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LDK Solar to Supply Products for Largest Rooftop Solar Installation in Benelux

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced a supply contract with Enfinity for the largest rooftop solar energy installation project in Benelux (an economic union comprising Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg).

22 Oct 2009

Intertek Announces Expansion of IECEE CBTL Capabilities in its California Facility

Intertek (LSE: ITRK), a global leader in testing, inspection and certification services has announced that its Lake Forest, California facility has successfully expanded its IECEE CB Scheme Testing Laboratory (CBTL) capabilities. The new capabilities include product safety and conformity assessment testing and certification of Photovoltaic (PV) modules to IEC Standards. This accreditation allows Intertek to conduct one set of tests that will provide manufacturers with market access to more than 40 countries that participate in the IECEE’s CB Scheme. This will save manufacturers money and reduce their overall time-to-market. Intertek now delivers the broadest scope of testing and certification services to the PV industry.

22 Oct 2009

EIQ Energy Joins Signet Solar to Provide Simplified Path for Installing Solar System

A new product bundling agreement between eIQ Energy, Inc. and Signet Solar, Inc. will provide customers with a simplified path to building solar energy installations—employing Signet Solar’s large-area thin-film solar modules and eIQ Energy’s Parallel Solar technology.

21 Oct 2009

Evolution Solar Seeks Location for Thin Film Solar Panels Demonstration

Evolution Solar Corp. (PinkSheets:EVSO) today announced that the Company is currently reviewing potential locations for a demonstration of cutting-edge thin film solar panels. The demonstration is intended to be co-located at a University, with, or without, an existing solar energy department. By co-locating at a University the Company will have access to the site for customer and industry demonstrations, while at the same time providing an opportunity for the solar engineers of tomorrow to have access to cutting edge solar technologies.

20 Oct 2009

Entech Solar Plans to Produce the SolarVolt II Exclusively for Electricity Generation

Entech Solar today announced progress on its ThermaVolt™ II and tubular skylight products, as well as its plans for its SolarVolt™ II product

20 Oct 2009

Regen's New Personal Solar-Powered Electronics Acclaimed in November Issue of Fast Company

Magazine says Regen brings style -- and performance -- to personal solar electronics

20 Oct 2009

Solar Modules from Solarfun to be Presented at SPI 2009

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. ("Solarfun" or "the Company") (Nasdaq: SOLF), a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots and photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules in China, today announced that it will attend the Solar Power International Conference ("SPI"), which will take place from October 27-29, 2009 at the convention center in Anaheim, California.

20 Oct 2009

Report on the Thin-Film Solar Cell Industry in China

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.

19 Oct 2009

Researchers Develop System to Derive Usable Hydrogen Fuel from Water Using Sunlight

A team of four chemists at the University of Rochester have begun work on a new kind of system to derive usable hydrogen fuel from water using only sunlight.

15 Oct 2009

Air Products Enters into Gas Supply Contract with DuPont Apollo at PV Facility

Bulk and Specialty Gases, Equipment and Engineering Set for New China PV Plant Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has signed a turnkey gas supply contract to provide its SunSource(TM) Solutions liquid bulk an...

14 Oct 2009

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