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Altair Nanotechnologies Reports First Quarter 2013 Financial Results
Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (“Altair”) (NASDAQ: ALTI) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Altair reported revenues of $1.9 million for the first quarter compared to $0.3 million for the same period in 2012. The gross loss was $0.3 million due to inventory cost adjustments and the launching of new electric [...]
Health System’s Data Centers first in Pennsylvania to commit to 100% Pa. Wind Power
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) said Monday that its data centers have gone “green” to support both clean energy and local job creation. Through the purchase of renewable energy credits (RECs) for Pennsylvania wind power equal to its data centers’ annual energy usage, the health system became the first in the state to [...]
SMA redefines Residential Solar Market with New Transformerless Inverter
Innovative Solution Offers Groundbreaking Design, Performance and Safety Features After much anticipation, SMA is now taking orders for its new transformerless inverters designed specifically for the North American market. SMA’s Sunny Boy 3000TL-US/4000TL-US/5000TL-US inverters are an innovative residential solution featuring maximum energy production, flexible design, simple installation, and advanced communication and monitoring control. The inverter’s [...]
ECOtality Reports 2013 First Quarter Financial Results
ECOtality, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECTY), a leader in clean electric transportation technologies, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. “Our first quarter results reflect continued installations of our prevalent and growing Blink® network,” stated Ravi Brar, ECOtality’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are on track to complete the commitments under the [...]
SunPower Announces Fiscal Year 2013 Guidance
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) today announced financial guidance for fiscal year 2013. The company’s second quarter 2013 consolidated non-GAAP guidance is as follows: revenue of $550 million to $600 million, gross margin of 14 percent to 16 percent, net income per diluted share of $0.05 to $0.15 and megawatts (MW) recognized in the range of [...]
Upsolar completes 1.5 MW Project in West Macedonia Region
Upsolar, a leading international provider of solar PV modules, today announced the completion of a 1.5 MW solar electric system in Kozani, capital of the West Macedonia region in Greece. This marks the first installation in the region completed by Upsolar’s Project Development Department. The ground-mounted project is comprised of three-500 kW systems and more [...]
Carmanah Awarded Commercial Rooftop Solar Projects Valued at Approximately $2.0M
In two separate commercial rooftop solar projects valued at approximately $2.0M, Carmanah Technologies (TSX: CMH) was awarded to design and build roof mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) systems that will deliver a total of 500kW of renewable energy for the province of Ontario. The solar PV systems, being installed on commercial rooftops in Chatham-Kent and Ottawa, [...]
Gintech launches its High Efficiency Diamond series cells at SNEC 2013
To approach higher conversion efficiency of solar cells, Gintech Energy Corporation, a global leading cell manufacturer, announces its competitive high efficiency solar cells “Diamond Series” at SNEC (2013) PV POWER EXPO, Shanghai, China, May 2013. Gintech announces the successful development of its Diamond multicrystalline cell with a peak conversion efficiency of 19.5%, measured by TÜV [...]
Ballard Anticipates Powering 80% of European Fuel Cell Buses in Revenue Service in 2014
Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP)(TSX: BLD) announced today that it anticipates powering approximately 40 of the 50 zero emission fuel cell buses used in public transit revenue service on European roads in 2014. By 2014 Ballard will be powering 27 fuel cell buses manufactured by partner Van Hool NV, Europe’s fourth largest bus OEM. The [...]
U.S. Geothermal, Inc. reports First Quarter 2013 Results, provides 2013 Guidance
Recent Achievements: Operations: – Generated fleet wide total 84,896 MWh in the first quarter of 2013 – Delivered quarterly average availabilities of: Raft River – 97.7%, San Emidio – 94.6%, Neal Hot Springs – 79.8% – Following fourth quarter commercial operation of Neal Hot Springs, continued with final commissioning completion activities. – Began drilling resource [...]