Archive for October, 2009
Southwest Airlines Debuts Prototype Green Airplane
October 31st, 2009 | 
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On October 21st, which is Southwest Airlines annual media day, they announced the launch of a green prototype airplane which will be used to test more eco-conscious materials and products in their travel environment. Southwest hopes that through the establishment of this prototype plane, they will be able to settle on a way to make their cabin more eco-friendly while still offering their customers the same level of comfort that they’re used to.
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Tags: carbon emission reduction, eco-friendly travel, green airline, green airplane, green prototype, Southwest airlines, Thin Film Solar, thin film solar panel | 
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Spanish Solar Company SOLARIG Building 8 PV Parks in Italy
SOLARIG, a company based in Spain that incorporated about four years ago, just began construction of eight photovoltaic parks in Italy this month. The parks will provide 8 MW of energy in total. Over the next few months, it plans to construct photovoltaic projects producing 30 MW throughout different regions of Italy.
But this is just the beginning. SOLARIG has a more global vision.
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Tags: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, malta, photovoltaic park, Photovoltaics, Piedmont, Puglia, PV park, PV parks, Solarig, Solarig Group, Soria, South Korea, Thin Film Solar, thin film solar panel |
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Developing Residential Solar Installation Monitor
A partnership between two companies will develop a home energy monitoring device for residential solar power installations.
Two startups – Tendril Networks, known for its home energy monitoring technology and Fat Spaniel technologies, a solar panel monitoring company – make up the partnership. The purpose of the partnership is to develop a monitoring device for homes that can gauge the sun’s intensity for any particular time and automatically adjust, or even shut down, home appliances as needed.
First US-China Utility-Scale Wind Farm To Be Built in Texas
The largest US-China joint investment in renewable energy to date is slated to take form in Texas. This 600 MW wind power project is a joint venture by the U.S. Renewable Energy Group (US-REG) and Cielo Wind Power LP along with China’s Shenyang Power Group, a power industry alliance.
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Tags: Thin Film Solar, thin film solar panel, utility-scale wind power project |
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Nanomaterial Being Produced By the Ton
Nano carbon Graphene is already being produced in decidedly non-nano quantities by Ohio-based Angstron. Yet the atom-thick nano-material was discovered so recently that researchers are still in the process of discovering what to use it for.
Graphene is an extremely low density material, almost an atomic-scale chicken wire made of carbon atoms and their bonds. It has been the focus of much research because of its exceptional electrical, mechanical and optical properties. It holds great promise in renewable energies.
Among the so far underutilized advantages Graphene offers are that it is fifty times stronger than steel, and it has five times the conductivity of copper, with only one quarter of the density.
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Tags: Angstron, by the ton, lightning strike protection, nano carbon, prolong lithium battery life, substitute for copper, Thin Film Solar, thin film solar panel |
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