Borrengo Solar Systems has announced its solar expertise contribution to “The Green Schools Investment Guide,” a free resource guide available to K-12 schools that demonstrates how schools can implement healthy and resource-efficient building improvement. Development of the guide was led by the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council and Architecture for Humanity.- The Department of Environmental Protection has announced that it’s Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) Natural Gas Vehicle program is now open. The program will provide an estimated $10 million in grants to help companies and organizations purchase or convert medium to light-weight natural gas vehicles.
- VIASPACE has signed a Giant King Grass supply contract with Sagay Central of Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
- Sandia National Laboratories and SRI International are joining forces to explore, test and evaluate a broad range of hydrogen and natural gas fuel systems and components for transportation applications. The five-year memorandum of understanding is the first agreement in Sandia’s new Center for Infrastructure Research and Innovation (CIRI), an alternative fuel research and innovation facility whose goal is to accelerate hydrogen and natural gas infrastructure technologies into the marketplace.
- Mounting Systems, Inc. has released the new open terrain PV racking system Sigma I XL that reduces pile-driving time and requires less site improvement and maintenance time than its two-post counterpart. Resembling the Greek letter “Pi”, the Pi-rail’s consists of a horizontal beam that provides strength and stability with minimal material usage.
