Konarka Technologies, a startup based in Lowell, MA, has opened a mass production factory building solar power panels using organic polymers. Applied similarly to ink jet printers and photographic film, thus further lowering the cost of production.

This factory is part of our economy’s first steps towards a stable renewable energies sector. American jobs for Americans. It is anticipated the factory will produce yearly up to one gigawatt of power through the solar panels manufactured, the equivalent of one nuclear power plant.

Read the article now at TechnologyReview.com ->
http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/21574/

Learn more about Konarka Technologies ->
http://www.konarka.com/

SeaGen (the subsidiary company of Marine Current Turbines), is the 1st to go commercial with tidal wave power generators. SeaGen just started the new installation at Strangford Lough, the largest inlet in the United Kingdom.

SeaGen have developed technology to install off the coast of Ireland for electricity production by harnessing ocean currents. This new installation, if successful, will be used throughout the coastal regions of the United Kingdom.

Source Article:
MIT’s Technology Review: First Tidal Power Generator