Energy Conversion Devices Inc. will supply solar cell laminates to General Motors Corp. for the world’s largest rooftop power generation system.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The company’s UNI-Solar thin-film flexible solar laminates will be installed this fall at a 2 million-square foot car plant in Figueruelas, Zaragoza, Spain.
The rooftop system will have about [...]

Energy company, S.D.E., which has developed an innovative technology for generating sea wave electricity, has signed an agreement for selling sea wave power plants throughout China. Construction of the power plants will be financed by investors from Hong Kong and China.
Two joint venture companies, formed in Hong Kong by S.D.E and the investors for the [...]

America West Resources, Inc., a domestic coal producer with mining operations in Central Utah, is pleased to announce that the Company has officially commenced coal production in Section II of its Horizon mining operations.
“Expanding our mining operations into Section II represents a mission-critical milestone for our Company and one that we have worked very hard [...]

Kaiser Aluminum Corp. will add surcharges to all new orders of fabricated aluminum products starting Tuesday to offset rising costs for natural gas, electricity and diesel fuel.
The company said commodity prices for natural gas and diesel fuel was about 60 percent higher in May compared with the average 2007 price.

Pan African Mining Corp. announce the closing today of the Plan of Arrangement and related transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement dated May 9, 2008, as amended June 17, 2008, among Asia Thai Mining Co., Ltd., 0819615 B.C. Ltd., the Company and African Queen Mines Ltd., a newly formed subsidiary of the Company. A Final [...]

BP PLC broke ground for a wind farm in Kansas. The first phase of the project, located about 60 miles southwest of Wichita, is expected to generate up to 100 megawatts of electricity starting at the end of the year.
Once the turbines are in place, utility Westar Energy Inc. will own 50 percent of the [...]

International companies have been asked to bid for a tender to extract coal in parts of Kitui and Mwingi districts.
The Ministry of Energy asked interested firms to bid for the last phase of the exploration in the Mui basin as part of efforts to determine the commercial viability of the reserves. This comes in the [...]

Aba-Geometric Power Limited, the Aba based Independent Power Production Company, says it is spending a whopping N46.2 billion to provide Aba the commercial city of Abia State and its environs uninterrupted power supply which will come on stream in the first quarters of next year.
The Chief Executive Officer Geometric Power Limited, Prof. Bart Nnaji who [...]

The Atlantic City Convention Center plans to install what it says will be the largest single-building solar energy project in the U.S.
Under a 20-year agreement, the New Jersey facility will hire Pepco Holdings’ Pepco Energy Services to install the solar panels on 290,000 square feet — or about two-thirds — of its main roof.
The center [...]

A unit of Duke Energy Corp. wants to spend about $100 million to install solar panels to generate electricity at as many as 850 sites.
The proposal, filed with the North Carolina Utilities Commission, aims to install the panels at schools, homes, stores and factories.
If approved, Duke Energy Carolinas would spend two years installing the panels, [...]