BUT you can still catch up with our U.S.-related news and feature articles on our international website (see story below for link).
25 January 2012
SMA America's Sunny Central inverters have been selected for the 290 MW Agua Caliente solar photovoltaic (PV) plant under construction in Yuma County, AZ, USA.
08 March 2012
SMA’s Sunny PRO Club—a membership-based professional partnership programme for solar installers—has extended its Regional Forums in North America through 2012.
30 January 2012
ABB has won an order worth over US$50 million from Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT) to provide electrical equipment to improve reliability, strengthen the existing transmission grid and facilitate the integration of wind power.
06 January 2012
KEMA and NorthWestern Energy will connect approximately 200 Montana utility customers to a smart grid as part of the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project.
07 November 2011
A new report from Fuel Cells 2000 highlights 34 corporate customers in the US that have installed, deployed, or purchased more than 250 fuel cell power systems and hundreds of backup power units – totaling more than 30 MW of power capacity – in the past year. This is in addition to more than 1000 fuel cell powered forklifts.
02 November 2011
American Electric Technologies Inc. (AETI) is introducing two 1000 V Integrated Solar Inversion Station (ISIS™) solar inverter modules.
21 October 2011
American Superconductor Corporation will be doing business as AMSC as it introduces a new corporate identity “to foster strong, sustainable growth”, reflecting its international wind and grid activities.
20 October 2011
The 2011 Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition (FCS&E) is taking place October 31 to November 3 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida.
17 October 2011
The Obama Administration is accelerating the permitting and construction of 7 proposed electric transmission lines in a move to modernise the US grids.
07 October 2011
The New England Power Generators Association (NEPGA) has issued a public policy position paper highlighting its concerns with the Northern Pass Transmission Project (NPTP).
05 October 2011
The Department of Energy has awarded Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy a $3.0 million contract to evaluate the use of Direct FuelCell systems to efficiently and cost-effectively separate carbon dioxide from the emissions of existing coal-fired power plants, prior to sequestration.
03 October 2011
The Southern Cross high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line planned to transport wind power from Texas to south-eastern USA, is one step closer to realisation, Pattern Energy Group LP says.
07 September 2011
Enphase Energy says solar photovoltaic (PV) installations using its microinverters outperform the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) PVWatts calculator predictions by 8% on average.
01 September 2011
US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has approved a transmission line on public lands connecting a 250 MW solar power project to the energy grid in California.
31 August 2011
SMA has expanded the capacity of its Sunny Tower solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter system to include 30 through 48 kW configurations.
29 August 2011
The Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) in California has commissioned a fuel cell power plant that efficiently converts biogas generated from the wastewater treatment process into electricity for use by OCSD. It also produces renewable hydrogen for an onsite fueling station operated by Air Products, to serve fuel cell vehicles in the region.
18 August 2011
The changes could significant create opportunities for renewable projects
15 August 2011
Energy from solar power plants could help alleviate the strain on the Texas grid when it is needed most, say US solar associations.
11 August 2011
Researchers are aspiring to show that a network of wind and solar-powered data centres could transform the data and renewable energy industries.
08 August 2011