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Polyvinyl fluoride: DuPont and Suntech sign strategic agreement
DuPont and Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. STP -1.21% , the world’s largest producer of solar panels, have signed a strategic agreement to help increase the supply of photovoltaic materials and technologies for the growing global market for solar energy. The agreement focuses on technology advancements, supply chain optimization cost reduction initiatives, and DuPont(TM) Tedlar® […]
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China shuts solar plant after violent protests
China shut down a solar panel factory on Monday after hundreds of angry residents staged days of violent protests over pollution, the second such incident in as many months… “Everyone is angry beyond belief. This couldn’t happen in Shanghai,” one man living next to the plant told AFP… “We have been complaining about the pollution […]
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Villagers protest factory pollution in China
Hundreds of demonstrators in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang on Sunday were camped outside a solar-panel manufacturing plant accused of contaminating a nearby river. BEIJING — In a fresh indication of growing public anger over pollution, hundreds of demonstrators in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang on Sunday were camped outside a solar-panel manufacturing […]
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Linde expected to continue dominating photovoltaic market in 2011
Capitalising on the return of growth to the photovoltaic (PV) industry in 2010, the Linde Gases Division of The Linde Group secured over 25 new contact wins and renewals with leading thin-film and crystalline silicon manufacturers worldwide. These include strategically important wins such Schueco and Bosch in Germany, GCL and Renesolar in China, as well […]
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Arkema opening PVDF plant in China
COLOMBES, FRANCE (Oct. 8, 11:45 a.m. ET) — French materials firm Arkema Group will open a new polyvinylidene fluoride plant in China early next year, its first PVDF facility in Asia. The company will open the factory at its large manufacturing complex in Changshu, Jiangsu province, and said it is part of an effort to […]
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$50 million from stimulus bill for DuPont’s Tedlar® (polyvinyl fluoride) plant in Circleville, Ohio
DuPont says it is investing $175 million to expand a line of solar materials used as a backing in solar cells, in addition to the $120 million the company announced it was investing in solar projects last August. The money will be used at the company’s Circleville, Ohio plant, which will start producing Tedlar – […]
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New NanoMarkets Report identifies Tin oxide doped with fluoride
Title of press release: New NanoMarkets Report Identifies the Key Opportunities for Tin in Photovoltaics GLEN ALLEN, Va., July 14 /PRNewswire/ — NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst based here, today announced the release of its newest report, “Tin Markets for Photovoltaics,” the latest from the firm’s “Metals in PV” series examining opportunities for various metals […]
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New partnerships and pilot line for IMEC’s solar cell research program
IMEC today announced that it has established new partnerships with solar cell material and equipment suppliers. These companies, including MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., Leybold Optics Dresden GmbH, Roth & Rau AG, and Mallinckrodt Baker B.V., have concluded joint-development agreements with IMEC in the frame of IMEC’s newly launched wafer-based silicon photovoltaics industrial affiliation program (IIAP). […]
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