Industrial laser glass processing holds promise for an increasing range of applications, including biomedical and solar panel manufacturing. Higher-power and higher-beam-quality lasers continue to emerge on the marketplace, and industry ...
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Chinese solar companies have begun a round of belt-tightening as they struggle to maintain operations and pay down looming debt obligations,but layoffs might impede their ability to build market share if global demand for solar-powered ...
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Transphorm Inc of Goleta,near Santa Barbara,CA,USA(which designs and delivers power conversion devices and modules)has been selected by the World Economic Forum as a 2013 Technology Pioneer,citing the firm's innovations in gallium ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton,CO,USA,which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGS)using flexible substrate materials,has announced the retail debut of the firm's EnerPlex solar ...
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Agricultural installations in China provide 300MW boost to PV domestic sales,says Solarbuzz Press release;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES [Tuesday 18 September 2012]New solar projects on agricultural land are playing a pivotal role within the rapid ...
Glen Allen Virginia:Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has begun shipping its latest report on the building-integrated photovoltaics(BIPV)market titled,"BIPV Wall Markets–2012."This report quantifies the potential for wall-attached ...
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The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) subsidiary of SolarWorld AG (Bonn, Germany) has begun construction on a series of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects totaling 25 MW in California's Mojave Desert. The company plans to ...
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"Surfaces that define space can also be producers of energy,"says Kennedy,a visiting lecturer in architecture."The boundaries between traditional walls and utilities are shifting." Sheila Kennedy Image courtesy of MIT Sheila Kennedy ...
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At some indiscernible point in the recent past,there was a sea change in the way Brits think about energy efficiency measures around the home.Before this ethereal moment,those who made their houses more sustainable were often doing so ...
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The European Commission has launched an investigation into suspected dumping of solar panels by Chinese producers, drawing a warning from China that restrictions on its exports will hurt the multi-billion-dollar global clean energy sector. ...
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The European Commission launched an anti-dumping investigation against China-based solar firms on September 6.The investigation is scheduled to take nine months before preliminary results are announced.A final verdict will then be announced ...
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Anti-dumping duties could be imposed on Chinese solar imports to Europe by the middle of next year. Panel production in Freiburg The European Commission(EC)has launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of solar panels,cells ...
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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 its integrated production line for CIGS thin-film solar ...
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PITTWATER Council has carved its electricity consumption back by 3.2 million kilowatt hours over the past five years. The cuts have been made through the council`s Revolving Energy Fund,when$100,000 was allocated in 2007 to install energy ...
4 September 2012 IPG Photonics acquires JPSA IPG Photonics Corporation of Oxford,MA,USA has acquired privately held New Hampshire,USA-based J.P.Sercel Associates Inc(JPSA),a supplier of UV excimer and diode pumped solid ...
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