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Ultrafast Laser 'Scribing' Technique Cuts Cost And Improves Efficiency Of Solar CellsWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 10, 2011 Researchers are developing a technology that aims to help make solar cells more affordable and efficient by using a new manufacturing method that employs an ultrafast pulsing laser. The innovation may help to overcome two major obstacles that hinder widespread adoption of solar cells: the need to reduce manufacturing costs and increase the efficiency of converting sunlight into an electric current, said Yung Shin, a professor of mechanical engineering and director of Purdue University's Center for ... read more |
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 Hayward And REC Solar Unveil 1MW Solar System The City of Hayward adopted a Climate Action Plan in July 2009 as a roadmap for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Since then, the City Council has implemented green building standards, environmenta ... more | .. |
 SunPower Signs 48MW Solar Power Supply Agreement With Toshiba SunPower has announced that, under a strategic supply agreement, Toshiba will order 48 megawatts of high-efficiency solar panels from SunPower during the 2011 Japanese fiscal year ending March 31, 2 ... more | .. |
 Solar Rainbow To Install 1MW System On Omni Holdings Complex Solar Bawabeh, president and co-founder of Solar Rainbow Services has announced that they will be installing a 1 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic system over a total of 120,000 square feet for Omni ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Intersolar Europe 2011 On Course For Continued Success From June 8-10, 2011, Intersolar Europe will once again take center stage in the international solar industry at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre. The world's largest exhibition for the solar indust ... more | .. |
 BlueChip Energy Signs Agreement To Acquire Land For 40MW Solar Farm BlueChip Energy (BCE) has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire land in Central Florida for the development of a 40 megawatt (MW) capacity solar farm. The largest photovoltaic ( ... more | .. |
 JA Solar And MEMC Announce Solar Cell Production Joint Venture JA Solar Holdings and MEMC Electronic Materials have announced a joint venture agreement between JA Solar and MEMC's affiliate, MEMC Singapore, to build and operate a solar cell production facility ... more | .. |
 PSE and G's Central Headquarters Solar System Complete Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE and G) today marked the completion of a rooftop solar installation at the utility's Central Division Headquarters in Somerset, NJ. The 0.9-megawatt syste ... more |
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 LADWP And SolarWorld Partner To Develop Solar Power System The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has joined forces with SolarWorld to develop an 11.6-megawatt (MW) DC solar system that will generate enough clean, renewable solar energy to po ... more | .. |
 Expert says Czech solar power boom to slow The Czech Republic's solar power boom is set to slow this year after scoring Europe's third-fastest increase in installed output in 2010, an expert said Monday, blaming new taxes and rules. ... more | .. |
 FPL Unveils World's First Hybrid Solar Energy Center Florida Power and Light Company, along with Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, local public officials, construction workers, engineers, environmental experts and bus ... more | .. |
 SunWize Partners With SunRun For Simpler Home Solar Power SunWize Systems has announced it has partnered with SunRun, the nation's leading home solar service company. This partnership allows SunWize to offer California homeowners more affordable solar powe ... more |
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 Clear Skies Passes Milestone Clear Skies Solar has announced that it has received another round of project funding fueling the pipeline of work. "We have received additional LOI's from our investors representing funding f ... more | .. |
 Custom Packaging Completes Solar PV Installation Custom Packaging has completed a 100 kW solar photovoltaic system on the roof of its Lebanon, Tenn. facility. The system is the largest in the region, according to Middle Tennessee EMC. Inman ... more | .. |
 Strategic Partnership For Triple-Digit Megawatt Sales BELECTRIC Trading has signed a three-year contract with Solar Frontier to sell and install Solar Frontier's proprietary CIS modules at a volume in the three-digit megawatt range, which will be produ ... more | .. |
 EverGEN Solar Powered Lights Selected For Popular City Bike Path Carmanah Technologies is pleased to announce that the City of Los Angeles has selected Carmanah EverGEN 1710 solar powered lights to light a popular bicycle path. The EverGEN 1710 was selected becau ... more |
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SpaceX set for next Starship launch after fiery failures
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 Enecsys Announces The Cost-Saving, Solar PV Duo Enecsys Limited has announced the Enecsys Duo micro-inverter. This 360-Watt addition to the Enecsys micro-inverter family is the world's highest power density micro-inverter with dimensions of 262 x ... more | .. |
 LADWP And SolarWorld Partner To Develop PV Power System In LA The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has joined forces with SolarWorld to develop an 11.6-megawatt (MW) DC solar system that will generate enough clean, renewable solar energy to po ... more | .. |
 PV Evolution Labs Launches Independent Solar Testing Facilities PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) has secured two facilities in Northern California which will further its ability to provide the most comprehensive PV performance and reliability evaluation in the industry. ... more | .. |
 CTDC Signs 20MW PV Module European Sales Contract China Technology Development Group has announced that the company's wholly-owned subsidiary has signed a Sales Contract for the Year 2011 (the "Contract") of 20MW solar modules with well-known Itali ... more |
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 Beverly Hills Goes Solar The solar dedication and ribbon-cutting event for the new solar installations serving the city of Beverly Hills was on held March 1 at Room 280A of the City Hall at 455 Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills. ... more | .. |
 SOLON To Construct 15 MW Solar Plant For PG And E SOLON has been awarded a contract for the design and construction of a 15 mega-watt (MW) solar power plant in California for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG and E), which supplies natural gas a ... more | .. |
 Solar Frontier Signs Balticsolar In Northern Germany Solar Frontier has announced that it has extended its partner portfolio by signing a long-term distribution agreement with Balticsolar GmbH. Based in Luebeck, Germany, the photovoltaic specialist wi ... more | .. |
 EPSRC's Novel Energy Harvesting Grants Fifteen British businesses and seven universities are to share Pounds 5 million of government funding to enable them to research the use of novel nanoscale technologies to develop the next generati ... more |
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 US DoE Supports SoloPower Thin Film PV Module Factory SoloPower has announced that it has received a conditional commitment from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office for a $197 million loan guarantee. The funds will support construc ... more | .. |
 UNI-SOLAR Laminates Installed In Washoe County School District United Solar has announced the completion of a 1.05 megawatt solar power system on a total of 21 school rooftops across the Washoe County School District in Reno, Nevada. United Solar's UNI-SOLAR(R) ... more | .. |
 Carmanah Releases New Solar LED Outdoor Streetlight Carmanah Technologies has announced the launch of the EG300-series solar LED outdoor streetlight; a new generation of solar-LED lighting systems designed to meet the specific roadway performance fea ... more | .. |
 DuPont Microcircuit Materials Launches Next Gen Frontside Silver PV Metallizations DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) is introducing a new series of frontside silver photovoltaic metallization pastes using new and novel chemistry formulated to deliver advanced efficiency and adhe ... more |
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 Martifer Solar USA Steers Hertz Towards Solar Power Martifer Solar USA is scheduled to engineer, procure and install 2.48 MW of solar PV at 15 locations across the U.S. for The Hertz Corporation. The rooftop solar arrays will be at Hertz facili ... more | .. |
 German Solar Market Doubled In 2010 Despite fears of subsidy adjustment, the German solar market almost doubled in 2010 According to Germany Trade and Invest Germany's solar market nearly doubled the previous year's installations, wit ... more | .. |
DEGERenergie Reports Strong Growth in 2010 DEGERenergie, a privately held world market leader of solar tracking systems with more than 35,000 installations in over 40 countries, has reported strong growth for 2010. With a 180 percent increas ... more | .. |
Clear Skies Solar Responds To Rapidly Expanding Market Clear Skies Solar has announced the formation of a new wholly owned subsidiary, called Clear Skies Financial Inc., to fund the Power Purchase Agreement or PPA of smaller high volume projects the Com ... more |
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