More than a third (36%) of Which? members who get paid for the electricity they generate from solar panels told us they have had a problem getting their feed-in tariff (FIT) paid, an exclusive Which? survey has revealed. Energy companies ...
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(China Glass Network) On December 24, Qinghai Yaohua Special Glass Co., Ltd’s first phase project, low-e glass production line with day capacity 600 tons is officially completed and put into operation. This project is mainly located ...
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More than 500 villages will be initially electrified in Pakistan through the promotion of renewable energy in the form of solar power. Director General Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy technologies (PCRET) Khalid Islam said that the ...
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Oxford University researchers looking for more efficient and cheaper ways to manufacture solar panels have found a possible solution in lowly base metal zinc. For as long as photovoltaic panels have been in large-scale commercial ...
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For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2012(to end-September),Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which manufacturers compound semiconductor-based systems for fiber-optic and solar power applications,has reported revenue of$47.5m,down 8.9%on the prior ...
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Tokyo-based Solar Frontier (a subsidiary of Japanese energy business Showa Shell Sekiyu) – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules - is suspending production at its 60MW 'MP2' ...
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Images courtesy of MIT Around the campus of MIT,something new is popping up around the Killian Court.What looks like something straight out of Tron is actually an interactive solar charging lounge chair,called the SOFT Rocker.The ...
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China's ten largest solar photovoltaic enterprises have accumulated upwards of 111 billion yuan($17.5 billion)in debt,recent data from U.S.financial services company Maxim Group shows. China's solar industry is mired in a crisis,facing ...
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Burnley solar panel company Solarlec has got a double seal of approval from the renewable energy industry in an annual review. The Microgeneration Certification Scheme carried out a full assessment at the company's Billington Road ...
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The surge of complaints sent to the REAL Assurance Scheme indicates that some companies are exploiting a lack of consumer awareness and using aggressive, high-pressure and sometimes illegal selling techniques to persuade consumers to sign ...
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The Solarbulb?This unique way to illuminate your water bottle uses a solar powered cap that screws right on your water bottle's top.Said to fit on most plastic water bottles and soft drink bottles this fun design is able to capture solar ...
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets,has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract by aerospace,defense and commercial ...
The researchers studied clusters of solar installations throughout California from January 2001 to December 2011 and found that residents of a particular zip code are more likely to install solar panels if they already exist in that zip ...
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When the Chinese energy giant Hanergy decided last week to buy Miasole,a Silicon Valley-based thin-film solar company,at less than a tenth the amount venture capitalists had invested in the firm,it could have been making a savvy move.Though ...
Tokyo-based Solar Frontier K.K. (a subsidiary of Japanese energy business Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.) – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – says that its ...
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