Exosun and Schneider Electric Partner in Development of Advanced Solar Tracking Systems.

The Exotrack HZ trackers, Exosun’s flagship product, will integrate Schneider Electric motorized solutions. Solutions that are specifically designed for the Exotrack HZ and already tested and validated, the partners will equip approximately 120 MW of Exosun trackers for photovoltaic projects in France and the Mediterranean area.


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Northern Power Systems Wind Turbines Survive Hurricane-Speed Winds.

With turbines operating in extreme wind regimes such as the Caribbean and northern Scotland, Northern Power Systems has announced that its fleet of gearless turbines that experience hurricane-speed winds has achieved 1 million run time hours, all without incident. That is equivalent to a cumulative 114 years of continuous, safe, high-performance operation.


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American Chemical Society: More Emphasis Needed on Recycling and Reuse of Li-ion Batteries.

The discovery of potential environmental and human health effects from disposal of millions of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries each year has led scientists to recommend stronger government policies to encourage recovery, recycling and reuse of lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery materials.


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PG&E, Energy Commission Unveil Battery Energy Storage In San Jose.

This smart grid project is a utility-scale sodium-sulfur battery energy storage project. It has a 4-megawatt capacity, and can store more than six hours of energy.


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Tesla Repays Department of Energy Loan Nine Years Early

The loan payment was made using a portion of the approximately $1 billion in funds raised in last week’s concurrent offerings of common stock and convertible senior notes.


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Advanced Biofuels in the Valley of Disbelief

Jim Lane
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Geothermal Exploratory Fund May Spur $9.6 Billion Investment

A proposed $500 million fund to help developers of geothermal power explore new sites for projects may leverage about $9.6 billion of new investment, unleashing as much as 2,400 megawatts of capacity, a report found.



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Nancy Pfund: Cleantech Investing: We Are Just Getting Started

Co-authored by Noah Walker, Joint MBA/MEM Candidate at Yale University

Americans are voting with their stock portfolios like never before. And they a...

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Elliott Negin: Unreliable Sources 6: How the News Media Help the Kochs & ExxonMobil Spread Climate Disinformation

Every time journalists cite contrarian scientists or industry-funded think tank spokespeople, they validate them as a trustworthy source. And every time journalists fail to disclose where contrarians get their funding, they fail to explain whose interests they serve. [Read more...]



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NSW Australian Organics Recycling Association Awards

Nominations close 31 May for the Leadership Awards for Local Government and Industry, celebrating compost innovation and soil improvement. Find out how to nominate...



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