ThursdayJan 31, 2013 7:29 am

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (JASO) Announces Largest Solar Installation in Tennessee

JA Solar Holdings recently announced the completion of the delivery of 9.5 MW of PV modules to the Volkswagen Solar Park. The installation contains 33,600 high-performance multi-crystalline silicon PV modules across 33 acres of land next to the Volkswagen manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The modules have been supplied exclusively by JA Solar. Based in Shanghai, China, JA Solar is focused on manufacturing solar power products intended for residential, commercial, and utility-scale power generation. JA Solar produces solar modules which it distributes under its own brand, and also manufactures products for other solar manufacturers. The company also has facilities in…

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ThursdayJan 31, 2013 7:29 am

John Atkinson Joins WidePoint Corp. (WYY) as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing

WidePoint announced that Mr. John Atkinson will be joining the company as its new Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Atkinson will bring over 28 years of experience to WidePoint, a leading provider of cloud-based telecommunications services and cyber security solutions. Of his new role, Atkinson remarked, “I look forward to being part of the executive team at WidePoint and bringing my expertise and relationships into a marketplace that is poised for wide adoption and growth. In particular, I’m excited about the strategic charge of implementing a suite of integrated secured mobility solutions offered at the Enterprise level.” Having…

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WednesdayJan 30, 2013 2:45 pm

Verenium Corp. (VRNM) and Novus International Announce Progress in Development of Novel Enzymes for Animal Health Products

Verenium Corp. is an industrial biotechnology company and a global leader in developing and commercializing high-performance enzymes. The company’s tailored enzymes are environmentally friendly, making products and processes greener for industries such as the global food and fuel markets. The company today announced that it and Novus International, a leading manufacturer of animal nutrition and health products, have taken significant steps forward in their collaboration toward commercializing a suite of next-generation animal nutrition enzymes. The two companies entered into a strategic partnership in 2011. The two firms have selected lead enzyme candidates for the development of the joint venture’s suite…

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WednesdayJan 30, 2013 2:44 pm

ZBB Energy Corp. (ZBB) Secures Access to Massive Russian/CIS Distributed Energy Markets via Deal with Established Distributor

ZBB Energy, developer and manufacturer of extremely sophisticated energy storage and on/off-grid intelligent power control platform solutions which allow for easy integration of both conventional and renewable sources, announced entry into the Russian and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) markets in a big way today via inking of a strategic relationship with the firmly established, Moscow-based distributed generation supplier, BPC Engineering. This play affords ZBB a huge in with relevant markets, spring boarding product penetration into these vast arenas thanks to BPC’s network of connections that circuit the entire space. The strategic agreement mandates that not only will BPC support…

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WednesdayJan 30, 2013 2:44 pm

Magnolia Solar Corp. (MGLT) Reaches Developmental Milestone, Advances Antireflection Solar Technology

Magnolia Solar has reached a developmental milestone that it believes advances nanostructured antireflection (AR) coating technology closer to commercial application. Working with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany, Magnolia Solar reported that it has achieved high-quality 6-inch growth of nanostructured AR coatings on glass for solar cell applications. Most silicon solar cells and high-efficiency thin film solar cells produced today measure approximately 4 inches, the company noted. Fixed, flat-plate solar cell modules characteristically experience significant reductions in power output as light reflects off the front glass, depending on the time of the day…

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WednesdayJan 30, 2013 2:43 pm

VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. (VSTA) to Profit from Growing Need for Better Approach

A recent article by Ryan McBride in biotech industry newsletter FierceBiotech (http://dtg.fm/i12W) highlights a major transition that needs to occur in the pharmaceutical industry. The article points to a speech by Ken Kaitin, director of the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, suggesting that drug development companies need to fix broken areas of development that are costing them billions of dollars from unnecessary procedures in clinical trials. Kaitin’s group expects pharma to replace traditional trial-and-error testing methods with newer approaches, such as biomarkers, modeling, and simulation, all in an effort to reduce failures and associated costs, costs which…

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WednesdayJan 30, 2013 10:48 am

EMCORE Corp. (EMKR) Announces Delivery of 1 Millionth Solar Cell to Space Systems/Loral

EMCORE, a prominent supplier of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems to the fiber optic and solar power markets, today announced that it has reached an incredible milestone after recently delivering its 1 millionth high-efficiency, multi-junction solar cell to Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), which will eventually represent more than a megawatt of power delivered into space. This occasion will be marked by a joint special event hosted by EMCORE and Space Systems/Loral at EMOCORE’s Albuquerque facilities during the week of February 25, as well as a commemorative award representing the 1 millionth solar cell. Space Systems/Loral has used EMCORE as its primary…

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WednesdayJan 30, 2013 10:45 am

Ambient Corp. (AMBT) Announces Enhancements for Advanced Power Quality Monitoring Solution

Ambient Corp., provider of a secure, flexible, and scalable smart grid communications and applications platform, today announced further progress on the development of AmbientPQM™, an advanced Power Quality Monitoring solution that enables enhanced grid visibility for utilities. An enhancement of the existing solution, the latest update, M-PQM, allows simultaneous monitoring of multiple sources of power quality data in both medium and low-voltage distribution. AmbientPQM, a combination of software and hardware (PQM application, and Ambient Smart Grid® Nodes and Sensors), enables utilities to measure an array of power quality parameters on medium- and/or low-voltage distribution grids, on overhead or underground lines,…

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WednesdayJan 30, 2013 10:41 am

Bergamo Acquisition Corp. (BGMO) Provides Documentation and Letter from Corporate CPA Firm to Increase Shareholder Transparency

Bergamo Acquisition, a global investment holding company, has engaged L.L. Bradford, a full-service public accounting firm, to verify and authenticate documents supporting the two most recent US $500 million tranches deposited into accounts held by Bergamo Acquisition’s European subsidiary as part of an investment agreement entered into with National Wealth International. After reviewing the original bank letterhead signed by two bank officers, the location and name of the bank, the account number, and the dollar amounts, L.L. Bradford provided written confirmation of Bergamo Acquisition’s ongoing and existing financial agreements. For more information on the recently announced investment agreement, review the…

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WednesdayJan 30, 2013 10:18 am

GlobalWise Investments, Inc. (GWIV) and the Cloud’s Transforming Nature

Accessing the Internet has become such a normal part of daily life, whether through computer or mobile device, that it’s beginning to become invisible, done almost without awareness. Today, the ascent of cloud technology is greatly accelerating the trend. Improvements in security and communication, together with more sophisticated ways of integrating cloud and on-site technology, has begun to quietly place a world of information and functionality in the hands of every user. GlobalWise Investments, offering Enterprise Content Management (ECM) as a cloud based or local solution for document management, has taken such integration to a new level. The system allows…

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