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New Type of Solar Thermal Collectors Unique Among Renewable Energy Technologies

There's a lot of energy in the College of Engineering at Rowan University, Glassboro, N.J., these days, and it doesn't have anything to do with 20-year-olds cramming for finals.

9 May 2008

Spire Solar Showcases Solar Cell Testing Equipment

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced it will attend the 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference from May 11 to May 16, 2008 in San Diego, California.

8 May 2008

Lighting Company Announces Environmentally-Friendly Initiative

Bentley Meeker and his highly skilled design team are considered among the top special event lighting experts in the world.

8 May 2008

Developing High-Efficiency Solar Cells with High Power Conversion Efficiency

Magnolia Optical Technologies, Inc. announced today that it is part of the Kopin Corporation team that has been selected for the award of a solar cell development contract from NASA. The Phase II STTR program will develop indium nitride (InN)-based quantum dot solar cell technology.

8 May 2008

The Very Cutting Edge of Renewable Energy

For a project that could be on the very cutting edge of renewable energy, this one is actually decidedly low tech--and that's the point.

8 May 2008

Azure Dynamics to Present at CleanTech Conference

Azure Dynamics Corporation, a leading developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial vehicles today announced that Scott T. Harrison, Azure Dynamics' Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 4th Annual Merriman Curhan Ford + Co. CleanTech Conference

6 May 2008

Farmland Dust Cloud From the Ukraine Detected in Germany for the First Time

Fallow agricultural land and steppe-formation processes are evidently capable of having a much greater effect on global air quality than was previously assumed.

6 May 2008

How to Finance Green Affordable Housing

On Earth Day, April 22, 2008, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City Council adopted a progressive Climate Action Plan intended to reduce the city's greenhouse gas emissions.

6 May 2008

GT Solar to Supply Company with DSS450 Furnaces and Accessories

GT Solar Incorporated announced today that it has entered into a contract to supply Nexolon Co., Ltd. of South Korea with DSS450 furnaces and accessories worth approximately $8.8 million (US). Deliveries are expected to be made over the next 5 months.

6 May 2008

82000-Square-Foot Facility Designed to Handle Increased Demand for Solar Inverters

Global solar technology giant SMA Technologie AG, the parent company of SMA America, Inc., has broken ground on an 82,000-square-foot solar inverter manufacturing plant in Kassel, Germany.

6 May 2008