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General Motors to Increase Chevy Volt Production Output by 50 Percent

Owing to strong interest shown by the public in the General Motors Chevrolet Volt, which is an electric car, General Motors plans to increase U.S. manufacturing output of its vehicle by 50%, to 45,000 units from 30,000 units in 2012.

2 Aug 2010

National Semiconductor Launches New Chipset for Solar Panels

National Semiconductor Corp. (NSM) launched the first in-panel SolarMagic chipset of solar industry. The launch of SolarMagic chipset marks the arrival of smart panels, a new brand of solar system.

9 Jun 2010

New Research Report Offers Insight on Green Battery Chargers

The past two decades have witnessed an increase of portable technologies with laptops, e-readers, mobile phones, gaming devices and global positioning systems (GPS) being commonly used.

12 May 2010

Ultralife Receives Funding from NYSERDA and NYPA for Battery Project

Following the successful application for funding as per the NYSERDA Program Opportunity Notice 1670, Ultralife Corporation has received $3 million in grants from the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

11 May 2010

Veeco Announce Winners of Energy Innovation Award

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of scanning probe microscopes (SPM) to the nanoscience community, today announced the winners of the second phase of the Veeco Labs Research Grant Program, "Energy Innovation."

29 Apr 2010

Australia to Send Trade Delegation to Clean Technology 2010 Conference

The Small Technologies Cluster Ltd (STC), Melbourne, Australia have recently announced they are leading an Australian delegation to the US National Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) Nanotech Conference and Expo 2010 from June 21-25 at the Anaheim Convention Centre, Anaheim, CA. This delegation will form part of an Australian trade fair and will have a booth at the Nanotech trade exhibition.

16 Apr 2010

Neptuno, Flexenclosure to Jointly Commercialize E-site in Caribbean and Latin American Markets

Neptuno USA and Sweden-based Flexenclosure have collaborated through a letter of intent (LOI) to launch the E-site® carrier solution in the Caribbean and Latin America.

26 Mar 2010

Bayer's Polyurethane Dispersion Meets Green Chemistry Requirements

The Baycusan® C product line satisfies the key requirements that the cosmetics industry places on "green" raw materials. For example, these ultrapure synthetic polyurethane dispersions, developed by Bayer MaterialScience specifically for the cosmetics industry, are based on water and contain neither preservatives nor co-solvents.

17 Mar 2010

Novel Membranes Could Improve Batteries, Fuel Cells and Other Energy Products

A team of researchers at MIT and Pennsylvania State University has been developing a new method for producing novel kinds of membranes that could have improved properties for batteries, fuel cells and other energy conversion and storage applications.

17 Feb 2010

Suniva and GS Battery Collaborate to Develop Solar Powered Energy Storage Systems

Suniva, a high-efficiency solar module manufacturer based in U.S., said that the company will be partnering with GS Yuasa International’s American subsidiary, GS Battery, to develop energy storing systems utilizing Suniva’s solar modules.

30 Jan 2010