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Meiningcn,
one
enables
of
rhe
worldwide,
Xynergy Corporation developed
through
method space
Zepeda,
Xynergy’s
CEO,
provider,
no doubt
licerally
soaring
voracious
and lucrative
sky-high
laser
with CSPIE.
this company toward
a
is
most
a quartz glass producrion
Komatsu
Ltd subsidiary,
Materials
LLC,
which
and
Renewable
ASiMl
will convert
companies
larrr
this year.
REC
to expand in the market for solar technology.
(Rillerica,
expects to start operations
Massachusetrs)
Power Corporation
(Rocklin,
wafers,
worldwide
componrnrs systems,
inro
Schorr is
of crystalline
and
prod-
marketing
all-inclusive
Schocr subsidiary,
to acquire
DuPont
producrion
facility
$28m
of
phorovoltaic
Schort
Lithorec,
Photomasks’
phoroblank
in Poughkeepsie,
in cash, $2m
is
DuPont
wirh
Photomasks
agreement Schorr,
develop
is entering
for commercial
and a strategic
advanced
Chairman
micro-imaging
manufacture
S. Harchanko
ro conclude
for
conrinued
studied
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I,akr
of Ai! Technology
srartj
marker
ASiMI
dis-
at rhe Moses Lake plant.
inro
of converting
a plant
product
solar polycryslalline
worked
co develop
a stable
silicon. supply
to
REC
has
network
of
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spectrum.
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developed
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normalised
offers AM0
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and a mosaic
energy indutrry At rhc NEC.
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phoroblank
Photovoltaics Bulletin
Schott
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Lithotec
capabiliries
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operates
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recently
facility
in a portable
solar absorptances
ar Poughkeepsie.’
producrion
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of materials. either
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whose
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measures of samples
because simularors
do not cover rhc wavelengrh
range
come
from
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For more information contact: British Photovoltaic Association, National Energy Centre, Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes MK5 8NG, UK.Tel: +44 1908 442291, Email:
[email protected]
Renewable budget tapped
(SOO-
solar and renew-
able energy and energy conservation
budgets
are reported to have paid for the cost of printing the White House National Documents order
have
from
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released revealed
briefing
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optical
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industry
spectral irradiance as that of sunlight, outside
to customers
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up to adequarely
conservation
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office
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chaired
Energy Centre (NEC) in Milton Keynes.
copies of rhe Whire
as a gray-body
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organisations,
its head
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silicon supply.
and accurate
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portability
to jointly
has 45 member
said, ‘We will focus on delivering
its exceptional
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Inc. fol-
by Rod Hacker of Halcrow Group and which
providing
and
venture
of depressed
the possibility
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by rhr
the granular
semiconducrors,
plant
polycrystalline
silicon. agrecmenr
parricipation.
production
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development The
the backdrop
temperature,
solurions
radiation)
Space Center.
gearing
in Moses
will finance
for the International
a long-rerm phoroblanks
of DuPonr
rhcrmal
for aerospace.
filtered lamp output has the same normalised
our core phoromask will apply
(especially
Photomasks,
and CEO
Peter Kirlin,
Schort
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to
company.
capiral.
A special-purpose
alliance
phoroblanks
of
also bc used to measure
and marerials
relocated
in stock and up to
used to make photomasks.
upgraded
Corporation
New York
%12m in stock over the next two years. supply
silicon and silane
will be pooled.
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paying
Applied
and thin-film
sales
Inc
rhe joint venrure.
and production
cells and modules,
uction,
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working
conditions in
GmbH
Americas
California).
to have equal rights in managing Developmenr
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and
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of components
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ultra-
silicon
with 50:5O equity
based in Alzenau,
ASE
instrument
New address for UK PVA
polycrystalline
plan
Glas in Mainz are to set up a joint venture,
RWE
The properties
properties
Kennedy
Silicon
its plant
to produce
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provide
subsidiary
standard.
or dcviarc from
The work was done by David G. (:randall
Advanced
Energy
establish a joint-venture
polycrystalline
integrating
radiative
John
manufactures
h’Igh- purity ’ polycrystalhne
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its
ASTM
measure rhe radiative
of coarings
Wafer AS, have signed a letter of intent
Solar and glass ventures
(Alzcnau),
plant in
REC secures sililcon
Washington
mid-2002,
rhe
not durable
insrrument,
rhe ISS, bur ir could
(REC) of Norway, a main shareholder in Scan
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The new company
I 57 nm phololitho.
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gas,
market.’
RWE Schott Solar GmbH,
crystals,
are too power-hungry,
nm),
commented,
‘We are very excited about working As an energy
suppliers
fluoride
2800
enough for a portable
of tapping
satellite
transmission. Raquel
US
to become
phoroblank
in calcium
for 193 nm and
It also operates
is to acquire Corporate
an innovative
power
largest
Lithotec
Jena, Germany,
Space Power Industries & Electric, which has solar
Schotr
leading
key material
Solar power tapped by laser transmission
Expanding
Germany.
production
House
to print
the adminisrrarion Congress
ro cut
efficiency
research
was tapping
its energy
was also occupied rhe
renewable
budgets
‘rencwables’
plan and explain
it,
in urging and
rnerg!
by more than 50%.
May 2002