringent consumer requirements about EV performance, recharging, and convenience, according to a new IBM survey of consumer attitudes and a […]
Evergreen Solar To Close Devens Manufacturing Facility
Evergreen Solar, Inc. announced its intent to shut down operations at its Devens manufacturing facility to better position the company to pursue its industry standard size wafer strategy and preserve the company’s liquidity. The company also provided updates on its industry standard wafer development activities and selected preliminary results for the quarter ended December 31, […]
GE to Acquire Lineage Power
GE announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire privately-held Lineage Power Holdings, Inc., from The Gores Group, LLC. Lineage Power is a leading global provider of high-efficiency power conversion infrastructure technology and services for the telecommunications and datacenter industries. The deal will open the door for GE Energy technology to be deployed in […]
ABB Enters US market for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure with ECOtality Stake
ABB has invested $10 million in San Francisco-based ECOtality, a clean electric transportation and storage technologies company, to enter North America’s electric vehicle (EV) charging market and provide ECOtality with a strong global ally in power delivery systems. ECOtality will use the investment to foster its expansion and finance initial requirements of the EV Project, […]
GE Acquires Lineage Power
GE announced it has signed an agreement to acquire privately-held Lineage Power Holdings, Inc., from The Gores Group, LLC. Lineage Power is a leading global provider of high-efficiency power conversion infrastructure technology and services for the telecommunications and datacenter industries. The deal will open the door for GE Energy technology to be deployed in the $20 […]
FuelCell Energy Announces Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock
FuelCell Energy, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with an institutional investor to sell an aggregate of 10,160,428 units at a negotiated price of $1.87 per unit, with each unit consisting of (i) one share of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) and (ii) one warrant to […]
Motech Industries and Innovalight Sign Agreement for Solar Cells with Silicon Ink Technology
Innovalight, Inc. announced that it signed an agreement with Motech Industries, Inc. to develop high performance solar cells using silicon ink manufactured by Innovalight. Motech describes itself as a pioneer in the manufacturing and marketing of high-quality single and multicrystalline silicon solar cells in Taiwan. Motech, which reached a gigawatt in production capacity in the […]
DC-DC Converter and IC Markets Identified
The real changes occurring in the dc-dc converter module and IC market are at the power architecture and advanced materials levels. In fact, the emergence of the Dynamic Bus Architecture (DBA) will be one of the most significant developments in the power supply industry in 10 years. These developments are highlighted in a new global […]