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The New Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Center
The timing could not have been moreperfect for the opening of the Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Center, which opened on the institute’s campus last pastweek. It’s no secret clean energy is helping investment and jobs, and the development of solar technology is a competitive and lucrative component. The new facilityhopes to keep the momentum moving forward. [...]
Tianjin Delegation Visits Applied Materials Solar Center $AMAT
Applied Materials Xi’an hosted an impressive delegation from thecity of Tianjin this week led by Central Politburo Member and TianjinParty Secretary Zhang Gaoli and Mayor Huang Xingguo. Shaanxi Provincial Party Secretary Zhao Leji, Shaanxi Governor Yuan Chunqing, and Xi’anParty Secretary Sun Qingyun accompanied the delegation along with 80other senior officials from Tianjin and Shaanxi [...]
FPL Commissions Solar Field at Kennedy Space Center
On Thursday, April 8, Florida Power & Light (FPL) officials joinedthose from NASA to celebrate the powering up of a 10-megawatt solarfield array at the Kennedy Space Center near the Cape Canaveral AirStation. The solar field array wrapped up two months ahead of scheduleand $8 million below budget. Called the Space Coast NextGeneration Solar Energy [...]
Denver Fed. Center to Install Solar
The Denver Federal Center (DFC), one of the largest federal agency centers in the UnitedStates, announced on Tuesday that they will add roof-mounted solarpanels to three of their buildings across the Denver metropolitan area.Taken together, the panels will comprise a 3.2-megawatt grid-tied solarpower system. The project is part of the DFC’s ambitious goal ofbecoming the most sustainable [...]
The Solar 2 – Green Energy, Arts and Education Center by Kiss + Cathcart Architects
Designed by Kiss + Cathcart Architects, Arup Engineers and Wallace Robertson ToddLandscape Architects, the Solar 2 – Green Energy, Arts and EducationCenter will be New York City’s first carbon-neutral, net-zero energybuilding that will generate more energy than what it consumes. The building itself will be a teaching tool and demonstrate thecomplex relationships between natural forces [...]
New York Times Profiles Applied’s Xi’an Solar Research Center
Thursday’s edition of the New York Times has a great piece on Applied’s new Solar Research and Development Center in Xi’an China. The Center, which is the world’s largest commercial solar R&D Center is nearly 500,000 square feet and includes full crystalline silicon and thin film solar panel lines. The story is well worth the [...]
Tainan Manufacturing Center Opens $AMAT
AppliedMaterials opened its newly expanded manufacturing center in Tainan,Taiwan today. The opening festivities included Mike Splinter, chairmanand CEO of Applied Materials, along with the Taiwanese Premier D.Y. Wu,Dr. L.C. Lee, Minister of Taiwan’s National Science Council, TainanCounty Mayor H.J. Su and S.C. Lin, Vice Minister of Taiwan EconomicAffairs. The facility, which encompasses nearly 15,000 square [...]
Solar Sector’s Center Shifting To China
Reeling from a stormy 2009, the solar market will soon see lopsided supply and demand rush back into parity, according to a new report from Lux Research.Strong demand growth in Asia and the U.S. will push the market to 9.3GW for $39 billion in 2010, while continued price reductions will opennew markets and drive solar [...]
PV Testing And Certification Center Opens In Singapore
TheAssociation for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies(the VDE Institute) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar EnergySystems (ISE) have partnered with the Solar Energy ResearchInstitute Of Singapore (SERIS) to open what the organizations say isthe first testing and certification center for photovoltaic modules insoutheast Asia. A new joint venture, VDE-ISE Pte. Ltd. – foundedby VDE and [...]