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Sunways AG (SWW:GR, SWWG.DE, ISIN DE0007332207), has received its largest individual order for building-integrated photovoltaics to date: the Konstanz-based photovoltaics specialist is supplying semitransparent design solar cells for the new US head…
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Following its establishment in the areas of thin glass and photovoltaic, laser technology now advances into the area of flat glass finishing.
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Loughborough-based SmartGen Ltd has revealed that it was overwhelmed by the UK industry’s response to its SmartShield system.  SmetGen claims its SmartShield polymeric resin is capable of boosting yield by almost 10 percent.
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Brisbane, QLD, Australia and Menlo Park, CA USA, September 24, 2012 — Brisbane Materials, a specialty materials company, today announced that the company has closed its AUD$5,000,000 Series A funding round.
An Australian startup lines up $5.2 million in venture capital to push its inaugural product: a coating that reduces reflection so that more sunlight can stay inside solar cells to generate electricity.
Montreal, Quebec. September 19, 2012 – Orbite Aluminae (TSX: ORT; OTCQX:EORBF) (the “Company”or “Orbite”) today announced that, leveraging its patented processes for high-purity and smelter-grade alumina production, the Company has developed a…
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A challenging and pioneering refurbishment project in Rushenden, Isle of Sheppey, is now complete, the results of which are hoped to be significant enough to offer the potential to develop a National Code for Retrofit.
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Thin, conductive films are useful in displays and solar cells. A new solution-based chemistry developed at Brown University for making indium tin oxide films could allow engineers to employ a much simpler and cheaper manufacturing process.