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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

Spire Semiconductor Equals Efficiency Record for Concentrator PV Cell

The provider of solar cell turnkey production lines Spire announced that its unit, Spire Semiconductor has achieved the existing concentrator photovoltaic cell’s efficiency record.

24 May 2010

SkyPower Forms Joint Venture with Canada-Based Solar Company

SkyPower Limited (Toronto) and Conergy, Inc. (Canada) have formed a landmark international joint venture, which brings forth a powerful portfolio of global expertise to the Canadian marketplace to deploy solar energy solutions on commercial rooftops in Canada.

24 May 2010

International Solar PV Exhibition to be Held in Shenzhen, China

The 6th China International Solar Photovoltaic Exhibition, which is the largest scale and the most specialized solar photovoltaic exhibition in Southern China (i.e. Sino-EU International Solar Photovoltaic Development Forum) will be solemnly held in Shenzhen convention & exhibition center on the 25th – 27th September 2010.

24 May 2010