Cleantech ticker: 11 June 2009
Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates:
- The F3 Factory, one of the visionary projects of the EU Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem) has now been officially launched. Innovative technology made possible by the SusChem programme includes the Smart Energy Home and F3 Factory, all cutting-edge projects which contribute to the sustainability of the industry;
- If solar cells were transparent they could be fitted to windows and building facades. Physical modelling helps in the development of suitable materials for transparent electronics and thus in creating the basis for transparent solar cells;
- Linde Electronics has presented its 2008 Global Supplier Performance Award to BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany;
- The market for smart meters in Europe, although nascent, is expected to be more of a “push’ market” primarily driven by legislation and by the need to handle the increasing demand for electricity that has far exceeded the grid’s capacity, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan;
- Lord Mandelson says the new European Parliament and next European Commission must be “Europe’s economic conscience,” and is pushing European member states to work together to rebuild Europe’s economic strength.
