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New Solid-Oxide Fuel-Cell Systems to be Provided for NEDO's Test Project

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin) announce that they plan to provide 60 2010-model residential, solid-oxide fuel-cell (SOFC) cogeneration systems jointly developed by Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (O...

7 Sep 2010

New Series of Five Meter Long PV Modules Launched by Ascent Solar

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today the launch of its new WaveSol™ series of five meter long modules to complement its current portfolio of building integrated (BIPV) and building applied (BAPV) photovoltaic product portfolio.

7 Sep 2010

Market Analysis on Metals Industry in Ukraine

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4b84bf/ukraine_metals_rep) has announced the addition of the "Ukraine Metals Report Q3 2010" report to their offering. Ukraine Metals Report ...

7 Sep 2010

BT Imaging Announces New Inline Photovoltaic Cell Process Quality Monitor

BT Imaging Pty Ltd (BTi), the world's leading supplier of luminescence-based inspection and quality control systems for the photovoltaic manufacturing industry, today announced the iLS-X1 inspection system that is specifically designed for cost-effective inline monitoring of solar photovoltaic electrical process quality.

7 Sep 2010

Study Shows Increase in 2009 PV Cell Production Compared to 2008

In 2009, newly installed photovoltaic (PV) cells world-wide produced a peak amount of electricity estimated at 7.4 GW, out of which 5.8 GW was located in Europe.

7 Sep 2010

Novelis Announces Consolidation of European Foil Rolling and Packaging Operations

Novelis today announced the proposed closure of its Bridgnorth, UK, foil rolling and packaging operations in 2011 and the consolidation of those activities into other plants in its European system.

From Novelis Corp 7 Sep 2010

SoloPower’s Flexible CIGS Solar Module Achieves UL Certification

In a watershed breakthrough for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, SoloPower, Inc., a California-based manufacturer of flexible, thin-film solar PV cells and modules, today announced UL certification for its flexible, CIGS modules, a first-ever achievement for the PV solar industry.

7 Sep 2010

New Phthalate-Free Additive from LANXESS Ideal for Floor Coverings and Wall Coatings

As well as the established plasticizer Mesamoll, these include the new product Mesamoll TP LXS 51067 and the equally phthalate-free bonding agent TP LXS 51099. The Functional Chemicals (FCC) business unit will be pres...

From LANXESS Corporation 7 Sep 2010

Elliot Scientific Now Offering CRAIC Technologies 308 PV UV-visible-NIR Spectrophotometer

Elliot Scientific have introduced the CRAIC Technologies 308 PV UV-visible-NIR spectrophotometer as an accessory for microscopes and probe stations. Fitted to the open photoport of a system, the 308 PV can non-destructiv...

From CRAIC Technologies 6 Sep 2010

Half Life of Selenium Determined with Improved Level of Accuracy

Scientists from the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), the Lehrstuhl für Radiochemie (Institute for Radiochemistry) of the TU Munich, the Institut für Transurane (Institute for Transuranium Elements) in Karlsruhe and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villingen (Switzerland) have now redetermined the half-life of 79selenium with a clearly improved measurement uncertainty to.

6 Sep 2010

CNC-Based Waterjet Cutter with Unprecedented Levels of Accuracy

Precision machine building company MDC Max Daetwyler AG and specialist water jet company Waterjet AG, in collaboration with NUM, have developed an innovative CNC-based water jet cutting machine capable of cutting materials to within ±1 micron

6 Sep 2010

Large Area Silicon Solar Cells with a Conversion Efficiency Above 19 Per Cent

At the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Valencia, Spain), imec presents several large-area silicon solar cells with a conversion efficiency above 19%. Two types of cells were realized namely with Ag-sc...

From IMEC 6 Sep 2010

Russian Steelmaker to Streamline Operation by Integrating PSImetals Production Solution

PSI was commissioned by the leading Russian electrical steel producer VIZ-Stal to supply PSImetals 5 for the VIZ-Stal plant in Yekaterinburg. VIZ-Stal will use the components PSImetals Planning, PSImetals Production and ...

From PSI 6 Sep 2010

HC Stark Looks to Produce Superior Sputtered Films for Solar Cells

Material utilization, cost reduction and improved sputtering performance are leading factors for sputtering target research and development efforts at H.C. Starck Inc., Fabricated Products Group. As one of the world&#...

6 Sep 2010

Technology Advancement for Silicon-Based Photovoltaic Cells

Plants are good at doing what scientists and engineers have been struggling to do for decades: converting sunlight into stored energy, and doing so reliably day after day, year after year. Now some MIT scientists have succeeded in mimicking a key aspect of that process.

6 Sep 2010