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Flex Tech Alliance Announces CAMM's Acceptance of CHA Industries Web Coater

Binghamton University and The Flex Tech Alliance, a public/private partnership chartered with developing the flexible electronics and displays industry supply chain, today announced that the CHA Industries Web Coater has been accepted at the Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing (CAMM).

5 May 2010

Bloo Solar Partners with CVD for Development of TCO Coating Equipment

Bloo Solar, a West Sacramento renewable solar energy company, announced today the selection of CVD Equipment Corporation (CVD) to develop and manufacture the equipment for its unique 3rd generation three dimensional architecture, thin film solar module.

5 May 2010

SunFab Line Solar Modules Qualify for UL’s Master Certification Program

Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a world leader in safety testing and certification, announced today that photovoltaic modules produced by an Applied Materials SunFab Thin Film Line™ are the first to qualify for UL’s Master Certification Program for the solar industry.

5 May 2010

Oerlikon Solar Earns UL Master and TUV Rheinland IEC Certifications

Oerlikon Solar, a leading provider of thin film photovoltaics (PV) manufacturing equipment, has received several key technology certifications that will help its customers bring thin film PV to market even more quickly.

5 May 2010

GeoSmart and Innovative Air Solutions Collaborate to Bring Innovative Solar Products to Canadian Market

GeoSmart Energy, the most experienced and respected name in geothermal, is further diversifying its renewable energy product line to include solar energy options thanks to a formal partnership with green energy solutions provider Innovative Air Solutions Inc.

5 May 2010

MAG Forms New Business Unit to Develop Automated Manufacturing Systems for Solar Panels

MAG Industrial Automation Systems is powering up on green energy, announcing the formation of a new Renewable Energy Business unit to design/build automated manufacturing systems for solar panels and wind turbine components.

5 May 2010

BT Imaging Announces Industry's First Electrical Wafer Quality Sorter for Solar Cell Manufacturing

BT Imaging Pty Ltd (BTi), the world's leading supplier of luminescence-based inspection and quality control systems for the photovoltaic manufacturing industry, today announced a breakthrough product for qualifying the electrical quality of as-cut wafers in production.

5 May 2010

Southwestern Power Generating Facility to Install Carmanah’s EverGEN Solar LED Lighting

A power generating facility in the United States is illuminating its perimeter fencing with $1 million (USD) of solar-powered LED streetlights provided by Carmanah Technologies.

5 May 2010

Coherent Completes Acquisition of Beam Dynamics; In Addition Partners with SiOnyx for Solar Cell Production

Coherent, Inc. (Nasdaq: COHR), today announced the completion of its all cash acquisition of Beam Dynamics for $6.25 million excluding transaction fees.

4 May 2010

Research on Purple Bacteria Helps in Development of Solar Panels

Neil Johnson, a physicist and head of the inter-disciplinary research group in complexity in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami, thinks its cellular arrangement could be adapted for use in solar panels and other energy conversion devices to offer a more efficient way to garner energy from the sun.

4 May 2010