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Taiwan IT giant Foxconn beaten in solar cell dealTaipei (AFP) Jan 27, 2011 Inventec Corp, a leading Taiwanese notebook maker, said Thursday it had beaten IT giant Foxconn in buying a local solar cell company after offering a higher price at the last minute. The firm said will pay Tw$5.06 billion ($174 million) for a 47.97 percent stake in E-Ton Solar Tech, amounting to Tw$22 per share, the two companies said in a joint statement. "Inventec's investment will be a great help in improving E-Ton's financial structure," they said. The deal came as a surprise as Hon Hai, ... read more |
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 JA Solar To Supply PV Modules To Leading Italian Renewable Energy Company JA Solar Holdings, one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar cells and solar power products, has announced that the Company has signed a module supply contract with a leadin ... more | .. |
 Solar School Moves Into Canada Centrosolar Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Centrosolar Group AG has announced the introduction of the CentroSchool training program to the Ontario solar market. Centrosolar has been trai ... more | .. |
 Parent of Taiwan's Foxconn enters solar power The parent of Taiwanese IT giant Foxconn will pay over $130 million to become the major shareholder in a solar cell company as part of a plan to expand into renewable energy, officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  New Reactor Paves The Way For Efficiently Producing Fuel From Sunlight Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina Haile hopes to change our energy future. The metal is cerium oxide-or ceria-and it is the centerpiece of a promising new tech ... more |
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 Solis Partners Predicts A Banner Year For Commercial Solar In N.J. Solis Partners is predicting a banner year for commercial solar installations in the state of New Jersey. In addition to the state and federal incentives that have stimulated the growth in New ... more | .. |
 Solar Installation At Perdue To Be One of East Coast's Largest More than 11,000 solar panels will be installed at two Perdue facilities this summer, resulting in one of the largest commercially-owned solar power systems in the eastern United States. Perdu ... more | .. |
 BrightSource Energy's LPT 550 Technology Selected For Solar Thermal Power Plant In Crete BrightSource Energy has announced that Nur Energie, a UK-based independent power producer, has selected its LPT 550 energy system for the development of a 38-megawatt solar thermal power plant on th ... more | .. |
 United Solar And Solar Integrated Provide Coca-Cola With Major PV Installations In Record Time Solar Integrated Technologies and power company ContourGlobal have made rapid progress on green energy solutions on four different sites of Coca-Cola Hellenic (CCH) Bottling Company S.A. using thin- ... more |
  
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 Martifer Solar USA Moves North County Transit District Towards Greener Future The North County Transit District (NCTD) transportation network contracted Martifer Solar USA for a combined 482.52kW of ground and roof-mounted solar arrays on the Sprinter rail line and Breeze bus ... more | .. |
 New coating could boost solar cell output Scientists in Japan say material mimicking a covering of moth's eyes, among the least reflective coatings in nature, may increase the efficiency of solar cells. ... more | .. |
 World's largest solar park planned in Greece: PM Debt-hit Greece plans to build the world's largest solar park over depleted coal mines in the northern city of Kozani, Prime Minister George Papandreou said this week. ... more | .. |
 SolarPrint Launches Unmatched Energy Harvesting Technology SolarPrint has expanded the possibilities of next-generation energy harvesting for wireless sensors with the launch of its dye-sensitised solar cell (DSSC) technology. SolarPrint's DSSC techno ... more |
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 Petra Solar Launches Research Center In Middle East Petra Solar has announced its continued international expansion with the launch of a research and development center in Amman, Jordan. This new office will enable Petra Solar to provide regional tec ... more | .. |
 Southwest Solar Technologies Opens 18 Acre Research Park In Arizona Southwest Solar Technologies has announced that it has completed initial development of the Southwest Solar Research Park in Phoenix, Arizona. The 18-acre, state-of-the-art, secured facility is loca ... more | .. |
 Largest Single-Roof Top Solar System In North America Glimcher Realty Trust has announced plans for the largest single-roof top solar system in North America to be built on the roof of Jersey Gardens in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The 4.8MW solar array will ... more | .. |
 SolarWorld Lauds US Embrace Of Domestic Production Of Solar Tech The $725 billion Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2011, signed into law by President Obama on Jan. 7, contains a provision that is sure to promote the self-reliance of the United States and ... more |
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 Envision Solar Installs Solar Parking Project At Ecotech Institute Envision Solar International has announced the design and installation of its Solar Tree parking structures at the new Ecotech Institute, the first and only college entirely focused on renewable ene ... more | .. |
  Lucintel Benchmarks Wind With Solar Energy Wind and solar are clean renewable energy sources available across the globe. The business of generating electricity from wind and solar energy is growing and is poised for rapid expansion as the US ... more | .. |
 ReneSola Improves Cell Efficiency With New 'Virtus Wafer' ReneSola has announced that it has developed a new multicrystalline wafer, the Virtus Wafer, which improves solar cell efficiency. The Virtus Wafer, which has been endorsed by several leading ... more | .. |
 Solar Activated Air Conditioning System Hitachi Plant Technologies has recently developed an environmentally-friendly Solar Activated Air Conditioning System employing its own developed solar energy collector. The system reduces consumpti ... more |
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 Cost-Effective, Compact And Lightweight Solar Energy System GOAL ZERO has introduced the GOAL ZERO Guide 10 rechargeable power pack and Guide 10 Adventure Kit, delivering its most cost-effective, compact and lightweight solar energy system to date. Con ... more | .. |
 SunPower And SCE Sign Contracts For 711MW Of Solar Power SunPower has announced that it has signed three power purchase agreements with Southern California Edison (SCE) for delivery of a total of 711 megawatts (MW) of solar power. SunPower will install it ... more | .. |
 Sharp To Power Solar Arrays For Cincinnati Parks Department The Cincinnati Parks department is currently installing a series of solar power arrays that will make the department the owner of the largest number of solar arrays in the state of Ohio. The project ... more | .. |
 SoloPower Announces New Solar Panel Manufacturing Facility In Oregon SoloPower, Inc., a California-based manufacturer of flexible, thin film solar cells and modules, announces it will locate a high volume manufacturing facility in Wilsonville, Oregon. The initial pha ... more |
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 Electricity Pricing Policies May Make Or Break Plug-In Hybrid Buys California policies aimed at reducing electricity use and curbing greenhouse gas emissions have the unintended consequence of making new plug-in hybrid vehicles uneconomical, according to a Purdue U ... more | .. |
 Centrosolar Introduces Its USA Made Solar Panel Centrosolar America has announced it will now offer its B-Series photovoltaic modules that are manufactured in the United States. "We see an increasing demand for US-made modules from our cust ... more | .. |
German solar sector fears subsidy cap Fearing a painful cap on subsidies at the start of next year, the German solar power industry has approached the German government for discussions on voluntary feed-in tariff reductions taking effect this summer. ... more | .. |
 Debunking Solar Energy Efficiency Measurements In recent years, developers have been investigating light-harvesting thin film solar panels made from nanotechnology - and promoting efficiency metrics to make the technology marketable. Now a Tel A ... more |
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China National BlueStar to buy Norway's Elkem for $2.0 bn State-controlled China National BlueStar, a global leader in synthetic materials, is to buy Norwegian silicon firm Elkem for $2.0 billion (1.5 billion euros), Elkem's parent company Orkla said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Chinese silicon group aims to buy Norway's Elkem Norwegian conglomerate Orkla said Monday it was in talks to sell its metals company Elkem to a Chinese silicon company, reportedly for up to two billion euros ($2.6 billion), a sign of easing tensions between the two countries since the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. ... more | .. |
 Kalahari Greentech Addresses Major Office Energy Use Kalahari Greentech has announced that the Solar Tri-Brid System is ideal for use on commercial buildings. The energy expenditures in office buildings account for 23% of energy expenditures in ... more | .. |
 UNI-SOLAR Brand Photovoltaics Set Sail United Solar has announced that their UNI-SOLAR(R) brand photovoltaics have been installed on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas cruise ship. Royal Caribbean International launched the Allur ... more |
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