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ET Solar Announces a 6.6MW Module Sales Contract

ET Solar Group Corp., a Nanjing-based integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products including ingot, wafer, module, and state-of-the-art dual-axis tracking systems with manufacturing facilities located in Taizhou, China, announced today a 6.6MW module sales contract with a leading Italian energy equipment provider.

2 Apr 2008

Energy Savings Solution to the HVAC Sector

Viconics Inc, is pleased to announce the release of the VT7000 series thermostats equipped with on-board Passive InfraRed Motion detector.

2 Apr 2008

Primary Lithium Battery Market Expects to Reach $1.77 Billion by 2014

Escalating defense budgets and spending on sophisticated, technologically advanced equipment is augmenting growth in the primary lithium batteries market worldwide. In particular, new battery chemistries developed for industrial, automotive and military applications make the battery market dynamic and vibrant.

2 Apr 2008

First Commercial Use of Diesel Particulate Filters in Hong Kong Buses

BASF is supplying diesel particulate filters for over 2,500 Hong Kong transit buses, marking the first large-scale commercial use of diesel particulate filters in the city as part of a diesel retrofit program. It also demonstrates BASF Catalysts' continued efforts to promote a cleaner environment in Hong Kong with its more than 7 million inhabitants.

2 Apr 2008

OSRAM's Unique Solar Project in Kenya

On Lake Victoria in Kenya OSRAM has launched a unique project for producing light away from a permanent power supply. At a specially constructed solar station (OSRAM Energy Hub) the local people can recharge batteries for energy-saving lamps, luminaires and other electrical appliances, such as mobile phones, at low cost and without damaging the environment.

2 Apr 2008

M-Com Order A TurboDisc System for Production of High-Efficiency Solar Cells

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that Millenium Communication Co. Ltd. (M-Com) of Hsinchu, Taiwan has ordered a TurboDisc(R) E450(TM) arsenic phosphide (As/P) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for production of high-efficiency III-V compound multi-junction solar cells.

2 Apr 2008

Building Business Through Conversion of Agricultural Products into Advanced Materials

The state of Ohio has appointed thirteen members, representing a wide range of expertise in the fields of chemicals, polymers and advanced materials, to serve on the Ohio Agriculture to Chemicals, Polymers, and Advanced Materials Task Force. The creation of the task force is aimed at accelerating the state business climate by maximizing ties between its No. 1 industry, agriculture, and its role as the nation's No. 1 polymer industry.

2 Apr 2008

Harvesting Rainwater at Park Farm

Park Farm, the HQ for Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and his River Cottage team, is currently undergoing something of a revamp.

2 Apr 2008

Climate Change and Global Warming Affect Corals

Coral reefs could be dying out because of changes to the microbes that live in them just as much as from the direct rise in temperature caused by global warming, according to scientists speaking today (Wednesday 2 April 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology's 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

2 Apr 2008

Solar Panels to Give Satellite Power

Preparations for launching NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) satellite are underway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. NASA KSC's "NASA Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report" on Thursday, March 20, noted that GLAST's twin solar panels have been attached. The panels will provide electrical power for GLAST after its launch into earth orbit.

2 Apr 2008