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BAODING, China, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar", today announced that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2013....
University of Cincinnati research describes discovery of a new structure that is a fundamental game changer in the physics of semiconductor nanowires. There’s big news in the world of tiny things. New research led by University of Cincinnati physics professors Howard Jackson and Leigh Smith could contribute to better ways of harnessing solar energy, more effective air quality sensors or even stronger security measures against biological weapons such as anthrax. And it all starts with...
BELMONT, Calif., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SunEdison, a leading global solar energy services provider and a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR), announced today that its affiliate, MEMC Singapore, entered into a photovoltaic module manufacturing services agreement with Fox Energy, the photovoltaic solar business subsidiary of Foxconn Technology, whereby Fox Energy will manufacture up to 350 megawatts (MW) of solar modules for SunEdison. The modules will be...
BAODING, China, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar", today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited ("Yingli China"), signs two loan agreements (the "Agreements") with China...
KINGSTON, Okla., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Materials Corporation (OTCQB: QTMM) has chosen the greater Austin area in Texas to relocate headquarters and to establish the company's R&D labs. After considering attractive proposals from Texas, North Carolina and Florida, Quantum Materials Corp. (QMC) has decided that Austin's "Silicon Hills" offers superior business advantages to emerging companies in both the nanotech and biotech fields. (Logo:...
BERLIN, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sol Chip Ltd. [http://www.sol-chip.com ], the Israeli company behind the development of an innovative solar operated battery, is the Technical Development Award Winner in the 2013 IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage and Wireless Sensor Networks Event. Sol Chip, a portfolio company of the Mofet Venture Accelerator owned by The Trendlines Group, developed a cost-effective, compact solar battery technology that integrates solar...
Contract Negotiation Underway Between Strategic Partners and European Space Agency for High-Efficiency Satellite Solar Energy Cells SAN JOSE, Calif., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Valley-based Solar Junction, a developer of high-efficiency multi-junction solar energy cells for the concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) market, is in contract negotiation along with IQE - the leading global supplier of semiconductor wafers - for the development of next-generation satellite solar cells for...
Ranks Top 3 among Leading Module Manufacturers in Outdoor Field Testing BAODING, China, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar," today announced that the Company ranked third among ninety well-known manufacturers...
Throughout decades of research on solar cells, one formula has been considered an absolute limit to the efficiency of such devices in converting sunlight into electricity: Called the Shockley-Queisser efficiency limit, it posits that the ultimate conversion efficiency can never exceed 34 percent for a single optimized semiconductor junction. Now, researchers at MIT have shown that there is a way to blow past that limit as easily as today's jet fighters zoom through the sound barrier —...
The construction of this plant, which is expected to begin operations at the end of 2013, forms part of a project lead by Petrobras within the framework of the Research and Development Program developed by the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency. SAO PAULO, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SunEdison, a leading global solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) has signed an agreement with Petrobras to build one of the largest solar...
