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Honda Starts Solar Hydrogen Station Operation Powered by Solar Array

-- Los Angeles-Based Station to Re-Fuel Honda Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle --

28 Jan 2010

Inovateus to Become Scheuten Solar's North American Channel Partner

Inovateus Solar, one of the nation's fastest growing distributors and integrators of cutting-edge solar electric power solutions is pleased to announce it will become the North American channel partner for Scheuten Solar Products. Scheuten Solar is a global leader in a variety of solar panel and glass technologies. Inovateus Solar will use Scheuten panels for a variety of installations from residential to utility scale projects.

28 Jan 2010

Sixtron Introduces Silane-Free Coatings for Solar Cell and Module Manufacturers

Silane-Free Coatings Offer Cost-Effective Solution to Pervasive Problem in Solar Industry

28 Jan 2010

SEKO Worldwide Installs 143-Panel PV System at its Portland, Oregon Facility

SEKO Worldwide – a global provider of supply-chain solutions, including comprehensive transportation, logistics and IT offerings – announced that its Portland, Ore. facility recently installed a 31-kilowatt, 143-panel solar voltaic system to supply the vast majority of its electricity needs.

28 Jan 2010

Cenergy Power Creates Unit in Vietnam to Handle Operations in Southeast Asia

Cenergy Power, a leading commercial solar developer in California, today announced the legal formation of a Vietnam-based subsidiary focusing on utility-scale solar power development and project-level human capital build-up in Southeast Asia.

28 Jan 2010

Suntech Plans to Set its First US Manufacturing Facility in Arizona

From the AZ4Solar Symposium today, Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer, and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer announced that the company's first U.S. manufacturing plant will be located in the City of Goodyear, Arizona.

28 Jan 2010

T-Solar Enters Partnership to Develop 120 MWp Solar Plants in France

Spanish T-Solar Group, a leader in the South of Europe in the photovoltaic electric power generation market - in terms of installed capacity - has just sealed an agreement with French Global Ecopower to jointly develop 120 MWp in France over the next three years.

28 Jan 2010

LDK Solar to Deliver 30MW Solar Modules to COU Solar

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ("LDK Solar"; NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of solar wafers, announced today that it has signed a contract to supply solar modules to Canada based COU Solar ("COU"), a subsidiary of Oneworld Energy Inc. ("Oneworld"). Under terms of the agreement, LDK Solar will deliver approximately 30 megawatts (MW) of solar modules to COU/Oneworld in 2010.

28 Jan 2010

Collective Photonics Research and Commercialization Resources at Opportunities in Solar PV and LED Lighting

Attracted by a $1 trillion cleantech opportunity and the world's largest category for venture capital investment, economic development executives from Berlin, Ottawa and Tucson are gathering today in San Francisco at the Photonics West trade show.

27 Jan 2010

Survey Conducted on Solar Cell Researchers and Manufacturers

A recent survey of solar cell/photovoltaic device researchers and manufacturers working in government, university-based, and corporate labs and manufacturing facilities indicates distinct differences in testing methods and priorities among respondents from Asia, North America, and Europe. Keithley Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: KEI) conducted the study during Summer 2009 using a by-invitation-only online survey generating 564 responses.

27 Jan 2010

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Advanced F-Theta Lenses for Precision Imaging Systems

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Off-Axis Parabolic (OAP) Mirrors: Precision Solutions for Advanced Optical Systems

Shanghai Optics provides high-precision off-axis parabolic (OAP) mirrors designed for advanced optical systems, offering superior reflective solutions for applications requiring precise light collimation and focus.

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