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The sunny, Central Washington town of Cle Elum could be the site of the world's largest solar photovoltaic power plant, if a Washington company makes good on plans announced today.
Auburn Hills, Mich. (June 23, 2009) – Global glass manufacturer Guardian Industries will present the newest addition to its line of solar glass products at the third annual Concentrated Solar Power Summit US, June 30 – July 1 in San Francisco.
Trina Solar Ltd., a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, today announced that one of the Company’s key solar module glass suppliers, Beijing Hua…
GROSSROEHRSDORF, Germany – June 24, 2009. Today Sunfilm AG announced that all its larger size thin-film solar modules have now also received IEC 61646/EN 61730 certification.
The semi-transparent "ASI THRU" photovoltaic modules from SCHOTT are now being put to use in Romainville, a suburb of Paris, for the first time ever in France.
Meeting place for senior citizens in Romainville becomes the first building in France to have “ASI” modules from SCHOTT on top of its roof Düsseldorf, June 23, 2009 – The semi-transparent “ASI THRU” photovoltaic modules from SCHOTT are now being put…
Dow Corning wants U.S. federal lawmakers to set new policies to boost the solar energy sector, the producer of silicon-based materials said on Wednesday.
Auburn Hills, Mich., June 23, 2009 – Global glass manufacturer Guardian Industries will present the newest addition to its line of solar glass products at the third annual Concentrated Solar Power Summit US, June 30-July 1 in San Francisco.
Faster and cheaper deposition of TCO layers for photovoltaic applications through new rotatable sputter target – demonstration on booth 7413.
Emirates Glass LLC (EGL), one of the leading processors of architectural flat glass in the Middle East and a subsidiary of Dubai Investments (DI), has announced that the commissioning of its new AED 100 million glass coating line is progressing…
Dubai: Emirates Glass LLC (EGLEGL), a subsidiary of Dubai Investments (DI), yesterday said it will commission a new Dh100-million glass coating line in August.
Let the sun do the job’ is going to be the theme of this conference," said Mika Seitovirta, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Glaston at a press conference that opened Glass Performance Days (GPD) this morning in Tampere, Finland.
A new PV incentives program was introduced in Greece last week. The new program covers rooftop PV systems up to 10 KWp (both for residential users and small companies) and establishes a new feed-in tariff (FIT) for such systems.
Auburn Hills, Mich., June 3, 2009 – Global glass manufacturer Guardian Industries presented the newest additions to its line of solar glass products at the 2009 CSP, CPV and Thin Film Technology Summit MENA in Abu Dhabi, UAE (June 2-3).
The modern science of nanotechnology, the highly-advanced manipulation of matter at a molecular level, and which is set to revolutionise every aspect of our lives in the next decade or so, was in fact invented by a medieval glazier.
With a change of name to FLABEG Technical Glass U.S. Corp. the acquisition of Naugatuck Glass, Connecticut, initiated in mid-2008, is now complete.
The Dh1.5 billion Emirates Float Glass (EFG), a subsidiary of Glass LLC, started production this month, according to a senior official.
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PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has introduced Solarphire PV glass, a product designed to maximize solar energy transmission for photovoltaic modules. "A proprietary glass formulation gives Solarphire PV glass greater clarity than leading…
The events aim at presenting on the SE European market new technology, equipment and services, and attracting the public and investors attention to the practical benefits from renewables and the different means to save energy.
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Rainbow Solar Inc. (RSi) announces the world’s first, transparent, photovoltaic-glass window which generates 80 to 250 watts of electricity.
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