The GOEDE-Foundation has reached an important milestone with its initiative “Solar Energy for Education”. The first photovoltaic off-grid systems, as well as solar modules and material for further stand-alone PV systems, have arrived in Vietnam after extensive preparations. These off-grid systems are intended for families living on islands in Halong Bay, one of the most popular regions of Vietnam. With the initiative “Solar Energy for Education“, ... Read the full story
Read the full story »After numerous visits and meetings with administrators and regulators this past year, Solamon Energy Corp. today proudly announced its program to build the largest solar power plant in the Caribbean in Jamaica. It is expected the program, estimated to cost $450 million, will enhance and improve the nation’s energy infrastructure, as well as serve as a beacon to attract additional investment in the ICT and greentech sectors, will represent one of the region’s first ... Read the full story
Oerlikon Solar presented its 2nd generation ThinFabTM at the World Future Energy Summit 2012 (WFES) in Abu Dhabi today. This end-to-end production line resets the standard for manufacturing sustainable solar modules at low cost and high quality. The new design reduces capital expenditure (Capex) by 23 % to just $ 1/Wp including engineering support and performance guarantees. The production line enables customers to produce high-quality thin film silicon modules for ... Read the full story
Storage Solutions of Corinth has joined the GREENspot DROPoff network of free and convenient e-waste recycling DROPoff locations and is one of the first locations to provide a place where people and businesses can drop off e-waste for proper recycling in Corinth, Texas. GREENspot’s unique approach to e-waste recycling not only benefits the environment, but also the local communities that it services. $1 per each computer monitor, television, computer, flat screen ... Read the full story
Environmental Source Samplers, Inc. (ESS), an air and emission stack testing firm based in North Carolina, announces a successful completion to a stack testing project at Lamma Island and Castle Peak Power stations in Hong Kong, China. ESS works with power generation and other industrial companies throughout the United States and worldwide to sample, analyze, and report on air emissions from pertinent stacks and sources. ESS mobilized to Hong Kong within two weeks of ... Read the full story
Shipping container homes are the new green housing alternative taking the world by storm. With stockpiles of used shipping containers near major ports in countries such as the United States, Australia and the UK reaching epic proportions, environmental conscious architects and home builders have found a resource that can save the planet. Shipping containers are being used as the framework for houses, apartments, office space, cafes, student accommodation, emergency ... Read the full story
The AmpleHarvest.org Campaign is pleased to announce that it was highlighted on a recent episode of Public Television’s “Growing A Greener World.” The AmpleHarvest.org Campaign, created by CNN Hero Gary Oppenheimer in 2009 was designed to educate, encourage and enable growers nationwide to share their garden bounty with their neighbors in need. It does this through an online clearinghouse of neighborhood food pantries eagerly accepting donations of fresh ... Read the full story
IMAGEN Green, a leading North American distributor of environmentally conscious promotional products and clothing, is now offering their “Give Back Bottle” to end users in Canada and the United States. “Partnering with one of our drink ware suppliers, we are now offering our customers the opportunity to give back to those in desperate need of clean drinking water,” President John O’Meara explained. “What should be a God given right for everyone, ... Read the full story
The Small Hydropower Market 2011-2021 is visiongain’s latest energy report, analysing one of the ever more important renewable energy markets over the coming ten years. The report provides in-depth analyses and forecasts for both the market size and small hydropower capacity for the global and regional markets from 2011-2021. Visiongain has calculated that global spending on small hydropower projects will total $13.34bn in 2011, while small hydropower capacity will ... Read the full story
From today (9 December), kids, teenagers and adults with an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch can download the Green Schools app from iTunes and get tackling the addictive eco-tasks straightaway. By downloading the new Green Schools Revolution game, kids up and down the UK can battle it out to become the ultimate eco warrior. According to a recent study by The Co-operative Group, over 90 per cent of children want to learn more about green issues* and this fun new app, being ... Read the full story
Since the introduction of the “Ambient Air Quality Standards” on 16 Nov 2011, and the announcement of temporary coal price intervention for power generation on 30 Nov 2011, from the “Sino-Japanese Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Comprehensive Forum” to the “United Nations Climate Change Conference” on 28 Nov … during the end of this year, in slightly more than ten days, there have been frequent launches of ... Read the full story
In July 2011, SGS was awarded a contract to provide specialist quality control services during the production process of wind towers by Sany Group in China. In order to ensure that the wind towers will fulfill the applicable regulatory and client-specific requirements and operate as intended, Sany Group, a heavy construction equipment manufacturer, looked for a reliable inspection, verification, testing and certification company. Due to the decades of experience in ... Read the full story
GOEDE-Foundation has delivered first photovoltaic off-grid systems and modules to Vietnam
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