Posts by Lisa McDonald
They write letters . . . on the U.S.’s rare-earth defense strategy
(h/t to RareMetalBlog) Two U.S. senators from Alaska and a U.S. representative from Colorado are steamed about what they perceive…
Read MoreCeradyne opens solar materials manufacturing facility in China
Ceradyne announced the opening of a new factory in Tianjin, China. Ceradyne Tianjin Advanced Materials will produce high-purity ceramic crucibles…
Read MoreLux Research: Concentrating Solar Power deserves gigawatt focus in 2011
Tech research group Lux Research is warming to concentrating solar power technologies and says the CSP business should be good…
Read MoreIndustry news from this week
Here’s what we are hearing: Hybon 2026 fiber glass by PPG qualified for wind turbine blades by Aerodyn New Energy…
Read MoreVideo of the Week: ‘Green concrete’ composed of 70% fly ash
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology believe that increasing the amount of fly ash in concrete up to…
Read MoreSilicon carbide processing stuff for sale
Maybe a bargain here (from company press release): “Solar cell manufacturing machinery and equipment is being sold exclusively by Mohr…
Read MoreArgonne extends cathode technology to Envia
Earlier this month we reported that Argonne National Lab had reached a licensing agreement with GM Ventures and LG Chem…
Read MoreArkema, INES collaborate to develop PV research lab
Arkema and the French National Institute for Solar Energy (INES) are teaming up to create a private/public mixed research lab…
Read MoreORNL, Caltech recognized in State of the Union
Innovations being developed at California Technical Institute and Oak Ridge National Lab received acclaim from President Obama in last night’s…
Read MoreICC4 speaker noms due February 21, 2011
Join delegates in a global information exchange. Send nominations (speaker name, address, e-mail and topic) to icc4@ceramics.org by February 21, 2011.
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