Solar Cells Info

By Associated Press. /Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Source: Boston Herald
http://news.bostonherald.com/national/south/view.bg?articleid=195441

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Former Vice President Al Gore’s upscale neighborhood granted the environmental activist approval Tuesday to install 33 solar panels on the roof of his mansion. Belle Meade had blocked his application until new rules were approved unanimously late Tuesday, said Gore spokesman Chris Song. The city located within metropolitan Nashville said the panels must be placed in areas where they can’t be seen by neighbors.
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Kyocera to invest 30 billion yen (about $250 million) globally, raise annual production capacity to 500 megawatts by 2011

source: Kyocera Solar /press release /April 18, 2007
http://www.kyocerasolar.com/news/news_detail.cfm?key=361
San Diego, CA – April 18, 2007 – Kyocera Corporation today announced plans to expand its annual solar module manufacturing capacity to 500 megawatts (MW) by the end of March 2011 — more than double its current annual capacity of 240MW — in response to global demand.  The company has secured supply contracts with silicon producers to ensure the steady increase in production capacity.  “For the last two years, as we endured a shortage of solar-grade silicon, Kyocera has focused on improving solar-cell quality and energy conversion efficiency,” stated Tatsumi Maeda, senior managing executive officer of Kyocera Corp. and general manager of the company’s Corporate Solar Energy Group.  “Among the world’s fully integrated suppliers that manage every stage of the process, from casting silicon ingot to engineering and supplying complete solar electric generating systems, our goal is to lead the industry in both quality and quantity.”
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13 Apr 2007 ANNAPOLIS, Md.
source:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/51645.html

Legislation passed in Maryland will require 1,500 megawatts of solar energy in the state by 2022.  Solar corporations BP Solar and Sun Edison have their headquarters in the state, which falls just behind New Jersey in state solar rankings, Renewable Energy Access reported. The bill also raises the net metering cap from 200 kilowatts to 2 megawatts.
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April 16, 2007
source:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/04/prweb518788.htm

Hampshire, U.K. (PRWEB) April 16, 2007 — Just Imagine UK Limited are unveiling at the 35th Annual Geneva Technology Exhibition, their new emergency solar powered charger for cell phones, iPods, mp3s and cameras. This new product delivers power via thin solar membrane cells and a flexible lanyard.  The first phone call, lasting two minutes, was made from one cell phone to another cell phone using solar energy captured from a flexible lanyard/strap. This is a first for Just Imagine UK Limited.  Roark McMaster of Just Imagine in Emsworth, and Mark Coughlan of London have together developed this new product over the past 12 months.
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April 16, 2007
Source: News.com.au
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21565270-17001,00.html

ALICE Springs has become the fourth Australian city to receive funding under a federal program promoting solar power.  The Northern Territory town joins Adelaide, Townsville and Sydney’s Blacktown under the Solar Cities program set up three years ago.  The Federal Government will provide Alice Springs with $12.3 million to install solar photovoltaic panels on 230 homes and business, 1000 solar hot water systems and roll out 400 smart meters.
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Jon Land, March 23, 2007
source: http://www.24dash.com/socialhousing/18346.htm

Solar panels are being installed at homes in Birmingham, UK  as part of a project to promote renewable energy.  Houses in Coplow Terrace are some of the first to receive works under the groundbreaking Summerfield Eco-Neighbourhood project.  About 250 homes will benefit from renewable energy as part of the project which is supported by Family Housing and Birmingham City Council.
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New Vision (Kampala), April 9, 2007
Juliet Waiswa, Kampala
source:
http://allafrica.com/stories/200704100203.html

AS the country prepares for the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November, Winafrique Alternative Power Limited (WAP) in collaboration with Kampala City Council, have installed a new street lighting system along Entebbe Road.  The reliable system of lighting comes in handy when the hydro-electric power from UMEME is increasingly becoming unreliable, yet with high charges. The lighting system has come in as a pilot project, first along Entebbe Road, and if successful will spread to other roads, especially in Kampala.
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Beijing, China, 11 April 2007
source. Macauhub
http://www.macauhub.com.mo/en/news.php?ID=3144

Chinese company, Yingli Solar plans to increase its presence in the European market by making use of the profile of the solar plant at Moura in Portugal, the director of the company’s International Market Department, Pang Chou said in Beijing Tuesday.  Speaking to Portuguese news agency, Pang said that the Chinese solar cell and panel producer also planned to increase its presence on the Portuguese market.
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Salem, Utah April 8, 2007
source: IAUS /press release
http://www.iaus.com/news04092007.aspx

International Automated Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:IAUS) has announced  today that it has signed a supply agreement with Lucite International, a global leader in the design,  development and manufacture of acrylic-based products. Lucite International generates over  $1 billion in annual revenue. It is the world’s leading supplier of Methyl Methacrylate (MMA), and the only organization with production, R&D, sales and marketing facilities in all three
major geo-economic regions – the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Lucite International will facilitate high-volume production of IAUS’s new solar panels. IAUS’s  unique thin-film solar lenses can be manufactured at a fraction of the cost of today’s photovoltaic  solar panels. Breakthrough solar power technology developed by IAUS may become the first
solar power to compete with gas. Low-cost energy produced by IAUS’s new patented and  patent-pending solar technology can be used to generate electricity or produce clean fuels such as hydrogen and green methanol (gasoline replacements) at a competitive price.
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Photovoltaic panels atop parking shelters for 700 vehicles will meet 20% of campus electricity base demand

FRESNO, Calif., March 22, 2007
source: Chevron Eenrgy Solutions /press release
http://www.chevronenergy.com/news_room/default.asp?pr=pr_20070323.asp

Construction has begun at California State University, Fresno on a solar panel-topped parking structure system being built by Chevron Energy Solutions, a Chevron (NYSE: CVX) subsidiary, that will be the largest of its kind at any university in the United States.  Photovoltaic panels installed atop 10 metal shelters that will shade more than 700 parking spaces from the San Joaquin Valley sun, will convert the sun’s energy into 1 megawatt of electricity. That’s about 20 percent of the university’s base demand and equivalent to the power needs of 1,000 homes, said Cynthia Teniente-Matson, Fresno State vice president for administration and chief financial officer.
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