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enXco Begins 3 MW Pocono Raceway Solar Project

enXco – an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company - has confirmed the start of construction on the 3 MW photovoltaic array at Pocono Raceway Solar Project.

21 May 2010

New Method to Manufacture Semiconductors Used in Solar Cells

Thanks to a new semiconductor manufacturing method pioneered at the University of Illinois, the future of solar energy just got brighter.

21 May 2010

MIT Students Design New Solar Rechargeable Lamp

Surrounded by its inventors, a small, rechargeable lamp rested on a table at the front of an MIT classroom auditorium one recent Saturday afternoon, sending a bright beam of light toward the ceiling.

21 May 2010

Natcore Acquires Vanguard Solar

Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; OTC Pink Sheets: NTCXF) has received approval of the TSX Venture Exchange for the acquisition of Vanguard Solar Inc., thereby closing the acquisition.

21 May 2010

Apollo Solar Purchases Thin Film Solar Panels in U.S. for New Project in China

Apollo Solar Energy, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ASOE) ("Apollo Solar" or "the Company"), a refiner and producer of high purity tellurium (Te) and tellurium-based metals for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry and specific segments of the electronic materials market worldwide, in the People's Republic of China, today announced that the Company has signed an agreement with the Ningguo Municipal Government to build a 2MW demo solar power station in Ningguo City, Anhui Province, China.

20 May 2010

Fraunhofer Institute Researchers Develop Triple-Junction Solar Cell

Dr. Andreas Bett and Dr. Frank Dimroth of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg developed metamorphic triple-junction solar cell consisting of III-V compound semiconductors: gallium indium phosphide, gallium indium arsenide and germanium.

20 May 2010