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Swiss wins million-dollar prize for low-cost solar cellsHelsinki (AFP) June 9, 2010 A Swiss professor who developed a low-cost solar power cell using cheap materials such as dye squeezed from berries won a million-dollar technology prize in Finland on Wednesday. Michael Graetzel, 66, won the Millennium Technology award for process of "artificial photosynthesis" to capture the sun's energy without need for an elaborate manufacturing process. The so-called "Graetzel's cell" is made from a layer of titanium dioxide nanoparticles, covered with a molecular dye that absorbs sunlight, ... read more |
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St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 07, 2010Solutia has consummated the previously announced purchase of Etimex Solar GmbH, producer of Vistasolar encapsulants, including a leading ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) encapsulant to the photovoltaic market. The euro 240 [$294] million acquisition of German-based Etimex Solar from Etimex Holding GmbH, which is controlled by funds advised by Alpha Gruppe, was funded with existing cash. ... more 
Changzhou, China (SPX) Jun 07, 2010Trina Solar has announced its research agreement with the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore ("SERIS") to develop an all-back-contact high-efficiency silicon wafer solar cell using Trina Solar's monocrystalline wafers. Trina Solar will engage SERIS to provide research and development services to develop a high efficiency crystalline solar cell by printing contacts on the cell's r ... more 
San Diego (UPI) Jun 4, 2010 Sanyo Electric Group and the University of California, San Diego announced Thursday a $3 million research partnership on solar power. San Diego's Sanyo North America Corp., which will contribute the $3 million over three years, said it expects the partnership to lead to the next generation of solar energy systems and energy management. The research will build on Sanyo's Smart Ene ... more |
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European Investments In Innovation And Solar EnergyMidland MI (SPX) Jun 02, 2010 Dow Corning has announced that it will invest up to $13 million (USD) to expand its European capabilities to innovate with silicon-based materials and technologies. The investment in a Solar Energy Exploration / Development Center (SEED) includes two new buildings that will complement the company's Business and Technology Center in Seneffe, Belgium. One building, a Synthesis Technology Center for the European area, will house laboratories and chemists focusing on innovations in silicon-based mater ... read more |
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