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Ferro Corporation (NYSE: FOE) (the "Company") announced  on November 5, 2008 net sales of $608.6 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, up 11 percent from net sales of $550.7 million in the third quarter of 2007.

As the region’s dedicated forum for glass technology, manufacture and processing, our annual Gulf Glass showcase can be expected to increasingly address the wider role that glass will play as a constructional component.

It’s a reversal of fortune. The renewable energy sector once had access to inexpensive capital. But during that time it had been at risk of losing of its favorable treatment.

Japan’s Nippon Sheet Glass (5202.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Thursday it has been modifying its U.S. plants to boost solar cell glass output but voiced concerns about missing business chances as demand will likely grow faster…

University of New South Wales' ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence has created the first silicon solar cell to achieve the milestone of 25 per cent efficiency.

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Taiwan Glass Industrial (TGI) plans to invest an additional NT$2 billion (US$62.7 million) in the next three years in its plant in Changpin Industrial Park in central Taiwan to produce glass products for the solar cell industry, according to data…

Glasstech, Inc., known for continuing innovation, will spotlight an impressive variety of world-class, state-of-the-art glass processing systems for bending, tempering and heat-strengthening glass parts used in the architectural, solar and…

Fives Stein is going to present their new exclusive solutions for solar glass production at Glasstec 2008.

A famous frog once sang that it isn’t easy being green, but the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is working to prove otherwise.

A new report from NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, predicts that the market for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) will reach more than $4.0 billion in revenues ($US) by 2013 and surpassing $8 billion in 2015.

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Now the extinction of conventional energy sources are not oh so distant future happenings, scientists are working overtime to generate alternative clean energy sources.

Thin-film solar cells are cheaper than traditional solar panels, such as those made of polycrystalline silicon, but the yield is lower.

Trakya Cam, the Turkish glass maker owned by the country’s biggest publicly traded bank, plans to invest 49.5 million euros ($76 million) to produce glass for solar panels.

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Toyota Motor Corp. plans to install a solar power generation system on its Prius hybrid car, when the vehicle goes through a complete makeover as early as next spring, according to a media report Monday.

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Currently, a new solar tower power plant is under construction in Jülich near Aachen. This research and power-generation project is planned to go into operation at the end of 2008.

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New PowerFlex Solar Strings Simplify and Speed Adoption of Low-Cost, Highly-Efficient and Flexible Thin-Film CIGS Technology

Research and Markets has announced the addition of “Flat Glass in France - Portfolio Analysis” to their offering.

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