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The world’s largest solar power plant is only the latest addition to Germany’s investment in alternative power, Michael Dumiak reports for Fortune.
By Michael Dumiak, FORTUNE Magazine, May 22 2007
Source: CNNMoney.com
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100049624/
The former East Germany, once one of the world’s gloomiest places, has become home to one of the world’s brightest industries: solar power. In late April ground was broken at a former Soviet air base near Leipzig for a $176 million, 40-megawatt photo-voltaic power plant, four times the size of the largest existing solar plant in the world. The facility, being built by Germany’s Juwi International, is scheduled to begin production in late 2009. When it does, it will add significant capacity to eastern Germany’s mushrooming solar power industry.
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Source: Solar World AG /corporate News /April 13, 2007
http://www.solarworld.de/Corporate-News.78.0.html?&L=1

SolarWorld AG strengthens its leading position in the international photovoltaic market by consistently expanding its integrated production capacities. In the presence of the Federal Minister of Transport, Wolfgang Tiefensee, the group officially opened its largest expansion project to date, the new wafer factory, at the production location in Freiberg. With the new production facility in which highly advanced silicon wafers are manufactured the wafer production capacities in Freiberg will gradually increase to 500 Megawatt (MW) by the end of 2009. This is equivalent to a doubling of the current capacity. ‘With this millennium expansion we are presenting one of the most efficient wafer factories of our time. In it we will be leading the way of the international industry trend towards more
raw material and performance efficient wafers’, says Professor Dr. Peter Woditsch, CEO of the SolarWorld subsidiary Deutsche Solar AG. The new factory will offer more than 100 new jobs until 2008.

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Source: SolarWorld AG press release /May 24, 2007
http://www.solarworld.de/Corporate-News.78.0.html?&L=1

SolarWorld AG is vigorously expanding its business with the international solar cell and module industry. The Deutsche Solar AG subsidiary has entered into new long-term agreements with a number of globally operating cell and module manufacturers for the supply with solar silicon wafers from the Freiberg production. The order volume of these new contracts runs up to a total of 1.5 billion EUR for the SolarWorld Group. The time span of the orders covers the period until 2018. 51 per cent of the orders originate
from Europe. Asia follows with a rate 37 per cent. China and Taiwan alone account for 16 per cent of all new supply contracts. 12 per cent of the wafers ordered will be shipped to North America. The entire order backlog of Deutsche Solar AG for external customers from existing orders and new contracts amounts to 4.0 billion EUR.
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 29, 2007
Source: Bernama.com
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_business.php?id=264733

The Government is once again offering Malaysians a chance to install the solar building integrated photovoltalc (BIPV) systems at their premises at a highly discounted price.  It is making the offer under a programme called SURIA 1000, which will provide a maximum discount of 70 percent to the successful bidders for the rebates.  The second call to apply for rebates under SURIA 1000 programme will be effective from June 1 to October 1, this year, a statement from Pusat Tenaga Malaysia (PTM) said today.
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Canadian Solar Signs a 45 Million Euro Annual Sales Contract and Breaks Ground of a 250 MW Module Facility in Changshu, China

Jiangsu, China, May 29 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/
Source: Canadian Solar Inc. press release
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=196781&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1007679

Canadian Solar Inc. (“the Company”, or “CSI”) (Nasdaq: CSIQ) today announced it has concluded a 2007 annual sales contract worth 45 million Euro with a leading German customer. CSI has already started to deliver to this contract in March, before official signing, due to immediate demand for the products.
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Nuying Huang, Taipei; Esther Lam,
Source: DIGITIMES,  29 May 2007
http://www.digitimes.com/bits_chips/a20070529PD210.html

Ever Energy, an affiliate established by Taiwan-based electricity system supplier Ever Power, is preparing for equipment move-in in 2008, targeting to house an annual capacity of 90 peak megawatt (MWp) in the first year.  According to sources that have contacts with Ever Energy, this new solar cell maker has purchased equipment from the Germany-based Centrotherm. The company will also land turn-key know-how from the equipment supplier. Three turn-key production lines are currently planned, the sources detailed.
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Richard Blackwell,   May 30, 2007
Source: globe and mail.com
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070530.RSOLAR30/TPStory/Business
Province’s commitment to pay premium prices attracts bigger players to fledgling sector
Ontario’s promise to pay premium prices for electricity generated from the sun has spurred private developers to launch a spate of projects that could make the province one of the world’s leading solar power producers.  In the past few weeks two consortiums have announced plans for several large solar farms, where hundreds of solar panels, spread out over acres of land, will generate power to be fed into the province’s electrical grid.
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Rabat, Morocco, May 25 /UPI
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/66345.html

Morocco is set to become the first Arab League country to use government funds to push renewable energy sources.  A new law, which the Moroccan government wants to pass within the next few days and which is to come into effect in July, funds renewable energy sources after the German feed-in tariff model.
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Sacromento, CA, May 25, 2007 /UPI
Source: United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Energy/Briefing/2007/05/25/

California’s Legislature is considering a proposal that would fix last year’s Million Solar Roof law.  Championed by Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Million Solar Roof law was meant to encourage people to install energy-saving solar panels by offering financial incentives, the Press Enterprise reported. But a regulation that took effect Jan. 1 to help carry out the law has had the reverse effect. It requires participants in the program to pay more costly electricity rates when they need extra power.
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St. Louis, MO – March 21, 2007
Source: Solar Night Industries /press release
http://www.solarnightstore.com/s.nl/it.I/id.117/.f

Solar Night Industries Selected by Sage Homebuilders To Supply 4 kw Solar system for Near-Zero Energy Home to be showcased at National Green Builders Conference.The home will showcase the latest in green methods and materials and will serve as an example for the new way of building that is taking the nation by storm.
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