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Samsung to invest in chips, panels as smartphone outlook dims
2013-07-26 11:17:20| Electronics - Topix.net
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd announced a $1 billion increase in investment on Friday, hoping a strong recovery in semiconductors will make up for weakening smartphone growth as it faces mounting pressure to produce eye-catching new gadgets.
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Forget solar panels, here come building-integrated photovoltaics
2013-07-24 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Solar panels are becoming passé. Why put solar panels on top of building construction materials when you could just tap the power of the sun directly through the construction materials themselves? Bloomberg reports on the rapid growth in building-integrated photovoltaics, or BIPV. These are solar powerharvesting cells that are incorporated into the walls, roofs, and windows of buildings integrated seamlessly instead of being bolted onto a finished building as an apparent afterthought: From...
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Bringing color to solar panels
2013-07-23 04:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Covering a roof or a façade with standard solar cells to generate electricity will change a building's original appearance -- and not always for the better. At present only dark solar panels are widely available on the market. "Not enough work has been done so far on combining photovoltaics and design elements to really do the term 'customized photovoltaics' justice," says Kevin Füchsel, project manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF in Jena...
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Siding Installation System ensures panels are secured to stud.
2013-07-22 14:30:42| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
With NailRIGHT™ siding installation system, panels of Woodsman Select Premium Vinyl Siding are nailed directly to stud for secure fit. System features X marked at nail slots every 8 in. on center so once installer identifies location of first stud in relation to X, then all studs can be quickly located. Nailing into stud not only provides secure bond between panel and wall, but also ensures that installer does not nail into plumbing and/or electrical wiring. This story is related to the following:Vinyl Siding
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VIDEO: A good time to install solar panels?
2013-07-20 10:24:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
More than 2,000 community energy projects have been set up across the UK, with grants being offered to those who produce green energy for their local area.
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