Dave Lee and Signal Snowboards teamed up with the solar design company Powerfilm Solar, can you guess the outcome? Yes, a snowboard with solar panels. This truely unique snowboard design has flexible solar panels attached to the top sheet ...
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MiaSolé of Santa Clara, CA, USA, a manufacturer of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic panels, and KSK Energy Ventures of India, a power development and generation company, have announced the commissioning ...
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Manz AG of Reutlingen, Germany, which supplies integrated production lines for crystalline silicon solar cells and thin-film solar modules (as well as lines flat-panel displays), says it is demonstrating the standards of its CIGSfab ...
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US Representative Kevin Cramer, a Republican and North Dakota's lone House member, believes that hardline, pro-drilling arguments from his own party may be hindering the chances of bipartisan support for increasing oil and gas production on ...
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Sunmodule Protect solar panel guarantees exceptional energy yield over extended service life - SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more than 35 years, today introduced its Sunmodule Protect glass-glass solar panel. No ...
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When you walk into the new Las Vegas Cyclery store, the pleasing aesthetics of the building are striking.The 34-foot-tall ceiling with the wooden décor gives the bike shop an open, airy feel, reminiscent of a ski lodge. The nearly ...
Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (which designs and delivers power conversion devices and modules) has launched the Total GaN family of gallium nitride on silicon transistors and diodes, establishing what is claimed to ...
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Suntech Power Holdings, a China-based solar module giant, said on March 11, 2013, that it has signed a forbearance agreement with the holders of more than 60% of the firm's 3% convertible notes. The forbearance agreement between Suntech and ...
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FlexTech Alliance announced the completion of a development project with Etched in Time, Inc. (EITI), for a plasma etch system that is compatible with a wide array of roll-to-roll equipment. The result of the project is a tool that can be ...
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Jenni Staves, Environmental Manager at British Glass, reviews the current Climate on Carbon and Sustainability. Originally I set out to write an overview of the current consultation on structural changes to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme ...
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The Peak District National Park Authority wants to shed light on the best sites and designs for solar panels, particularly for owners of historic buildings. The Authority, which welcomes renewable energy devices that do not harm the ...
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A solar energy project at the University of Sheffield which is celebrating its second anniversary has shown almost all of the 2,000 systems in the scheme are “doing what they say on the tin”. Researchers running Sheffield ...
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Advanced Seaward Solar PV test instrumentation is helping a successful Caribbean based reseller and installer of solar photovoltaic and thermal systems to verify the quality of PV modules and the performance of installations. Comet Solar ...
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A Dorset company specialising in the installation of solar panels has been fined for safety failings after a worker fell from a roof in Hampshire. The Gendex Limited employee, who does not wish to be named, stepped through a rooflight at ...
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Orta Solar the team that have developed one of the UK’s largest Solar Farm portfolios to date, has today announced that it has been awarded planning on another 5 Solar Farms in the South of the UK. “I’m thrilled for our ...
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