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for Southern California, Arizona and are designed to replace expensive and
New Mexico; Creyr Innovation has been hazardous petroleum-based film with a
appointed the exclusive representative for bio-based one derived from plant based
New England and New York. renewable resources, creating a more
www.microscreen.org environmentally-friendly and cost-effective
solar panel component. www.biosolar.com
Suntech brings solar to Switzerland
with Sunergic BTu International wins ‘Industry
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., choice’ International Solar Appointments
is supplying Sunergic SA, one of Technology award
Switzerland’s leading solar system BTU International, a supplier of advanced
BTu International
integrators, with the solar panels for a thermal processing equipment for
BTU International, Inc., hired
1MW solar system for Services Industriels the alternative energy and electronics
Jan-Paul van Maaren, PhD, as vice
de Geneve (SIG), a Swiss utility. The SIG manufacturing markets, was awarded the
president marketing. Van Maaren.
1MW solar project is one of the largest in ‘Industry Choice’ International Solar
Prior to joining BTU, van Maaren
Switzerland to date. www.sunergic.com, Technology Award for its MERIDIAN™
served as vice president of corporate
www.suntech-power.com in-line diffusion system. The International
marketing at MKS Instruments, a
Solar Technology Awards are designed to
global supplier of semiconductor and
robeko adds NanoBond® sputter acknowledge and recognize achievements
solar manufacturing equipment.
target bonding capability in the creation and development of solar
Robeko of Münchweiler, Germany, a technology.
entech Solar
supplier of components for the thin BTU International’s MERIDIAN™
Entech Solar named Sandy J. Martin
film industry, has added Reactive features the MERIDIAN™ phosphorus
chief financial officer. Ms. Martin is a
NanoTechnologies’ NanoFoil® capability coater, which includes key advances such
CPA, MBA and has served in finance
to its sputtering system and component as back-side and top-side coating and
and accounting leadership positions
products and services offering. Robeko had integrated wafer drying. The system can
primarily with publicly-held companies
previously entered into a license agreement be configured to achieve up to 1500 156-
during the past 25 years.
for the use of RNT’s NanoFoil® and mm wafers per hour. The in-line process
NanoBond® technologies. Robeko offers reduced wafer handling and greater
helioVolt
capitalized their facility in Münchweiler to throughput than traditional batch process-
Jim Flanary has joined HelioVolt
bond sputter targets using RNT’s patented ing. Reduced handling translates into
Corporation as cheif executive officer.
room temperature bonding technique. lower breakage rates, improved yield and
Flanary comes to HelioVolt from First
NanoBond® is used to bond sputter lower cost of ownership. www.btu.com
Solar, where he was COO.
targets with the additional benefits of
minimizing the CTE mismatch of target uae’s Ministry of environment to
Monocrystal
and backing plate materials, improving the train national cadre in the field of
Monocrystal, Inc., appointed Mr.
overall performance of target assemblies in renewable energy
Mikhail Berest, former VP purchasing
use, and providing a more environmentally The UAE’s ministry of environment,
director, asVP sales and marketing;
friendly process solution. in collaboration with LG Electronics,
Mrs. Maria Sabelnikova as VP HR
FHR Anlagenbau GmbH of Ottendorf- launched a training program to empower
director; and Mr. Andrey Shamin, VP
Okrilla, Germany, a supplier of thin-film national cadre in the field of renewable
purchasing director.
equipment and a division of Centrotherm energy. The training program, to be held at
Photovoltaics AG, has also entered into the LG Electronics headquarters in South
Signet Solar
a license agreement for the use of RNT’s Korea, will analyze a number of researches
Signet Solar appointed Bruce Horn as
NanoFoil® and NanoBond® technologies. in the field of environmental engineering,
the company’s chief financial officer.
www.rntfoil.com solar energy, and related technologies. The
Horn has over 20 years of accounting,
initiative is part of the ministry’s efforts to
finance and management experience
BioSolar’s first BioBacksheet slated enhance human resources and empower
with public and private high-technology
to hit commercial market in second national cadre of UAE in the field of
companies. Prior to joining Signet,
half of 2009 renewable energy.
Horn was CFO at StrataLight
BioSolar, Inc., developer of a technology
Communications, Inc.
to produce bio-based materials from Solar energy Systems, llc (SeS)
renewable plant sources that reduce the opens Newark, NJ office
Spg Solar
cost of photovoltaic solar cells, announced Solar Energy Systems, LLC (SES) has
SPG Solar, Inc., named Thomas S.
that the BioBacksheet™-C will be the signed a lease acquiring new space in
Rooney, Jr. chief executive officer. Prior
company’s first product to be commercially Newark’s central business district. In
to joining SPG Solar, Rooney was a
available during the second half of 2009. addition to two locations in New York,
noted speaker and consultant in the
The announcement follows BioSolar’s the commercial solar power integrator
clean-tech sector while also serving on a
recent news that two of its products has established an office in downtown
number of boards throughout Asia, Eu-
are currently in the pre-production Newark’s Academy Building.
rope and North America. From 2003
stage and nearing qualification for full www.solaresystems.com
to 2007 Rooney served as the president
production. BioSolar’s line of proprietary
and CEO of Insituform Technologies.
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