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Elkem Solar’s Production Methods Reduce Costs and Energy Consumption

Elkem Solar, a Norwegian producer of solar-grade silicon, has combined basic and applied research to develop production methods that cut costs and consume less energy than conventional silicon production.

15 Apr 2010

H.C. Starck Offers High Performance Sputter Targets for TFPV Module Manufacturers

Through research and product innovation, H.C. Starck Inc., Fabricated Products Group has developed sputtering targets offering superior sputtering performance for thin films PV (TFPV) energy applications. Focusing on...

15 Apr 2010

Scientists Plug into Algae Cells and Harness Tiny Electric Current

In an electrifying first, Stanford scientists have plugged in to algae cells and harnessed a tiny electric current. They found it at the very source of energy production - photosynthesis, a plant's method of converti...

13 Apr 2010

Applied Materials Opens Advanced Semiconductor Equipment Plant in Singapore

Applied Materials, Inc., the world’s leading supplier of equipment to the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic (PV) industries, today opened its new Singapore Operations Center, Applied’s first facility in Asia for manufacturing its advanced semiconductor equipment.

From Applied Materials Inc. 13 Apr 2010

Ascent Solar Chosen by Cambrios as PV Research Partner

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQGM:ASTI), a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today that Cambrios Technologies Corporation, a firm that has developed innovative, wet-process...

13 Apr 2010

Leading Science Magazine Features Shrink Nanotechnologies in Online Edition

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. ("Shrink") (OTCBB:INKN), an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors and bi...

13 Apr 2010

Nanotechnology College Receives NSF Award to Fuel Growth in Green Energy Jobs and Businesses

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany announced today that it has been selected to receive a prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation ("NSF&quo...

12 Apr 2010

Innovative Cleaning Solution Enables More Efficient Manufacturing Process for Solar Cells

With SELURIS® Clean, BASF is extending its range of process chemicals for the manufacture of solar cells with a new, environmentally-friendly cleaning solution. SELURIS® Clean, available immediately, offers advan...

9 Apr 2010

Chemists Devise Unusual Solution To Make Large Sheets of Carbon Available for Light Collection

To make large sheets of carbon available for light collection, Indiana University Bloomington chemists have devised an unusual solution -- attach what amounts to a 3-D bramble patch to each side of the carbon sheet.

9 Apr 2010

Development of a Low-cost Metal Substrate for CIGS Solar Cells

Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd. and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) achieved high efficiency of CIGS solar cells employing a low-cost metal substrate. Expansion in demand for CIGS solar c...

9 Apr 2010