Insight: More solar firms set to burn up as prices sink

By Matt Daily and Nichola Groom Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:31am EST (Reuters) – Only four years ago, hundreds of start-ups optimistically built factories and churned out solar panels to meet rising demand. Now, closures and failure loom for many. The brutal shakeout is a dramatic reversal for an industry that has seen overall global [...]

Total merges solar units, ups SunPower stake

Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:35am EST (Reuters) – U.S. solar panel maker SunPower Corp, a unit of French oil major Total, said it had agreed to buy Total-owned Tenesol for $165.4 million in cash in an expected deal that will regroup the French group’s solar business under one umbrella. Total announced the $1.3 billion takeover [...]

Nigeria coast braces for biggest oil spill in 13 years

By Tim Cocks and Emma Farge LAGOS/LONDON | Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:01am EST LAGOS/LONDON (Reuters) – Nigerian authorities were putting emergency measures in place on Thursday to prevent an oil spill from a Royal Dutch Shell facility, the biggest leak in Nigeria for more than 13 years, washing up on its densely populated coast. [...]

Tidal Today: Lowering the Cost of Marine Energy Generation

London, United Kingdom, September 14, 2011 –(PR.com)– As reported by Tidal Today the key is to ensure RD investment looks at the overall infrastructure and practical mechanics of project installation and operation and maintenance regimes rather than development of turbine technologies in isolation. What makes tidal very different from other sectors is the limited operational [...]

Dunkermotor Introduces CANopen, Profibus, Modbus Enabled Solar Tracker Motors

Elgin, IL, September 14, 2011 –(PR.com)– Based on 20 years experience in solar industry motion control with over 150,000 units in the field, Dunkermotor’s new line of brushless dc Solar Tracker Motors (STM) with integral fieldbus-enabled motion controllers are optimized to reduce development time, lower installation costs and provide lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) [...]

The Expansion of Pulp Production in China Continues and the Lack of Domestic Wood Fiber Sources Has Resulted in Record Imports of Wood Chips in 2011

Seattle, WA, December 23, 2011 –(PR.com)– Seattle, USA. With the lack of sufficient quality and quantity of domestic wood fiber supply, new pulp mills in China are looking to expand importation of wood chips from plantation-rich countries in Southeast Asia to meet their growing fiber needs. In the 3Q/11, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia were the [...]

Saving for a Rainy Day with Harlequin

Moira, United Kingdom, September 23, 2011 –(PR.com)– Despite ever-increasing awareness on the importance of renewable energy resources in recent times, many of us still struggle with finding ways to incorporate renewable energy into our daily lives. However, one of the easiest ways in which to begin your transition into the world of renewables is to [...]

6400 Heroes Worldwide Make the Oktoberfest in Munich Carbon Neutral

Munich, Germany, September 27, 2011 –(PR.com)– The Oktoberfest 2011 will be carbon neutral. 6,400 volunteers worldwide will make this possible by going on the Low Carbon Diet. “Climate and environmental protection must be fun, easy, and cool! This campaign shows how,” says Izai Amorim, also known as Mr. Cool Ness, the campaign’s initiator. The Oktoberfest [...]

BiOWiSH Technologies Forms New Subsidiary in ASEAN

Chicago, IL, December 23, 2011 –(PR.com)– BiOWiSH Technologies has formed a new subsidiary, BiOWiSH ASEAN, to provide strategic focus on the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region which is slated to become a free-trade zone by 2015. An irrevocable license for commercialization and an option to manufacture BiOWiSH™ environmental management and agri-business products in [...]

Congressional Recess Means the End of Three Decades of US Tariffs on Imported Ethanol

Congressional Recess Means the End of Three Decades of US Tariffs on Imported Ethanol PR Newswire — December 23, 2011 SAO PAULO, December 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Time for the world’s top two ethanol producers, the United States and Brazil, to lead a global effort for increased production and free, unobstructed trade for biofuels, says [...]

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