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Italy Set to Become World's Second Largest Solar Power Market

An attractive feed-in tariff incentive and rapidly decreasing solar module prices have made Italy the most attractive PV market in the world. This year, Italy is set to become the world's second largest PV market after Germany, the undisputed leader

27 Jul 2009

World's First Hybrid Solar Power Plant to be Built With Custom Aluminum Frames From Hydro

Hydro's Extrusion Americas unit has signed an agreement with Florida Power and Light (FPL) to supply custom aluminum extrusions for the first hybrid solar/fossil fuel energy generating facility in the world

27 Jul 2009

Combining Piezoelectrics and Nanotechnology to Power Cell Phones, MP3 Players and Other Gadgets

A research team have set out to use piezoelectrics to create nanodevices that can power electronics, such as cell phones, MP3 players and even biomedical implants

27 Jul 2009

GE To Make Energy Efficient Smart Grid Appliances

GE announced today it will develop and manufacture Smart Grid-enabled appliances that will shave energy peaks for utility companies and save consumers money

27 Jul 2009

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Visits Applied Materials Solar Panel Testing Facility in China

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations visited the world's largest thin film solar panel manufactured by Applied Materials' SunFab production line during a visit to the company's SunFab Solar Module Reliability Testing facility on Saturday

27 Jul 2009

Scientist From Tesla Motors Joins KLD Energy Technologies

Austin, Texas-based KLD Energy Technologies, developers of the patented Neue drive simple high-performance electric motor system technology, has named Rob Ferber, former science director at San Carlos, Calif.-based Tesla Motors Inc., as its chief technology officer

26 Jul 2009

BioFuels and Food To Benefit From Plant Research Funding for CSIRO and USDA

CSIRO and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers, have been awarded a A$1.6 million grant to increase the understanding of genes responsible for growth and yield in grasses for use as bio-energy and food crops

24 Jul 2009

Wacker Releases New Protective Material for Encasing Solar Cells

WACKER, the Munich-based chemical company, will be using the 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition to present a new thermoplastic encapsulant for the manufacture of photovoltaic modules

23 Jul 2009

Wind Power to be Advanced by New Partnership

It is predicted that wind energy could provide as much as 13 per cent of global electricity demand in 2020 and as much as 25 per cent in 2030. A partnership announced today aims to advance wind-power technology using composite materials

23 Jul 2009

Thin Film Solar Cells Made From Compound Semiconductors

The laboratory for photovoltaics of the University of Luxembourg has produced its first thin film solar cells made from compound semiconductors, already reaching a 12 percent efficiency. Thin film solar cells are considered the next generation of solar cells and are expected to be considerably cheaper

23 Jul 2009