AGC Flat Glass North America,Alpharetta,Ga.,and Asahi Glass,Tokyo,have been assigned a patent(8,273,595)developed by Christopher R.Cording,Kingsport,Tenn.,Matthew Spencer,Gray,Tenn.,and Kunio Masumo,Zama,Japan,for a"silicon thin film ...
Cynora today unveiled a new flexible OLED prototype,demonstrating yet again the huge potential of OLED technology.One key aspect that sets organic light-emitting diodes(OLEDs)apart from conventional LEDs,is that they are two-dimensional ...
10 October 2012 Electricity producer Verve Energy of Perth,Australia,GE Energy Financial Services of Stamford,CT,USA and First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA have opened the 10-megawatt Greenough River Solar Farm near Geraldton,Western ...
Taiwan-based Walsin Lihwa Holdings announced on December 5, 2012 that the firm is about to be sued by its partner, Germany-based Solarion AG, for violating a technology cooperation contract between the two. The announcement also noted that ...
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First Solar partners with Kiran and Mahindra on 50MWDC of projects in Rajasthan First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA,project developer Kiran Energy Solar Power Pvt Ltd of Mumbai,India and Mahindra Solar One Pvt Ltd(a joint venture between ...
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The Dow Chemical Company of Midland, MI, USA has expanded the availability of its DOW POWERHOUSE Solar Shingle, a residential roofing system that protects a home (like a standard shingle) but also contains embedded thin-film copper indium ...
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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 introduced its EnerPlex Jumpr,a ...
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At the 2012 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society(MRS)in Boston at the beginning of December,Global Photonic Energy Corp(GPEC)of Medford Lakes,NJ,USA–a developer of a organic photovoltaic(OPV)technology that has research ...
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At 930 milliwatts from an operating current of 1 amp, its light output under laboratory conditions is 25 percent higher than that of the chips currently available on the market, which means that future infrared LEDs can be made even more ...
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Founded in 1949,Apogee Enterprises(APOG–Analyst Report)is a leader in technologies for the design and development of value-added glass products,services and systems. The company's larger architectural segment is engaged in ...
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Infrared thin-film chip leaps to 72 percent efficiency The infrared chip prototype has achieved a new record with an efficiency of up to 72 percent. At 930 milliwatts from an operating current of 1 amp, its light output under ...
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During a serious storm, it is best to wait it out indoors. But if you absolutely must venture out in a car, these tips may help you to arrive safely. Heavy rain Downpours are always hazardous because your wheels lose traction on wet ...
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Jobs lost despite booming PV shipments in the US 01 Oct 2012 Total PV module shipments in the US grew 43%in 2011 but employment fell by 10%,states a Department of Energy report.US PV module shipments versus price declines. A new report ...
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Using its latest thin-film technology, Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has developed a 1mm2 infrared LED chip prototype that has achieved what is claimed to be record efficiency of up to 72% at an operating current of ...
Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 11/26/2012 10:04:01 AM As packaging professionals well know, the words "high-end packaging" and "short-run" typically do not appear in the same sentence. To achieve the highly ...
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