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![]() Taipei (AFP) June 17, 2010 Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said Thursday it was investing 50 million US dollars in an American solar-panel maker in its latest venture into the renewable energy. TSMC, the world's top contract microchip maker by revenue, said it was taking a 21-percent stake in California-based Stion via its venture capital unit VentureTech Alliance. Stion will license and transfer its thin-film technology to TSMC, which will provide solar modules to Stion using the technology, it said wi ... read more |
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Ricoh Completes Times Square's First 100 Percent Solar Powered Billboard![]() Ricoh Americas Corporation has announced the completion of its 100 percent solar powered electronic billboard, the Ricoh Eco Board, located at 3 Times Square at the corner of 7th Avenue and 42nd Street. The Ricoh Eco Board, which is 47 feet high by 126 feet long, is the first billboard in Times Square to be totally lit by solar energy. It is powered solely by 62 solar panels and 24 thin-fi ... more Google Donates 3,000 Solar Chargers To International Medical Corps ![]() Google.org has donated 3,000 solar chargers to International Medical Corps, as a gift-in-kind valued at $216,000. International Medical Corps' medical and community health teams operating in areas of the developing world that have cell phone coverage but little or no electricity will be able to use the devices to charge their phones. "Mobile phones are ubiquitous in the developing world to ... more 'Nanocoax' Solves Solar Cell 'Thick And Thin' Dilemma ![]() A nano-scale solar cell inspired by the coaxial cable offers greater efficiency than any previously designed nanotech thin film solar cell by resolving the "thick and thin" challenge inherent to capturing light and extracting current for solar power, Boston College researchers report in the current online edition of the journal Physica Status Solidi. The quest for high power conversion eff ... more |
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![]() Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 07, 2010 Mary Boone, Director of Ink Business Development for Plextronics will speak at the Large-Area, Organic and Printed Electronics Convention (LOPE-C) in Frankfurt, Germany on Energy Harvesting applications for organic photovoltaics (OPV). Her presentation will highlight Energy Harvesting as a growing market opportunity for printed solar cells and, in particular, will discuss the significant advantages that the Plexcore PV 2000 ink set has compared to other power sources. Plexcore PV 2000 is an ... read more |
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