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MEMC snaps up SunEdison for USD200m
Missouri-based wafer maker MEMC Electronic Materials is paying USD200m to acquire solar farm developer SunEdison. The value of the deal, which comprises 70% in cash and 30% in MEMC shares, could increase by USD89m if SunEdison meets certain performance targets next year. MEMC will fork out USD17m in cash...
Tags: Performance, Silicon Wafer, Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, SunEdison, Performance Management, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Editorial, MEMC Electronic Materials Inc.
Articles 2009-10-25
Media and Technology Charter High School: Boston, Massachusetts
The Media and Technology Charter High School MATCH prepares disadvantaged urban Boston students to attend and excel in college and beyond - including and especially those students who have not been led to expect a university education. The MATCH School wanted to demonstrate that clean, renewable energy could be well...
Tags: Media, Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, PowerLight Corp., Boston, Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities
Case studies
Introduction to Photovoltaic Energy Systems
Most of Wisconsin's power is generated by coal-fired (70%), nuclear (23%) and, increasingly, natural gas fired power plants. These energy resources are finite. Solar energy is clean and abundant, and can meet Wisconsin's growing demand for energy. Photovoltaic energy systems (sometimes referred to as "solar power") are devices that use...
Tags: Wisconsin, Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, WisconSun, Energy System, Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities
White papers
Concentrating PVIB
This paper discusses about the research and development undertaken in order to develop a low cost building integrated concentrating photovoltaic system. The objective of the work carried out was to develop a product that could be cost effective with commercially available components and thereby overcome the main market barrier for...
Tags: Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, Crown, Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities
White papers 2002-11-04
Evergreen Solar Walking on Sunshine
Evergreen Solar said Thursday it received two long-term contracts worth nearly $1 billion. The company inked a $750 million deal with Germany-based Ralos Vertriebs, a major European installer of large-scale solar power plants, for panel deliveries starting this year through 2013 and another deal worth about $250...
Tags: Silicon, Solar Panel, Solar Energy, Evergreen Solar, Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-05-23
Energy Roundup: Canadian Gas Pipeline Attacked, Toshiba Goes Solar and More
A "deliberate explosion" struck a gas pipeline operated by Canadian oil company Encana in western Canada over the weekend, police said yesterday. There were no injuries or gas leakage, but this was perhaps the fourth attack on the Encana property in the Tomslake area of British Columbia. Investigations are ongoing...
Tags: Solar Energy, California, Turkey, Toshiba Corp., Iran, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Christopher Wink
Blog posts 2009-01-06
Energy Roundup: Crude's Rollercoaster Ride, Cheap Solar Power, and More
Recession fears, inventories spur oil's wild ride this week -- Crude oil was trading below $35 a barrel earlier this week as concerns of a global recession deepened. Prices suddenly rose 14 percent after a U.S. government report showed a drop in supplies for the first time this year, as imports...
Tags: Recession, Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, Iran, Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-02-20
Duke's CEO Says Solar Power is More Important Than Wind
Utilities have a tough job in picking which expensive, relatively unproven renewable energy technology to place their chips on. Solar and wind power get about equal face-time in the news, trailed by smaller contenders like geothermal, but which gets the most press isn't necessarily a good indicator of which will...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Photovoltaics, Duke Energy Corp., Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Chris Morrison
Blog posts 2009-09-23
Japan Boosts Prospects of Solar Power From Space
Forget putting solar panels in sunny places like the desert. Japan is ready to skip the entire atmosphere and launch a massive solar installation into space, with a new deal between its aerospace agency and three big companies. by Chris Morrison
Tags: Japan, Solar Energy, Aerospace & Defense, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Chris Morrison
Blog posts 2009-11-11
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