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PTL SOLAR to Provide GRENLite Billboard Lighting Kit to Saudi Arabian Company

Provider of energy-efficient and renewable energy solutions, PTL SOLAR, has secured a purchase order to supply the GRENLite Induction lighting system to a major advertising company in Saudi Arabia.

27 Aug 2010

Lighting Science’s Solar LED Lights to Illuminate Mexico’s New Superhighway

Manufacturer of advanced LED lighting products, Lighting Science Group, has announced that its PROLIFIC DC LED street lights will illuminate the new Viaducto Bicentenario superhighway in the Mexico City.

23 Aug 2010

TSMC to Construct New LED Production Line

Silicon IC manufacturing foundry, TSMC, has assigned US$101.6 million for a new LED manufacturing line.

19 Aug 2010

LIMO Diode Lasers Offer Faster Solar Cell Inspection

Freiburg, Germany-based Fraunhofer ISE has demonstrated the LIMO diode laser system, which excites PL (photoluminescence) signals for the inspection of solar cells, on finished solar cells, as-cut wafers, and bricks.

16 Aug 2010

New Solar LED Lanterns from Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting

Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting has released new LED rechargeable lanterns that are available in dry cell, rechargeable and solar configurations.

16 Aug 2010

Energy Focus to Develop Sol-Gel Coatings for LED Lighting and Solar Systems

Provider of energy-efficient lighting products, Energy Focus, has announced that a $1 million Phase II DOE (Department of Energy) SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) award has been granted to its research and development team.

13 Aug 2010

TSMC to Build Solar Cell Factory by 2010

Contract chip manufacturer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), has planned to construct its first solar cell plant by the end of 2010.

12 Aug 2010

Researchers Embed Selenium into Zinc Oxide to Develop Efficient Solar Cell

Applied Physics Letters, a journal of the AIP (American Institute of Physics) has published a research report, which describes how solar energy can be harvested by making use of oxide materials containing selenium.

6 Aug 2010

San'an, EMCORE Sign JV Agreement to Develop Concentrator PV Products

EMCORE has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with a China-based company, San'an Optoelectronics, to design, manufacture and distribute concentration photovoltaic (CPV) systems, receivers and modules for global solar power applications.

From Emcore Corporation 4 Aug 2010