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<P style="font-size: 14pt" align="center"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
<FONT style="font-size: 12pt">Washington, D.C. 20549
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<P style="font-size: 18pt" align="center"><B>FORM 8-K</B>

<P style="font-size: 12pt" align="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest
event reported): March 10, 2011</B>

<P style="font-size: 24pt" align="center"><B>ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES,
INC.<BR>
</B><FONT style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter) </FONT>
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  <TD style="border-bottom: #000000 1px solid"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="left">Check the appropriate box below if the
Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions:

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="left"><FONT face="Wingdings">o</FONT> Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)<BR>
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to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)<BR>
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14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))<BR>
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13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))<BR>

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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="left"><U>Item&nbsp;7.01</U>
<U>Regulation&nbsp;FD</U>

<P style="text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">On March&nbsp;10,
2011, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) issued the
press release attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.

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<P style="text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits:

<P style="margin-left: 4%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">99.1 Press release,
dated March&nbsp;10, 2011, issued by Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><U>SIGNATURES</U>

<P style="text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.

<P style="margin-left: 45%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">ENERGY CONVERSION
DEVICES, INC.

<P style="margin-left: 45%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">By: <U>/s/ Jay B.
Knoll</U><BR>
Jay B. Knoll<BR>
Executive Vice President<BR>


<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="left">Date: March&nbsp;11, 2011

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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><U>EXHIBIT INDEX</U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="left"><U>Item&nbsp;9.01</U> <U>Exhibits</U>

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<P style="margin-left: 8%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">99.1 Press release,
dated March&nbsp;10, 2011, issued by Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="right"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><B>ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES RESPONDS
TO RECENT SOLAR MARKET EVENTS</B><BR>
<I>Changes to government policies in
France and Italy lead to solar market uncertainty, impacting project sales</I>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><B>Auburn Hills, Mich.,
</B>March&nbsp;10, 2011 &#8211; Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD)
(NASDAQ:ENER), a leading global provider of thin-film flexible solar laminate
products and systems to the building-integrated and commercial rooftop markets,
today issued a statement regarding recent events in the European solar market,
most notably changes to the solar incentive regime in France and Italy, two of
the company&#8217;s key markets.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">&#8220;The dramatic and abrupt shift
in the French and Italian solar incentive structures has impacted our business
and forced us to reconsider our near-term financial outlook,&#8221; said Mark
Morelli, President and Chief Executive Officer of ECD. &#8220;Recent events
have injected disruptive uncertainty into the markets which is causing
financing sources to put projects on hold and may impact as much as 50% of this
quarter&#8217;s forecasted revenue. We expect better visibility on the timing
of our projects after the announcement of the new Italian feed-in-tariff
program and the French tender process. Nevertheless, for the quarter ending
March&nbsp;31, 2011, we are reducing production to 25 megawatts and are also
aggressively pulling back on our cost structure. Thus our financial results
will be affected due to restructuring and factory under-utilization
charges.&#8221;

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">Morelli continued, &#8220;Despite
this near-term uncertainty, we expect that Europe will continue to support
solar adoption, albeit with different priorities, such as new building energy
regulations. These adjusted priorities will, in some circumstances, favor our
products. For example, it seems that European regulators are tending to prefer
smaller distributed-generation systems, like those found on rooftops, as well
as building-integrated projects. <I>UNI-SOLAR</I><SUP
style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><I>&#174;</I></SUP> products
are light weight, flexible, easy to install, low impact and integrate well with
many different roofing materials.&#8221;

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">&#8220;At the same time, we will
continue to diversify our go-to-market capabilities, including penetrating
emerging markets like North America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and
cultivating new channel partner and distributor relationships. For example, we
are still seeing strength in our North American operations and expect increased
momentum and sales in this region.&#8221;

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">Morelli concluded, &#8220;Our
objective remains clear: we are pursuing price parity with grid electricity
through continued investment in our technology roadmap. We are on track to
begin production this summer of our next-generation PowerBond product with 10%
active-area conversion efficiency. Our Nano-Crystalline technology with 12%
active-area conversion efficiency is expected to be commercially available by
the end of 2012 after having just set an NREL-confirmed world record conversion
efficiency for thin-film silicon. These technological advances, combined with our
industry-leading real-world energy yield, will put us amongst the best-in-class
in the cost of generating solar electricity.&#8221;

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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="right"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><B>About Energy Conversion
Devices</B> <BR>
Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) (NASDAQ:ENER) is a leading
global provider of thin-film flexible solar laminate products and systems for
the building-integrated and commercial rooftop markets. The company
manufactures, sells and installs thin-film solar laminates that convert
sunlight to clean, renewable energy using proprietary technology. ECD&#8217;s
<I>UNI-SOLAR</I><SUP
style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">&#174;</SUP> brand products
are unique because of their flexibility, light weight, ease of installation,
durability, and real-world efficiency. The company also designs, manufactures
and installs rooftop photovoltaic systems which enable customers to transform
unused rooftop space into a value-generating asset. In addition, ECD&#8217;s
Ovonic Materials Division is the pioneer in NiMH battery technology and other
material science technologies for the renewable energy industry. For more
information, please visit <U>energyconversiondevices.com</U> and follow ECD on
twitter @ECD_ENER.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><I>This release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor Provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking
statements include statements concerning our plans, objectives, goals,
strategies, future events, future net sales or performance, capital
expenditures, financing needs, plans or intentions relating to expansions,
business trends and other information that is not historical information. All
forward-looking statements are based upon information available to us on the
date of this release and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors,
many of which are outside of our control, that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements.
Risks that could cause such results to differ include: our ability to maintain
our customer relationships and establish new relationships; the worldwide
market for solar energy systems; changes to government incentives related to
solar energy; our customers&#8217; ability to access capital to finance the
purchase of our products; and our ability through technology improvements to
reduce cost and improve the conversion efficiency of our solar products. The
risk factors identified in the ECD filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the company&#8217;s most recent Annual Report on
</I><I>Form 10-K</I><I> and most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, could
impact any forward-looking statements contained in this release. Energy
Conversion Devices, Inc. assumes no responsibility to update any
forward-looking statements contained herein.</I>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><U>Contact</U>: <BR>
Michael E. Schostak <BR>
Head of Investor Relations <BR>
+1 (248)&nbsp;299-6063<br>
<u>investor.relations@energyconversiondevices.com</u>

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