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International Rollforms Installs Solar Power System at New Jersey Plant

International Rollforms, Inc., a family-owned, manufacturing operation specializing in custom roll forming production, recently announced the installation of a solar energy system at its 65,000 square foot Deptford, New Jersey manufacturing plant. This move to clean manufacturing is part of their effort on increasing efficiency in their business processes while committing to creating a greener environment.

11 Dec 2009

Standard Solar Completes Solar System Installation at Homeless Services Center in Loudoun County

The newly-constructed Loudoun County Homeless Services Center has begun generating a portion of its own electricity with a 9.5 kilowatt array of solar panels installed by Standard Solar. Combined with a variety of passive lighting and energy efficient appliances and air-handling systems, the structure is expected to receive at least a "Silver" certification from the nationally-recognized Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System.

11 Dec 2009

Researchers to Find Ways to Decrease Packaging Costs for Hybrid Integrated Devices

Tiny devices made possible by combining the latest advances in mechanical and electronics technology could be at the heart of next-generation personal navigation and vehicle stabilisation tools thanks to European researchers.

11 Dec 2009

Survey Shows Connection Between Background Lighting and Tasting Wine

The background lighting provided in a room has an influence on how we taste wine. This is the result of a survey conducted by researchers at the Institute of Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. Several sub-surveys were conducted in which about 500 participants were asked how they liked a particular wine and how much they would pay for it. It was found that the same wine was rated higher when exposed to red or blue ambient light rather than green or white light. The test persons were even willing to spend in excess of one Euro more on a specific bottle of Riesling when it was offered in red instead of green light.

11 Dec 2009

Irvine Sensors Secures Orders for Thermal Imaging Cores from Army

Irvine Sensors Corporation (Nasdaq: IRSN) today announced that it has received two purchase orders this week from a defense contractor for production quantities of Irvine's proprietary thermal imaging cores intended for use in a new military product. The two purchase orders are for deliveries in Irvine Sensor's current fiscal year and the two subsequent fiscal years thereafter. Pricing of the delivered units will be dependent upon product configurations required to meet end-user applications, but the aggregate value of the two purchase orders is expected to be at least approximately $7.7 million. Initial configurations have been specified to allow Irvine Sensors to commence production in the immediate future.

11 Dec 2009

View Systems' ViewScan to Screen Guests at Charm of Macao

View Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSYM), a security and tele-data solutions provider, announced today that the company plans to send representatives to staff the ViewScan units that will be screening all guests coming through the main entrance of the "Charm of Macao: 10 Year Celebration of Macao's Return to China."

11 Dec 2009

inSilica Tapes-Out its Image Processor with Beyond Semiconductor BA22 Embedded Processor

inSilica Inc., a leading developer of image processing application specific products for the high volume mobile phone and camera market announced today that it has taped-out its next generation image processor using the BA22 embedded processor from Beyond Semiconductor.

11 Dec 2009

Vindicator Laser Wind Sensor from Catch the Wind Increases Wind Turbine's Energy Output

Catch the Wind Ltd. (TSX-V: CTW.S) today released the final results of its trial program with Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD). The results demonstrated that Catch the Wind's Vindicator(R) Laser Wind Sensor (LWS) increased the energy output of a turbine by an average of 12.3 percent as a result of better alignment with oncoming wind and increased gust detection. The increased energy output was achieved while the Vindicator(R) LWS controlled the turbine for only 56 percent of the time as specified by the parameters of the 30-day trial. Excluding statistically insufficient measurement data, the Vindicator(R) LWS improved energy output by more than 18 percent.

11 Dec 2009

University of California Researcher Receives Fund for Research on Light Capturing Compounds

David Bocian of the University of California, Riverside will receive more than $1 million over five years as a co-investigator in the Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), to be headquartered at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. The center seeks to better understand natural photosynthetic systems and design more durable human-made compounds for capturing light.

11 Dec 2009

Scientists Use World's Largest Optical Telescopes to Observe Super-Massive Black Holes

An international team of scientists has observed four super-massive black holes at the center of galaxies

11 Dec 2009

Cassini's ISS Cameras Help Study More on Saturn's Moon

Extensive analyses and modeling of Cassini imaging and heat-mapping data have confirmed and extended previous ideas that migrating ice, triggered by infalling reddish dust that darkens and warms the surface, may explain the mysterious two-toned "yin-yang" appearance of Saturn's moon Iapetus. The results, published online Dec. 10 in a pair of papers in the journal Science, provide what may be the most plausible explanation to date for the moon's bizarre appearance, which has puzzled astronomers for more than 300 years.

11 Dec 2009

Multiple Mirror Telescope Helps Find That Alcor is Actually Two Stars

Alcor, 1 half of the first known binary star system, has its own surprise star companion

11 Dec 2009

GWS Technologies to Take Orders for Solar Panels from January 2010

GWS Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: GWSC), an alternative energy company developing renewable energy solutions, announced today that it will begin accepting orders for their own proprietary solar panels beginning January 1, 2010.

10 Dec 2009

Constellation Energy to Install 15.9MW PV Power System in Maryland

Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG) today announced that it has been selected by the state of Maryland to develop an approximately 15.9 megawatt DC (13.5 MW/AC) solar photovoltaic power installation under the state’s Generating Clean Horizons initiative. This installation will represent the bulk of a 17.1 megawatt DC (14.5 MW/AC), approximately $60 million solar facility that will be constructed, owned, operated and maintained by Constellation Energy on land leased from Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md. The system is expected to be completed by December 2012 and would be the largest solar photovoltaic installation in Maryland. Only two photovoltaic systems currently in operation in the U.S. are larger.

10 Dec 2009

REC Solar to Construct Solar System in Connecticut for Department of Veterans Affairs

Fast growing REC Solar, the leading solar installer in the U.S., today announced an agreement to build a 197.4 kW solar power system on a federal facility in West Haven, CT. When completed at the end of spring in 2010, the system will be the largest solar power generator built by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Connecticut. This system is expected to create over 6 jobs during construction.

10 Dec 2009