In a statement, the company said it reduced its manufacturing cost for solar modules in the fourth quarter to 98 cents per watt, the first time sub-$1 production has been achieved. The company has reduced its production costs by two-thirds in four years - from more than $3 a watt in 2004, the company said.

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 Niagara River.

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 for residential solar systems. The credit comes from Xcel's operating costs, while the rebate is funded by a surcharge that Xcel collects from all customers.

• 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 watt (4-8 cents kWh) by 2025.

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 a Cambridge firm, Comcor, to form Integrated Gas Recovery Services (IGRS).

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 electric system is estimated to produce 32,640 kilowatt hours of electricity annually, which equates to offsetting nearly 450 tons of CO2 emissions over the life ...

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 Solar Inc.

The Osram study “provides facts where we often have only emotional evidence.” Philips recently became the first entrant in the Energy Department’s L Prize, a race to develop the first practical 60-watt LED equivalent to a standard light bulb.

- The market for solar modules that are designed to be integrated into buildings in the form of shingles or ...

The school broke ground on its new 1,800-watt, 50-foot-high wind turbine project on May 20 and celebrated itÂ’s completion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 15. The project was estimated at $26,250, with local service clubs and groups making donations and approximately $5,000 of in-kind donations from local businesses, says McConkey.