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Air Products Gets DoE Funding for Thin Film Solar Cells

Air Products has been selected to receive more than $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under DOE’s Solar Energy Technology Program

7 Aug 2009

Stimulus Money to Help Develop Nanotechnology Based Energy Storage

EnerG2, a Seattle based company focused on introducing advanced nano-structured materials for next-generation energy storage breakthroughs, today announced that the United States Department of Energy has awarded the company $21.3 million in Federal stimulus
funds allocated for makers of advanced automotive batteries and energy storage technologies

6 Aug 2009

Student Works On An Energy Revolution Of Solar Powered Cars

Research is underway that is aimed at creating a thin, flexible organic solar cell that could power a tent or keep a car charged between trips to work and back home again

5 Aug 2009

Lotus Systems To Build Solar Cell Production Line in Germany

Lotus Systems has received an order from a large German solar cell manufacturer to install fully automated wet chemical process lines for cell production

5 Aug 2009

Shin-Etsu Launches Product Range for Solar Power Marketplace

Shin-Etsu Chemical, one of the world's largest suppliers of semiconductor materials, has introduced a range of products specifically designed for the PV (photovoltaic) and solar marketplace

4 Aug 2009

Solar Cells Made From Plastic Promise to Change the Way Electricity is Generated

University of Washington researchers have found a way to measure exactly how much electrical current is carried by tiny bubbles and channels that form inside nanoscale solar cells, paving the way for development of more efficient materials

4 Aug 2009

Heating and Cooling Savings to Come From Intelligent Windows at Department of Energy Building

Denver-based RavenBrick has been selected to provide intelligent window technology for the new Research Support Facilities (RSF), which is currently under construction

3 Aug 2009

Largest Rooftop Solar Power System in the US Planned by FedEx

FedEx Ground, the small-package shipping unit of FedEx Corp., today announced plans to install the nation’s largest rooftop solar-electric system

2 Aug 2009

Application Engineer Named for Dow Corning European Solar Business

Dow Corning has named Codin-Sorel Ureche as Application Engineer & Technical Services (AETS) for its Solar Market Business Unit in Europe, which provides silicon-based solutions throughout the entire solar value chain

2 Aug 2009

World's Largest Pole Attached Solar Installation

Petra Solar, Inc., the leading provider of innovative photovoltaic (PV) solutions for utilities, will be producing 200,000 smart solar systems for installation on PSE and G utility poles and street light poles in the largest pole-attached solar installation in the world

31 Jul 2009