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DayStar Meets NYSERDA Production Milestones

DayStar Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSTI), a developer and manufacturer of innovative Photovoltaic Foil(TM) products, announced it shipped product to its German and Chinese customers and completed two key production milestones for its NYSERDA production incentive award. On December 30, 2005, Daystar shipped 500, 10cm x 10cm TerraFoil(TM) cells to Titan Energy in India, the contract PV module manufacturer of DayStar’s first commercial customer, Blitzstrom GmbH, in Germany. A second shipment of over 300 cells, including a variety of smaller size TerraFoil-SP(TM) solar cells, was provided to Micro Energy Group (MEG) of Zuhai, China, DayStar’s second commercial customer. These cells will be used to produce a series of unique PV module prototypes for use in MEG’s expanding line of solar powered consumer products. Along with recent additional cell shipments, the end-of-year product manufacturing contributed to the successful completion of two key production task milestones (one for cell efficiency and the other for daily production volume) for DayStar’s New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Phase 3 Program Opportunity Notice (PON) 827. Achieving these two tasks allows the company to collect an additional $200,000 in award grants. DayStar Technologies, Inc. is an emerging leader in low cost, high efficiency Photovoltaic […]

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Fuel-Tech N.V. Awarded Orders Totaling $2.4 Million

Fuel-Tech N.V. (Nasdaq: FTEK), a leader in advanced engineering solutions for optimizing combustion systems in utility and industrial applications, announced it received five orders for NOxOUT projects totaling $2.4 million. The first order is for NOxOUT systems for two small coal-fired boilers at a major Southeastern utility, while the second is for NOxOUT systems for two municipal solid waste incinerators in France. The third order, from a major Southeastern utility alliance partner, is for the turnkey installation of a NOxOUT SNCR system on a 350 megawatt coal-fired boiler. The remaining contracts comprise design engineering services for NOxOUT systems on four coal-fired units at a major Southeastern utility and a single coal-fired unit at a major Southwestern utility. Steven C. Argabright, President and Chief Operating Officer, commented, “We are very pleased to start the year with announced business from several existing utility customers. In the case of our alliance partner, we fully anticipate additional air pollution control orders in the near future, while the design engineering releases should result in equipment purchases later this year. Overseas, the order in France represents the latest in a steady stream of business being won by our Italian subsidiary, which is capitalizing on expanding European […]

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Calgon Carbon Opens New Carbon Facility in China

Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE: CCC) announced the start-up of its new activated carbon processing and packaging facility in Tianjin, China. The facility will be operated by Calgon Carbon Company Tianjin Limited (CCT), a wholly owned subsidiary of Calgon Carbon Corporation. At nearly 35,000 square meters, this state-of-the-art facility replaces its existing 7,000 square meter operation which was opened in mid-2002. Granular activated carbon produced by Calgon Carbon’s Datong, China manufacturing plant, as well as outsourced products, will be processed, tested and packaged at Tianjin for supply to customers in Asia and around the world. The CCT facility is equipped with a large sizing, screening, crushing and packaging operation, expansive storage warehouse, and a full-service laboratory complete with cutting edge testing and analytical instruments. He added, “The start-up of this facility, at nearly five times the size of our operation opened less than four years ago, is in response to the rapid growth in demand for our Asia produced and outsourced activated carbon products.”

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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:January 18, 2006

News and Events California Approves $2.9 Billion Solar Energy Initiative Walgreens to Install Solar Power on 112 Stores DOE Selects 20 Teams for the 2007 Solar Decathlon Whole Foods Market Buys 100 Percent Wind Power EPA Proposes Lower, More Realistic Fuel Economy Estimates USDA Offers $19 Million for Businesses, Emphasizing RenewablesEnergy ConnectionsNOAA, NASA: 2005 Ties with 1998 as Hottest Year on Record News and EventsCalifornia Approves $2.9 Billion Solar Energy InitiativeThe California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved the 10-year, $2.9-billion California Solar Initiative last week. The goal of the program is to increase the amount of installed solar capacity on rooftops in the state by 3,000 megawatts by 2017. The funds will initially go toward rebates on solar power systems, starting at $2.80 per watt and decreasing by about 10 percent per year. The CPUC will soon extend the rebates to solar hot water and solar heating and cooling systems. In addition, parts of the initiative will focus on new housing; low-income customers and affordable housing; and research, development, and demonstration activities. The new initiative earned immediate praise from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). See the CPUC press release and Web page and the SEIA press release.The CPUC is […]

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