South Korean electronics group LG Chem's US subsidiary, LG Chem Michigan (LGCMI) will start production of automotive lithium-ion battery cells at its Holland, Michigan facility in July 2013. The company has started the testing runs at the ...
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The California-based assembler of the Chinese-made Coda electric car has filed bankruptcy. Coda Holdings, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the District of Delaware overnight, which is intended to ...
Tags: electric vehicles, Coda Files
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which manufactures lightweight thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) using flexible substrate materials, has appointed Sun2Voltage as a ...
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The worldwide market for solar storage is forecast to grow rapidly to reach US$19 billion in 2017, from less than US$200 million in 2012, according to IHS. Following the introduction of an energy storage subsidy in Germany, global ...
Large Scale Solar UK will be the first and only dedicated large scale conference of its kind this year. The event will explore the current renaissance of large scale solar in the UK, its potential investment opportunities and what can be ...
Tags: Solar, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Auto parts manufacturer Johnson Controls will offer its Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) advanced battery technology to power vehicles made in China. Chery Jaguar Land Rover will use the battery technology in its Start-Stop vehicles. The ...
Tags: AGM Batteries, Vehicles
The issue of the extraction and storage of renewable energies is of interest to scientists and politicians worldwide. For this reason, Messe Düsseldorf has begun to export the successful Energy Storage Düsseldorf concept and to ...
Terry Guo, chairman of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), has mentioned that the firm wants to produce different kinds of solar products. Market observers believe Foxconn has strength in manufacturing, hence should focus on ...
PowerStream and Georgian College say they are collaborating to better understand electric vehicles (EVs) and their charging demands. A new applied research initiative will be conducted by means of a charging station, complemented by solar ...
Tags: Electric Vehicle, Transportation, solar power-assisted EV
Clean energy production using CSP technology has moved out of the doldrums and is making considerable headway. The well-known Desertec project is now in full swing and new plants are being built in the vast desert areas of North Africa. ...
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John Johnson considers the use of FPGAs to tackle the design challenges of smart metering systems Legacy power infrastructure is intrinsically inefficient, aging and the operation of it is often harmful to the environment. ...
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April 8, 2013 - The construction of the photovoltaic power industry since 2000 has required an enormous amount of energy, say Stanford University researchers, mostly from fossil fuels. The good news is that the clean electricity from all ...
Sol Voltaics AB of Ideon Science Park, Lund, Sweden has unveiled SolInk, a nanomaterial that promises to boost the efficiency of crystalline silicon or thin-film solar modules by up to 25%, leading to solar power plants and rooftop solar ...
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AIXTRON SE announced that it is participating as a key partner in the recently announced European Union (EU) Future Emerging Technology (FET) flagship project “Graphene”. As part of the consortium, AIXTRON will bring its ...
Tags: graphene thin film producers, AIXTRON, Graphene Flagship
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany is participating as a key partner in the recently announced European Union (EU) Future Emerging Technology (FET) flagship project ‘Graphene’. As part of the ...