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Altairnano Signs MOU with HNEI to Deliver 1 MW Energy Storage System

Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Altairnano) today announced it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Hawai'i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and the Hawai'i Electric Light Company to supply a one-megawatt ALTI-ESS energy storage system for a test of wind energy integration.

From Altair Nanotechnologies 6 Aug 2010

XsunX Announces Favorable Study Results of CIGSolar Technology

XsunX, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: XSNX), the developer of advanced, thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar cell technologies and manufacturing processes, announced today the favorable results from a study done by IBIS Associ...

5 Aug 2010

Hundreds Expected to Attend Event On Clean Energy Technologies Hosted by UAlbany NanoCollege

More than 300 attendees, including leading executives from the energy industry, state and federal government officials, venture capitalists and university researchers, will gather to promote the growth of clean energy and environmentally friendly technologies at the fifth annual New Energy Symposium.

4 Aug 2010

DuPont's New Nanofiber-Based Separator Enhances Performance of Li-Ion Batteries

To reduce the use of fossil fuels and to meet the growing demand for hybrid and electric vehicles, DuPont has introduced the first nanofiber-based polymeric battery separator that boosts the performance and safety of lithium ion batteries.

From DuPont 4 Aug 2010

Canadian Scientists Advance Development of Quantum Dot Solar Cells

One of the most promising technologies for making inexpensive but reasonably efficient solar photovoltaic cells just got much cheaper.

4 Aug 2010

Solar Power Generation Using Selenium-Embedded Oxide Materials

Call it the anti-sunscreen. That's more or less the description of what many solar energy researchers would like to find -- light-catching substances that could be added to photovoltaic materials in order to convert more of the sun's energy into carbon-free electricity.

4 Aug 2010

TruMicro Lasers from TRUMPF Ideal for Thin-Film Solar Cell Processing

"The laser as an industrial tool is a key technology in the photovoltaics industry," said Jürgen Stollhof, Program Manager Micro Processing at TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, USA. In his presentation "New lasertechnology to enhance the performance of photovoltaic cells," which was delivered at the trade fair Intersolar North America, July 2010 in San Francisco, he stated that new laser technologies, such as ultra-short pulsed lasers, for example, make new production methods possible.

3 Aug 2010

New Report on Global Thin-Film Photovoltaic Market

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of GBI Research's new report, "Thin-Film Photovoltaic (PV) Cells Market Analysis to 2020 -- CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide) to Emerge as the Major Technology by 2020,...

3 Aug 2010

Ascent Solar’s Flexible CIGS Package Passes IEC Tests

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today that its packaging solution for flexible monolithically integrated CIGS modules has successfully passed a critical environmental testing milestone.

3 Aug 2010

Solco Chosen as Exclusive Distributor of Astronergy’s Thin Film PV Modules

Leading Chinese solar company, Astronergy (also known as Chint Solar), has today announced an exclusive agreement with Solco Ltd., headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. Solco will be the exclusive distributor of Ast...

3 Aug 2010