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Solar EnerTech Earns UL Certification for its Crystalline Power Modules

Solar EnerTech Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: SOEN) (the "Company") today announced that it has received its Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) certification for a wide range of its crystalline power modules.

22 Jan 2010

Veeco Receives DOE Funds to Support Solid State Lighting Projects

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that it has been awarded $4 million in R&D matching funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by the U.S. Department of Energy to support high-efficiency solid state lighting projects. Solid state lighting, which uses light emitting diodes (LEDs) and organic LEDs (OLEDs) has the potential to be ten times more energy-efficient than traditional incandescent light bulbs.

From Veeco 22 Jan 2010

QD Vision Secures Funding for Market Expansion of Quantum Dot Nanomaterials

QD Vision, Inc., developer of Quantum Light™ nanotechnology-based products for solid state lighting and displays, announced today that DTE Energy Ventures has invested $3 million in the company. The funding will support QD Vision’s market expansion of quantum dot-based nanomaterials that enable major efficiency gains in high-quality solid-state lighting and flat panel displays.

22 Jan 2010

Evolution Solar Selects University for Demonstration Installation of Thin Film Solar Panels

Evolution Solar Corp. (PinkSheets:EVSO) announced today that the Company has identified a University to establish a demonstration of cutting-edge thin film solar panels. The selected University offers a Renewable Energy Education Program, which served as an added benefit. The company is now proceeding with finalizing and negotiating the details of the project with the University.

22 Jan 2010

SPI Lasers Doubles Manufacturing Floor Space to Handle Planned New Product Releases

SPI Lasers, a leading designer and manufacturer of fiber lasers, today announced that it was increasing investment in people, machinery and sales channel following significant growth in demand for its products. This combined with further new product releases planned in each quarter of 2010 has warranted a doubling of manufacturing floor space, recruiting across operational, engineering and sales functions and investing in sales and application development facilities.

22 Jan 2010

Analog Devices Announces Highly Integrated Precision Analog Microcontrollers for Optical Drivers

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, today introduced a pair of highly integrated precision analog microcontrollers featuring on-chip memory, data converters, and other analog peripherals that combine to deliver the highest level of programmability and smallest package size.

22 Jan 2010

PerkinElmer Debuts New Atomax Series of 1.5 Inch Hollow Cathode Lamps

PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the addition of the Atomax™ line of 1.5 inch hollow cathode lamps (HCL) to the Company’s atomic spectroscopy consumables portfolio

22 Jan 2010

Ambarella's HD SoC Solution Integrated in Creative Vado HD Pocket Video Camera

Ambarella, Inc., a leader in low-power, high-definition video compression and image processing semiconductors, has announced that its HD hybrid camera SoC solution is featured in the third-generation Creative Vado HD™ pocket video camera.

22 Jan 2010

Semprius Selected Under NREL’s PV Technology Incubator Program

Semprius, Inc., announced today that it has been selected by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to negotiate a $3 million subcontract funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to commercialize its promising solar energy technology. Semprius is one of only four awardees for NREL’s PV Technology Incubator Program, which aims to accelerate commercialization of solar photovoltaic systems.

22 Jan 2010

Nanosys Partners with LG Innotek for Use of Quantum Dot Phosphors in Displays

Nanosys, Inc. today announced that it has signed a definitive commercial agreement with cutting edge electronics component manufacturer LG Innotek (LGIT). The agreement, involving Nanosys’ quantum dot phosphors for use in displays, represents the first real world commercial application of quantum dots in electronics.

22 Jan 2010

Usable Light Tool Enhanced to Simplify LED Application

Future Lighting Solutions today announced an upgrade to its Usable Light Tool (ULT) for LED application developers. ULT 2.0 significantly enhances the ability for users to make informed decisions on selecting the appropriate LED, LED count, LED drive current, and heat sink in order to determine the usable light that will be generated under real world conditions for solid state lighting applications.

22 Jan 2010

Solar Nation Completes Solar System Installation on Metallion Industries Headquarters, Oregon

Solar Nation has announced the installation and commissioning of a 31kW solar-electric system on the Metallion Industries, Inc. headquarters and wholesale distribution center location in Estacada, Oregon. The family-owned business specializing in customized metal roofing and siding panels for residential, commercial, and agricultural buildings installed solar power to reduce and stabilize energy costs and to create a product display for its customer base.

22 Jan 2010

Trina Solar Begins First Shipment of PV Modules to Australia-Based RF Industries

Trina Solar Limited (TSL) ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, today announced it has made initial shipments to RF Industries Pty Ltd ("RFI"), Australia's leading renewable energy distributor in January 2010. This is in conjunction with the Company's intention to finalize with RFI a national distribution agreement to supply up to 10 MW of PV modules in 2010.

22 Jan 2010

BetaLED Rolls Out New 304 Series 100 LPW LED Luminaires

304 Series will lead industry in energy savings and lighting performance

22 Jan 2010

Confluence Solar to Invest in Silicon Ingots Manufacturing Facility in Tennessee

Tennessee's Solar Initiative took another leap forward today with the announcement that Missouri-based Confluence Solar will invest $200 million in a manufacturing, warehousing and distribution facility in Clinton, Tenn., near Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

22 Jan 2010