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The top 10 U.S. states for cleantech in 2009

August 17, 2009 - Exclusive - Shawn Lesser of Sustainable World Capital analyzes the jobs, VC dollars and natural resources that are determining which states are ruling the cleantech movement, while others are lagging behind. The race is on!

Cleantech industry in the U.S. South emerging from stealth

July 1, 2009 - Exclusive - The region's big cleantech deals include billion-dollar polysilicon plants and stealthy new university spinouts, says Shawn Lesser of Sustainable World Capital.

Dow Corning, Wacker Chemie start production at $1.2B silicon plant

November 18, 2008 - by Emma Ritch - Chinese plant expects to produce pyrogenic silica and siloxane, upstream products for silicon used in solar, construction, automotive, electronics and other industries. Full Story »

Suntech, Wacker Schott in silicon wafer supply deal

June 24, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - Wacker Schott will supply Suntech with a total volume of 220 megawatts over the course of the contract. Full Story »

What silicon shortage, asks Hemlock

June 3, 2008 - by Carli Ghelfi - In a $1.5 billion expansion, Hemlock says it will produce 46,000 metric tons by 2012. Full Story »

Schott, Wacker start work on wafer plant

October 30, 2007 - by David Ehrlich - Production capacity is expected to reach 100 megawatts per year by the end of 2008. Full Story »

Yingli, Wacker in polysilicon supply deal

September 17, 2007 - by David Ehrlich - Germany's Wacker will supply China's Yingli with polysilicon from 2009 to 2011. Full Story »

Schott, Wacker in solar wafer venture

August 3, 2007 - by David Ehrlich - By 2012, the new joint venture is expected to produce 1 gigawatt of silicon wafer for solar cells. Full Story »

Wacker to build new type of polysilicon plant

July 16, 2007 - by Dallas Kachan - The world's second largest supplier now plans to make polysilicon with a trichlorosilane twist. Full Story »

Q-Cells to make its own silicon wafers

June 15, 2007 - by Dallas Kachan - Q-Cells gets even more vertical, producing wafers from silicon from Elkem. Full Story »
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