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“Global and China Solar Water Heater Industry Report, 2013” is a new research report added to ReportsnReports.com store. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) January 25, 2013 Solar heat utilization has seen rapid development around the world by virtue of easy reliability, with the growing scale of application, especially in China whose solar water heater production has risen to 63.9 million square meters in 2012 at a growth rate of 10.7% or so, with total inventory of roughly 258 million square...

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mainstream Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB: MSEI) is proud to announce that is has closed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with First Power and Light, LLC (First Power), a commercial, large residential, and Federal Government solar installation company. The terms of the closed LOI are that the shareholders of First Power are becoming the majority shareholders of Mainstream. The U.S. solar market is experiencing incredible growth due to increasing...

TORONTO and GUELPH, Ontario, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced the launch of its next generation ResidentialAC system. Until now, PV system installers had to make use of first generation micro inverter technology. Canadian Solar's ResidentialAC system combines the Company's highly efficient 250W PV module with a state of the art next...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A team from Lund University in Sweden wrote in the journal Science about how nanowires could eventually make way for more efficient solar cells. Scientists have been studying solar cell nanowires more and more, and until now, the dream figure was ten percent efficiency. However, the Swedish researchers were able to report an efficiency of 13.8 percent. Nanowires are made of the semiconductor material indium phosphide and work...

FARMINGTON, Conn., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Four new significant market research reports are available from Global Information (GII) for executives and their organizations seeking strong historic and forecast data to facilitate their decision-making concerning the global market for solar photovoltaics, solar storage and energy harvesting. The reports provide answers to key questions such as what are the growth prospects for solar PV over the next several years, what...

GUELPH, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has signed a 10 MW AC Module Supply Agreement with Algonquin Power Co. ("APCo"), to provide Canadian Solar modules for a utility-scale solar power project in Cornwall, Ontario. Construction is scheduled to begin in the second quarter...

- Representatives from 20 collegiate teams visit the Great Park competition site for the first time - Students from around the country and world gather on-site to prepare for award-winning competition - Renderings of student-designed solar houses released - Great Park to host Solar Decathlon 2013, October 3-13 IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Students representing the 20 collegiate teams competing in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013...

TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and sapphire and silicon wafers, announced today that its subsidiary, Tempress Systems BV was honored with "The WNF Cleantech Star 2012" award by the World Wide Fund for Nature The Netherlands (WNF) during the third WNF Clean Tech Symposium in Rotterdam....

GUELPH, Canada and SAN RAMON, Calif., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ) today announced that its submission of the 148 MW solar park PV project in southern Brandenburg, Germany was named the 2012 winner of the Solar Project of the Year Award by POWER-GEN International. The solar complex in southern Brandenburg, one of the world's largest PV projects covering 352 hectares (870 acres), was...

Demand for construction of utility-scale solar power projects has skyrocketed thanks in large part to substantial government assistance. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on the Solar Farm Developers industry to its growing industry report collection. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 07, 2013 The Solar Farm Developers industry has been exploding over the past five years. Demand for construction of utility-scale solar power projects has skyrocketed...