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.
The Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB factory in Finspang, Sweden, is one of the leading suppliers of steam turbines to the solar energy industry worldwide. In fact, two out of every four steam turbines made there will be used in the solar industry.
The 2011 Assembly Plant of the Year was designed from the ground up to be an environmentally friendly facility. Even the carpets, paint and windows are “green” at the Philips Respironics plant in New Kensington, PA.
In addition to using the latest lean manufacturing principles, Boeing's new 787 assembly plant is one of the greenest factories in the aerospace industry.
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