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Next-Generation Solar Cells With High-Efficiency

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. and EPIR Technologies, Inc. (EPIR) announce the development of new solar cell materials that Sunovia and EPIR believe will rival the most efficient multi-junction solar cell performance in existence today at significantly less cost.

7 Apr 2008

New Materials Hold Promise for Efficiently Producing Hydrogen from Water and Sunlight

FUJIFILM Dimatix, the world's leading supplier of drop-on-demand inkjet printheads for industrial applications, today announced that its cartridge-based Dimatix Materials Printer (DMP) has been used to assist researchers in devising a novel method of rapidly producing, testing and optimizing new materials that hold promise for efficiently producing hydrogen from water and sunlight.

4 Apr 2008

LDK Solar Signs Wafer Supply Agreement for 6 Years

LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced that it has signed a wafer supply agreement with Silcio S.A. Greek for 6 years commencing in 2008 through 2013. This agreement includes 50 MW of silicon wafer with a fixed amount of deposit.

4 Apr 2008

Sunovia Announces Technology and Manufacturing Breakthroughs by EPIR Technologies

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce technology and manufacturing breakthroughs by EPIR Technologies, Inc. (EPIR). EPIR's research and development efforts have formed a cornerstone for products that enabled the U.S. military's night vision superiority.

4 Apr 2008

Company Awarded Contract to Produce Infrared Window Assemblies and Hybrid Circuits

Brush Engineered Materials Inc. announced today that Thin Film Technology, Inc. (TFT), a unit of its Williams Advanced Materials Inc. (WAM) subsidiary, has been awarded $9.8 million in new contracts to provide Visi-Lid(TM) hermetic window assemblies and thin film hybrid circuits to DRS Technologies Sensors + Targeting Systems, Infrared Technologies Division. The contract is for a period of up to 16 months.

3 Apr 2008

LDK Solar to Deliver 640 MW of Multicrystalline Solar Wafers to MBPV under Agreement

LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced that it has signed a ten-year contract which is a blend of "Take or Pay" linked with market-based pricing to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to India-based Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Limited (MBPV), a subsidiary of Moser Baer India Limited (MBI).

2 Apr 2008

EMCORE Corporation Receives Follow-on Order from Concentration Solar la Mancha

EMCORE Corporation a leading provider of semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber-optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, announced today that it has been awarded a $4.6 million follow-on production order for solar cell receiver assemblies from Concentration Solar la Mancha of Manzanares (Ciudad Real), Spain.

2 Apr 2008

Solar Flares Get Much Hotter When They Stay Focused

A NASA-funded researcher has discovered that solar flares -- explosions in the atmosphere of the sun -- get much hotter when they stay "focused."

2 Apr 2008

M-Com Selects Veeco MOCVD Tool for Production of High-Efficiency Solar Cells

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that Millenium Communication Co. Ltd. (M-Com) of Hsinchu, Taiwan has ordered a TurboDisc(R) E450(TM) arsenic phosphide (As/P) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for production of high-efficiency III-V compound multi-junction solar cells.

From Veeco 2 Apr 2008

Panels Provide Electrical Power for GLAST

Preparations for launching NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) satellite are underway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. NASA KSC's "NASA Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report" on Thursday, March 20, noted that GLAST's twin solar panels have been attached. The panels will provide electrical power for GLAST after its launch into earth orbit.

2 Apr 2008

Featured Equipment

Advanced F-Theta Lenses for Precision Imaging Systems

These F-theta lenses by Avantier are designed for consistent spot size and uniform field curvature correction, ideal for high-resolution imaging applications.

From Avantier Inc.

Off-Axis Parabolic (OAP) Mirrors: Precision Solutions for Advanced Optical Systems

Shanghai Optics provides high-precision off-axis parabolic (OAP) mirrors designed for advanced optical systems, offering superior reflective solutions for applications requiring precise light collimation and focus.

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