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Spanish-German Partnership Develops All-in-One Roof Insulation, Evalon Solar

Homeowners who wanted to produce energy by capturing the sun's rays through solar panels on their roofs used to have to put up with ugly add-ons to their houses in order to help save the planet.

27 Apr 2010

Scientists Use Custom-Built Microscope to Capture First Images of Electrons’ Spin

Though scientists argue that the emerging technology of spintronics may trump conventional electronics for building the next generation of faster, smaller, more efficient computers and high-tech devices, no one has actually seen the spin—a quantum mechanical property of electrons—in individual atoms until now.

27 Apr 2010

Importance of Optics in Energy Featured in New Supplement Energy Express

New devices that concentrate the sun's rays, increase the efficiency of solar cells, and help to lower the cost of solar energy, are featured in the inaugural issue of Energy Express, a new special bi-monthly supplement to Optics Express, the open-access journal of the Optical Society (OSA). Edited by Bernard Kippelen of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Energy Express launches today and will focus on research that encompasses the science and engineering of light and its impact on sustainable energy development, the environment, and green technologies.

27 Apr 2010

Veeco to Deliver K465i MOCVD Systems to Genesis Photonics

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that it has received orders for multiple TurboDisc® K465i™ gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems from Genesis Photonics Inc. (GPI), headquartered in Taiwan, during the first quarter of 2010.

From Veeco 27 Apr 2010

SOC Selects Veeco’s MOCVD Systems to Ramp its HB-LED Capacity

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that Seoul Optodevice Co., Ltd. (SOC) of Korea has selected Veeco’s TurboDisc® K465i™ gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System to expand their manufacturing capacity of high brightness light emitting diodes (HB-LEDs).

From Veeco 27 Apr 2010

Veeco Receives Multi-Tool Order from Sanan Optoelectronics

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that Sanan Optoelectronics Co. Ltd., the largest manufacturer of full color LEDs in China, has placed a large multi-tool order for Veeco’s K465i™ and E475™ TurboDisc® Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems.

From Veeco 27 Apr 2010

Bochum Scientists Use Raman Microscope to Analyze Bioactive Metal Compounds

Scientists from Bochum have managed to accurately determine the location of metal complexes within living cancer cells using Raman microscopy.

27 Apr 2010

New DualBeam System from FEI Combines SEM Imaging and FIB Milling Performance

FEI Company, today introduced the new Helios NanoLab™ x50 DualBeam™ Series, the most powerful and versatile DualBeam system available on the market.

27 Apr 2010

Bruker to Supply Customized N8 TITANOS Large Sample Atomic Force Microscope to NIST

Bruker today announced that it has been awarded a $1.1 million contract to supply a customized N8 TITANOS™ large sample Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) to the United States Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

27 Apr 2010

U.S. Demand for Lighting Fixtures to Grow 5% Annually Through 2014

Details on these and other key findings are contained in Lighting Fixtures. It presents historical demand data (1999, 2004 and 2009) plus forecasts for 2014 and 2019 by product (nonportable, portable, parts and accessories) and by market (construction, manufactured goods), as well as by region of the US. In addition, the study considers key market environment factors, evaluates company market shares, and profiles 33 industry competitors including Acuity Brands, Cooper, Hubbell, Osram and Philips.

27 Apr 2010

MiaSole Enters Agreement with Phoenix Solar to Deliver Thin-Film Solar Modules

Phoenix Solar AG, a leading photovoltaic system integrator listed on the TecDAX, has signed a framework agreement with MiaSole, a leading manufacturer of copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels based in Santa Clara, California. The agreement, which runs until 2013, enables Phoenix Solar to extend its product portfolio with another quality supplier capable of highly cost-efficient manufacturing. In the context of this agreement, Phoenix Solar has placed an order for an initial 4.5 MWp of thin-film modules from MiaSole for delivery in the second quarter of 2010.

27 Apr 2010

Innovalight’s Silicon Ink-Based Solar Cells Achieve 19% Conversion Efficiency

Innovalight, Inc., a privately-held firm selling a platform of silicon ink-based high efficiency solar cell materials and technology, today announced that the company has achieved a new record of 19 percent conversion efficiency with silicon ink processed solar cells. The conversion efficiency of a solar cell is the proportion of sunlight energy that a cell converts to electrical energy.

27 Apr 2010

Corning, Lightwave Honor Individual Excellence in Optical Access Network Deployment

Corning Incorporated and Lightwave magazine are honoring an individual for personal contributions to the deployment of optical access networks in North America with the seventh annual FTTXcellence Award. The award will be presented Sept. 15 at the 2010 FTTH Conference & Expo in Las Vegas.

27 Apr 2010

Grape Solar Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement with President Solar

Grape Solar, Inc. a leading solar photovoltaic (PV) module solutions provider, has forged a partnership with President Solar to make the company the exclusive distributor of Grape Solar’s photovoltaic (PV) solar systems in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Based in Fairfax, Va., newly formed President Solar will stock Grape Solar-branded PV panels, and other name brands of inverters and mounting systems in its warehouse.

27 Apr 2010

SunEdison and Remington Partner to Construct 14 Roof-Top Solar Systems

SunEdison, a division of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., announced today that it will be developing and constructing up to fourteen (14) roof-top solar photovoltaic (PV) projects with capacity totaling up to 3 Megawatts (MW) for The Remington Group, one of the leading real estate developers in Ontario.

27 Apr 2010