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Phnix SonnenStrom to Construct 1.7MW Thin Film Plant

Phnix SonnenStrom AG has been commissioned to design and construct a large-scale solar thin-film electricity plant with a peak power output of around 1.7 megawatts. | A solar fund initiated by mainfrankenSolar commissioned the plant. In 2005 Phnix SonnenStrom built a 1 MW green-field plant for another fund of mainfrankenSolar. Construction work on the ground mounted photovoltaic plant in Buchheim near Wuerzburg is due to start in mid-July. The power plant is to be constructed with some 26,000 thin film modules made by First Solar, an American manufacturer, and is to be connected to the grid in November of this year. The total investment volume comes to around EUR 7 million. The construction of another photovoltaic plant with a peak power output of 2.2 megawatts on the same site is planned for this year as well. Phnix SonnenStrom AG, based in Sulzemoos near Munich, is a leading systems supplier in the German and European photovoltaic sectors. The company designs, builds and operates large-scale photovoltaic power plants and is a wholesaler of complete solar electricity systems, solar modules and components. As part of its internationalisation strategy, it acquired a participation in a solar company in Italy, and in April 2006 it […]

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Pacific Ethanol to Build Oregon Plant

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (Nasdaq: PEIX) has received all necessary permits to begin construction on a 35 million gallon per year ethanol facility at the Port of Morrow, located on the Columbia River near Boardman, Oregon. The company expects to begin construction, which should take approximately 12 months, within the next thirty days. CEO Neil Koehler observed that “This milestone is the latest in our stated plan to construct five ethanol production facilities to serve the western United States by the end of 2008. The Boardman plant is well situated, with access to the Columbia River, the Union Pacific Railroad and Interstate 84. The design will be based on our plant currently under construction in Madera, California, and therefore design and construction should proceed at a faster rate than the Madera plant, which we expect will begin ethanol production in the fourth quarter of this year.” The Oregon ethanol facility will provide ethanol for the Pacific Northwest gasoline markets, helping to increase supply in that area and provide a CO2-reducing fuel for the transportation sector. It is expected that the plant’s distillers grains will be sold to the local Oregon and Washington dairy and feed markets. About Pacific Ethanol, Inc. The […]

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SatCon Reports Q2 Results

SatCon Technology Corporation (Nasdaq NM: SATC), a developer and manufacturer of power electronic products for the alternative energy markets, announced its Q2 results. Revenue for quarter was $7.6 million, compared with $8.3 million for the quarter ended April 2, 2005. Revenue for six months ended April 1, 2006 was $14.7 million, compared with $17.5 million for the comparable period ended April 2, 2005. Net loss for the quarter was $3.2 million, or $0.08 per share, compared with a net loss of $2.4 million, or $0.07 per share, for the same period in fiscal 2005. The company has a strong backlog of $25.1 million in orders ($21.5 million for Q2 2005. “I am pleased with the progress we are making towards transitioning into a products-oriented business,” commented David Eisenhaure, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “I am also encouraged by the market reception for our alternative energy products. Our commercial grade solar inverters continue to gain market traction and represent approximately 15 percent of our total corporate revenues for the year-to-date, compared with 10 percent in the prior year. I am particularly encouraged by the recent traction that HEV and alternative fuel vehicles are achieving in the market and feel that the […]

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U.S. House Leader Suggests Ethanol Import Tariff Cut

House Majority Leader John Boehner said Tuesday that a temporary reduction in fuel ethanol import tariffs would help lower motor fuel pump prices. “We don’t have enough ethanol in production today. It’s coming on board, but if we were to temporarily reduce the tariff on ethanol coming into our country, I think that would ease the pressure that’s out there, resulting in lower gasoline prices,” the Ohio Republican told reporters. President Bush last week also called on Congress to lift the tariffs now on fuel ethanol imports. Asked if there were enough votes in both the House and Senate to lift the ethanol tariffs, Boehner said: “I think it’s possible.” But that could be a tall order based on the attitudes of key Midwestern senators, including Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the panel which would likely review tariff changes. Iowa is the nation’s largest producer of corn, the most often used feedstock for U.S. fuel ethanol. Speaking to reporters Tuesday evening in the Capitol, Grassley called lifting ethanol tariffs “a wild idea.” “Why do you want to kill the goose that lays the golden egg?” Grassley said of the U.S. ethanol industry. “Why does […]

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Debating Feebate

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