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Veeco Awarded $800,000 to Support Emerging Renewable Energy Technology

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that its St. Paul operations was awarded $800,000 in matching funds by the Minnesota Department of Commerce's Office of Energy Security provided by the American R...

From Veeco 28 Jun 2010

Altairnano Receives U.S. Patent for Unique Nanotechnology Manufacturing Process

Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Altairnano) (NASDAQ: ALTI), announced it had been granted a U.S. patent for the "Method of Producing Mixed Metal Oxides and Metal Oxide Compounds."

From Altair Nanotechnologies 28 Jun 2010

Center Will Enable Nanoscale Innovations for Clean Energy and Smart Grid Solutions

Crompton Greaves and CG Power ("CG"), a global leader in power transmission and distribution headquartered in India, and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany today announced a partnership to establish a world-class center at CNSE's Albany NanoTech Complex that will enable nanotechnology innovations for smart grid solutions, creating over 100 high-tech jobs in upstate New York and fueling development and use of clean and renewable energy technologies.

25 Jun 2010

Altairnano Receives Purchase Order from Proterra

Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Altairnano) oday announced it has signed a long-term supply agreement with Proterra Inc. to supply advanced lithium-ion battery modules for incorporation into Proterra's all-electric and hybrid-electric buses.

From Altair Nanotechnologies 25 Jun 2010

High-Purity Thin Films of Material Can Increase Fuel Cell Efficiency

A surprising MIT laboratory finding about the behavior of a thin sheet of material — less than a thousandth of the thickness of a human hair — could lead to improved ways of studying the behavior of electrodes and perhaps ultimately to improvements in the rate of power production from one type of fuel cell, according to a report published this week.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 25 Jun 2010

Nanotechnology to be Discussed at SPIE Optics and Photonics

Optics and photonics research and initiatives with the potential for profound improvements in everyday life and a greener future will be advanced at SPIE Optics and Photonics. The event will be held 1-5 August at th...

25 Jun 2010

Xiris Develops New Tool for Inspecting Flexible Thin Film PV Cells

Xiris Automation Inc., a 20 year veteran in the machine vision industry, has developed TFI-FLEX, an inspection system used for detecting defects in Flexible Thin Film Photovoltaic Cells.

25 Jun 2010

New Process Using Quantum Dots Enhance Solar Cell Efficiency Up to 66%

Evolution Solar (Pinksheets:EVSO). Researchers from the University of Texas in Austin and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis have discovered a process that can be used to increase the conversion efficiency o...

25 Jun 2010

Altair Nanotechnologies Signs Long-Term Supply Agreement with Proterra

Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Altairnano) (NASDAQ: ALTI) today announced it has signed a long-term supply agreement with Proterra Inc. to supply advanced lithium-ion battery modules for incorporation into Proterra's...

From Altair Nanotechnologies 24 Jun 2010

Bloo Solar Selects CVD to Develop Thin Film PV Cell Manufacturing Equipment

Bloo Solar, a West Sacramento renewable solar energy company, announced today the selection of CVD Equipment Corporation (CVD) to develop and manufacture the equipment for its unique 3rd generation three dimensional architecture, thin film, solar module.

24 Jun 2010