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Kyocera Assigned to Offer Solar Modules for Ohgishima Solar Power Plant, Japan

Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) today announced that it will provide approximately 13 megawatts (MW) of solar modules for the Ohgishima Solar Power Plant "Mega Solar System," planned by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) with construction by Hitachi, Ltd. Scheduled for completion in 2011, the installation will be one of the largest in Japan, providing electricity for approximately 3,800 homes and off-setting about 5,800 tons of CO2 emissions each year. To promote land-use efficiency, the Kyocera solar modules, covering about 57 acres, will be installed on an artificial island just outside of Tokyo Bay.

16 Dec 2009

Evolution Solar Wins Purchase Order for 8.5MW of Mono Crystalline Solar Panels

Evolution Solar Corp. (PinkSheets:EVSO) today announced that the Company has received a purchase order from an international customer for 8.5MW of mono crystalline solar panels. The purchase order resulted from introductions made by Beacon, Ltd. a Bermuda based consulting firm recently engaged by the Company to assist with the introduction of its renewable energy solutions to the Bermuda market.

16 Dec 2009

Boulder Imaging Unveils New Quazar High Performance Digital Video Recorder Model

Boulder Imaging, Inc. Announces the QUAZAR VR300 Compact, the Entry Level High Performance Digital Video Recording Solution Boulder, Colorado - December 15, 2009

16 Dec 2009

Infrared Optical Telescope Array Provides Close-Up Images of Dying Star

About 550 light-years from Earth, a star like our Sun is writhing in its death throes

16 Dec 2009

Researchers Develop Cerium-Containing Phosphate Glasses That Have Higher Radiation Damage Resistance

Adding cerium oxide to phosphate glass rather than the commonly used silicate glass may make glasses that block ultraviolet light and have increased radiation damage resistance while remaining colorless, according to Penn State researchers. These cerium-containing phosphate glasses have many commercial applications for use in windows, sunglasses and solar cells.

16 Dec 2009

Nemotek Incorporates In-House Testing Capabilities for Wafer-Level Cameras

Nemotek Technologie, a manufacturer of customized Wafer-Level Cameras (WLCs) for portable applications, today announced in-house testing capabilities for its WLCs. As the first company to offer WLC design, manufacturing and now testing within a single facility, Nemotek Technologie is further simplifying the supply chain process and costs for image sensor and camera module makers.

16 Dec 2009

Americans Spend Billions of Dollars Every Year on Glasses and Contact Lenses

According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the 66.4 percent increase in myopia in Americans since the 1970s, as reported in the recent National Eye Institute (NEI) study, is significant and will impact healthcare costs as well as vision quality.

16 Dec 2009

Nasa's LRO Camera and Cosmic Ray Telescope Help Make Detailed Map of Moon

NASA's current mission in orbit around the moon, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has been providing crucial insights about our nearest celestial neighbor since its launch in June. At a scientific meeting today, researchers unveiled the latest findings from three instruments of the powerful suite of seven aboard the satellite. LRO is expected to return more data about the moon than all previous orbital missions combined.

16 Dec 2009

San Diego Supercomputer Center Secures NSF Fund for LiDAR Topographic Data Facility

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego and Arizona State University have been awarded a $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to operate an internet-based national data facility for high-resolution topographic data acquired with LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology. The facility will also provide online processing tools and act as a community repository for information, software and training materials.

16 Dec 2009

Picarro to Launch Picarro Combustion Module-Cavity Ring-Down Spectrometer at AGU Meeting

Picarro, Inc., the maker of the world's highest performing and easiest to use gas analyzers, today announced that it will debut the Picarro Combustion Module-Cavity Ring-Down Spectrometer (CM-CRDS), a unique portable, easy-to-use system for bulk 13C analysis using CRDS, at the AGU Meeting in San Francisco, Calif. CM-CRDS provides scientists and analytical labs with an integrated solution that will dramatically simplify carbon isotope analysis of various bulk samples, known as bulk stable isotope analysis (BSIA). These analyses are critical for solving problems in food safety that can have a significant impact in human health as well as for understanding important processes in the environment.

16 Dec 2009

First Solar Delivered 1GW of PV Solar Modules in One Year

First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has manufactured and shipped more than 1 gigawatt (GW) of its photovoltaic (PV) solar modules in 2009, becoming the first PV company to attain this production volume in a single year. One gigawatt of solar modules produces enough electricity to serve the needs of approximately 145,000 average American homes and saves roughly 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.

16 Dec 2009

Yingli Green Energy Signs Supply Deal with IBC SOLAR for PV Modules

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), one of the world's leading vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") product manufacturers, today announced it has signed a sales agreement ("the agreement") with IBC SOLAR AG ("IBC SOLAR"), one of the leading specialists in PV systems worldwide. Under the terms of the agreement, Yingli Green Energy has agreed to supply 130 MW of PV modules to IBC SOLAR from the first quarter through the fourth quarter of 2010.

16 Dec 2009

Yingli Green Energy Reaches 1GW in Total PV Modules Production

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), one of the world's leading vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") product manufacturers, today announced that it has successfully commenced trial production and reached certain key technology and operating milestones at Fine Silicon Co., Ltd. ("Fine Silicon"), its in-house polysilicon manufacturing facility with an annual production capacity of 3,000 metric tons ("MT"). The Company also announced that its total output of PV modules has reached 1 GW since the Company began commercial production in 2002.

16 Dec 2009

Lightwave Logic Announces Completion of Independent Verification for its Proprietary Materials

Lightwave Logic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LWLG) a technology company focused on the development of the "Next Generation Electro-Optic Platform" for applications in high speed fiber-optic telecommunications and optical computing, today announces that independent verification of earlier reported test results of its proprietary materials has been completed.

16 Dec 2009