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WORLDNEWS
Sunny anganwadi
Dow Corning has announced the opening Approximately 45 children will attend the
of an anganwadi (daycare centre) in the anganwadi; more than 100 students
Indian village of Karde that features a 28- attend the school. Tata BP Solar, a local
panel solar power system. This system manufacturer of solar systems and a Dow
generates enough electricity for cooling Corning customer, manufactured and
fans and lighting for the anganwadi and installed the system. The solar panels
an adjacent school that previously had no contain silicon-based materials developed
power. In addition, Dow Corning arranged and manufactured by Dow Corning.
to have five solar powered street lights
installed to make the village safer for “This is a great example of the power of
students and residents. silicone chemistry to enhance lives next four years. Construction of its first
around the world,” said Eric Peeters, Dow facility to produce high purity
“In the discussions about solar energy, Corning’s global executive director for the monosilanes, the key raw material used in
it’s too easy to forget that what we are solar market business unit. “For the the production of thin-film solar cells and
really talking about is changing people’s children of Karde, this means a better liquid crystal displays and the opening of
lives. Education, safety – that’s what the chance to fulfil dreams, having electricity a Solar Solutions Application Centre in
solar story is about in the village of in the classroom and daycare centre and Michigan. There has also been an
Karde,” said Jean-Paul Mollie, Dow safer streets for years to come.” announcement of a second centre to be
Corning’s region president for India, openedin Korea where the company will
South Asia, Middle East and Africa. “The Dow Corning’s long-term commitment to work with customers to develop, evaluate,
solar power system will provide free, sustainability and to providing solutions and pilot materials and solutions used to
clean solar energy and create an along the entire solar value chain is manufacture solar panels.
environment far more conducive to demonstrated by the more than $5 billion
learning. We can help these students in investments it has announced over the
reach their full potential in the classroom past five years. Those investments
and we can help them create a brighter include working to expand polycrystalline New rep in India
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future for themselves.” silicon capacity by 90 percent within the
StratEdge has announced that
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Omniscient Electronics Pvt. Ltd. will
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Semiconductor solar partnership
represent StratEdge in India. Omniscient
is a semiconductor distributor in India,
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working with semiconductor
manufacturers, OEMs, and EMS
NXP Semiconductors has announced a providers on a local and regional basis.
development partnership with Tata BP They offer services in the technical
Solar India under which Tata BP intends sales, product design, and supply chain
to use various electronic solutions for arenas.
solar applications developed by NXP.
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These solutions have been developed by Omniscient will handle sales and
NXP as per the requirements of Tata BP. technical support for StratEdge’s
complete line of DC to 50+ GHz
K Subramanya, CEO of TATA BP Solar, packages and assembly and test
and Rene Penning de Vries, CTO of NXP services. Mr. Deshikan, director, will lead
Semiconductors today also disclosed that the Omniscient team. The head office is
the two companies have signed a Letter source of energy for India. We look located in Bangalore and there are
of Intent to roll out the electronics controls forward to introducing these products to a branch offices in Chennai, Mumbai,
products starting 2010. Both companies substantial number of households over Pune, Hyderabad, and Delhi.
are looking at a long-term partnership that the next three to five years.”
will see the development of a range of “Omniscient is a natural fit as
products. Mr. Penning de Vries added, “This kind of StratEdge’s affiliate in India,” said
innovation is a perfect example of how StratEdge president and chairman of the
Mr. Subramanya commented that, “We the semiconductor industry is moving board Tim Going. “With nearly ten years
are very pleased to partner with NXP on away from following the path of Moore’s of industry experience, an experienced
the development of this small, but exciting Law. We’re not simply building faster and group of employees, and offices in
range of products. Given the high level of more complex systems, we’re now major cities throughout India,
sunlight all over India and in view of the looking at inventive and very innovative Omniscient offers the technical
country’s ever increasing power ways to reduce power consumption and knowledge and breadth of coverage that
demands, solar power is an economically move the semiconductor industry to a we need to support our customers in the
efficient and environmentally sustainable whole new level”. area.”
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