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Hilti Move into Solar Energy Market

Hilti Group is extending its North American presence in the fastest growing and highest potential solar market in the world with the purchase of Unirac Inc., a U.S.-based leading provider of photovoltaic (PV) solar mounting solutions.

4 May 2010

Shrink Nanotechnologies Files Patents on Solar Concentrator technology

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. (“Shrink”) (OTCBB: INKN) (OTCBB: INKND), an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that in addition to the solar concentrator application which was filed by its major California public university licensor, Shrink has filed new additional patent applications on its landmark solar concentrator technology.

4 May 2010

Frost + Sullivan Issue Independent Report on Optisol Solar Concentrator Technology

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. (“Shrink”) (OTCBB:INKN) (OTCBB:INKND), an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that Frost & Sullivan's Technology Insights has issued an independent report entitled “Nanotech Technology Alert” on the OptiSol™ Solar Concentrator technology

4 May 2010

DuPont Forecasts Growth of its Photovoltaic Sales

Owing to increased demand for novel installations in North America, Europe and certain regions of Asia, DuPont expects its sales of photovoltaic products to grow more than 50% in 2010.

4 May 2010

Tyco Electronics and Armageddon Energy Establish Strategic Partnership

Modular solar energy systems developer Armageddon Energy has struck a strategic partnership and investment with electronic components, undersea telecommunication systems, specialty products and network solutions provider Tyco Electronics.

4 May 2010

First Wind Hosts Ken Salazar at its Milford Wind Corridor Project

Wind energy company First Wind has hosted Ken Salazar, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, at its Milford Wind Corridor project in Utah.

4 May 2010

SKF Offers Contribution to Solar Impulse Project

SKF is contributing to Solar Impulse, a project that intends to fly an aircraft around the world solely powered by solar energy and thereby not emit any pollution.

4 May 2010

Gartner Names BrightView Systems as a ‘Cool Vendor’

In-line metrology-based optimization and process control tools provider for the production of thin-film solar cells BrightView Systems has been chosen by Gartner, Inc. as one among the five ‘Cool Vendors’ in the ‘Cool Vendors in Solar Energy, 2010’ April 2010 report.

4 May 2010

Intemper Espanola and a German Company Develops Evalon Solar

A partnership between Spanish company Intemper Espanola and a German company has created a new invisible solar film named Evalon Solar in a EUREKA project named Fotointegral.

4 May 2010

Medco-Ormat-Itochu-Kyushu Consortium Make Changes to Agreement on the Sarulla Geothermal Project

The Medco-Ormat-Itochu-Kyushu Consortium (the consortium) has inked the ‘Sarulla Project Joint Confirmation’ agreement with PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), an Indonesian power company, confirming changes to the Energy Sales Contract (ESC), with PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE), the concession holder, signing as witness.

4 May 2010

EPA Awards Grants to College Groups

At the P3 award competition and National Sustainable Design Expo conducted during April 23 – 26, 2010 in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded grants of over $1 million to 14 college groups throughout the U.S.

4 May 2010

MiaSole and Phoenix Solar Ink Agreement on Solar Modules

Photovoltaic system integrator Phoenix Solar AG has inked an agreement with copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels manufacturer MiaSole. Under the terms of agreement, which applies till 2013, MiaSole will initially supply Phoenix Solar with thin-film modules having 4.5 MWp capacity in Q2 of 2010.

4 May 2010