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Solar energy technology took an important step this week as Swiss researchers prepared for the longest test flight ever undertaken by a solar-powered airplane. The test flight began on Wednesday in Switzerland and was set to concl...  more

GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR), a global provider of polysilicon production technology, crystalline ingot growth systems and related PV manufacturing services for the solar industry, today announced that it has begun ...  more

Suniva, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon solar cells and modules, today announced that it has expanded its manufacturing capacity to 170 MW from 96 MW by adding a third cell line at its metro-At...  more

A consortium of six Japanese companies comprising The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc., Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Toshiba Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd., and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., has ...  more

Production of Ford Motor Company’s globally popular small car, the Ford Fiesta, kicked off today during an official ceremony at AutoAlliance Thailand's (AAT) new, state-of-the-art passenger car manufacturing facility in Rayong, Th...  more

State officials in Massachusetts report that they will be developing nearly four megawatts of solar energy resources at several dozen locations. According to an announcement from the Massachusetts Department of Energy and Envir...  more

Intertek (LSE: ITRK), a global leader in testing, inspection and certification, announces its battery testing laboratories in Cortland, NY, Stockholm, Sweden and Shanghai, China have received their CBTL (Certification Body Testing...  more

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has delivered a first-of-a-kind hot water-cooled supercomputer to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), marking a new era in energy-aware computing.  The innovative system, dubbed Aquasar, ...  more

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced it will launch "the new action TOUR", Nissan LEAF's first nationwide tour in Japan aimed to provide an opportunity for people around the country to experience electric vehicles (EV) first-han...  more

While solar power plants have been coming on line all over the nation, some of them are using traditional fuel sources to ensure that a steady supply of electricity is available at all times. This is often the case with natural ga...  more