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Applied Materials Comments on The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Applied Materials, the world's largest supplier of equipment to the solar industry, released the following statement in support of the "The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act" a bill introduced today by Senator John Kerry and Senator Barbara Boxer

1 Oct 2009

Siemens Introduces New Photovoltaic Inverter Family for Professional Solar Power Plants

Siemens is set to substantially extend its share in the PV (photovoltaics) inverter market. A current IMS Research study has shown that the PV plant market is expected to grow by at least 30 per cent annually until 2013, with the expectation that the
growth rate will be disproportionately high in the commercial and power plant segment

23 Sep 2009

World Record Efficiency for Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaic Solar Cells

Oerlikon Solar, the world's leading supplier of thin film silicon photovoltaic (PV) production equipment, today announced that it has achieved a new stabilized record efficiency level for amorphous silicon (a-Si) single junction PV cells

23 Sep 2009

Applied Materials Signs Contract With ENN Solar Energy

Applied Materials announced that it has signed a five-year contract with ENN Solar Energy Co., Ltd. to support ENN’s solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing facility in Langfang, China, which features an Applied SunFab Thin Film Line

23 Sep 2009

Linde Leading the Photovoltaic Industry in Reducing the Carbon Impact of Solar Power

In a run up to the largest Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, is encouraging the thin-film PV industry to shift focus from grid parity to green parity

22 Sep 2009

Solar Power Efficiency and Output to be Increased With New Material From Honeywell

Honeywell (NYSE: HON) Electronic Materials announced today a new material that improves the efficiency and power output of photovoltaic (PV) panels

22 Sep 2009

Moves For the Industrialization of Photovoltaic Solar Power By Applied Materials

At its annual solar analyst and press briefing today at the Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (PVSEC), Europe’s largest solar tradeshow, Applied Materials executives provided updates on Applied’s solar strategy, including highlights of the company’s business and technology roadmaps for both crystalline silicon (c-Si) and thin-film solar photovoltaics (PV)

21 Sep 2009

Applied HCT Diamond Squarer System To Make Solar Cell Manufacturing Cheaper

Applied Materials, Inc. today extended its leadership in pioneering solar wafering technology with its new Applied HCT Diamond Squarer system

21 Sep 2009

Energy and the Environment Collaboration Between Rice University and Alberta Province

Days after President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper met in the Oval Office to discuss mutual concerns, including energy and the environment, Rice University and the province of Alberta are moving forward with plans to collaborate on those very issues

21 Sep 2009

Stacked, Multijunction Solar Cells Aim for Efficiencies Over 40 Percent

At the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Hamburg, Germany), IMEC presents a mechanically-stacked GaAs - Ge multijunction solar cell. This is the first promising demonstrator of IMEC's novel technology to produce mechanically stacked, high-efficiency multijunction solar cells, aiming at efficiencies above 40 percent

21 Sep 2009