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<title>US PV News Feed</title>
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<description>This feed contains US PV news articles selected by the Prometheus staff.</description>

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<title>Hoku Solar and Suntech Power Complete Solar Installation for One of Hawaii's Largest Beverage Distributors</title>
<link>http://interestalert.com/story/07220000aaa008bc.prn/siteia/UTILITIE/utilities.html</link>
<description>KAPOLEI, Hawaii and SAN FRANCISCO, July 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Hoku Solar, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoku Scientific, Inc. and designer, engineer and installer of photovoltaic (PV) power systems, and Suntech Power Holdings...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:43:24 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://interestalert.com/">Interest Alert</source>
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<title>Forecast for Solar Stocks? Partly Sunny</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1517137454&amp;z=950243041</link>
<description>SO HERE'S THE dilemma about solar stocks. For a host of reasons, the industry is going mainstream. Sunshine is free and nearly limitless. It creates no greenhouse...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Smart Money</source>
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<title>The Concept Behind Solar Panels</title>
<link>http://www.articledevil.com/science/the-concept-behind-solar-panels.php</link>
<description>Solar panels are devices made to convert solar energy into either electricity or heat. While most think of it as new technology, the basic concept has already been in use since around a hundred years ago to heat water in...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:34:10 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.articledevil.com/">Article Devil</source>
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<title>SunPower Has Profit on Surging Solar Panel Sales (Update1)</title>
<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601072&amp;sid=a6XkdAQVud9M&amp;refer=energy</link>
<description>By Christopher Martin  July 17 (Bloomberg) -- SunPower Corp., the second-biggest U.S. solar cell maker, said it had a second-quarter profit amid rising sales of its photovoltaic systems and absent acquisition costs from a year...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</source>
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<title>First Solar Announces Two California Solar Projects with Southern California Edison</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1510208920&amp;z=950243041</link>
<description>- First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) announced today that Southern California Edison (SCE) has selected First Solar to engineer and supply the PV power plant system for a 2 megawatt project to be installed on the roof of a commercial building in Fontana,...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">DiGiTAL50</source>
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<title>Fat Spaniel Launches Open Platform for Energy Intelligence</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1510072822&amp;z=950243041</link>
<description>SAN JOSE, CA /PRNewswire/ -- , a market leader in monitoring and reporting services for distributed energy systems, announced the release of Fat Spaniel Insight Platform, the 'world's first open intelligence platform for building, sharing, and running energy data...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Sensors WorldLink</source>
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<title>Escondido, CA, USA: enXco Sign 900 kW Power Purchase Agreement</title>
<link>http://www.solarbuzz.com/News/NewsNAPR1146.htm</link>
<description>enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, has been contracted to develop, construct, own and operate a first phase 900kW solar photovoltaic array in an agreement with Recycling Technology Development LLC, owner of the site operated by its sister company Bayshore Recycling in Keasbey, New...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:40:33 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.solarbuzz.com/">Solarbuzz</source>
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<title>Florida regulators approve FP&amp;L solar cost recovery</title>
<link>http://www.platts.com/Electric%20Power/News/6921916.xml?src=Electric%20Powerrssheadlines1</link>
<description>Boston (Platts)--15Jul2008 The Florida Public Service Commission on Tuesday approved Florida Power &amp; Light's plan to recover through its environmental cost-recovery clause the cost of three solar-energy projects totaling 110...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:37:44 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.platts.com/">Platts</source>
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<title>United States: Firm picked to install SF solar power system td</title>
<link>http://www.tendersinfo.com/viewdata/view_sum_new.php?ti_id=2780652&amp;search_id=136459&amp;move_id=5545376&amp;archive=&amp;flag=0&amp;url1=L3ZpZXdkYXRhL3NlYXJjaF90ZW5kZXJfbmV3LnBocD9zZWFyY2hfaWQ9MTM2NDU5JnNvcnQ9ZGF0ZV9jJm9yZGVyPWRlc2Mma2V5d29yZHM9LCUyMEVsZWN0cmljYWwlM</link>
<description>United States: Firm picked to install SF solar power system  Description:  The city of San Francisco upped its commitment to solar power, choosing a local firm to build what will be the country's third-largest solar photovoltaic...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 10:50:49 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.tendersinfo.com/">TendersInfo</source>
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<title>Solar industry's rapid growth leaves shortage in work force</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1418573231&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>The solar industry has been vocal about how the shortage of trained installers hurts business. Community colleges have begun addressing that problem, but a new study indicates that there could be an equally great need for programs that train workers to design and sell solar panels, and to manage other...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 08:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Business Journal of Milwaukee</source>
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<title>SunPower to build new plant in Malaysia</title>
<link>http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSWNAS459320080519</link>
<description>NEW YORK, May 19 (Reuters) - SunPower Corp (SPWR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it would build a new photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing plant in Malaysia that will be capable of producing more than 1,000 megawatts of cells per...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 08:16:29 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.reuters.com/">Reuters US</source>
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<title>United States: Energy Innovations launches RayTracker GC Solar Solution tr class="</title>
<link>http://www.tendersinfo.com/viewdata/view_sum_new.php?ti_id=2715378&amp;search_id=134264&amp;move_id=4271388&amp;archive=&amp;flag=0&amp;url1=L3ZpZXdkYXRhL3Nob3dfdGFibGVfbmV3LnBocD9zZWFyY2hfaWQ9MTM0MjY0JnBhZ2U9NDAmbWF4cGFnZT01MCZudW1fcm93cz0xMDAzOCZzb3J0PWRhdGVfYyZzaW1wb</link>
<description>United States: Energy Innovations launches RayTracker GC Solar Solution  Description:  Energy Innovations Inc. has announced the immediate availability of RayTracker GC, a single-axis solar tracker for ground-mount and carport-mount applications that maximizes the energy yield of a photovoltaic...</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 09:33:42 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.tendersinfo.com/">TendersInfo</source>
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<title>Orange County Convention Center Design Build Solar Photovoltaic Demonstration Center </title>
<link>http://www.tendersinfo.com/viewdata/view_sum_new.php?ti_id=2751634&amp;search_id=134264&amp;move_id=4270875&amp;archive=&amp;flag=0&amp;url1=L3ZpZXdkYXRhL3Nob3dfdGFibGVfbmV3LnBocD9zZWFyY2hfaWQ9MTM0MjY0JnBhZ2U9MTkmbWF4cGFnZT01MCZudW1fcm93cz0xMDAzOCZzb3J0PWRhdGVfYyZzaW1wb</link>
<description>Orange County Convention Center Design Build Solar Photovoltaic Demonstration Center Description: Request for Proposals for Providing Orange County Convention Center Design Build Solar Photovoltaic Demonstration Center Location: United States TI Ref ID: 2751634 Document Type: Tender Notice...</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 09:32:04 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.tendersinfo.com/">TendersInfo</source>
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<title>United States: OptiSolar Planning World's Largest Photovoltaic Plant tr class="</title>
<link>http://www.tendersinfo.com/viewdata/view_sum_new.php?ti_id=2715742&amp;search_id=134264&amp;move_id=4271483&amp;archive=&amp;flag=0&amp;url1=L3ZpZXdkYXRhL3Nob3dfdGFibGVfbmV3LnBocD9zZWFyY2hfaWQ9MTM0MjY0JnBhZ2U9NDQmbWF4cGFnZT01MCZudW1fcm93cz0xMDAzOCZzb3J0PWRhdGVfYyZzaW1wb</link>
<description>United States: OptiSolar Planning World's Largest Photovoltaic Plant  Description:  Utility-scale, thin-film solar manufacturer OptiSolar just released plans to create the largest solar photovoltaic farm in the...</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 09:31:57 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.tendersinfo.com/">TendersInfo</source>
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<title>2nd German solar firm setting up in area</title>
<link>http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=82753545</link>
<description>(The Arizona Daily Star - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --  Another German company in the solar-energy industry is making a home in...</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 11:23:32 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.individual.com/">Individual.com</source>
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<title>Corporations Seriously Looking at Alternative Energy</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1416460873&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>Recently when asked 'What is the best currency in the world to own right now?', billionaire Warren Buffet replied, 'Not the u.S. dollar.' It was recently reported that supermodel Gisele Bundchen refused to be paid in...</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 03:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Search Articles.net</source>
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<title>CIGS companies eye building-integrated photovoltaics</title>
<link>http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9946415-54.html?tag=newsmap</link>
<description>AUSTIN, Texas--"It's like a great big grilled cheese sandwich machine."  That's how solar power company HelioVolt's vice president of marketing and sales, John Langdon, describes the company's pilot line for CIGS thin-film photovoltaics, a technology that a raft of companies are betting on to lower...</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 01:38:56 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.news.com/">CNET News.com</source>
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<title>EMCOR Group, Inc. Subsidiary Begins Work on Large Solar Installation in Pacific Northwest</title>
<link>http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=82708989</link>
<description>(BUSINESS WIRE) --  EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500(R) leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses, announced that its subsidiary Dynalectric Company of Oregon has begun work on a solar power array (multiple...</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 00:46:12 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.individual.com/">Individual.com</source>
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<title>Photovoltaics follow Moore's Law</title>
<link>http://technocrat.net/d/2008/5/16/41454</link>
<description>The price per watt of a photovoltaic module has been decreasing at a remarkably steady 6% a year for the last 25 years-- despite waivering levels of R...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 17:02:08 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://technocrat.net/">Technocrat</source>
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<title>Ascent Solar prices offering at $14 a share</title>
<link>http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/05/12/daily50.html?surround=lfn</link>
<description>Denver Business Journal  Print Article Email Article Reprints RSS Feeds  Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. priced a public offering of its stock at $14 a share, the Littleton company said...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 16:41:34 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://denver.bizjournals.com/">South Florida Business Journal</source>
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<title>SCHOTT Establishes Thin-film Company</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1415698851&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>At the Jena location, SCHOTT Solar has invested 75 million [US $116 million] in thin-film technology and recently inaugurated new production...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Renewable Energy World</source>
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<title>Greentech Media Adds to Intersolar North America Conference</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1415394351&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>SAN FRANCISCO Solar Promotion International GmbH has an eight-year legacy producing the world's largest solar technology exhibition: Intersolar...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">DiGiTAL50</source>
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<title>LIPAs sunny proposal</title>
<link>http://www.libn.com/article.htm?articleID=42363</link>
<description>Maybe its the escalating cost of energy thats forcing us all to take a hard look at alternatives. Our power authority has noticed.  Long Island Power Authority issued a request for proposals calling for companies to install enough solar power units to produce 50 megawatts of electricity for Nassau and...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 06:46:42 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.libn.com/">Long Island Business News</source>
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<title>Clouded outlook</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1415136607&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>Evergreen Solar Inc. of Marlborough won $44 million in state incentives to build its manufacturing plant at the former Fort Devens and is already going full-steam ahead on a privately funded expansion that will double the capacity of that...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 06:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Boston Globe</source>
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<title>Innovalight's Silicon Ink</title>
<link>http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_857394456</link>
<description>Printing is generally a low-cost and high throughput process, in stark contrast to conventional methods used to produce amorphous and crystalline silicon solar...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 03:43:25 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.silobreaker.com/">Silo Breaker</source>
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<title>Bright Future? New N.C. utilities law generates proposal for solar-energy farm in Davidson County</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1414741324&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>By Michael Hewlett, Sean Mussendenand James Romoser JOURNAL REPORTERS Published: May 15, 2008 LEXINGTON -- A proposed 21.5 megawatt solar farm in Davidson County would probably be "the largest in the United States" of its type, said Monique Harris, a spokeswoman for the Solar Energy Industries...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Winston-Salem Journal</source>
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<title>Public Utilities Commission Approves Hoku Solar-Hawaiian Electric Contract for Photovoltaic Project </title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1414559830&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>-- The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission has approved a contract for Hawaiian Electric Company to purchase power from a photovoltaic (PV) power system that Hoku Solar,...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 21:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Earthtimes.org</source>
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<title>Spire Corporation Reports Record First Quarter 2008 Revenues</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1414488931&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>Roger G. Little, Chairman and CEO of Spire, said, This is the fifth straight quarter Spire has achieved record revenues and our financials continued to...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Renewable Energy World</source>
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<title>REI Extends Commitment to Renewable Energy with Solar Power Investment </title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1414256838&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>SEATTLE - (Business Wire) Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), a national retail cooperative providing quality outdoor gear and clothing, today announced plans to retrofit more than 10 percent of its stores with solar electric technology in...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Earthtimes.org</source>
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<title>IBM investing in solar technology </title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1413622131&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>Cox News Service SAN DIEGO - Combining high-tech semiconductor engineering with a simple staple of kids play, IBM today plans to unveil technology that it claims can squeeze more juice out of solar electric systems and significantly reduce their...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Raleigh News &amp; Observer</source>
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<title>DayStar Technologies, Inc. Adopts Stockholder Rights Plan</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1413000961&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DayStar Technologies, Inc. a developer of photovoltaic products based on CIGS thin film semiconductor technology, today announced that its Board of Directors has adopted a Stockholder Rights...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">TickerTech.com</source>
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<title>Board approves incentives for solar farm</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1412984814&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>The Davidson County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an economic incentives agreement of more than $2 million Tuesday night to try to entice a power company to build in the county what would be the nation's largest solar...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">The Dispatch</source>
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<title>Sunfilm to ramp tandem Applied thin film photovoltaic lines</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1412795935&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>Aiming to set a new solar industry benchmark by manufacturing the worlds first tandem junction, silicon thin film photovoltaic modules on 5.7-square-meter glass panels, Germany-based Sunfilm AG, which was , said today that it will purchase a second  from .</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 18:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Semiconductor International</source>
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<title>JA Solar offers $350 million in 4.5% notes due 2013</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1412485728&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>BOSTON (Thomson Financial) - JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. said Wednesday that it's offering $350 million in senior convertible notes due 2013 that will pay semi-annually at an annual rate of...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Forbes.com</source>
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<title>Hoku Scientific 4Q loss narrows on lower costs</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1412446250&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>KAPOLEI, Hawaii Shares of Hoku Scientific Inc. fell nearly 4 percent Tuesday after the solar products maker reported a fiscal fourth-quarter loss and the end of a financing deal with Merrill...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 13:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Business Week</source>
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<title>SatCon Launches Next Generation, 75 to 135kW, High Efficiency, PowerGate(R) Plus Photovoltaic Inverters </title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1412395735&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>BOSTON - (Business Wire) SatCon Technology Corporation (Nasdaq CM: SATC), a developer of power management and system architecture solutions for the alternative energy and distributed power markets today announced the launch of its high efficiency, 75W, 100kW &amp; 135kW PowerGate Plus photovoltaic...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 13:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Earthtimes.org</source>
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<title>RPT Solar Integrated signs multi-year supply agreement with United  - Forbes</title>
<link>http://ecofriendlyinfo.com/rpt-solar-integrated-signs-multi-year-supply-agreement-with-united-forbes-2/</link>
<description>RPT Solar Integrated signs multi-year supply agreement with United ... Forbes, NY - 1 hour ago The new supply agreement expands the scope and supply of UNI-SOLAR photovoltaic laminates significantly beyond 100 MW and extends the term through...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:38:01 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://ecofriendlyinfo.com/">Eco Friendly</source>
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<title>SatCon Technology Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended March 29, 2008 </title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1410834720&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>BOSTON - (Business Wire) SatCon Technology Corporation (NASDAQ CM: SATC), a developer and supplier of power management and system architecture solutions for the alternative energy and distributed power markets, today announced its operating results for the quarter ended March 29,...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Earthtimes.org</source>
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<title>85,000SF Lease Signed at Tech Campus in San Jose</title>
<link>http://www.commercialpropertynews.com/cpn/content_display/regions/west/e3ia6e01d5af9d3596df302fc3e8f3d721b</link>
<description>SVTC Technologies has committed to 85,000 square feet at what will ultimately be the 1.3 million-square-foot Hellyer Oaks Technology complex in San...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 05:57:19 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.commercialpropertynews.com/">Commercial Property News</source>
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<title>Hoku, Suntech amend polysilicon supply contract; Hoku shares fall</title>
<link>http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/05/12/afx4999534.html</link>
<description>SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - Hoku Materials Inc., a subsidiary of Hoku Scientific Inc., and Suntech Power Holdings Co. said late Monday they have amended their polysilicon supply contract to confirm the 10-year term of the...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:05:02 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.forbes.com/">Forbes.com</source>
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<title>XsunX Thin Film Solar Module Manufacturing Facility Sublease Approved and Renovations Underway</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1409582500&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XsunX, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: XSNX - News), a solar technology Company engaged in the build-out of its multi-megawatt thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar manufacturing facilities, announced today that the sublease of its new manufacturing...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 13:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">PR Newswire</source>
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<title>New Report On Methods For Calculating Solar Capacity</title>
<link>http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-new-report-methods-calculating-solar-capacity-/2008/05/12/3438591.htm</link>
<description>(Space Daily Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) As utilities work to meet electricity demand, especially during peak summer days, examining the relationship between demand and solar photovoltaic (PV) output can be of significant value to the utility...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 13:48:16 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.tmcnet.com/">TMCnet</source>
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<title>United States: Philadelphia brownfield to get solar power plant</title>
<link>http://www.tendersinfo.com/viewdata/view_sum_new.php?ti_id=2705538&amp;search_id=122147&amp;move_id=20501204&amp;archive=&amp;flag=0&amp;url1=L3ZpZXdkYXRhL3Nob3dfdGFibGVfbmV3LnBocD9zZWFyY2hfaWQ9MTIyMTQ3JnBhZ2U9MjgmbWF4cGFnZT01MCZudW1fcm93cz05OTc1JnNvcnQ9ZGF0ZV9jJnNpbXBs</link>
<description>Its not always sunny in Philadelphia, but the city is getting a solar power plant. Exelon Generation Co., a unit of Exelon Corp. in Chicago, is joining forces with Epuron LLC to build, operate and sell energy from the plant in South Philadelphia.At a cost of USD 8 million to USD 12 million, the 1- to 1.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 12:50:04 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.tendersinfo.com/">TendersInfo</source>
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<title>HelioVolt claims CIGS solar efficiency mark</title>
<link>http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9940422-54.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc</link>
<description>Solar upstart HelioVolt on Monday will announce that it has reached 12.2 percent efficiency with its CIGS solar cells, setting another mark in the race against competitors and...</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 05:20:11 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.news.com/">CNET News.com</source>
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<title>Roofing Company Develops Peel-and-Stick Solar Panels</title>
<link>http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/05/roofing-company.html</link>
<description>A construction company has developed solar panels that use peel-and-stick technology to attach to roofs.  That's right: Lumeta's Power-Ply 380 is a solar panel...</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 06:35:55 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://blog.wired.com/">Wired News</source>
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<title>Solar power coming into its own</title>
<link>http://www.wfaa.com/projectgreen/greenarticles/stories/green080509_ph_solarpower.e47bcc57.html</link>
<description>According to the Worldwatch Institute, global production of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells increased 51 percent in 2007, to 3,733 megawatts, according to the latest Vital Signs Update from the Worldwatch Institute, produced in collaboration with the Prometheus Institute in Cambridge,...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 21:47:06 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.wfaa.com/">wfaa.com</source>
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<title>Sunovia and EPIR Announce Unprecedented Breakthrough in the Manufacturing of Single Crystalline Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) on Silicon</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1406922951&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>SARASOTA, Fla. This breakthrough validates the first reproducible, high-yield growth of high-quality CdTe/Si suitable for commercial manufacturing. The companies believe that this development alone will greatly reduce the cost of high-efficiency CdTe-based solar cells and night vision detectors and...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 19:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">DiGiTAL50</source>
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<title>Solar Semiconductor partners with Motech Industries</title>
<link>http://www.displayplus.net/bbs/zboard.php?id=d_news&amp;page=1&amp;sn1=&amp;divpage=1&amp;sn=off&amp;ss=on&amp;sc=on&amp;select_arrange=headnum&amp;desc=asc&amp;no=964</link>
<description>USA /Taiwan - Solar Semiconductor ( http://www.solarsemiconductor.com ), a rapidly growing producer of high-quality photovoltaic (PV) modules, announced a strategic partnership with a Taiwanese premium cell manufacturer, Motech Industries ( http:/...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:40:25 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.displayplus.net/">Display Plus</source>
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<title>Solar company moves to Newark</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1406231375&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>BUSINESS; Local; News; Contra Costa; My Town 727 words By George Avalos Staff Writer NEWARK -- DayStar Technologies Inc. , a solar energy company, has agreed to open a big manufacturing operation in the East Bay, an indication that the area could evolve into a fertile breeding ground for new energy...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">CMD First Source</source>
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<title>AMG Subsidiary Announces Solar Silicon Operational Review by Photon Consulting </title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1405493132&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>-- AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. ('AMG', EURONEXT AMSTERDAM: 'AMG') announced that its 50.5% subsidiary Timminco Limited (TSX: TIM), has received an operation review report on its solar silicon business from PHOTON...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Earthtimes.org</source>
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<title>SmallCapReview.com: Small Cap Stocks to Watch</title>
<link>http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-smallcapreviewcom-small-cap-stocks-watch-/2008/05/08/3433986.htm</link>
<description>(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) RDATE:08052008  Energy Conversion Devices (Nasdaq: ENER) Closed at $34.81. Today announced financial results for the third quarter and nine-month period ended March 31,...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 17:22:29 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.tmcnet.com/">TMCnet</source>
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<title>Real Goods Solar (RSOL) IPO Prices at $10</title>
<link>http://www.streetinsider.com/IPOs/Real+Goods+Solar+(RSOL)+IPO+Prices+at+%2410/3623567.html</link>
<description>Real Goods Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: RSOL) priced its initial public offering of shares of Class A common stock has been priced at $10.00 per share, the low end of the expected $12-$10...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:17:36 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.streetinsider.com/">Street Insider</source>
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<title>Semiconductor Firm Leases 85,000 SF</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1404607207&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>square feet in Building 1 of the Hellyer Oaks Technology campus, at . in San Jose, CA. The locally based semiconductor company signed a five-year deal to occupy parts of the first and second floors, which it will use for a new photovoltaic development...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 02:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">CoStar Group</source>
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<title>Sunrgi Xtreme Concentrated Photovoltaics: Solar Power Competitive With Fossil Fuels?</title>
<link>http://www.blogjunkies.com/08/05/2008/sunrgi-xtreme-concentrated-photovoltaics-solar-power-competitive-with-fossil-fuels/</link>
<description>| Making Solar Power Competitive with Coal? Sunrgi recently made an impressive claim at the National Energy Marketers Associations 11th Annual Global Energy Forum in Washington, DC: They say that their system will soon be able to "produce electricity at a wholesale cost of 5 cents per kWh (kilowatt hour).</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 21:24:19 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.blogjunkies.com/">BlogJunkies</source>
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<title>Smith + Gill Tapped for Ultra-Green Abu Dhabi Project</title>
<link>http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/080507smithgill.asp</link>
<description>By Tim McKeough  Desert buildings that produce more energy than they consume may no longer be the stuff of mirages. Chicago-based Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture recently won a competition to design Masdar Headquarters, a...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:32:30 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://archrecord.construction.com/">Architectural Record</source>
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<title>IPG Photonics reports 27% increase in sales in 1Q08</title>
<link>http://www.industrial-lasers.com/display_article/327862/39/none/none/IndUp/IPG-Photonics-reports-27-increase-in-sales-in-1Q08</link>
<description>IPG Photonics Corp. today reported that revenues for the 1Q08 increased by 27% to $52.9 million and net income increased by 23% to $8.1 million from the...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:02:11 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.industrial-lasers.com/">Industrial Laser Solutions</source>
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<title>Applied Materials Expands Into Emerging Wafer Edge Cleaning Market With Innovative Inflexion SystemThe Applied Inflexion(TM) tool is the only system that polishes the entire wafer edge, removing film stack residues and shallow surface defects in a si</title>
<link>http://forums.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=379370</link>
<description>SANTA CLARA, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Applied Materials, Inc. today launched its Applied Inflexion(TM) edge polishing system, a unique, high-precision defect removal system that polishes and cleans the critical wafer edge...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:26:20 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://forums.digitalmedianet.com/">Forums Digital Media Net</source>
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<title>DuPont to expand, upgrade, add 200 jobs in Orange</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1403930568&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>pm - DuPontā  s Sabine River Works in Orange expects to hire about 200 people into full time jobs in the next three years as a result of expansions and upgradings announced Tuesday by the...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Port Arthur News</source>
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<title>DayStar Technologies, Inc. Adopts Stockholder Rights Plan </title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1403866951&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DayStar Technologies, Inc. a developer of photovoltaic products based on CIGS thin film semiconductor technology, today announced that its Board of Directors has adopted a Stockholder Rights...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 13:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Earthtimes.org</source>
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<title>OptiSolar plans 550-megawatt solar project: Farm would power 190,000 homes</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1403800568&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>One of McClellan Park's largest tenants has a big plan -- build the largest photovoltaic solar farm in the world. OptiSolar Inc., the Hayward-based solar power company that is building a manufacturing plant at McClellan, has announced plans for a $1 billion, 550-megawatt solar...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Biz Journals</source>
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<title>Silicon Wafer Shipments Flatten in First Quarter 2008 </title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1403675154&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments remained essentially stable in the first quarter of 2008, marginally declining 1 percent when compared to fourth quarter 2007 area shipments, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 09:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">SEMI</source>
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<title>Emcore Receives $28 Million Order for Concentrator Solar Cell Receivers from ES System in Korea </title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1403413319&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>.. Accelerated deployment of solar farms in Korea drives increased demand for Emcore's Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) products Albuquerque, New Mexico USA -- Emcore Corporation a leading provider of Semi-conductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber-optic, satellite and...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 05:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Compound Semi</source>
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<title>Focusing on Solar's Cost</title>
<link>http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/20737/page1/</link>
<description>Sunrgi claims that its concentrated photovoltaic system outshines the...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 04:56:11 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.technologyreview.com/">Technology Review</source>
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<title>Solectria Renewables Offers Four New Grid-Tied Residential Solar Inverters</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1402999955&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>LAWRENCE, Mass., May 5th, 2008 Solectria Renewables introduces a line of residential grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) inverters that have the highest California Energy Commission efficiencies in the industry (96%) for transformer-isolated...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 21:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Renewable Energy World</source>
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<title> Heliovolt works on 'cities of the future' </title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1402807604&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>AUSTIN, TEXAS: Solar energy products manufacturer HelioVolt Corp. has entered into a partnership with Architectural Glass &amp; Aluminum Co. to develop and manufacture building integrated photovoltaic...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 18:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Energy Current</source>
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<title>Solar Technology Leader Breaks Ground on Largest Inverter Factory on Earth </title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1402742897&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>GRASS VALLEY, Calif. - (Business Wire) Global solar technology giant , the parent company of , has broken ground on an 82,000-square-foot solar inverter manufacturing plant in Kassel,...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 17:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Earthtimes.org</source>
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<title>GT Solar Signs $8.8 Million Contract with Nexolon Co., Ltd. </title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1402700660&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>MERRIMACK, N.H. - (Business Wire) GT Solar Incorporated, a key global provider of a comprehensive range of equipment, services and technology solutions to the solar power industry, announced today that it has entered into a contract to supply Nexolon...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Earthtimes.org</source>
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<title>Honeywell develops new photovoltaic material</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1402653939&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>Honeywell said it has developed a new material to protect photovoltaic (PV) solar cells in tough environments. Honeywell PowerShield PV325 is designed to be UV-, moisture- and weather-resistant, and to also withstand the electrical load produced by the modules, which can operate at up to 1,000..</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Power Engineering</source>
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<title>United states: Siemens Advances Sustainability In Sacramento With Renewable Energy at Light Rail Manufacturing Facility</title>
<link>http://www.tendersinfo.com/viewdata/view_sum_new.php?ti_id=2672298&amp;search_id=111300&amp;move_id=14929982&amp;archive=&amp;flag=0&amp;url1=L3ZpZXdkYXRhL3Nob3dfdGFibGVfbmV3LnBocD9zZWFyY2hfaWQ9MTExMzAwJnBhZ2U9NDkmbWF4cGFnZT01MCZudW1fcm93cz05NzQzJnNvcnQ9ZGF0ZV9jJnNpbXBs</link>
<description>Siemens Transportation Systems Inc. (STS), part of the Siemens Mobility Division, approved the installation of a 1 megawatt (MW) solar energy system at its Sacramento light rail manufacturing facility to be completed by mid- to late-October 2008. STS is the first privately owned company in California's...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 13:19:37 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.tendersinfo.com/">TendersInfo</source>
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<title>Honeywell (HON) Develops Material to Protect Photovoltaic Solar Cells in Tough Environments</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1402475430&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>__ __ 2008-05-06 13:13:00 Honeywell (HON) Develops Material to Protect Photovoltaic Solar Cells in Tough Environments...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 13:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Street Insider</source>
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<title>Innovative SPG Solar, Inc. Teams Up With Green Living Ideas </title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1402111829&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>SANTA ROSA, Calif. &amp; NOVATO, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Green Living Ideas, the world's most comprehensive green living website, and SPG Solar, Inc., the industry's leading integrated developer, designer, and installer of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, announce SPG Solar's exclusive sponsorship.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 06:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">Digital Post Production</source>
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<title>Schott Solar breaks ground on $100 million facility</title>
<link>http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2008/03/03/daily5.html</link>
<description>Gov. Bill Richardson and Mayor Martin Chavez joined other political and economic development officials at the official groundbreaking for the new Schott Solar...</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 05:48:51 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/">Cincinnati Business Courier</source>
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<title>Sunovia Completes Equity Raise</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1398300741&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>SARASOTA, Fla. Sunovia and EPIR Technologies, Inc. (EPIR) have exclusively partnered to demonstrate a scalable manufacturing system for the production of low-cost, high-efficiency CdTe solar...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 07:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">DiGiTAL50</source>
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<title>First Solar, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript</title>
<link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/75030-first-solar-inc-q1-2008-earnings-call-transcript?source=homepage_transcripts_sidebar</link>
<description>First Solar, Inc. (FSLR)  Q1 FY08 Earnings Call  April 30, 2008, 5:00 PM ET  Executives  Larry Polizzotto - VP - IR  Mike Ahearn - CEO  Jens Meyerhoff - CFO  Bruce Sohn - President  Analysts  Vishal Shah - Lehman Brothers  Stephen Chin - UBS Securities  Robert...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:38:31 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://seekingalpha.com/">Seeking Alpha</source>
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<title>New solar firm Sunrgi boasts valley ties</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1396859289&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>Another solar company with Silicon Valley ties emerges from stealth mode today. Sunrgi, based in Hollywood with a research office in Silicon Valley, says it can produce devices that magnify sunlight and produce electricity at 5 cents a kilowatt-hour, or about the cost of coal-generated electricity.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">San Jose Mercury News</source>
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<title>PA Secretary McGinty Applauds State's Latest Solar Energy Project at Philadelphia's Naval Yard</title>
<link>http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z1396662502&amp;z=950242225</link>
<description>Exelon-EPURON Solar Center to Produce Enough Electricity to Power at Least 800 Homes PHILADELPHIA, April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
<source url="http://c.moreover.com/">TickerTech.com</source>
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