China-based concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) module maker Suncore Photovoltaic Technology Co Ltd, which is owned by Xiamen-based San'an Optoelectronics Co Ltd (the largest LED maker in China), has acquired the assets of Israel-based ...
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China and Russia on Tuesday pledged to expand energy cooperation in projects of oil and gas supply, nuclear energy and renewable energy. Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich co-chaired the ...
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US-based automobile manufacturer Ford Motor has opened a new $8m battery lab at the University of Michigan to develop energy storage devices for the country's auto industry. Out of the total investment, the Michigan Economic ...
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As the industry enters LED lighting era, Taiwan needs to speed up its smart driver IC network (power control and ballast), which has interchangeable spec and electrical interface, said FOREPI Chairman Chien Fen-Ren at the 2013 Renewable ...
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As one of four winners in the first round of Sunidarity initiative awards (in December 2012), Paris-based Fondation Énergies pour le Monde (Energy for the World Foundation) has just finished installing a concentrator photovoltaic ...
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Energy services provider MidAmerican Solar of Phoenix, AZ (a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables LLC) and cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA say that the five millionth solar ...
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GE Lighting, the lighting business of GE, and The Change Initiative, a one stop destination specializing in solutions that reduce human impacts on the environment and promote sustainable development, announced a joint venture initiative to ...
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Shaw Industries is installing solar panels on the roof of its carpet tile manufacturing facility in Cartersville, Ga. Construction is expected to be completed – with the system fully operational – in October. The installation ...
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China has introduced measures to curb photovoltaic overcapacity while seeking to expand domestic deman. China has put forth new rules to tackle overcapacity in its solar power industry. A document released by the Ministry of Industry and ...
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Company enables original equipment manufacturers, commercial and industrial customers to improve cash flow, accelerate time to market and meet energy efficiency targets globally During a webinar hosted by Flextronics, the company ...
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In a round-robin test, Germany‘s Fraunhofer ISE CalLab PV Modules compared its results with three other leading international measurement labs for photovoltaic (PV) modules: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the USA, the ...
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EDF Renewable Energy of Rosamund, CA (the US subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, the renewable energy arm of electricity company EDF group) has dedicated its 143MWp (110MWac) Catalina Solar project in Kern County, California. The project ...
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The next big opportunity for growth in the global solar business lies in small, emerging markets where photovoltaic (PV) installations are forecast to rise at about triple the global average during the period from 2012-2017. Annual ...
Regular inspections have been conducted on the number four reactor at Japan's Oi nuclear power plant. However, delayed inspections has once again led to Japan's "zero nuclear power" status. Since nuclear power is still the major source of ...
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US-based Leonard Paper, in partnership with Cole Roofing, has announced the installation of new 451kV solar PV array at its commercial facility located on N Haven Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Renewable energy firm Pfister Energy was ...
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