PRESS RELEASE: RICHARDSON, TX – Aug. 16, 2010 – Eltek Valere today announced the Trilogy DC power system, a 40A-600A, 48V high-efficiency (HE) power system with 15” shelf depth and special cable management to fit into short-depth outside plant and central office applications. Although not exclusive to solar applications, the Trilogy DC power plant does [...]

PRESS RELEASE: BEND, ORE, USA, August 9, 2010 – IdaTech plc (AIM: IDA), a global leader in the development and manufacture of clean and reliable PEM fuel cell products for the critical backup power market is pleased to announce the Phase III roll out of the latest generation hydrogen backup power fuel cell systems on [...]

Google says it has purchased 114 megawatt of wind power for the next 20 years from NextEra Energy Resources’ Story County II facility in Story and Hardin counties in Iowa in the US. According to Google, this is part its plan to voluntarily become carbon neutral in 2007, which consists of three main initiatives – [...]

The Obama administration is reportedly readying the announcement of an international smart grid effort that will help establish international standards for smart electricity networks. The International Smart Grid Action Network, or ISGAN, will promote standardisation of smart grid technologies through voluntary government participation, according to various reports such as this blog post. International cooperation on [...]

I got this letter in my inbox from a company in Yemen in response to my coverage of Eltek Valere’s solar-optimised Smartpack Controller. It seems like they are looking for a solution that works with an existing telecoms solar system. Anyone who can help Mr Bawazir should respond to him directly. Please note that Green [...]

Hutchison Telecom’s Indonesian unit, PT Hutchison CP Telecommunications, is deploying PEM (polymer electrolyte membrane, also called proton exchange membrane) fuel cells as backup power systems for its network throughout the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. The PEM fuel cell products are being supplied by IdaTech, a Bend, Oregon-based company specialising in the design, development and manufacturing [...]

Telecoms power specialist, Lineage Power, has entered a merger agreement to purchase all the outstanding shares of PECO II. “Together, the combined product portfolios and nationwide support infrastructure creates one of the largest and most capable professional services organizations for telecom power in North America,” Lineage Power, a Gores Group company, said. “PECO II’s high [...]

Chevron has launched one of the world’s largest trials of solar panel technologies, dubbed Project Brightfield, in a bid to identify the most efficiency method of transforming the sun’s energy into electricity. Chevron is now installing 7,700 solar panels from 7 vendors on 18 acres of land in California – a former Chevron refinery – [...]

The Climate Group and a list of supporting companies and NGOs have sent an open letter to President Barrack Obama, calling for the White House to initiate a strategy to provide consumers and business with energy information. The letter, submitted in association with Google, and with the support of AT&T, Intel, HP, Nokia, APC by [...]

A massive initiative is reportedly underway by all of India’s cell tower companies to migrate their infrastructure to solar power, from existing diesel power solutions. According to India’s iGovernment website, a total of 250,000 cell phone towers can be converted to the renewable energy solution, including 32,500 from GTL Infra – a subsidiary of Mumbai-based [...]