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Sustainable Energy Experts Welcome Renewable Energy Target Legislation Being Passed by Australian Government

Auzion, the Sustainable Energy Experts, have welcomed last night’s news that the Australian Parliament has passed the important Renewable Energy Target (RET) legislation

24 Aug 2009

Applied Nanotech Wins Contract to Make Printable Metallic Inks for Solar Cells

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive a contract of approximately $750,000 for the development of non-contact, printable metallic inks for silicon solar cells

20 Aug 2009

DuPont Spends $120 Million on Increasing Capacity for Tedlar Photovoltaic Module Materials

As a leading supplier of materials to the solar photovoltaic industry, DuPont today is providing further details of a multi-phase production expansion for its high-performance DuPont Tedlar polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) product line

20 Aug 2009

US President Obama's Grandmother Gets Solar Power

Young Kenyans working with Greenpeace's Solar Generation are tackling the twin problems of energy poverty and climate change today, by installing solar panels on the Senator Barack Obama School in Kogelo and on the roof of the house of Mama Sarah – the US President's grandmother

20 Aug 2009

Hybrid Solar Power Plants in Morocco and Algeria to Use Solutia's Therminol Heat Transfer Fluid

Solutia Inc. announced today that it will be supplying Therminol VP-1 synthetic heat transfer fluid to a new 470 MW hybrid solar plant in Ain-Ben-Mathar, Morocco and a 170 MW hybrid solar plant in Hassi R'Mel, Algeria

20 Aug 2009

World Record Set For Efficiency of a Multi-Crystalline Solar Power Photovoltaic Module

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's leading manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) modules, today announced that it has achieved a new world record conversion efficiency of 15.6% on a commercial grade multi-crystalline silicon PV module

19 Aug 2009

Solar Cells Materials Get Scientist Recognized As One Of The Top Innovators Under Age 35

Berkeley Lab and University of California, Berkeley scientist has been recognized by Technology Review magazine as among the world's top innovators under age 35 for identifying materials that could be unexpectedly useful in solar cells

19 Aug 2009

Veeco Optical Profiler Optimizes Photovoltaic Solar Cell Production and Development

Veeco Instruments Inc has announced the release of its NT9100S Optical Profiler System specifically designed to optimize photovoltaic (PV) cell production and process development

18 Aug 2009

Building Integrated Photovoltaics Report Looks at the Market for Solar Power Built into Buildings

Building-Integrated Photovoltaics Markets 2009 and Beyond report, contains analysis and market projections of both crystalline silicon (c-Si) and the thin-film PV technologies used in various portions of a building-rooftops, exterior walls, windows, facades, sunshades, skylights, etc., and other related materials

17 Aug 2009

IMEC to Present New Solar Energy Partners at Solar Power Conference

At the upcoming 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, IMEC will present a host of new partners within its Silicon Solar Cell Industrial Affiliation program (IIAP)

16 Aug 2009