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New nanosilicon photovoltaic solar cell technology could adapt home and office glass windows into ones capable of generating electricity from sunlight without losing significant transparency or requiring major changes in manufacturing infrastructure.
The objective of solar control measures Increased user convenience and lower energy consumption are among the main demands placed on modern building design.
The Mainz-based technology company SCHOTT AG put its new melting tank for large format TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display) glass substrates into operation today at its site in Jena, Germany.
Saint-Gobain Vitrage, Saint-Gobain’s Flat Glass Sector, and Shell (Shell Erneuerbare Energien GmbH) announce the foundation of a 50/50 joint-venture for the production and sale of next generation photovoltaic panels.
Receivers represent a key component of solar thermal parabolic trough power plants that are capable of converting solar energy into heat and then using this to generate electricity. “Parabolic trough power plants offer enormous potential for meeting…
Glass tube heat exchangers from Flucorrex AG in Switzerland allow for efficient use of energy in malt houses.
The market for solar thermal power plants is only now beginning to offer one of the most important energy supply options for the future.
CiSol, the solar research center at the Architectural College of Valles at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, has been awarded the “Environmental Prize 2006” in the area of “Research, Development and Innovation for Sustained Building…
The Braunschweig Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) awards a prize for the "Adherent antireflection coatings on borosilicate glass for solar collectors" project - Technology transfer prize awarded to scientists of the Technical…
Xinyi Glass Holdings (0868), China's largest exporter of auto glass, said it plans to invest 600 million yuan (HK$592.5 million) over the next two years to raise production capacity in order to meet rising demand, particularly in the mainland.
Thanks to an innovative high-tech product called PowerKontakt, it is now possible to supply external power-consuming devices, such as halogen sports or door knobs, with power without any disturbing wires.
The international technology company SCHOTT is seeking to intensify its contact to both customers and partners and has now developed a new customer magazine for this reason.
Glasses from SCHOTT create a unique relief consisting of colors and shapes at Novartis’ new office building in Basel.
Glasses from SCHOTT create a unique relief consisting of colors and shapes at Novartis’ new office building in Basel.
Basler AG, one of the leading companies in the field of Vision Technology (the technology of machine-based vision), is expanding its business activities in the Vision Systems corporate division (inspection systems for industrial mass production) to…
Emirates Glass, a Dubai Investments subsidiary and leading suppliers of premium architectural high performance glass products, has secured a prestigious order to supply 10,000 square meters of its EmicoolSun NN35 Green glass for the Emirates…
Second, the California company XsunX Inc. has begun the build-out of its new facility in Golden. Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based XsunX is developing Power Glass, a technology that will allow glass windows to produce electricity from solar power.
In a major move into the solar-cell and other equipment markets, Applied Materials Inc. on Thursday (May 4) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Applied Films Corp. for $464 million in cash.
Vitro S.A. de C.V. one of the world's largest producers and distributors of glass products, today announced 1Q'06 unaudited results.
The main limitation of solar power right now is cost, because the crystalline silicon used to make most solar photovoltaic (PV) cells is very expensive.
Schott, the international technology group, continues to achieve growth. The company’s Management Board projects a double-digit increase in both sales and profitability for the current fiscal year 2005/2006.
On February 11, 2006, the ground-breaking ceremony for the "Nevada Solar One" solar power plant took place in Boulder City, Nevada.
With architectural and aesthic concepts changing in Indian construction industry, multifold technical innovations are happening in the related construction materials industry.
Touch panels for navigation systems in cars are factory-built into cars and must fulfil rigid requirements. Schott Spezialglas AG's thin borosilicate glass is claimed to be much harder wearing and higher quality than the plastic foil still used…