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CSA and VDE Sign Reciprocal Testing Services Agreement for PV Modules

CSA Group, today announced a reciprocal testing services agreement for photovoltaic modules with German VDE Testing and Certification Institute.

27 May 2010

ENN Wins Contract to Supply PV Modules for CECEP’s Solar Project

Applied Materials, Inc. and China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP), a leading new energy company in China, today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore projects for accelerating the development and deployment of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology.

26 May 2010

New Technique to Produce Fuels and Chemicals Using Solar Panels

A new way to make valuable chemicals and more affordable “green” fuel from solar power, bacteria and carbon dioxide could be “truly transformative” for our society if it works on a commercial scale, says microbiologist Derek Lovley, head of a research group developing the method at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

26 May 2010

New Solar Installation at Victor Valley College

Victor Valley College and SolFocus held a grand opening ceremony today for the largest solar power plant in North America using concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems.

26 May 2010

National Bank of Arizona to Install 1,320 Solar Panels at its Headquarters

National Bank of Arizona announced plans today to install a $2 million solar system on its Tucson headquarters this summer constructed by Natural Power and Energy.

25 May 2010

International Research Project to Improve Solar Cell Efficiency

In principle, solar energy is unlimitedly available. If it is to get rid of its status as the most expensive and highly subsidized kind of renewable energy, researchers have to bring about basic innovations.

25 May 2010

T-Solar Selects BrightView’s InSight-M Tool to Enhance Performance of PV Panels

BrightView Systems, a leading provider of in-line metrology-based process control and optimization tools for thin-film solar cell manufacturing received technical acceptance and announces deployment of its InSight-M at T-Solar's thin film solar factory at Ourence, Spain.

25 May 2010

New SmartFactory System Helps to Ramp Up Production in Solar, LED Packaging Industries

Applied Materials, Inc., today launched its Applied SmartFactory(TM) MES software - an affordable, out-of-the-box, factory automation solution to track and streamline the flow of materials throughout a manufacturing facility.

25 May 2010

Developers Diversified Wins ICSC's Best-of-the-Best Award for Rooftop Solar Panel Program

Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (NYSE: DDR) today announced that the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) presented the company with the "Best-of-the-Best" award during the industry's largest annual gathering in Las Vegas for the company's innovative rooftop solar panel program.

25 May 2010

Abound Solar Announces Unique Marketing Partnership

Abound Solar, a leading manufacturer of cadmium telluride thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules today announced the Abound Alliance, a unique ecosystem of balance-of-system partners that are collaborating with Abound Solar to drive down the levelized cost of PV electricity.

25 May 2010