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World’s Largest Solar Facility

Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) today announced plans for one of the world's largest solar facilities - a 280-megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power (CSP) plant to be built 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, near Gila Bend, Ariz.

21 Feb 2008

Camera Revealed Some Amazing Things

Venus Express has revealed a planet of extraordinarily changeable and extremely large-scale weather. Bright hazes appear in a matter of days, reaching from the south pole to the low southern latitudes and disappearing just as quickly. Such 'global weather', unlike anything on Earth, has given scientists a new mystery to solve.

21 Feb 2008

Giant Camera will Survey the Sky 1000 Times Faster

Today (21 February 2008) the Science and Technology Facility Council's UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh shipped its biggest and most complex ever instrument.

21 Feb 2008

Solar Cell Efficiency Boosted by Nanoparticles

The electrons in nanoparticles of noble metal oscillate together apace with the frequency of the light. This phenomenon can be exploited to produce better and cheaper solar cells, scientists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have shown.

21 Feb 2008

Kensey Nash Corp. Receives FDA Clearance for Vessel Wall Detection Technology

Kensey Nash Corporation today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance for an important vessel wall detection technology from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, designed to enhance the guidance provided by the Safe-Cross(R) RF CTO System.

20 Feb 2008

Their Costs Far Outweigh the Benefits

Despite increasing popular support for solar photovoltaic panels in the United States, their costs far outweigh the benefits, according to a new analysis by Severin Borenstein, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business and director of the UC Energy Institute.

20 Feb 2008

Solar Panel Provides Educational Tool for College Students

Honeywell today announced that Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore. has awarded the company a solar project that is expected to save the school at least $200,000 in energy costs over the next 20 years.

20 Feb 2008

Global Solar Photovoltaic Market to Reach more than $16 Billion in 2012

As climate change rises on the international agenda, the solar energy industry continues to grow at a very fast pace. However, over the last few years the solar photovoltaic market has been facing one of its biggest challenges.

19 Feb 2008

Company Enters Competitive Solar Market with State-of-the-Art Racking System

REC Solar, a rapidly growing solar installer with national presence, announced the launch of its innovative commercial and residential racking system.

19 Feb 2008

ICP Solar Eenters Agreement with Leading European Suppliers of Photovoltaic Systems

ICP Solar Technologies Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of solar panels and products, today announced it has entered into a strategic alliance with Ibersolar Energia, S.A. one of the leading European distributors and suppliers of solar photovoltaic systems, solar thermal systems and absorption units.

19 Feb 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.

From Shanghai Optics