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Photovoltaics among fastest growing industries in the worldIspra, Italy (SPX) Sep 08, 2011 Photovoltaics among fastest growing industries in the world Brussels, 5 September 2011 -The tenth edition of the JRC PV Status Report indicates that in 2010, the photovoltaic (PV) industry production more than doubled and reached a world-wide production volume of 23.5 gigawatt (GW) of photovoltaic modules. Since 1990, photovoltaic module production has increased more than 500-fold from 46 megawatts (MW) to 23.5 GW in 2010, which makes photovoltaics one of the fastest-growing industries at present. ... read more |
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 10 MW PV plants installed and connected to the grid in just two months With each passing day, Italy is getting closer to 10 GW threshold of installed photovoltaic power connected to the national grid. And Espe Sunparc Srl, the Italian company specializing in design, in ... more | .. |
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 Calisolar opening new facility to expand solar silicon production Calisolar has announced plans to expand the production of its revolutionary low-cost, high-quality solar silicon by building a new 16,000MT solar silicon production facility in Lowndes County, Missi ... more | .. |
 Dow Introduces ENLIGHT DC-8300 Coolant for Diamond Wire Ingot Squaring Dow Chemical has introduced a diamond wire ingot squaring coolant that improves photovoltaic (PV) wafer manufacturing efficiency while also improving the sustainability of the production process. ... more | .. |
 CPV conference hopes to further technology Magpower and Suntrix are two companies leading the way in commercializing CPV in emerging markets for the technology, and will be sharing their experiences at the 3rd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summi ... more | .. |
  Japan's current account surplus, machinery orders fall Japan's current account surplus shrank 42.4 percent from a year earlier in July, government data showed Thursday, the fifth consecutive decline in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. ... more |
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 Outside View: Americans dreaming? Sometimes, delusion, self-deception and outright denial can dominate the public's psyche. As the U.S. economy stutters, unemployment refuses to budge and the 10th anniversary of September 11th looms, many Americans question or challenge the notion of the American Dream. For too many, that vision is, today, elusive or unobtainable. In compensation perhaps, America's past successes are often exaggerated or distorted. ... more |
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 Room for nuclear energy in the future: new IEA chief The new chief of the International Energy Agency Maria van der Hoeven said Wednesday nuclear power will have a place in the future despite the Fukushima catastrophe and the decision by some countries to opt out. ... more |
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 China revises 2010 economic growth up to 10.4% China said Wednesday it had revised its 2010 economic growth up to 10.4 percent from the 10.3 percent announced previously, due mainly to higher-than-estimated output in its service sector. ... more | .. |
 Brazil natives call on Shell to leave ancestral lands Guarani Indians in southern Brazil have called on Shell to withdraw from their ancestral land, where the oil giant produces ethanol from sugar cane, according to a native rights group. ... more | .. |
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 HSBC to axe up to 3,000 jobs in Hong Kong by 2014 Banking giant HSBC said Wednesday it will slash up to 3,000 jobs in Hong Kong over the next three years, as part of its global cost-cutting drive as it shifts focus to fast-growing markets. ... more | .. |
 Philippines invests to protect South China Sea The Philippines on Wednesday announced another military spending spree to defend its South China Sea territories, with a key goal of protecting its largest natural gas project against Chinese claims. ... more | .. |
 Microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste Researchers at Michigan State University have unraveled the mystery of how microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste and other toxic metals. Details of the process, which c ... more |
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 DuPont Introduces New Protective Backsheet Technology for PV Modules DuPont Photovoltaic Fluoromaterials (DuPont) announced it has developed a new backsheet technology designed to enhance the quality and manufacturability of crystalline silicon solar modules by impro ... more | .. |
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First Solar begins Australian project First Solar, Verve Energy and GE unit GE Energy Financial Services announced that Australia's first utility-scale solar power project is under way. Output from the 10-megawatt AC project on 80 hecta ... more | .. |
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 Saint-Gobain Solar Showcases SOLGLIDE M and SOLGLIDE T Bearings SOLGLIDE T and SOLGLIDE M families of bearings, launched by Saint-Gobain Solar, reduce the costs of initial investment, operations and maintenance for solar tracking systems in solar power plants. ... more | .. |
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