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SunPower Signs Contract with Italian Solar Plant Integrator Ecoware

SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced it has signed a customer contract with Italian solar plant integrator Ecoware, S.p.A.

10 Nov 2008

ReneSola Named Fourth Fastest Growing Company in Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China 2008 Program

ReneSola Ltd, a leading Chinese manufacturer of monocrystalline and multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced that it was recognized as the fourth fastest growing Chinese technology company in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China 2008 program.

10 Nov 2008

Yingli Green Energy Signs Long-Term Polysilicon Supply Agreement with Wacker Chemie

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world's leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturers, today announced it has entered into a new long-term polysilicon supply agreement with Wacker Chemie AG.

8 Nov 2008

Coherent's New AVIA 532-45 - The Most Powerful Diode-Pumped Solid State Green Laser Currently Available

The new AVIA(TM) 532-45 from Coherent, Inc. is the most powerful diode-pumped, solid state green laser currently available that delivers diffraction limited output. Specifically, this new laser provides 45W of average power (at 120 kHz) at 532 nm, in a single mode output beam (M2 < 1.3), making it over twice as powerful as the nearest competitive model.

6 Nov 2008

Tiny Solar Cells as a Power Source for Microscopic Machines

Some of the tiniest solar cells ever built have been successfully tested as a power source for even tinier microscopic machines. An article in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE), published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), describes an inch-long array of 20 of these cells -- each one about a quarter the size of a lowercase "o" in a standard 12-point font.

6 Nov 2008

Hybrid Composites as Functional Materials for Efficient LEDs and Photovoltaic Devices

The Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanoscience) collaborates together with the University of Hamburg in the development of composite materials based on semiconductor nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes as functional materials for efficient light emitting diodes and photovoltaic devices.

4 Nov 2008

Suniva Begins Production of Solar Cells on its New 32MWp Line in Norcross

Suniva Inc., a manufacturer of high value monocrystalline silicon solar cells, today announced that in less than 12 months after the initial planning it successfully began production of solar cells on its new 32MWp line in Norcross, Georgia.

4 Nov 2008

New Antireflective Coating Increases Amount of Sunlight Captured by Solar Panels

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle, the research team has moved academia and industry closer to realizing high-efficiency, cost-effective solar power.

3 Nov 2008

Solar Cells and Modules Market to Reach $40.7 Billion in 2012

In these days of advanced technologies and increasing levels of eco-pollution, energy consumption is touching new heights. With non-renewable sources such as oil and coal depleting rapidly, the world is on the lookout for newer alternative sources of energy. The search for best-suited alternative sources of energy for the future led to major developments in the areas of solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, fuel cells, and biomass energies.

3 Nov 2008

Hague Corp Enters into Binding Letter of Intent with Solterra Renewable Technologies

Hague Corp, a publicly traded resource exploration company, is pleased to announce that on September 24, 2008 Hague signed a binding letter of intent to purchase all of the assets of Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc. The agreement between Hague and Solterra requires Hague to fund Solterra a total of five million US dollars within sixty days of signing a final Asset Purchase Agreement.

1 Nov 2008

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