Mississippi Business Journal » solar power http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Solar power company inks letter with manufacturer http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/01/solar-power-company-inks-letter-with-manufacturer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solar-power-company-inks-letter-with-manufacturer http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/01/solar-power-company-inks-letter-with-manufacturer/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 12:49:34 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=74090 GULFPORT — Solar America Corp. has signed a letter of intent with L&G Energy Solutions, a commercial manufacturer of energy management devices including LED lighting and solar equipment. L&G Energy Solutions, based in Round Rock, Texas, is a clean tech company building products aimed at reducing energy consumption. According to the provisions of the LOI, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/01/solar-power-company-inks-letter-with-manufacturer/feed/ 0 OUR VIEW: Bryant doesn’t intend to repeat Barbour’s Twin Creeks error http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/07/bryant-doesnt-intend-to-repeat-barbours-twin-creeks-error-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bryant-doesnt-intend-to-repeat-barbours-twin-creeks-error-2 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/07/bryant-doesnt-intend-to-repeat-barbours-twin-creeks-error-2/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:57:56 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=66710 We are glad to see Gov. Phil Bryant take the stand he has. In a 2011 MBJ editorial, we stated that solar energy may be the wave of the future, but Mississippi should be careful where it comes to being an investor in new companies promising the moon — er, sun. At the time, Evergreen [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/07/bryant-doesnt-intend-to-repeat-barbours-twin-creeks-error-2/feed/ 0 USM researchers looking to produce organic solar cells http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/17/usm-researchers-looking-to-produce-organic-solar-cells/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usm-researchers-looking-to-produce-organic-solar-cells http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/17/usm-researchers-looking-to-produce-organic-solar-cells/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:01:11 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=61362 HATTIESBURG — Researchers at the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Polymers and High Performance Materials are working to develop a portable energy source using light from the sun to produce organic solar cells. Dr. Sarah E. Morgan, associate professor of polymer science in the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, is one of [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/17/usm-researchers-looking-to-produce-organic-solar-cells/feed/ 0 Stion receives certification to ship solar modules from plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/20/stion-receives-certification-to-ship-solar-modules-from-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stion-receives-certification-to-ship-solar-modules-from-plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/20/stion-receives-certification-to-ship-solar-modules-from-plant/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:38:26 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=54358 HATTIESBURG — Stion, a manufacturer of high-efficiency thin-film solar modules, has received both Underwriters’ Laboratories (UL) and International Electrotechnical Commissions (IEC) certifications to ship modules produced at its Hattiesburg factory. Stion modules with nominal power of up to 140 watts are now available, with commercial shipments from the factory commencing later this month. The first [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/20/stion-receives-certification-to-ship-solar-modules-from-plant/feed/ 0 GE officially opens new central logistics facility http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/21/ge-officially-opens-new-central-logistics-facility/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ge-officially-opens-new-central-logistics-facility http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/21/ge-officially-opens-new-central-logistics-facility/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:15:16 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=48787 OLIVE BRANCH — GE has officially opened its new central logistics center for renewable energy components in Olive Branch. The facility is part of GE’s strategy to further improve customer response times throughout North America as more wind and solar energy projects are developed and existing power facilities require maintenance. GE Energy’s renewable energy services group [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/21/ge-officially-opens-new-central-logistics-facility/feed/ 0 The future of solar is the good old USA http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/25/the-future-of-solar-is-the-good-old-usa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-future-of-solar-is-the-good-old-usa http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/25/the-future-of-solar-is-the-good-old-usa/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:00:20 +0000 For the MBJ http://msbusiness.com/?p=46434 The future of solar is not in China. It is the present: 185 Chinese solar panel makers relentlessly driving down costs by 30 percent a year. The future of solar is right here in America: Using smart technology to get the most out of what the Chinese sell us. That is not as easy — [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/25/the-future-of-solar-is-the-good-old-usa/feed/ 0 Twin Creeks officially opens solar panel manufacturing plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/12/tein-creeks-officially-opens-solar-panel-manufacturing-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tein-creeks-officially-opens-solar-panel-manufacturing-plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/12/tein-creeks-officially-opens-solar-panel-manufacturing-plant/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 14:08:27 +0000 For the MBJ http://msbusiness.com/?p=41126 SENATOBIA — Gov. Haley Barbour was in attendance yesterday for the opening of Twin Creeks Technologies Inc., a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of crystalline silicon solar panels. In April 2010, Barbour and Twin Creeks’ CEO Dr. Siva Sivaram announced the company would be constructing its first 100-megawatt manufacturing facility in Senatobia. The new plant will create [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/12/tein-creeks-officially-opens-solar-panel-manufacturing-plant/feed/ 0 Center gets stimulus funds for solar panels http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/06/center-gets-stimulus-funds-for-solar-panels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=center-gets-stimulus-funds-for-solar-panels http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/06/center-gets-stimulus-funds-for-solar-panels/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:04:58 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=35235 OXFORD — A renewable energy grant from the Mississippi Development Authority is helping the University of Mississippi’s Center for Manufacturing Excellence lead the way in using solar power. When the center is complete in spring 2011, the building will feature 414 photovoltaic solar panels, making it the largest roof-mounted, solar power complex in Mississippi. “That’s [...]

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