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Emcore Secures Contract
Aug 1, 2012 — Emcore Corp. of Albuquerque, N.M., has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for its Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, which is targeted for launch in 2014. Solar panels populated with Emcore’s ZTJ triple-injection solar cells will power the SMAP spacecraft and instrument suite in near-polar, sun-synchronous orbit for the duration of the mission. The SMAP mission will provide global measurements of soil moisture and its...
Schott Meets Congress
Jul 1, 2012 — Schott North America Inc. of Elmsford, N.Y., has met with US congressional leaders to discuss the importance of the optics industry to the country and ways in which Congress can spur job creation in the industry and support its critical...
Emcore Secures Solar Panels Contract
Jun 1, 2012 — Emcore Corp. has been awarded a $6 million, two-year contract by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colo., to design, manufacture, test and deliver solar panels for a new spacecraft. The panels will be populated with Emcore’s...
Emcore Receives Solar Panel Contract from JPL
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., May 16, 2012 — The compound semiconductor-based components provider received a solar panel manufacturing contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for its Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, which is targeted for launch in 2014.
Schott Defense Meets with Congressional Leaders
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2012 — Schott North America Inc. met with congressional leaders early last week to discuss the importance of the optics industry to the US and ways in which Congress can spur job creation in the industry and support its critical high-technology...
Emcore to Make Solar Panels for New Spacecraft
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 16, 2012 — The radiation-hard solar cells manufacturer was awarded a $6 million, two-year contract by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. to design, manufacture, test and deliver solar panels for a new spacecraft.
Emcore Bolsters Cable Production
Feb 1, 2012 — Emcore Corp. of Albuquerque, N.M., has announced full-scale production of its new 56-Gb/s 14 data rate active optical cables for computing, Ethernet router and switch applications. The high-speed cables are an addition to the Connects Cables line....
Convert Light to Electric Current, Baby, Convert Light to Electric Current
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Emcore Bolsters Cable Production
Jan 1, 2012 — Emcore Corp. of Albuquerque, N.M., has announced full-scale production of its new 56-Gb/s 14 data rate (FDR) active optical cables for Ethernet router and switch applications, and computing. The cables are an addition to the company’s Connects...
Emcore Bolsters Cable Production
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Nov. 14, 2011 — Emcore Corp. has announced full-scale production of its new 56-Gb/s 14 data rate (FDR) active optical cables for computing, Ethernet router and switch applications. The high-speed active optical cables are the latest in the company’s Connects...
Emcore to Make Solar Panels for NASA Moon Orbiter
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Nov. 2, 2011 — Emcore Corp. was awarded a contract by ASRC Research and Technology Solutions (ARTS) for the design, manufacture and delivery of 32 solar panels for NASA Ames’ Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission, the company...
AE Photonics Expands in Greece
Nov 1, 2011 — Photovoltaic wholesaler and solar power plant constructor AE Photonics GmbH & Co. KG of Dresden, Germany, has opened an office in Athens, Greece. A 100 percent subsidiary of AE Photonics, AE Photonics Hellas Ltd. promotes the distribution of...
AE Photonics Opens Office in Greece
DRESDEN, Germany, Sept. 16, 2011 — Photovoltaic wholesaler and solar power plant constructor AE Photonics GmbH & Co. KG has announced the opening of an office in Athens, Greece, in late August. A 100 percent subsidiary of AE Photonics, AE Photonics Hellas Ltd. promotes the...
Emcore Solar Cells to Power 4 Satellites
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 13, 2011 — Mitsubishi Electric Corp. of Tokyo has awarded Emcore Corp. a contract to manufacture, test and deliver high-efficiency solar cells for its TURKSAT 4A, TURKSAT 4B, Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 satellites. Mitsubishi Electric currently is under...
Solar energy use is maturing, with bumps and bright spots
Sep 1, 2011 — Another summer has just about burned itself out here in our corner of the world, and our active pursuit of sunshine has turned passive as the days begin to shorten and temperatures cool. But it seems that around the world, sunshine – in the...
EPIC releases Photovoltaic Industry Report
PARIS, July 22, 2011 — The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) released its report on the photovoltaic market, including production, deployment and R&D investments. EPIC data shows worldwide sales of photovoltaic panels reached $82 billion in 2010 and...
Solar Power Without Semiconductors
Jul 1, 2011 — A magneto-optical effect that has been overlooked for more than 100 years may one day be harnessed to create semiconductor-free solar cells. It sounds implausible – using sunlight to generate an electric charge without the use of...
A Better Solar-Powered Water Splitter Devised
STANFORD, Calif., June 23, 2011 — To withstand the highly corrosive environment inherent in the process of splitting water, electron-producing silicon-based solar electrodes, which deteriorate almost immediately when exposed to oxygen, are now being coated with an ultrathin layer of...
Solar Power Without Solar Cells
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 9, 2011 — A dramatic and surprising magnetic effect of light could lead to solar power without traditional semiconductor-based solar cells. Researchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to make an "optical battery," said Stephen Rand, a...
Solar Power Goes Viral
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 3, 2011 — A genetically modified virus is being used to produce structures that improve solar cell efficiency by nearly one-third. In a solar cell, sunlight hits a light-harvesting material, causing it to release electrons that can be harnessed to...
Emcore Acquires Soliant Energy
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 31, 2011 — Emcore Corp. has acquired the product line and intellectual property of Soliant Energy Inc. of Monrovia, Calif. A developer of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems for commercial rooftop applications, Soliant’s rooftop CPV systems...
Emcore Nabs $10M Solar Panel Contract from NASA
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 11, 2011 — Emcore Corp. received a $10 million contract from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md., to manufacture, test and deliver solar panels for the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission. The company expects to deliver a total...
Emcore to Locate Joint Venture in Huaninan City
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Dec. 8, 2010 — Emcore Corp. announced it has signed an agreement with San’an Optoelectronics Co. Ltd. to register and operate its previously announced joint venture, Suncore Photovoltaics Co. Ltd., in Huainan City, China. The joint venture manufactures...
Erasing carbon’s footprint with sunshine
Oct 5, 2010 — The key to rolling back climate change could be the sun, according to George Washington University researchers who have demonstrated a carbon capture process that promises to use solar power to remove carbon dioxide from the air. As a bonus, the...
EnergyMatrix Partners with SRE Solutions
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 24, 2010 — EnergyMatrix, a division of Innovation Matrix Inc., announced its partnership with SRE Solutions LLC of Milpitas, Calif.. to develop energy saving solar powered street lights. The LED distributor’s lighting solution will be combined with...
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