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Developing World's Most Advanced CdTe Solar Cells

Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. and EPIR Technologies, Inc. are in the process of developing the most advanced cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells. The top experts and leading institutions in the world for CdTe now reside with the companies.

25 Feb 2008

Yingli Green Energy Signs Supply Agreements with Leading Chemicals Producer

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturers, today announced that it has signed two polysilicon supply agreements with DC Chemical Co., Ltd., a leading Korean chemicals producer.

25 Feb 2008

Photovoltaic System Designed to Complement One of London's Most Iconic Buildings

The solar panels on the roof of London's City Hall were officially unveiled today. City Hall now has a unique photovoltaic system designed to complement the rounded shape of one of London's most iconic buildings.

24 Feb 2008

Acquisition Enhances EMCORE's Presence in Telecommunications Market Segment

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, today announced completion of the acquisition of the telecom- related portion of Intel's Optical Platform Division.

23 Feb 2008

LDK Solar Signs Agreement to Supply Multicrystalline Solar Wafers to HHI

LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced that it has signed an eight-year "Take or Pay" contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Republic of Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd (HHI).

23 Feb 2008

Anode Coating Increases Solar Cell Efficiency

The energy from sunlight falling on only 9 percent of California's Mojave Desert could power all of the United States' electricity needs if the energy could be efficiently harvested, according to some estimates. Unfortunately, current-generation solar cell technologies are too expensive and inefficient for wide-scale commercial applications.

23 Feb 2008

Solar Power Units Providing Clean Drinking Water and Electricity

WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp., developer and marketer of proprietary high-power solar systems, today shipped 12 of its Mobile MaxPure solar water and power-supply units for immediate air delivery to Baghdad.

23 Feb 2008

World’s Largest Solar Facility

Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) today announced plans for one of the world's largest solar facilities - a 280-megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power (CSP) plant to be built 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, near Gila Bend, Ariz.

21 Feb 2008

Camera Revealed Some Amazing Things

Venus Express has revealed a planet of extraordinarily changeable and extremely large-scale weather. Bright hazes appear in a matter of days, reaching from the south pole to the low southern latitudes and disappearing just as quickly. Such 'global weather', unlike anything on Earth, has given scientists a new mystery to solve.

21 Feb 2008

Giant Camera will Survey the Sky 1000 Times Faster

Today (21 February 2008) the Science and Technology Facility Council's UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh shipped its biggest and most complex ever instrument.

21 Feb 2008

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