Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, international mining group Rio Tinto and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have announced that Australia's first commercial ...
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BluGlass Ltd of Silverwater, Australia says that one of its key specialized epitaxy customers has committed to an order for about $300,000 of foundry development, to be delivered over the next six months. The customer is developing a ...
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University of Arkansas researchers are working on a promising new material to create more efficient photovoltaic solar cells to be used in space missions. Shui-Qing 'Fisher' Yu, associate professor of electrical engineering, will serve as ...
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IIC-Intersport International Corporation has signed a license agreement for the territory of Ukraine with Epicentr K. This agreement exclusively allows Epicentr K to open Intersport stores in Ukraine, sell Intersport’s private label ...
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United Way of Delaware has announced the generous gift of $7,000 from the PPG Industries Foundation. The check presentation took place at United Way of Delaware’s Dover office on Friday, Aug. 28. “From PPG providing the paint ...
The running shoes worn by Roger Bannister when he broke the 4-minute mile in 1954 were sold at auction on Thursday for $409,344, according to Christie’s auction house. Christie’s expected the shoes to fetch between $47,000 and ...
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India-based dairy startup Sahayog Dairy has raised INR110m ($1.6m) in the first round of funding from social venture capital investment firm Acumen for expansion of its processing plant. The dairy firm will use the money for expansion of ...
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Around 1,000 suppliers from 36 countries will be showcasing 1,600 collections of fabrics at Munich Fabric Start which kicks off the A/W season beginning from September 1-3, 2015. Renowned suppliers participating for the first time ...
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The Maharashtra government has in-principle accepted a new ambitious and comprehensive textile policy that envisages setting up of textile hubs at an investment of Rs 80,000 crore in five years, according to media reports. BJP MLA ...
According to the data from China Auto Association, China’s light trucks sales add up to 102,623 units including chassis, year-on-year growth of 7.6% down; it sells 917,171 units in the first seven months this year, year-on-year growth ...
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US automobile major Ford has issued a callback for around 8,000 vehicles in North America on grounds of snags spotted in parking brake. The recall covers 2015-2016 Ford Explorer, certain models of 2015 Taurus and Flex, Lincoln MKS and ...
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Eindhoven University of Technology (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, or TU/e) and FOM Foundation have presented a prototype of a solar cell that produces fuel rather than electricity (Anthony Standing et al., 'Efficient water reduction ...
Japanese automotive giant Toyota's US arm has issued a callback of around 109,000 Prius v hybrid vehicles on grounds of software glitches. The recall covers those vehicles that were manufactured between 2012 and 2014. The software snag ...
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Off-road truck ‘2017 F-150 Raptor’ from the stable of Ford has covered more than 1,000 miles in its ongoing tests across the harsh desert terrain in the southwestern region in the US. The trucks put to test by the company ...
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General Motors (GM) has issued a recall of 196,379 older Hummer SUVs to fix issues in ventilation fan motor control, which could lead to fire hazard. The issue in the ventilation fan motor control can sett off fire and so far the issue ...
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