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Using Semiconductor Nanowires to Increase Efficiency of PV Technology

Cleanfield Alternative Energy Inc. is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cleanfield Energy Corp, has developed a strategic partnership with McMaster University's Department of Engineering Physics by way of a research collaboration agreement dated December 18, 2007 between Cleanfield, McMaster and the Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.. The project is being partially funded by OCE's Centre for Photonics. OCE is a not for profit organization partially funded by the Government of Ontario.

16 Jan 2008

Turnkey Solution Dramatically Increases Efficiencies of Solar Cells

Braggone, the optoelectronics materials company, has signed a joint development agreement with equipment supplier Beneq that offers a turnkey solution to provide a custom matched material and toolset for the maximum manufacturing efficiency and product performance of solar cells.

16 Jan 2008

Air Products to Supply Related Gas Needs for New Thin-film photovoltaic Module Production Facility

Air Products today announced it has signed an agreement with Signet Solar Inc. to supply turnkey installation of gas delivery systems and services and related gas needs for a new, thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module production facility in Mochau, Germany. The long-term agreement includes the supply of hydrogen, helium, nitrogen and argon, as well as specialty gases such as silane, nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and dopant gases. The new plant will be onstream in the summer of 2008.

16 Jan 2008

Nano Photovoltaics Team Demonstrates Scalable Silicon Nanowire Based Solar Cell

GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General Electric Company, announced that scientists on their Nano Photovoltaics (PV) team have demonstrated a scalable silicon nanowire-based solar cell, which has the potential to achieve up to 18% efficiency and be produced at a dramatically lower cost than conventional solar cells. This demonstration represents a promising development in the effort to make PV systems more economically viable for consumers.

16 Jan 2008

Boston College Selects JEOL Microscopes for Nanofabrication Clean Room Facility

JEOL USA announced today that Boston College has selected the new JEOL MultiBeam Focused Ion Beam system and a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope for its nanofabrication clean room facility in Newton, Massachusetts.

15 Jan 2008

Energy Program Focusing on Novel Photovoltaic Materials and Solar Power Plants

MIT and Italian energy company Eni today announced a major energy research partnership. The centerpiece of this collaboration will be a program focusing on the development of advanced solar technologies, from novel photovoltaic materials to the design of solar power plants.

15 Jan 2008

MESSENGER Spacecraft Makes its First Flyby of Mercury

A University of Michigan space instrument will take the first direct measurements of the planet Mercury's wispy atmosphere and space environment on Jan. 14, when NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft does its initial flyby of the closest world to the sun.

15 Jan 2008

A Worldwide Leader in PV Production Constructs New Facility

SCHOTT AG, will construct a new solar energy technology production facility in the Mesa del Sol region of Albuquerque, NM.

14 Jan 2008

PPG Sungate Panoramic Roof Glass - The Sun Without the Burn

PPG Industries is helping Ford Motor Co. become the world's first car manufacturer to feature a panoramic glass roof using Sungate infrared reflective (IRR) technology.

11 Jan 2008

Hubble Reveals Never-Before-Seen Optical Alignment in Space

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space: a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other like a bull's-eye pattern.

10 Jan 2008

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