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Technipower Supplies First Instant Solar PV System to Independent Day School of Middlefield

Technipower Systems, Inc. (Pink Sheets: TECZ), formerly Solomon Technologies, Inc., announced today that the Independent Day School of Middlefield, CT has purchased a 1.6 kW Instant Solar PV system for use as both a clean power generator and educational platform.

17 Nov 2009

New Center for Conducting Research on Low-Temperature Plasmas

A new center at the University of Michigan College of Engineering will enable fundamental research on low-temperature plasmas---ionized gases with vast potential for practical technological advancements in fields such as energy, lighting, microelectronics and medicine.

16 Nov 2009

EMCORE to Supply Solar Panels to Dutch Space for Use in Cygnus Spacecraft

EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and solar power markets, announced today that the Company has been awarded a contract by Dutch Space of Leiden, The Netherlands to manufacture, test, and deliver the solar panels to power the Cygnus™ spacecraft being developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) for NASA's Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) project. With all options exercised the total value of the contract would be in excess of $15 million.

13 Nov 2009

Suntech Likely to Develop 20% Projects Under China's Solar Rooftop Program

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's leading manufacturer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced that it expects to develop approximately 20% of the 91MW of solar projects that were approved under China's Solar Rooftop Program.

13 Nov 2009

Sirius Integrator Manufactures ES-C Series Solar Panel Systems for Evergreen Solar

Sirius Integrator announced today that they are now an OEM of Evergreen Solar's new ES-C Series 12 volt, 80 watt solar panel systems and are providing "Sirius High Availability Solar Systems(TM) " to customers throughout the United States.

13 Nov 2009

Aqua Pennsylvania Begins Solar Farm Construction at Ingram Mill Water Treatment Plant

Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (Aqua) managers were joined today by elected officials and environmental leaders to celebrate the start of construction of a 1.1 megawatt photovoltaic solar farm at Aqua’s Ingram’s Mill Water Treatment Plant in East Bradford Township, which serves drinking water to the West Chester, Pennsylvania area.

13 Nov 2009

Dow Chemical and Caltech Sign Deal to Collaborate on Solar Energy Research

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) announced today that they had recently signed a multi-year research collaboration that is strategic to both organizations' interests in solar energy.

13 Nov 2009

Nanometrics Wins Multiple Orders for RPMBlue and IVS185 Metrology Systems

Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq: NANO), a leading supplier of advanced process control metrology systems used primarily in the manufacturing and packaging of semiconductors, solar photovoltaics and high-brightness LEDs, today announced multiple orders from new and existing HB-LED customers for RPMBlue™ and IVS185™ metrology systems, which will be used for photoluminescence (PL) mapping and critical dimension and overlay control, respectively. These systems are scheduled to be delivered and qualified in the fourth quarter of this year.

13 Nov 2009

China Solar Power Acquires California-Based Developer of Thin Film Manufacturing Technology

China Solar Power (Holdings) Ltd. (“CSP”), a manufacturer of thin film amorphous silicon photovoltaic modules, today announced that it purchased ThinSilicon, Inc., a leading developer of thin film manufacturing process technology based in Mountain View, CA. No financial terms were disclosed.

12 Nov 2009

Solar Energy Initiatives Enters Deal to Secure Land for Construction of Solar Park in California

Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. (OTCBB:SNRY), executing on a grass roots campaign, “RENEW THE NATION”, to help redeploy a portion of the U.S. work force and focus on reducing the world’s dependence on fossil fuels by selling solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV) technologies, today announced that the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Solar Park Initiatives, signed a contract securing land for the design, construction and operation of a solar park in California. Solar Park Initiatives will be responsible for providing engineering, permitting, construction, operations and maintenance as well as obtaining the financing of the solar park. Solar Energy Initiatives will procure the solar panels and balance of system for the project.

11 Nov 2009

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