Executive Changes Afoot

www.compoundsemi.com | Aug 19, 2008

Recent shakeups and changes in the upper echelons of mainstay compound semi (CS) companies like Cree and Anadigics are leading CS industry followers to ask: What's happening? Is there anything inherently wrong? The answer is NO. In fact, something very good is actually

http://www.compoundsemi.com/documents/articles/news/10650.html#top

Avocado Refrigerators Out, Mass Transit In - New York Times Blogs

dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com | Aug 15, 2008

There are a couple of important stories in The Times worth highlighting today, one on determining when an old appliance should — and should not — get the heave-ho, and one on a burst of interest in mass transit driven by high gas prices.

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/avocado-refrigerators-out-mass-transit-in/

Let The Sun Shine (at Forbes.com)

www.forbes.com | Aug 15, 2008

PGE, one of America's largest utilities, will build a massive new solar array in California, with two photovoltaic farms.

http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/15/solar-energy-california-biz-energy-cz_as_0815solar.html?partner=yahootix

U.S. lab claims solar conversion efficiency record

www.eetimes.com | Aug 15, 2008

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have claimed a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8 percent of the light that hits it into electricity. This is the highest efficiency of any photovoltaic device

http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/rss/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210100106&cid=RSSfeed_eetimes_semiRSS

Lillis Business Complex, University of Oregon

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Most students entering the four-story atrium of the Lillis Business Complex at University of Oregon in Eugene probably don't realize that the checkered glass wall that floods the space with daylight also helps to power the building.

http://www.infolink.com.au/n/Lillis-Business-Complex-University-of-Oregon-n757916

EMCORE - Global Communications and Power at the Speed of Light

EMCORE Corporation offers a broad portfolio of compound semiconductor-based components and systems for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite communication, defense and solar power markets. EMCORE has two primary operating segments: Fiber Optics and Photovoltaics.

http://www.coronaopticalsystems.com/

ScienceDirect - Solar & Wind Technology, Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages 625-749 (1990)

www.sciencedirect.com

ScienceDirect - the world's leading platform offers over 2,000 high quality peer-reviewed full-text journals and books on science, technology and medicine.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0741983X

Wilkinson Builders - Introduction

We now install microgeneration systems on our ecohouses such as Photovoltaic arrays and micro windturbines, if the site is suitable. We also think solar panels and rainwater harvesting systems have to be on all our projects, there is no excuse to not use these energy saving systems.

http://www.wilkinsonbuilds.demon.co.uk/