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Renewable Energy Sources Can Stimulate Global Photovoltaic Market

Rising concerns about the need to reduce CO2 emissions and increase the use of renewable energy sources worldwide will stimulate the global photovoltaic market. Feed-in tariffs and politically backed targets boosting ...

4 Sep 2010

CEMEX to Supply Ready Mix Concrete for New Power Plant in Germany

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) announced today that the company has now been awarded an extension of the initial contract to supply 350,000 cubic meters of ready-mix concrete for the new Hamburg-Moorburg power plant.

4 Sep 2010

New Energy to Demonstrate Advanced SolarWindow Technology at UFS

New Energy Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: NENE) announced today that its SolarWindow™ technology, the first-of-its-kind, small-scale prototype capable of generating electricity on see-thru glass, will be publicly unvei...

4 Sep 2010

SiGen Develops Kerf-Free Solar Wafers Using PolyMax System

Silicon Genesis, a leader in process and technology for engineered substrates announced today that it has started production of solar wafers using its new high volume manufacturing PolyMax system.

4 Sep 2010

Nanosys Korea to Provide Architected Materials for Asian Electronics Manufacturers

Nanosys, Inc., an advanced materials architect, today announced the opening of a new subsidiary, Nanosys Korea, Inc. with facilities in Gyeonggi-do, Korea. The company named former LG Electronics vice president Dr. Jong-...

4 Sep 2010

Novel Material May Shed Light on High-Temperature Superconductors

Measurements taken at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may help physicists develop a clearer understanding of high-temperature superconductors, whose behavior remains in many ways mysterious deca...

3 Sep 2010

Amtech’s Solar Subsidiary Receives $37 Million in New Solar Orders

Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers, today announced that its solar subsidiary, Tempress Systems, Inc., has received approximately $37 million in new solar orders for its diffusion processing systems from several new and existing customers in Asia.

3 Sep 2010

Complete Analytical Research on CEMEX and Eagle Materials

www.stockcall.com/ offers investors comprehensive research on the cement industry and has completed analytical research on CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) and Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE: EXP). Good cement requires car...

3 Sep 2010

Comprehensive Online Source for Reclaimed, FSC and New Building Materials

GreenWizard®, Inc., the largest collection of green building product data for intelligent material selection, and PlanetReuse, a consulting-and-brokering company focused on reclaimed, FSC, and excess new building materials, have formed a new alliance that makes reclaimed building materials even more accessible to architects, engineers, and contractors (AEC) focused on LEED credits and green-and-sustainable building.

3 Sep 2010

Ferro Chooses UltraFlex Firing Furnace to Develop Pastes for Solar Industry

Despatch Industries, a leading technology and equipment provider for the solar industry, announces that Ferro Corporation has selected the company's UltraFlex™ firing furnace for use in the development of their next generation high performance pastes for the solar industry.

3 Sep 2010

Researchers Design New Electronic Logic Devices for NEMS and MEMS Applications

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new class of electronic logic device in which current is switched by an electric field generated by the application of mechanical strain to zinc oxide nanowires.

3 Sep 2010

New Range of CVD Graphene Products from Graphene Laboratories

CVD Equipment Corporation (NASDAQ: CVV), and Graphene Laboratories, Inc., today launched a new line of Chemical Vapor Deposited (CVD) Graphene products. These products include large-area single layer graphene films grown...

3 Sep 2010

New SmartPlant Materials Management Software from Intergraph

Intergraph® has introduced the newest module to its industry leading SmartPlant® Enterprise engineering solutions suite to enable engineering, procurement and construction companies (EPCs) to more easily manage plant design project subcontractors.

3 Sep 2010

2010 KIT Seminars to Provide Detailed Analysis of KEMET Capacitors

KEMET Corporation (NYSE Amex: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced its upcoming KEMET Institute of Technology (KIT) seminar series.

3 Sep 2010

New PowerFLEX Building Integrated Photovoltaic Module from Global Solar Energy

Global Solar Energy, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-efficiency Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) solar material, today unveiled its flexible building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) module: the PowerFLEX™ BIPV. Specially designed for commercial and industrial rooftops.

3 Sep 2010