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Manufacturing & Design

Sustainable manufacturing and design process news and best practices related to resource reduction and closing the energy and material loops of the circular economy.

Xerox to Certify its Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Xerox to Certify its Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Xerox Corporation has joined the California Climate Action Registry, a  group of organizations that voluntarily take action on climate change. As a member, Xerox will annually track, report and certify its greenhouse gas emissions. Xerox has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions from worldwide operations (it operates in 160 countries) ... Read more »
EPA Recognizes Manufacturers for Energy-Efficient Operations

EPA Recognizes Manufacturers for Energy-Efficient Operations

Seventeen U.S. manufacturing plants were first-time winners of EPA’s Energy Star award in recognition of their energy-efficient operations that prevented some 3 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions. The plants represent six percent of cement production capacity; seven percent of wet corn milling capacity; and 23 percent of auto assembly ... Read more »
DaimlerChrysler Begins Diesel-Powered Vehicle Push

DaimlerChrysler Begins Diesel-Powered Vehicle Push

DaimlerChrysler will continue to expand its lineup of diesel-powered vehicles in the coming months, at the same time it broadens its programs to educate the American public on the benefits of home-grown biodiesel fuel. “Diesel will be good for America, and biodiesel makes diesel better,” said Loren Beard, Senior Manager ... Read more »
Dow Unveils New Solar Material, Could Ease Silicon Shortages

Dow Unveils New Solar Material, Could Ease Silicon Shortages

Dow Corning has produced a solar-grade silicon derived from metallurgical silicon that the company said exhibits good solar cell performance characteristics when blended with traditional polysilicon feedstock. In a press release, Dow said the new silicon feedstock material, Dow Corning PV 1101 SoG Silicon, is the first commercially available feedstock ... Read more »
GE, NGC to Jointly Develop Wind Turbine Gearbox

GE, NGC to Jointly Develop Wind Turbine Gearbox

GE Energy and China’s Nanjing High Speed & Accurate Gear Company announced that they’ve signed an agreement to jointly develop gearboxes for GE’s 1.5-megawatt wind turbines.  The agreement makes NGC one of GE’s leading component suppliers in the wind energy business.  The gearbox is a critical component of the GE ... Read more »
ErSol Solar, Wacker Chemie Sign Major Silicon Supply Contract

ErSol Solar, Wacker Chemie Sign Major Silicon Supply Contract

ErSol Solar Energy AG has signed a polysilicon contract with Wacker Chemie AG, the world’s second-largest provider of polysilicon for the semiconductor and photovoltaic industry. The contract begins in 2009 and will give ErSol an additional production output of approximately 100 MWp over six years. “Our success in securing this ... Read more »
Hoku to Build Solar Plant in Idaho

Hoku to Build Solar Plant in Idaho

Hoku Scientific has selected Idaho as the location for its solar module and polysilicon production facilities. Earlier this year, Hoku Scientific announced its plans to enter the solar and polysilicon businesses by manufacturing up to 30 megawatts of solar modules and up to 1,500 metric tons of polysilicon per year. ... Read more »


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