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New Sensitizers Helping Solar Cells to be More Efficient

In collaboration with Satoshi Uchida at the University of Tokyo, Michael Gratzel and his research group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne have now developed new sensitizers that should help an inexpensive type of solar cell to be more efficient.

29 Feb 2008

Thin Film Solar Technology Company Receives Funding to Advance Solar Technology

Bloo Solar announced today that is has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

28 Feb 2008

New 82-Inch Large Format Display Now Shipping and Available

Samsung Electronics America, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation, a world-leading manufacturer of professional LCD and PDP display products, today announced the availability of its largest and most powerful large format display.

28 Feb 2008

Suppliers will Deliver Approximately 12 MW of Wafers to CSI Under Agreement

Canadian Solar Inc. today announced it signed solar wafer supply contracts with four suppliers, including Jiangsu Shunda Group Corporation.

28 Feb 2008

EMCORE Introduces New Line of Un-Cooled Coaxial DFB Lasers

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, is announcing the introduction of a new line of un-cooled coaxial DFB lasers.

28 Feb 2008

$39 Million Production Order for Additional Solar Cell Receiver Assemblies

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber-optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, announces today that it has been awarded a follow-on production order of $39 million for additional solar cell receiver assemblies.

28 Feb 2008

Imagery is The Next Best Thing

NASA has obtained the highest resolution terrain mapping to date of the moon's rugged south polar region, with a resolution to 20 meters per pixel. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., collected the data using the facility's Goldstone Solar System Radar located in California's Mojave Desert.

27 Feb 2008

Establishing State-of-the-Art Facility for Producing High Quality CIGS Solar Products

Austin-based architecture and land development services firm TAG International, L.L.P, announced today that it is designing a full-scale green manufacturing facility for HelioVolt, one of the renewable energy industry's most innovative technology leaders.

26 Feb 2008

BTU Establishes International Solar Research and Process Application Centers

In a move that signals the company’s commitment to rapidly grow its solar energy business, BTU International, Inc. today announced several initiatives, including the formation of a new Business Group for its Alternative Energy equipment business, the addition of key talent, and the establishment of international solar research and process application centers.

26 Feb 2008

Revolutionizing Service Provider ROI

Teknovus, the leading provider of Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (G-EPON) chips for the deployment of triple-play services in broadband access networks, today announced the TK3723, its third-generation EPON Optical Line Terminal (OLT) chip with two dual-speed Turbo-EPONTM MACs and multi-service traffic management and shaping.

26 Feb 2008

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