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February 22, 2010
A local glass manufacturing company is seeking a federal grant to help it expand, create dozens of jobs and form a partnership with the University of Connecticut to train students in green energy technology.Flabeg Solar U.S. Corp., the former Naugatuck Glass Co., plans to add about 80 jobs to its work force of 92 employees, according to a Feb. 19 Republican-American report.
January 29, 2010
The idea of integrating solar power with building materials has been an attractive concept for decades, but one of the biggest challenges, according to Anna Dyson, director of the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology, or CASE, has been aesthetics.Most applications thus far, Dyson said, “are pretty ugly and impede your view.”While visual elegance may not seem like a serious ...
January 20, 2010
Cardinal Solar Technologies was awarded a $7.7 million tax credit under President Obama’s stimulus plan to re-tool its Northfield, Minn., facility, according to a Jan. 7 release. The credit is available upon progression from residential window and door coating operations to production of thin film coatings for use in the manufacturing of solar modules.The tax credit is part the recovery ...
January 20, 2010
With its dimension of 1570 x 1900 mm, the new solar mirror RP4 for parabolic trough solar power plants covers nearly three square meters. Therewith RP4 is one-third larger than former mirrors for this application. RP4 is designed for the new Heliotrough collector.Both, the inner and outer mirror has got the same dimensions. The larger collector units allow materials savings and a smaller solar ...
January 20, 2010
On Jan. 18, Abound Solar Inc. of Loveland, Colo., announced that it would be getting $12.6 million in the form of a tax credit from the U.S. Energy Department, via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (also known as the economic stimulus program, or ARRA).The credit was reportedly awarded through a competitive selection process that examines how many “green” jobs a firm ...
January 20, 2010
The California Building Standards Commission unanimously adopted yesterday the first-in-the-nation mandatory Green Building Standards Code (CalGreen) requiring all new buildings in the state to be more energy efficient and environmentally responsible. Taking effect on Jan. 1, 2011, the regulations are designed to achieve major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and water ...
January 11, 2010
President Obama has announced the awarding of $2.3 billion in Recovery Act Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits for clean energy manufacturing projects across the U.S.A total of 183 projects in 43 states will create tens of thousands of clean energy jobs and encourage the domestic manufacturing of advanced clean energy technologies including solar, wind and efficiency and energy management ...
January 11, 2010
Guardian Industries Corp. [Auburn Hills, Mich.] will receive a $900,000 energy tax credit to re-equip its manufacturing facility to make highly reflective solar mirrors.The Recovery Act Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit will allow the DeWitt [Iowa] facility to expand its production of bent solar mirrors.President Barack Obama announced the award of $2.3 billion in tax credits for ...
January 11, 2010
German solar module manufacturer Centrosolar Group AG has plans to open its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Gresham, [Ore.] using $4.7 million in newly-acquired federal tax credits.A spokeswoman for the company confirmed the plans, though she didn’t immediately have details on the plant’s size or on the number of jobs it will generate.Laura Shepard, communications manager for the ...
January 4, 2010
Another $6 million in grants may soon be awarded to several solar manufacturers in Ohio, thanks to the state's Third Frontier Photovoltaic Program. The recommendation announcement came last week; the awards are contingent on the approval of the state's Controlling Board. The program supports the R&D that addresses the technical and cost barriers to commercialization of PV components and ...
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