March 2009

Premier Power Renewable Energy Reports 165 Percent Year-Over-Year

Posted by Administrator on March 31, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

<img hspace=”10″ vspace=”5″ align=”left” width=”110″ src=”http://www.powersavestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/e1d27_5805_rea_ppre_logo.jpg” /> Premier Power Renewable Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: PPRW.OB), a global leader in design, engineering and development of solar projects for the <a href=”/power-save-3200″>commercial, government and <a href=”/power-save-1200″>residential markets in the U.S. and Europe, today announced financial results for the fiscal year and fourth quarter, which ended December 31, 2008.

Solar Success! 2009

Posted by Administrator on March 31, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

<img hspace=”10″ vspace=”5″ align=”left” width=”110″ src=”http://www.powersavestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/44f42_1210-conergy-inc.jpg” /> Rich government incentives and a groundswell of support surrounding renewable energy solutions have fueled demand for an encore of the first solar training partnership to provide the holistic strategies, tools, insights and hands-on training needed for solar business owners to thrive in today’s hotly-competitive solar marketplace. The non-profit [...]

Prism Solar Buys 60-MW Manufacturing Plant

Posted by Administrator on March 31, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

Prism solar Technologies Inc. (PST), has acquired a new manufacturing site in New York State. The site, located in Highland, New York includes 6.5 acres of land and a 93,000 square-foot manufacturing building. The facility was purchased for US .75 million from PLASMACO.

Renewable Energy Industry Looks to Capitialize on Momentum in Washington

Posted by Administrator on March 31, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

Following the political and monetary victories for the renewable energy industry that were contained in the U.S. stimulus package, which passed earlier this year, the industry is hoping to use the momentum it has gained to push through more changes to federal policy that will grow not only renewable energy production, but the economy.

Vestas Signs Contract for 33 MW in Turkey

Posted by Administrator on March 31, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

Vestas has received an order for 33 megawatts of wind turbines for the Mersin project in Turkey. The order calls for the delivery, transportation and installation of 11 units of the company’s V90-3.0 MW wind turbine, a VestasOnline Business SCADA system, as well as a five-year service and availability agreement. Delivery of the turbines is [...]

Cathy Zoi Nominated as DOE Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Assistant

Posted by Administrator on March 31, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate Cathy Zoi for Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy (DOE).

Atlantis Gets US $14M from Statkraft

Posted by Administrator on March 31, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

Tidal energy firm, Atlantis Resources Corporation has completed a US million round of fundraising through an investment from Statkraft.

REC Silicon’s Moses Lake Plant Starts Up

Posted by Administrator on March 31, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

REC Silicon’s new polysilicon plant in Moses Lake, Washington (Silicon III), which is based on fluidized bed technology (FBR), started production early last week. The company had announced in February that the plant would start production by the end of March.

PV Tracking Applications Gather Momentum

Posted by Administrator on March 31, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

<img hspace=”10″ vspace=”5″ align=”left” width=”110″ src=”http://www.powersavestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/9a502_1332-pv-tracking-applications-gather-momentum.jpg” /> Think of solar panels and you’re likely to envision them fixed in a single position. But the sun travels from east to west every day — at least from the perspective of the Earth — and also moves from north to south as the seasons change. And solar [...]

Getting Serious About Clean-Energy Stimulus

Posted by Administrator on March 31, 2009 in Energy Efficiency, Home, Lighting, Solar, Wind

<img hspace=”10″ vspace=”5″ align=”left” width=”110″ src=”http://www.powersavestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/01b0d_13-ron-pernick.jpg” /> It turns out that 2008 was another record year for clean energy. According to Clean Edge’s just-released Clean Energy Trends 2009 report, the three major clean-energy sectors — solar photovoltaics (PV), wind power and biofuels — kept up a blistering growth rate, increasing 53 percent from .8 billion [...]

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