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Saint-Gobain to open new PV facility in Korea

By / October 11, 2010

Hyundai Heavy Industries Chairman Min Keh-sik, left, sits with Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA Chairman Pierre-Andre de Chalendar, center, after HHI and Saint-Gobain agreed to build a new CIGS solar module…

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Materials stories that also may be of interest

By / October 8, 2010

At the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to write about, or started to investigate or didn’t even get…

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Berkeley Lab nets stewardship for U.S.–China energy-efficient construction consortium

By / October 8, 2010

Prototype energy-efficient home designed by Michelle Kaufmann, on display at theMuseum of Science and Industry, Chicago. Credit: Kaufmann and Wikipedia Commons. The DOE has announced the details on the third…

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Tesla unveils new battery pack

By / October 7, 2010

The battery pack that will make Tesla’s upcoming Model S luxury sedan run.(Credit: San Jose Mercury News. Courtesy of Tesla.) Tesla Motors is most known for its all-electric sports car,…

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2011 ARPA-E energy tech summit, showcase announced

By / October 6, 2010

I didn’t make it to the first ARPA-E Innovation Summit held this past March, but I wish I had. From the reports from the inaugural summit and showcase, it sounded…

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ACerS new Career Center jobsite launched

By / September 30, 2010

The American Ceramic Society has launched its new Career Center. Best of all, it’s free. Job seekers will find a broad range of opportunities spanning academia, government labs and private…

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Dutch report advances with low-cost, low-temp Pd-film-on-ceramic hydrogen production membrane

By / September 28, 2010

The nonprofit Energy Research Center of the Netherlands reports that it is making significant advances with hydrogen separation membrane technology at an experimental plant in Italy. An ECN 0.4m2 Hysep…

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Ceramic tile production falls for first time in sector’s history

By / September 28, 2010

According to a press release from Tile Edizioni, 2009 marked the first year in the tile production sector’s history that production fell. Although Asia’s share of the production and consumption…

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DuPont PV revenue reaches $1B one year ahead of schedule

By / September 24, 2010

Thomas R. Earnest, Jr., venture leader for DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions, examines a prototype of the solar panels behind him. (Credit: DuPont.) A new announcement from DuPont gives some indication of…

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Clear glass speakers promise wireless clear sound

By / September 24, 2010

“Serac” Greensound speakers I am sure some of our glass experts will provide a correction if this claim is wrong, but Greensound Technology has unveiled a line of high-end speakers…

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