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  • Park Passive is First Certified Passive House in Seattle

    Attendees of the 2013 Explore Design Home Tour, sponsored by American Institute of Architects (AIA) Seattle, will get up close and personal with Park Passive, one of seven homes on the Tour and the first home in Seattle to be designated as a Passive House in accordance with the requirements set by Passive House Academy…

  • Graphene-Based Supercapacitors — Next-Generation Energy Storage?

    An entirely new strategy for engineering graphene-based supercapacitors has been developed by researchers at Monash University — potentially leading the way to powerful next-generation renewable energy storage systems. The new strategy also opens up the possibility of using graphene-based supercapacitors in electric vehicles and consumer electronics. Supercapacitors — which are typically composed of highly porous…

  • CU-Boulder Team Develops Water Splitting Technique that Could Produce Hydrogen Fuel

    A University of Colorado Boulder team has developed a radically new technique that uses the power of sunlight to efficiently split water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen, paving the way for the broad use of hydrogen as a clean, green fuel.

  • Struggling Gehrlicher Solar Searching for Investor for Growing US Subsidiary

    Only a few weeks after Gehrlicher Solar AG filed for bankruptcy protection, a solution for the future of the photovoltaic company is indicated. The search for an investor, in particular, for the successfully growing operative U.S. subsidiary is proceeding satisfactorily […] — Solar Builder magazine

  • First Solar to Deliver 155MW of Solar Power Projects for AGL Energy

    First Solar announced yesterday that AGL Energy Limited (AGL) has achieved financial close for two utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects. First Solar has executed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts to supply the projects with its advanced thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules and provide EPC services. In addition, First Solar will provide maintenance support for a…