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Sparton Selected to Join Ontario Government Environmental Mission to China

October 20th, 2008

Sparton Resources Inc. announce that it has been selected to join the Ontario Environmental Mission to China to be lead by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty from October 26 - November 6, 2008. The Mission will focus on linking Ontario based environmental business groups with Chinese organizations involved in environmental programs such as water treatment, alternative [...]

China Gengsheng Minerals, Inc. Announces a 5-Year Sales Contract for Fine Precision Abrasives

July 28th, 2008

China Gengsheng Minerals, Inc., a materials technology company in China with products capable of withstanding high temperature, saving energy and boosting productivity in certain industries such as steel and oil, today announced that it has signed its first sales contract for its fine precision abrasive products with a Taiwan-based vendor. The term of the contract [...]

SRA Announces Robust Scoping Study on Germanium and Gallium

July 22nd, 2008

Strategic Resource Acquisition Corporation is pleased to announce the results of a preliminary assessment (”scoping study”) conducted by Aker Metals on the economic viability of a process to recover both Germanium (Ge) and Gallium (Ga) in the zinc leachate from smelting Mid-Tennessee zinc (MTZ) concentrate.
The study is based on a projected plant feed of 13,000 [...]

Feds End Solar Plant Moratorium

July 4th, 2008

The government is calling off a recently announced moratorium on applications to build solar plants on public lands.
The Bureau of Land Management decision came after public opposition to its original decision.
The BLM wanted to put new applications for solar plants on federal land on hold while reviewing potential environmental impacts from such plants.
That process could [...]

Convention Center Hires Pepco for Solar Installation

June 19th, 2008

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 [...]

GE Energy Takes Majority Stake in Solar Company

June 12th, 2008

A General Electric subsidiary increased its share of solar technology company PrimeStar Solar Inc. to a majority stake.
GE Energy said in September 2007 that it had taken a minority stake in the company.
Golden, Colo.-based PrimeStar was formed in 2006 to develop and commercial thin-film photovoltaic modules. It has 60 employees.
Financial terms of the deal and [...]

German Tariff Decision Boosts Solar

May 31st, 2008

Shares of solar power companies rose after German lawmakers reached a tentative agreement on a smaller reduction in state subsidies to solar companies than some investors feared.
Lawmakers agreed to cut the nation’s so-called feed-in tariff by 8 percent in 2009 and 2010, and 9 percent for each subsequent year. The law requires utilities to buy [...]

DuPont Says Solar Will Shine

May 31st, 2008

The head of DuPont Co. says the chemicals producer expects sales to solar energy customers will more than triple within the next five years.
Chief Executive Charles O. Holliday Jr., speaking at the Sanford Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference, said DuPont expects increased demand for renewable energy sources like photovoltaics — or solar — and ethanol made [...]

Quantum Fuel Systems Wins Solar Contract

May 28th, 2008

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. says its German solar partner, Asola Advanced and Automotive Solar Systems GmbH, won a $17 million contract from Sunworx GmbH for the supply of high-efficiency silicon photovoltaic solar modules. Sunworx will take delivery of the modules this year.
Quantum and Asola recently announced plans to triple solar module production capacity [...]

Quantum’s German Partner to Increase Solar Capacity

May 21st, 2008

Alternative energy company Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. says its German partner will boost solar module manufacturing capacity for its European systems to meet growing demand.
Asola Advanced and Automotive Solar Systems GmbH will lift its capacity to 45 megawatts peak power annually and will build a new plant.
Quantum said it is in talks to [...]


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