NanoMarkets has announced the release of a new report titled, “Smart Coatings Markets 2015-2022,” a report that continues the firm’s coverage of the smart coatings market dating back to 2010. The report shows that the ...
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University of Liverpool researchers propose replacing a toxic treatment step in cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell production with one that is benign, but apparently just as effective [J. D. Major et al, Nature, published online 25 June ...
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has announced completion of the 1.3MWDC solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant at Kitakyushu-shi. Powered by First Solar’s FS Series 3 Black ...
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TOKYO, Nov 25, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- First Solar, Inc. FSLR -0.38% today announced that it has started construction of a solar project in Kitakyushu-shi, Japan. Generation capacity of the project is 1.4MWDC, and it will start operating ...
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Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has started construction of a solar project in Kitakyushu-shi, Japan. Generation capacity will be 1.4MWDC, and operation will start in ...
Tags: solar, construction, PV, Japan
Toyota Motor Corporation showcases its "i-ROAD", an ultra-compact mobility package, as the one of the world's premiere concept vehicles displayed at its Toyota exhibit at the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show. The show, being held at Tokyo Big Sight in ...
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Lathrop's 50-year-old Pilkington glass plant will cease production early next year, affecting about 115 workers, its corporate parent confirmed Tuesday. In a news release, NSG Group officials cited the plant’s near-term need for ...
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The NSG Group has released its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal-year 2014, with positive results for the architectural glass segment. The company reports that its architectural revenue for the quarter totaled $1.2 ...
Architectural glass sales for Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) continued to improve in North America, thanks largely to increases in private residential construction, according to the company’s quarterly financial statement released on ...
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Glass for Europe, an association made up of Europe’s flat glass manufacturers, has issued a statement related to the European Commission’s (EC) anti-subsidy investigation into imports of solar glass from China. In the statement, ...
Glass for Europe, the association of Europe’s manufacturers of building, automotive and solar-energy glass, welcomes the initiation by the European Commission of both an anti-dumping and an anti-subsidy investigation concerning solar ...
The wide range of modern functional glazing now available has opened up remarkable scope for creative design in today’s architecture. Transparent designs facilitated through the replacement of solid roofs and introduction of entire ...
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The NSG Group, manufacturer of Pilkington glass in the UK, will be exhibiting at the first ever FIT Show in April, bringing customers up to speed with the latest developments from one of the UK’s most trusted glass brands. At ...
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North West MEP, Chris Davies, saw first-hand the benefits of NSG Group’s investment in a new high-tech off-line glass coating facility, during a visit to a Pilkington Glass factory in St Helens. The North West of England MEP and ...
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Pilkington Planar™ has been used to transform a Grade II Listed building into a state of the art youth centre in Middlesbrough. Prior to renovation the Georgian building, last used in 2001, was in a virtually derelict state. ...
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