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Harvesting Sunlight Using Microalgae for Making Biofuel

In pursuing cleaner energy there is such a thing as being too green. Unicellular microalgae, for instance, can be considered too green. In a paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (O...

17 Dec 2008

Rotatable Ceramic for Thin Film Photovoltaic Solar Cell Manufacturing

SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCI) (OTCBB: SCIA), a manufacturer of ceramics and metals for advanced applications in the physical vapor deposition industry, today announced it has been awarded a $708,715 grant from the...

17 Dec 2008

Solar Cells Produce from Quantum Dots Demonstrate Increased Efficiency Compare to Existing Photovoltaic Panels

Solar cells made from a new class of materials, called quantum dots, could capture much more sunlight than existing photovoltaic panels. If produced in bulk, an upcoming generation of solar technology promises to be chea...

16 Dec 2008

Mobius Photonics Receives Patent for Unique High-Throughput Parallel Laser Processing Solution

Mobius Photonics, Inc. has been awarded U.S. Patent #7,443,903, "Laser Apparatus Having Multiple Synchronous Amplifiers Tied to One Master Oscillator". The architecture described offers a unique way to scale...

15 Dec 2008

Europe's Photovoltaic Industry Rapid Growth Now Worth EUR 14 Billion a Year

The JRC's Strategic Energy Technology Information System, which compiled the report, provides independent analyses of energy technologies to European decision-makers. The Photovoltaics report examined data from institutions such as the International Energy Agency (IEA), the European Statistical Office, industrial and commercial organisations as well as research teams throughout Europe.

15 Dec 2008

World Superpowers Unite to Develop Next Gneration Photovoltaic Electricity Generation Capabilities

In the spirit of collaboration, two of the largest solar power research institutes, the Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the American National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), have recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the express purpose of forwarding international research and technological development of next-generation photovoltaic electricity generation capabilities.

14 Dec 2008

Novel X-Ray Technique Allows Scientists to Observe Molecular Motion for the Very First Time

A novel x-ray technique allowing the observation of molecular motion on a time scale never reached before has been developed by a team of researchers from EPFL and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland. Result...

14 Dec 2008

World’s First Power Generating Glass Window

Rainbow Solar Inc. (RSi) announces the world's first, transparent, photovoltaic-glass window which generates 80 to 250 watts of electricity.

10 Dec 2008

New ProVue LED Magnifying Lamp Adds Work Pace Efficiency

A powerful LED lamp with magnifying lens now is available for added precision, flexibility and comfort in engineering, assembly, laboratory and inspection applications.

10 Dec 2008

Latest Laser Designed to Increase Manufacturing Productivity of OEMs for Solar Cell Processing

Based upon the widely adopted Q Series UV laser platform from JDSU, the new laser provides 50 percent more power and is designed to increase throughput, or the rate at which it can conduct micromachining functions such as hole drilling, wafer cutting or singulation, and solar cell processing.

9 Dec 2008

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