
Niagara tunnel will increase Ontario generation - EF News
NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO - Ontario Power Generation has granted a contract to an Austrian company to build a new 10.4-kilometre-long tunnel to increase electricity generation from the …
Ritter, Xcel at odds over solar subsidy - EF News
2010年4月15日 · To encourage more customers to use solar, Xcel launched a program two years ago that offered customers a $2.50-per-watt renewable energy credit and a $2-per-watt rebate …
Solar could provide 10% of generation by 2025 - study
• Installed solar PV prices are projected to decline from an average $5.50-$7.00 peak watt (15-32 cents kWh) today to $3.02-$3.82 peak watt (8-18 cents kWh) in 2015 to $1.43-$1.82 peak …
Turning dirty garbage into clean fuel - EF News
We hired a series of consultants who studied the problem to death, but we eventually realized we were getting nowhere," vice-president Mike Watt said. Then, Walker Industries hooked up with …
Industry looks to LEDs for homes - EF News
This lamp from Nexxus Lighting uses less than 8 watts and is said to be as bright as a 75-watt incandescent bulb. Price: $100. LED bulbs and fixtures dominated nearly every booth on the …
Small businesses go solar - EF News
Designed and installed by American Solar Electric, the flat-roof grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system is comprised of 96 Kyocera KC200GT high output 200-watt PV modules. The solar …
SunPower achieves new efficiency record - EF News
"For the same reason, increased efficiency reduces the cost per watt and cost per kilowatt-hour for feedstock and materials, depreciation and other manufacturing expenses, installation time, …
Falling silicon prices pressure thin-film solar - EF News
TOKYO, JAPAN - A collapse in silicon prices threatens to put the heat on solar panel makers that use little of the material, such as Japan's Sharp Corp and even low-cost industry darling First …
Built-in solar struggles with cost, efficiency - EF News
- The market for solar modules that are designed to be integrated into buildings in the form of shingles or ...
LED bulbs save substantial energy: Osram study - EF News
The Osram study “provides facts where we often have only emotional evidence.” Philips recently became the first entrant in the Energy DepartmentÂ’s L Prize, a race to develop the …