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XsunX Joins MAG Industrial Automation Systems to Produce CIGSolar Modules

XsunX, a company engaged in the development of thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) technologies and production process, declared that it has teamed up with MAG Industrial Automation Systems to offer 24/7 parts support and services for its global clients using CIGSolar cell production lines.

16 Apr 2011

Spire to Provide Solar Simulation Test Facilities for PV System Installers

Spire, a company that supplies turn-key production lines and capital equipment to manufacture solar photovoltaic modules, has declared that it is planning to offer its expertise and simulation facilities to solar PV system installers and to render customer service on a need basis.

16 Apr 2011

Wise Power Systems Associates with Unirac to Complete Solar Installations

Unirac, a company that provides infrastructure for installing solar power systems, declared that it has partnered with Wise Power Systems to complete a 1.1 MW solar power installation with the ISYS Ground Mount (IGM) in a locality in northern US.

16 Apr 2011

SolarCity and City of Sacramento Plan to Install Solar Panels to Generate Renewable Power

Sacramento City Council has accorded its approval for a joint solar energy project by the City of Sacramento and SolarCity.

16 Apr 2011

University Of Warwick Researchers Deposit Ultra-Thin Gold Films for Organic Solar Cells

A research team at the University of Warwick has declared their success in developing a window with gold plating to perform as a transparent electrode for use with organic solar cells.

15 Apr 2011

Enel Green Power Announces Purchase of Agatos Green Power San Gillio

Enel Green Power, declared that it has entered into an accord with Agatos Energia to purchase 80% interest in the ‘Agatos Green Power San Gillio, located in the city of San Gillio in Turin province, which currently carries out an authorized solar photovoltaic program.

15 Apr 2011

Nano Graphite Particles Improve Efficiency of Solar Thermal Collectors

Research results declared by the mechanical engineers at the Arizona State University concluded that the use of minuscule nano graphite particles, which are nearly 1000 times smaller than the breadth of a human hair, in solar heat collectors increases their heat absorbing efficiency by 10%.

15 Apr 2011

New Findings on More Efficient Photochemical Cells for Solar Energy

Titanium oxide-based photocatalysis is the presently most efficient, yet little understood conversion process. In cooperation with colleagues from Germany and abroad, scientists of the KIT Institute for Functional Interfaces (IFG) have studied the basic mechanisms of photochemistry by the example of titania and have presented new detailed findings.

14 Apr 2011

University of Michigan Prepare to Take on the World with New Solar Car

With its sleek 2011 car Quantum now built and ready for testing, the University of Michigan's No. 1 solar car team in America is preparing to take on the world.

14 Apr 2011

Solutia to Supply Heat Transfer Fluids to World's Largest Solar Power Plant

Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), a global leader in performance materials and specialty chemicals, has been awarded a contract to supply its Therminol(R) VP-1 synthetic heat transfer fluid for the Solana solar power plant project, which is slated to be the world's largest solar power plant.

14 Apr 2011