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BOSTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The current and future leaders of New England's Clean Energy economy will be the focus of the 4th Annual Conference on Clean Energy (CCE), held in Boston on November 18 and 19. The conference, a centerpiece of Massachusetts' Clean Energy Week, brings together entrepreneurs, investors and other stakeholders in the clean energy startup community. This year's conference, held at the Hynes Convention Center, will feature presentations by more than 20 recently...
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/74c120/inorganic_and_comp) has announced the addition of the "Inorganic and Composite Printed Electronics 2008-2018" report to their offering. This report is suitable for all companies developing or interested in the opportunity of printed or thin film electronics materials, manufacturing technologies or complete device fabrication and integration. It looks at inorganic technologies beyond conventional silicon for...
Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and its Global Network of Funds, the most active global cleantech investors, today announced that fifteen of their portfolio companies were recognized as finalists in the AlwaysOn 2008 Going Green 100 Awards honoring the top private cleantech companies. The fifteen companies include: Synthetic Genomics, the overall winner; Biofuel Box and Greenfuel Technologies for Biofuels; CoalTek and GreatPoint Energy for Clean Energy; Glycos Bio and EoPlex Technologies for...
MEDFORD, Mass., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Wakonda Technologies, Inc., a developer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products, today announced it has raised $9.5 million in Series A financing from ATV (Advanced Technology Ventures), General Catalyst Partners, Polaris Venture Partners, Applied Ventures, LLC (the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc.) and the Massachusetts Green Energy Fund. Wakonda is developing an inexpensive, patent-pending material that enables the production of high...
By Sion Barry SOLAR energy company G24 Innovations (G24i) has won a top accolade at this year's Business Commitment to the Environment (BCE) Environmental Leadership Awards. Pat McFadden, Secretary of State for Employee Relations, presented the company witht he Product Premier Award. The BCE Awards recognised the development of G24i's portable solar power device, which has the potential to be used in the developing world. G24i is the world's first company to commercially manufacture...
Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Power Plastic(R), a material that converts light to energy, today announced that the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has verified that the company's flexible organic based photovoltaic (PV) solar cells demonstrate outstanding high lifetime after comprehensive environmental testing under accelerated conditions, including high temperature storage and prolonged illumination. "The environmental...
Photovoltaic Solar Cells Inc (Pink Sheets:PVSO) today announces that it has created a dye doped Graphite/Graphene only solar cell. This solar cell will be produced using the production tool that the company is building. This equipment can produce either a solar cell or a solar strip that can be used as a roofing tile. Pictures of these items can be viewed at the company's web site. This solar cell is inexpensive, environmentally friendly, reliable and durable. This solar cell can be...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co. said on Monday it plans to start mass-producing solar cells in 2007, eyeing growing demand for environmentally friendly energy sources. Japan's third-biggest automaker said in a statement it would build a new factory for solar cells on the site of a car plant in Kumamoto prefecture, on the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu. The company aims to generate annual sales of 5 billion to 8 billion yen ($40 million to $70 million) from solar cells once...
