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Concentrix Solar Joins Transgreen Initiative

Soitec (Euronext Paris), the world’s leading supplier of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and advanced solutions for the electronics and energy industries, announced today that its Concentrix Solar division focusing on concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems, has joined the Transgreen Initiative.

14 Sep 2010

Constellation Wines U.S. Ramps Up Solar Energy Initiatives

Constellation Wines U.S. has ramped up its solar energy initiatives.

14 Sep 2010

Tokyo International Airport to Produce Clean Power with Mitsubishi Solar Panels

The 1,246 kW solar PV systems fixed over the roof of two airport passenger terminals and a car parking extending over an area of 9,411 square meters that is equivalent to the area covered by 36 tennis courts.

14 Sep 2010

Trony Solar to Develop Amorphous Silicon and Microcrystalline Tandem Solar Battery

Trony Solar Holdings Company Limited, a globally known thin film photovoltaic module manufacturing company, has declared the opening of its Hong Kong office located in Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks.

14 Sep 2010

Abengoa Solar Receives Approval to Construct Solar Thermal Plant

The company is planning to start the construction of the plant by the end of this year to become eligible to receive stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

14 Sep 2010

Soliant Energy Plans to Exploit Portuguese Rooftops CPV Market

Soliant Energy, a provider of concentrated photovoltaic solar power systems that is used for commercial rooftops, has announced the completion of its first commercial rooftop CPV solar power installation in the Portuguese market in collaboration with Turiprojecto, a Portuguese construction company.

14 Sep 2010

Despatch Industries Sells 500 Units of Metalization Firing Furnaces to China

Despatch Industries, a technology and tool providing company for the manufacture of solar cell, has declared the receipt of a bulk order for metallization firing furnaces from Trina Solar, a fully owned subsidiary company of Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd and a manufacturer of solar modules.

14 Sep 2010

AEG Power Solutions Installs Solar System to Power FREEDM Systems Center

The 40 kW powered ballasted rooftop solar unit is expected to produce approximately 52,000 kWH of solar power per year.

14 Sep 2010

Chromasun and SunWater Solar Install MCT Rooftop Demo System

The MCT unit incorporates a flat sheet type solar heat collector designed to realize nearly 25 times of solar heat intensity by utilizing reflective type of aluminum mirrors that are light in weight and manufactured by Alanod solar.

14 Sep 2010

SunPower Receives $1.8 Million Grant from CPUC for Solar PV Energy Storage Research

SunPower Corp. has received a $1.8-million grant from the CPUC (California Public Utilities Commission) towards enabling the solar energy company to conduct research in the field of PV (photovoltaic) energy storage for large-scale commercial applications.

14 Sep 2010