News About Solar Technology 11-MAR-10 en-us Rochester Hills MI (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - Energy Conversion Devices has announced it has been selected by ProLogis and Portland General Electric (PGE) to deliver 2.4MWp of Uni-Solar laminates for installation on seven ProLogis distribution warehouses in Portland, Gresham, and Clackamas in Oregon. The solar power systems will be installed by Northwest Solar Solutions on rooftops leased from ProLogis.]]> Taipei (AFP) March 9, 2010 - Taiwan's Delta Electronics is to spend 290 million US dollars on a new solar cell plant as the island moves to increase its use of renewable energy, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday.]]> Louisville CO (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - The future is looking bright for students at Kent Denver School, thanks to one of the largest prep school solar energy arrays in the nation. Colorado-based Bella Energy and international solar provider Conergy partnered to provide the school with a fully engineered and financed solar energy solution.]]> Aliso Viejo CA (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - XsunX has announced the company has reached a significant milestone in its development process: the completion of a co-evaporation processing chamber design that combines several thermal evaporation techniques in one unified process to produce the CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide) solar cell's absorber layer.]]> Baoding, China (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - Yingli Green Energy Holding has announced a 300 MW PANDA mono-crystalline silicon-based manufacturing capacity expansion project at its Baoding headquarters.]]> Tokyo (AFP) March 1, 2010 - Japanese oil refinery Showa Shell said Monday its solar energy subsidiary will expand into the United States and Germany in a bid to make clean energy a pillar of its business.]]> North Branch NJ (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - Vanguard Energy Partners has announced the completion of two solar power systems for the municipalities of Sparta and Hardyston. Both projects will help offset the electricity bills and further the environmental initiatives of the Sussex County, NJ towns.]]> Freiburg Im Breisgau, Germany (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - Concentrix Solar has announced that it has signed a contract with Chevron Technology Ventures for the deployment of a one megawatt (MW) CPV power plant to be installed at a Chevron Mining facility in Questa, New Mexico, USA. With this announcement, Concentrix Solar confirms full commercial readiness for worldwide deployment, and is paving the way to utility-scale CPV projects.]]> Santa Fe NM (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - In the presence of Governor Bill Richardson, Chevron Mining announced that sister company Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), will build a one megawatt concentrating photovoltaic solar facility on the tailing site of CMI's molybdenum mine in Questa, New Mexico. The project will demonstrate and evaluate an emerging solar technology and a practical use of previously impacted land.]]> Red Bank NJ (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - Natcore Technology has announced that it has reached agreement with a consortium in China to form a joint venture company to develop and manufacture film-growth equipment and materials using Natcore's proprietary Liquid Phase Deposition (LPD) technology. The technology would be used in the production of solar cells.]]>