News tagged with solar companies

Cost-cutting drives solar cell process at Twin Creeks

(PhysOrg.com) -- A San Jose, California, startup company, Twin Creeks Technologies, says it has figured out a way to substantially cut the cost of making silicon solar cells. The company’s technology ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Facebook, Greenpeace in truce over data centers

(AP) -- Facebook and Greenpeace have called a truce over a clean energy feud that had the environmental group using the social network's own platform to campaign against it.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China solar industry rejects US anti-dumping probe

Chinese solar panel makers on Tuesday rejected an anti-dumping complaint filed in the US by competitor SolarWorld, saying it risked "seriously hindering the development of green energy."

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Ionic liquid catalyst helps turn emissions into fuel

An Illinois research team has succeeded in overcoming one major obstacle to a promising technology that simultaneously reduces atmospheric carbon dioxide and produces fuel.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

China takes over as US solar power firms fail

China's solar power firms are emerging as the industry's dominant force after the collapse of foreign competitors, but the new market leaders are already struggling with low prices and overcapacity.

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created Sep 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 12

Softbank eyes top ten ranking in 30 years

The head of Japan's Softbank Corp said Monday that he was aiming to make the information technology giant one of the world's top ten companies by market capitalisation within 30 years.

Technology / Business

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's Softbank announces solar power plan

Japanese telecom company Softbank is to work with local authorities in a drive towards renewable energy, its president said on Wednesday after announcing the construction of 10 large solar power plants.

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created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

National Semi CEO shifts from gadgets to megatrends

Founded in 1959, Santa Clara, Calif.-based National Semiconductor is one the oldest and best-established technology companies in Silicon Valley. But it's going through a big change under the leadership of its outspoken chairman ...

Technology / Business

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solar industry faces head winds but remains hopeful

Solar-industry executives paint a bright future for their industry, one where photovoltaic panels adorn roofs of homes and businesses and huge power plants capture the sun's rays to generate electricity. But the industry ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0