Category: Green & Clean
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Gas Engine offers electrical efficiency of 49%.
Intended for 60 Hz North American segment, Jenbacher J920 FleXtra Gas Engine features 5-min start-up time and provides enough energy to power more than 6,000 homes. Two-stage turbocharging engine offers 8.6 MW capacity with total efficiency of more than 90% for combined heat and power applications. Rapid start/stop cycles and operating flexibility make engine suitable for…
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Biodegradable Surfactants offer petroleum alternative.
Based on naturally occurring organic biosurfactants, called rhamnolipids, NatSurFact® product line is suitable for use in personal care and household cleaning products. Surfactants interact at interface between two fluids, or fluid and solid, promoting foaming of detergents or emulsification of oils. By using rhamnolipids rather than harsher sulfate-or-phosphate-based surfactants, NatSurFact line offers sustainably produced and ecofriendly formulations…
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SolarWorld Supplies Complete Mexico’s Largest Rooftop Solar Array
An audio-headset factory in Tijuana, Mexico, is now home to the largest, privately owned roof-mounted solar installation in all of Latin America. The 1.16-MW system features solar panels, racking and system engineering from SolarWorld, the largest solar manufacturer in the Americas for nearly 40 years. The system will power the Mexico operations of Plantronics, a globalRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Renewable Energy Provides 88% of New U.S. Electrical Capacity Last Month
According to the latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects, wind, solar, biomass and hydropower provided 88.2% of new installed U.S. electrical generating capacity for the month of May. Two new “units” of wind provided 203 MW, five units of solar providedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solectria Adds Three New Transformerless Residential Inverters to Product Line
Solectria Renewables LLC, a U.S. PV inverter manufacturer, announced the introduction of three new transformerless residential inverters, adding 5.2kW, 6.6kW and 7.6kW inverters to the existing product line. The complete series of transformerless residential inverters includes the PVI 3800TL (introduced in January 2014), PVI 5200TL, PVI 6600TL and PVI 7600TL.Read More — Solar Builder magazine