Keyword: Solar Power

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U.S. Solar Panel Installations Up 15% in Q2

12.09.2013 - The United States installed 832 megawatts of photovoltaic solar panels in the second quarter, a 15% increase from the prior period as booming business for utility-scale systems...

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Solar Woes Hit Wacker Chemie's Core Profit, Dividend

15.03.2013 - Germany's Wacker Chemie, the world's No. 2 maker of polysilicon, cut its dividend for 2012 by nearly three quarters as profits tumbled and forecast falling earnings this year...

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Bayer MaterialScience Expands EcoCommercial Building Program

08.01.2013 - Since it was established over three years ago, the EcoCommercial Building Program (ECB) initiated by Bayer MaterialScience has proven to be an effective means for developing...

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Green Energy to Hit Germans' Bills

27.08.2012 - Germany's energy strategy will cost consumers dearly as costs for new renewable power generation units and networks must be passed on, the head of the German unit of Swedish state...

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LG Chem Suspends Planned Polysilicon Plant

06.12.2011 - LG Chem said that it has suspended a plan to build a polysilicon production plant because of worsening market conditions. In June, South Korea's largest chemical company said it...

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Solar Panels Win Reprieve In EU Toxic Substance Ban

30.05.2011 - EU ministers voted on Friday to exempt solar panels from a ban on toxic substances in electrical goods, enabling leading maker First Solar to keep selling its products in the...

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Solutia Q1 Profit Beats Street, Sales Miss

04.05.2011 - Specialty chemicals maker Solutia posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped largely by sales of parts for solar panels, window glass and automotive tires. The company...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Punching above its weight

06.10.2010 - While often viewed in the shadow of its massive Northern neighbour, China, the Southeast Asian group of nations known as ASEAN continues to be a hotbed of activity in the plastics...