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Window installers looking to benefit from the boom in renewable energy systems by installing energy-efficient technology will find that Ecofirst Limited, a company established in 2006 by sustainable housing pioneers, ZeroC (formerly Cornhill Estates…
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SIA GroGlass opens a unique hi-tech factory at Katlakalna Street 4B in Riga today, May 19, 2008. The factory will manufacture large area optical vacuum coatings on glass substrate.
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Leading silicone technology company, Dow Corning Corporation, said today that a newly published report demonstrates the value of silicones to the European economy and their significant potential to benefit the newer European Community members.
MUNICH, Germany and ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Could thin-film solar technology be the shortcut to grid-parity?
Photo:The Natural Gas Group headquarters features a “shark bite mark” design. The new headquarters of Gas Natural Group in Barcelona, Spain, features a glass facade made with DuPont™ SentryGlas® Plus structural interlayers in the shape of a bite-…
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C.R. Laurence Inc., Los Angeles, announced on March 25 that it acquired Sommer & Maca Industries, Cicero, Ill., effective March 20, according to a company release.
CSR Limited announces a new name in glass. It’s Viridian™. Representing a $1 billion plus commitment to more sustainable, market-responsive building products and technologies, Viridian is the sum of two impressive parts.
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Taiwan has always been a major place for thin-film technology and the semiconductor industry. Big players in the Taiwanese industry are now using this experience to explore and start new thin-film silicon solar production initiatives.
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SCHOTT Solar will be establishing a new photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing site in the United States increasing its photovoltaic capacities by more than 60 megawatts.
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Offered in variety of shapes in lengths up to 6 m, Solar Simulation Flashlamps are suitable for testing crystalline or thin-film materials.