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GT Solar To Equip One Of Largest Solar Wafer Factories In World Merrimack NH (SPX) Aug 01, 2007 
GT Solar Incorporated, one of the major providers of manufacturing equipment and turnkey manufacturing solutions to the photovoltaic (PV) industry, announced that it has signed a $171 million dollar contract with Glory Silicon Energy Co., Ltd., of JiangSu, China for GT's new and more efficient DSS450 furnaces for the production of multi-crystalline silicon ingots. The contract is the largest sin ... read more
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SolarCity Expands To New Markets Across California
Foster City CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2007SolarCity, ranked by the California Energy Commission as the fastest growing solar installation company in California, has scaled to accommodate its rapid growth with the opening of a new headquarters building in Foster City, CA while expanding its reach throughout the state with new offices in four major metropolitan centers. The 10,000 square foot building, located at 393 Vintage Park Dr ... more SPX To Design And Manufacture State-Of-The-Art Equipment For Solar Energy Market 
Charlotte NC (SPX) Aug 01, 2007SPX Corporation has announced its Kayex business was awarded a contract to design and manufacture state-of-the-art crystal growing equipment to support the rapid growth of the silicon-based solar energy market. The contract is with NorSun AS, a producer of mono crystalline ingots and wafers for the international solar industry. NorSun is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. John Way, a division ... more FPL Energy Announces Expanded Growth Plan For Wind Business 
Juno Beach FL (SPX) Aug 01, 2007With growing support for clean and renewable wind energy and the need for new sources of power generation to meet increasing demand, FPL Energy, a subsidiary of FPL Group, and the U.S. leader in wind energy development and operations, announced an aggressive goal to add between 8,000 and 10,000 megawatts of new wind to its portfolio by the end of 2012. To achieve its goal, FPL Energy plans ... more Acciona Energy Closes Long-Term Financing On Nevada Solar One 
Chicago (SPX) Aug 01, 2007Santander, BBVA and CAIXA were selected by Acciona to be the Mandated Lead Arrangers for the debt financing of the construction and term loan for Nevada Solar One. Capstar Partners and JP Morgan Capital Corporation co-led the equity syndication. CSP provides peak power when demand increases CSP represents a new large scale renewable power source that provides clean renew ... more Nanotechnology Helps Scientists Make Bendy Sensors For Hydrogen Vehicles 
Argonne IL (SPX) Aug 01, 2007In recent years, Americans have been intrigued by the promise of hydrogen-powered vehicles. But experts have judged that several technology problems must be resolved before they are more than a novelty. Recently, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have used their insights into nanomaterials to create bendy hydrogen sensors, which are at the heart of hydroge ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 01, 2007The Russian strategic aviation will fly over the North Pole and conduct test launches of cruise missiles during a series of exercises in August, the Defense Ministry said on its website Tuesday. Units of the 37th Air Army of the Strategic Command will conduct a total of six tactical exercises in August as part of an annual training program, the ministry said in a statement. "During the exercises ... more Shanghai Pact Plans 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) July 30, 2007The Russian Armed Forces have been rather active this summer. So far this year large-scale troop exercises have been held in the Leningrad and North Caucasus Military Districts, as well as in the Russian Far East and in the Northern Fleet. Strategic bombers flew simulated long-range combat missions; 2,500 Russian paratroopers performed group jumps alongside their German counterparts; and another ... more Philippine Volcano Erupts As Nation Prays For Drought Breaking Rain 
Manila (AFP) July 31, 2007A volcano erupted in the eastern Philippines on Tuesday, raining ash on two towns, but there were no reports of casualties, volcanologists said. No immediate evacuation of nearby communities was necessary unless the apparently short-term eruption of Bulusan volcano worsens, Julio Sabit of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology told AFP. Located on the southeastern tip of the main ... more The Cultural Power Japan In The 21st Century 
Washington (UPI) July 30, 2007If you have a teenager in your house, then chances are you know something about Japanese anime manga, whether in the form of paperback comics, television series, movies, electronic games, or -- as teenagers like to say -- whatever. If indeed your teenager has made you aware of this, then he or she has undoubtedly also made you aware that Japan -- the country these products emanate from -- is a t ... more |
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London UK (SPX) Jul 31, 2007An international team, including scientists from the London Center for Nanotechnology, has detected a hidden magnetic "quantum order" that extends over chains of 100 atoms in a ceramic without classical magnetism. The findings have implications for the design of devices and materials for quantum information processing. In quantum information processing, data is recorded and manipulated as quantu ... more Police Seize Three More Suspects In Attack On Nuclear Protesters 
Irkutsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 31, 2007Police in Siberia have detained another three suspects in an attack on an anti-nuclear protest camp that left one person dead and 21 injured July 21, the first assistant prosecutor in Irkutsk said Tuesday. Alexander Semyonov said the detention brings the total number of detainees to 16 after masked assailants carrying baseball bats and metal rods attacked the camp in Angarsk, near Lake Baikal, w ... more A Bipartisan Call For Clean Energy In Congressional Package 
Washington (SPX) Jul 31, 2007A bipartisan group of congressional environmental champions joined conservation groups have called for clean energy provisions as part of the Congressional energy package that will be sent to the President. Reps. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Paul Hodes (D-NH), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Ed Markey (D-MA), Todd Platts (R-PA), Mark Udall (D-CO) and Tom Udall (D-NM) said they will work to ensure that a strong 35 ... more Researchers Think Pink To Produce Green Solar Energy 
Columbus OH (SPX) Jul 31, 2007When it comes to producing earth-friendly solar energy, pink may be the new green, according to Ohio State University researchers. Scientists here have developed new dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) that get their pink color from a mixture of red dye and white metal oxide powder in materials that capture light. Currently, the best of these new pink materials convert light to electricity with o ... more
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