PV Tech

APRIL 30, 2024

Swedish solar manufacturer Midsummer has selected the municipality of Flen in central Sweden to build a 200MW thin-film solar cell facility.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

US thin-film cadmium telluride (CadTel) solar PV manufacturer First Solar has broken ground on a new, 3.5GW fully integrated manufacturing plant in Iberia Parish, Louisiana.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Thin-film solar manufacturing could add over US$10 billion in product value to the US economy by 2026, according to a study commissioned by US thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar manufacturer First Solar.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The major challenge with flexible packaging remains its recyclability. TerraCycle founder Tom Szaky discusses likely scenarios for what's ahead.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 17, 2024

When Ana DuVernay made her 2019 series, “When They See Us,” about the five Black teens convicted of a rape they didn’t commit, The post Shutdown of Participant Media challenges other investors to drive impact through film appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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altenergymag

JULY 22, 2021

Solar control window films help reduce the amount of harmful UV rays that penetrate clear glass windows in office buildings, making the areas near the windows more comfortable for employees. The film also reduces solar heat gain, which can throw a building's HVAC system out of whack through uneven building temperatures.

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FuelCellsWorks

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

New hydrogen power service combines low-carbon fuel and zero-emissions technology to free film & TV productions from reliance on diesel for mobile power generation. Toronto, Ontario– H₂ OnSet proudly announces.

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PV Tech

MARCH 27, 2024

MNRE divides CdTe thin-film modules into three categories: utility or grid-scale power plants, rooftop and solar pumping, and solar lighting.

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Solar Power World

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Recent years have seen… The post Guest column: Thin-film solar panels can unlock agrivoltaics appeared first on Solar Power World. It’s no longer a quirky alternative source of energy you’d only come across in your life a handful of times a year; it’s everywhere now.

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Charged

MAY 11, 2022

Battery materials provider SEMCORP Advanced Materials Group plans to invest $916 million in a facility for manufacturing battery separator film in Sidney, Ohio. Our Sidney site will be America’s largest manufacturer of separator film for EV batteries,” said SEMCORP co-founder and CEO Paul Lee.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 23, 2021

Forestry England is inviting colleagues from across the forestry industry to help create Treeline – a new film by international artist Ruth Maclennan about forests and the climate emergency. To create the film, Ruth is asking people around the world to record video and sound in their own local forests or woodland where they live or work.

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PV Tech

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film module manufacturer First Solar has announced an agreement to supply utility-scale renewables developer Swift Current Energy with 500GW of thin film modules.

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Global Renewable News

APRIL 30, 2024

The municipality of Flen in central Sweden has been chosen by Swedish manufacturer of thin-film solar cells Midsummer as the location for its new 200 MW mega factory for the production of thin film.

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altenergymag

MAY 12, 2023

-Deep expertise in thin film technologies complements existing R&D streams -Acquired capabilities expected to enhance development of next-generation tandem PV -Expansion of advanced research efforts and extension of R&D network to Europe

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 7, 2021

What’s described as the UK’s first mobile pallet stability test lab promises to save thousands of tonnes of plastic stretch film every year, cut costs and reduce product waste in transit, says the firm behind it. ” The Grimsby-based company calculates that UK businesses use 150,000 tonnes of stretch film a year.

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altenergymag

MARCH 16, 2023

achieved in solar modules with silicon heterojunction cells (HJT) in combination with a new light redirecting film. Power improvement of 3.8%

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altenergymag

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

gigawatts (GW)DC of First Solar’s advanced, ultra-low carbon thin film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced that Swift Current Energy, a Boston-headquartered developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale clean energy assets has placed an order for 1.2 The modules will be delivered in 2023 and 2024.

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Charged

MAY 23, 2022

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has licensed some electrolyte and thin-film coating technologies it developed to battery technology company BTRY , which plans to use them to manufacture lithium-ion batteries. ORNL’s thin-film coating technology is a process of adding silica to a battery before the electrolyte is introduced.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In a study published in Nature, researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have proposed a new and promising method of fabricating homogenized perovskite films for solar cells.

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Solar Power World

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Toledo, Ohio, has a long history with cadmium-telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar. SCI later became First Solar, which is today the world’s largest thin-film solar producer with 1.9 thin-film solar panel manufacturer: Toledo Solar appeared first on Solar Power World. SCI) in the late ’90s in Toledo.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

By developing release agent-free process and material systems in the sub-project "Release film technology for optimized rotor blade production" of the joint project "OptiBlade," researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM, together with their partners Olin Blue Cube Germany and Infiana Germany, succeeded (..)

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Greenability Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

Watch the latest films on environmental social justice, waste, recycling, clean energy and food, including Kiss the Ground , at the free virtual One Earth Film Festival from March 5 – 14. The One Earth Film Festival will feature: Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth (Ages 3 to 10+) , 11 a.m. CST, Saturday, March 6.

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Charged

APRIL 26, 2022

Measurement, inspection and test technology company Marposs has introduced a new non-contact sensor for measuring the film used in EV battery covers. The MPLS-DM sensor is part of the Chromaline product line. It uses STIL chromatic confocal technology to measure objects.

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Renew Economy

MAY 4, 2022

The post Fortescue to fund new solar factory as it lays bet on thin-film solar appeared first on RenewEconomy. Fortescue Future Industries tips new funds into Hyet Solar to fast-track Netherlands-based factory that aims to produce 40MW of low-cost solar a year.

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Solar Power World

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The other main module type is thin-film solar, typically made with cadmium-telluride (CdTe) deposits. Without… The post Who benefits most from manufacturer tax credits in IRA, thin-film or crystalline silicon? appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Charged

MAY 3, 2021

SABIC has introduced its new 5-micron ELCRES HTV150 dielectric film for high-temperature, high-voltage capacitor applications such as EV traction inverters. The company says its new film withstands temperatures up to 150° C.

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Energy Central

APRIL 11, 2023

Readers of this blog will see many familiar faces in the film as well as new voices in new places telling the story of.

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Solar Power World

JULY 10, 2023

Recent research by Dutch independent… The post ETFE-based films are an ideal solution to solar PV’s glaring problem appeared first on Solar Power World. Reducing glare and enhancing light transmission have become critical factors in maximizing solar panel performance.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2020

The post Gather is a Film Worth Discussing appeared first on Green Living Guy. So let’s try to stay connected here. I reported the following: RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR NATIVE AMERICANS FORT CHIPEWYAN, AB, Aug. 8, 2019/CNW/ – The Government of Canada is.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 11, 2021

Using the incredibly versatile tool of film and video production, we can incorporate sustainability into the lives of millions, and drive positive change around the world. Conclusion: We Need to See More Sustainability in the Film Industry and Video Production. About the Author. Jack Duncan. GBB Green Ambassador.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 25, 2021

Because of the nature of photo and film equipment, BorrowLenses has made it a priority to ensure the proper disposal of e-waste like batteries, lamps and other electronics. The post BorrowLenses: Photography and Film Gear Rentals Promotes The Circular Sharing Economy appeared first on Green Business Bureau.

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Business Green

AUGUST 22, 2023

Ben Whishaw, Mark Rylance, Stephen Fry and Gemma Arterton among over 100 actors pledging to use their on-set or backstage riders to demand greener practices in film and television industry

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In a world shifting focus towards more sustainable products, research and development is crucial in order to find viable alternatives to plastic. Innovation can come from surprising sources when it’s flushed out with the proper support.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

In a cinematic documentary set to air on Sunday, Nov. 13, on MSNBC, producers Leonardo Dicaprio, Harri Grace and Chloe Leland capture the anguish of devastation and intertwine it with hope.

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Green Living Guy

JUNE 28, 2020

Significant Energy Savings Achieving with Professionally Installed Window Film using IWFA contractors To begin the heating and cooling of large buildings and corporate offices are often a significant drain. Therefore a drain on the structure’s system. It’s Continue Reading.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

5:05 – 6:35 Film Screening. Sponsor: ro*co films. ro*co films was born in Cannes in April of 2000, when Annie Roney brought her first Oscar-nominated documentary film, Regret to Inform, to the international media market for licensing. 5:02 – 5:05 Zoom etiquette, housekeeping items. Moderator: Kirpa Grewal.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Read time: 8 mins Dark Waters , the new film starring Mark Ruffalo as attorney Rob Bilott, is set in the Ohio River Valley city of Parkersburg, West Virginia — a place about 150 miles downstream from where Shell is currently building a sprawling plastics manufacturing plant, known as an “ethane cracker,” in Beaver, Pennsylvania.

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