Tradeline, Inc. filters and categorizes new-construction and industry news from regional and professional journals across the country. Here you will find new projects, products, and regulatory updates.
Industry News
DuPont Opens Geneva Photovoltaic Facility
DuPont opened the Meyrin Photovoltaic Application Laboratory in February of 2010 at its European Technical Center in Geneva. The R&D facility will support the development of next-generation photovoltaic products and technologies. Designed to promote collaboration between customers, industry partners, and academia, the laboratory will advance solar module design and accelerate product development.
Idaho National Lab to Build Four Facilities
Idaho National Laboratory is planning to break ground in spring of 2010 on four new facilities in Idaho Falls. Creating an integrated complex, the buildings will include a research and education laboratory, a testing demonstration center, a second building for the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES), and a cafeteria.
UC Berkeley Plans Helios Energy Research Facility West
The University of California, Berkeley will break ground in June of 2010 on the 113,000-gsf Helios Research Facility West in downtown Berkeley. The 64,000-nsf project will house wet laboratories for molecular and microbial biology, fermentation, and chemical separation, as well as greenhouses, warm and cold rooms, shared instrumentation space, offices, workrooms, and conference space. Accommodating biofuels research and development, the Helios facility will house the BP-funded Energy Biosciences Institute.
University Of Maine Constructs Advanced Nanocomposites in Renewable Energy Lab
The University of Maine began construction in December of 2009 on the $17.4 million Advanced Nanocomposites in Renewable Energy Lab (ARNEL) in Orono, Maine. The 30,000-sf project is being built as an addition to the Advanced Structures and Composites Center and will support materials and engineering research to develop components for the deepwater offshore wind energy industry. The project was awarded $12.4 million in stimulus funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in January of 2010.
University of Kentucky Expands Center for Applied Energy Research
The University of Kentucky will begin construction in late summer of 2010 on a 36,000-sf energy research facility in Lexington. Located in the Spindletop Research Park, the project represents an expansion of the nearby Center for Applied Energy Research. The $15.8 million project was awarded $11.8 million in stimulus funding in January of 2010 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The facility will support research into biofuels, biomass, wind, and solar energy.