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At an event the company is calling "Solar Day," Dow Corning will announce the start of construction in Thomas Twp., Mich. of a manufacturing plant that will manufacture monosilane gas-a key material used to manufacture thin-film solar cells. Dow Corning will also unveil a solar panel installation and Solar Discovery Center at its corporate headquarters in Midland, Mich. "Autumn may be ... read more
Auburn Hills MI (SPX) Sep 15, 2009Global glass manufacturer Guardian Industries will present its line of solar glass products at SolarPACES 2009 in Berlin. Located in Area B of the Foyer Orient, Guardian will feature its EcoGuard Solar Boost mirrors for concentrating solar power (CSP) applications, which provides best-in-class solar reflectivity, concentrating efficiency and durability. Samples of both of the company's laminated ... more
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Oakland, Calif. (UPI) Sep 11, 2009 BrightSource Energy, developer of large-scale solar plants, has contracted with engineering giant Bechtel to build a 440-megawatt solar power station in California's Mojave Desert. According to California-based BrightSource, the Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating System, when fully operational, will nearly double the amount of solar thermal electricity now produced in the United States. ... more 
Ithaca NY (SPX) Sep 14, 2009Using a carbon nanotube instead of traditional silicon, Cornell researchers have created the basic elements of a solar cell that hopefully will lead to much more efficient ways of converting light to electricity than now used in calculators and on rooftops. The researchers fabricated, tested and measured a simple solar cell called a photodiode, formed from an individual carbon nanotube. ... more 
Eindhoven, Netherlands (SPX) Sep 14, 2009Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Ulm have made the first high-resolution 3D images of the inside of a polymer solar cell. This gives them important new insights in the nanoscale structure of polymer solar cells and its effect on the performance. The findings were published online in Nature Materials on Sunday 13 September. The investigations ... more |
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San Jose CA (SPX) Sep 09, 2009The French retailer Casino Group and SunPower have announced that SunPower will supply 14 megawatts of high-efficiency solar photovoltaic panels to the supermarket conglomerate by the end of this year. Casino Group will use the panels to install solar power systems ranging from 900 kilowatts to 5 megawatts on rooftops and parking structures on supermarket locations in mainland France and ... more 
Milwaukee WI (SPX) Sep 04, 2009Johnson Controls recently completed the installation of new solar heating systems at seven indoor pools in El Paso, Texas. The new systems, which are expected to save more than $1.5 million in energy costs from pool operations over the next 10 years, are ideal for one of the nation's sunniest cities, which averages more than 300 days of sunshine per calendar year. More than 700 solar ... more 
Victoria, Canada (SPX) Sep 04, 2009Carmanah Technologies has signed an agreement with frog design to introduce the next benchmark in solar-LED area lighting. Established in 1969, frog design is a global innovation firm that has pioneered some of the world's most groundbreaking designs for trendsetting companies such as Apple, Disney, HP, Louis Vuitton, Logitech, Microsoft, and Sony. "Exploring the possibilities for the next ... more |
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