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SolarFrameWorks’ Founders Share JM's Acceptance of CoolPly BIPV Roofing Product

Flying high from this past weekend’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Patrina & Annett Eiffert, founders of Colorado-based SolarFrameWorks Co. returned to the mountains, “To think, one year ago, as Berkshire shareholders, we simply approached the Johns Manville booth in search of a good deal.

10 May 2010

Coherent and SiOnyx Collaborate to Gain New Opportunities in the Solar Industry

Coherent, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) and SiOnyx, Inc. (Beverly, MA) announced they have entered into a joint development agreement for solar cell capital equipment (tools) manufacturing utilizing SiOnyx’s Black Silicon processing that is based upon the interaction of ultrafast laser light and silicon in a controlled environment.

7 May 2010

EVSO Congratulates MIT Scientists for Breakthrough in Solar Technology

Evolution Solar (PinkSheets:EVSO) applauded the news that Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have successfully coated paper with a solar cell, part of a suite of research projects aimed at energy breakthroughs. The paper solar cells are one of many avenues being pursued around nanoscale materials at the Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

7 May 2010

McElroy Metal Forms Roofing and Solar Power Partnership with Inovateus Solar

McElroy Metal and Inovateus Solar have formed a roofing and solar power partnership to provide specification, engineering and installation solutions for large standing seam roofing projects incorporating solar.

6 May 2010

SunPower Builds New 1.3 MW Solar Plant in Italy

SunPower Corp., a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, announced today that it is building a 1.3-megawatt solar power plant in the Lazio region of Italy for Solar Green Energy-SGE, a joint venture between EDF-EN Italia, a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, and Emmecidue, an Italian project developer.

6 May 2010

New 215W Solar Panel Launched by Evergreen Solar

Evergreen Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESLR), a manufacturer of String Ribbon™ solar power products with its proprietary silicon wafer technology, today introduced its newest ES-A series solar panel, a 215-watt panel that is the company’s most powerful to date, at the Solar Expo in Verona, Italy, May 5-7, 2010.

6 May 2010

ARC Selects Sol to Bring Solar LED Lightings to Aviation Marketplace

Sol, Inc. is pleased to announce that ARC Aviation Renewables Corp. and Sol, Inc. have reached a global agreement to bring solar lighting to the aviation marketplace.

6 May 2010

Applied Chemical Laboratories’ New Program Supports Manufacturing of PV Products

Applied Chemical Laboratories, Inc., an innovator in eco-friendly chemicals for semiconductor wafer fabrication, flat panel displays and magnetic recording media, has launched a program to support production of photovoltaic (PV) products.

6 May 2010

SBS Energy to Install Solar Panel Systems at Seabrook Farms’ New Jersey Facility

SBS Energy Partners, LLC today announced a 15-year agreement with Seabrook Farms to install and maintain more than 21 acres of solar panel systems at its Seabrook, NJ facility.

6 May 2010

Applied Materials’ Esatto Technology Receives Enthusiastic Response from Solar Cell Manufacturers

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced at the SNEC 2010 PV Power Expo that its Esatto Technology™ is expected to be used in more than 2 gigawatts of annual cell manufacturing capacity in the next few months at customer sites in China, Taiwan and Europe.

5 May 2010