ALBANY, OR—A new factory here will produce super-fine carbon materials that can improve the performance of ultracapacitors, lead-acid batteries and other energy storage devices.
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC—Boeing’s new assembly plant here is getting much of its power from a 2.6-megawatt solar panel array on its roof. The largest rooftop solar installation in the Southeast, the array generates enough power for 250 homes.
KYLE, TX—Image Microsystems plans to build a new factory here to turn electronic waste into substrate material for street and highway signs. The plant could create more than 180 jobs in the next two years.
ESSEN, Germany—European utility RWE Group has installed a superconducting cable between two transformer stations here. At 1 kilometer long, it is the world’s longest superconducting cable.
ESSEN, Germany—European utility RWE Group has installed a superconducting cable between two transformer stations here. At 1 kilometer long, it is the world’s longest superconducting cable.
LOS ALAMOS, NM—Thin-film solar cells could be made far more efficient with the addition of bundles of carbon nanotubes, according to researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Last September, solar panel manufacturer Solyndra filed for bankruptcy and laid off 1,100 workers. The moves came just two years after the company received a $535 million loan guarantee from the Obama administration. Republicans have rightly criticized the administration over the loan, alleging that the Energy Department overlooked warning signs of Solyndra’s pending collapse.
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