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Installation of Thin-Film Modules at Chevron's Solar Energy Facility in California

MiaSole, a leading manufacturer of Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, today announced the installation of thin-film modules providing 200 kW of power at Project Brightfield, a...

23 Mar 2010

IEEE PV Specialists Conference to Highlight Thin Film and Other Technologies

Registration opens today for the 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference being held at the Hawaii Convention Center on June 20-25, 2010. The early bird registration deadline is May 15, 2010. Registration instru...

22 Mar 2010

Ascent Solar and Kirloskar Partner to Market Thin-Film PV Modules in India

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today that it has signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Kirloskar Integrated Technologies Limited, India (Kirloskar).

22 Mar 2010

Recent Work to Develop Semiconductor Nanowire Sheds Light on High-Efficiency Solar Cells and LEDs

A recent advance by Arizona State University researchers in developing nanowires could lead to more efficient photovoltaic cells for generating energy from sunlight, and to better light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that could replace less energy-efficient incandescent light bulbs.

22 Mar 2010

GE Focuses on R+D Efforts to Develop Low-Cost Solar Module

With the race on in earnest to have the most efficient, low-cost solar module on the market, GE (NYSE: GE) announced it is focusing its research and development efforts on thin film photovoltaic (PV) technology in conjun...

19 Mar 2010

Scientists Develop Innovative Rubber Chip Harvesting Energy from Motions

In a recent paper in the journal Nano Letters, scientists report that they have developed an innovative rubber chip that has the ability to harvest energy from motions such as walking, running, and breathing and convert it into a power source.

18 Mar 2010

Nevada Students Learn to Design Skis Using Nanomaterials

Imagine packing skis into a suitcase, skis that never need wax or skis that hold a perfect line in all snow conditions. That's just what University of Nevada, Reno students in Kam K. Leang's mechanical engine...

18 Mar 2010

APS Press Conferences Highlight New Nanoscale Technologies and Graphene Applications

The following press conferences will take place during the March Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS), to be held March 15-19, 2010 in the Portland Convention Center. Journalists are invited to attend the m...

18 Mar 2010

EcoloCap Receives Preliminary Test Results of its Nano Lithium Battery

EcoloCap Solutions Inc. (OTCBB: ECOS) today announces it has received preliminary results of the independent tests of it Nano Lithium Battery conducted by Exponent, a leading engineering and scientific consulting firm of...

17 Mar 2010

Envia Systems Awarded $4 Million Grant from U.S. Department of Energy

Envia Systems announced today that it was awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) newly formed Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) and $1 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC).

17 Mar 2010