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Solar Cell Efficiency Increased with Popcorn Ball Design | NDN
Researchers from the University of Washington in the U.S. have developed dye-sensitized solar cells with a nanoscale âpopcorn-ball designâ that can better manipulate light and convert solar energy to electricity with double the...
Solar Millennium To Operate Solar Thermal Around the Clock
Solar Millennium AG has entered into an agreement with Blue Tower GmbH to use Blue Tower's conversion technology at its solar thermal plants. The goal is for Solar Millennium's solar thermal power plants to work in hybrid operation around...
Conergy expects Frankfurt (Oder) fab to be at full capacity by 2H09 - Solar News
Conergy has said that its initial ramp of its new â¬250 million integrated solar cell fab in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, now has approximately 90 percent of the production tools installed and is qualified for production.
Governor Ritter Announces 22 Residential Solar Program Partners (Apr 14, 2008)
Gov. Bill Ritter today announced that 22 Solar Residential Program partners have been selected to promote the installation of residential solar electric and solar domestic hot water systems statewide. The Governorâs Energy Office...
Governor Patrick and Secretary Bowles Showcase Renewables Energy at Deer Island
This morning, Governor Deval Patrick and Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Ian A. Bowles attended a ceremony held at MWRA's Deer Island Treatment Plant in Winthrop to announce two initiatives relative to renewable energy in...
Mainstream Energy - Investing in the Solar Solution
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, April 11, 2008 - Mainstream Energy Corporation* (MSE), a renewable energy company headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California, announced today it completed an equity transaction worth $40 million with Oslo, Norway-...
Trina Solar Discontinues Development of Polysilicon Production Facility
CHANGZHOU, China, April 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trina Solar Limited ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the...
MIT and Fraunhofer Announce Center for Sustainable Energy Systems with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
PLYMOUTH, Mich., April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- At the MIT Energy Conference this morning, Foreign Minister of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, along with MIT President Susan Hockfield and Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental...
ReneSola signs six-year deals to supply two Chinese companies with solar wafers
LONDON, Apr. 15, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- ReneSola Ltd. (OOTC:RESLF) (NYSE:SOL) said it has signed six-year solar wafer supply contracts with Ningbo Solar Electric Power Co. Ltd. and Eoplly New Energy Technology Co....
Fluor receives contract from LDK Solar
Fluor Corp. said Tuesday it received a contract from LDK Solar Co. to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for a new polysilicon plant in China.
Meinl International Power buys solar power plants from Solon for 87 mln euros
VIENNA, Apr. 15, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- German solar module producer Solon AG. said it has sold large-scale solar power (OTCBB:SOPW) plants at four locations in Spain to Meinl International Power Ltd. in a...
Conergy Plans Sales of Over 1 Billion Euro in 2008 (Apr 9, 2008)
Five months after the start of its restructuring program, Conergy AG says that the company is significantly more tightly and efficiently organised and is making good progress with its strategic repositioning. In 2007 the company increased...
LDK Solar Prices US$400 Million Convertible Senior Notes
XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK), announced today the pricing of $400 million of 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 pursuant to Rule 144A under the United...
China Nuvo Solar Energy Announces Plans to Use Thin Film CIGS in Its Pilot Production Project
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--China Nuvo Solar Energy, Inc. (the âCompanyâ or âChina Nuvoâ) (OTCBB: CNUV) announced today that it will be developing a low-cost solar cell based on thin-film CIGS technology...
GT Solar Signs $91 Million Contract with The Silicon Mine B.V. of the Netherlands
MERRIMACK, N.H. - (Business Wire) GT Solar Incorporated, a key global provider of a comprehensive range of equipment, services and technology solutions to the solar power industry, announced today that it has entered into a contract to...
Dalu Group and Kunical International Sign Long-Term Polysilicon Supply Contract (Apr 1, 2008)
Dalu Group and their marketing partner, Kunical International Group, Ltd., have signed a long-term polysilicon supply contract with Space Energy Corporation.
SolarCity Gives Homeowners a New Lease on Solar
FOSTER CITY, Calif., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- SolarCity, a leading provider of solar energy systems, today announced a new financing program backed by Morgan Stanley that will change the way residential solar is purchased. SolarLease,...
LDK Solar to supply wafers to Moser Baer | Cleantech.com
Xinyu, China-based LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK) signed an agreement to supply solar wafers to Moser Baer Photo Voltaic, a subsidiary of Moser Baer India.
MEMC hit by technical hitch at new polysilicon line at Pasadena facility - Solar News
MEMC Electronic Materials has said that a production problem at its Pasadena, Texas facility had impacted its utilization rate by approximately 20 percent. The lower than anticipated output would also impact revenues in the quarter.