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Dow Corning to Make Major Investment into Solar Technology

Dow Corning
Corporation announced today several billion dollars of investment to provide
critical materials to the fast-growing solar technology industry.

18 Dec 2008

Brochure Highlights Sustainable Architectural Glass, Coatings and Paint Products

PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has published EcoLogical Building Solutions, a new brochure highlighting its sustainable architectural glass, coatings and paint products. Featured products include: Solarban solar cont...

From PPG Industries Inc. 18 Dec 2008

New Technology Could Make Batteries Redundant for Some Applications

If changing the batteries in the remote control or smoke detector seems like
a chore, imagine having to change hundreds of batteries in sensors scattered
across a busy bridge.
That's why Kansas State University
engineers are helping a semiconductor manufacturer implement its idea of an
energy-harvesting radio.

17 Dec 2008

Malvern Particle Size Analysis Tool Aids Development of Solar Cells.

The Sysmex Flow Particle Image Analyzer FPIA-3000 from Malvern Panalytical is proving to be the ideal tool for monitoring the deterioration
of abrasive slurries used in the wire saw cutting process in solar cell production.

From Malvern Panalytical 17 Dec 2008

Konarka Announces Strategic Collaboration and Investment from Total

Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Power PlasticR, a material that converts light to energy, today announced the company has signed bilateral R and D and cooperation agreemen...

15 Dec 2008

Thin Film Photovoltaics Market Estimated to be Worth $14 Billion by 2015

NanoMarkets, today announced it has released
an updated analysis of the thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV) markets. The firm
projects that after a few lean years in 2009 and 2010 for the TFPV business
higher growth rates will return in 2011. The firm’s new analysis and forecast
projects revenues of $4.6 billion in 2011 that will grow to just over $14 billion
in 2015.

11 Dec 2008

Market Sector Forecast for High Tech Products for 2009

In the wake of downward forecast revisions for many high-tech products such as semiconductors, PCs, and mobile handsets, there are some sectors of the high-tech market that we analyze and forecast will exhibit growth in ...

11 Dec 2008

European Researchers Develop Revolutionary Flexible Display Manufacturing Process

European researchers have developed a cost-effective method for manufacturing flexible displays in much the same way that newspapers are printed. Their work promises to revolutionise packaging, advertising and even cloth...

8 Dec 2008

IBM Teams up with Harvard Researcher to Develop Organic Materials for Energy Efficient Solar Cells

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and researchers from Harvard University are launching a new World Community Grid project to discover organic materials to create a more efficient and lower cost solar cell. The path-breaking effort will u...

8 Dec 2008

New Report Predicts the Future of the Organic Photovoltaics Market

NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm, today announced a new addition to its lineup of solar industry research reports. The new report, “Organic Photovoltaics Materials Markets: 2009-2016” will be rele...

8 Dec 2008

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