Solar Cells Info

Dubai, October 25, 2008
Source: The Hindu Online
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200810251631.htm

As part of its efforts to reduce pollution and create alternative sources of energy to meet growing demand, the city of Dubai has launched a major initiative to harness solar energy.  Chairman of the Dubai government’s investment vehicle Dubai World Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem has launched Solar Technologies, the Middle East’s largest photovoltaic manufacturing facility, in the course of the Green Dubai World Forum-2008, currently underway here. (more…)

The Company’s Most Powerful Solar Panels to Date with Performance Ratings over 90%
Marlboro, MA, Oct 14, 2008
Source: Evergreen Solar Inc, press release/BusinessWire
http://www.evergreensolar.com/app/en/investors/

Evergreen Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESLR) will introduce its new American-made ES-A Series Solar Panels at its booth #1115 during Solar Power International in San Diego, October 14-16, 2008. This new line of 200, 205 and 210 W solar panels features the most powerful products Evergreen Solar has ever produced. With a -0, +5W power specification, the ES-A Series also provides the best power tolerance currently available in the industry. (more…)

Raises Contractual Backlog to more than 1 Gigawatt
Marlboro, MA, Oct 16, 2008
Source: Evergreen Solar Inc, press release / BusinessWire
http://www.evergreensolar.com/app/en/investors/

Evergreen Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESLR), a manufacturer of STRING RIBBON(TM) solar power panels with its proprietary, low-cost wafer manufacturing technology, announced it has signed two new long-term sales contracts totaling more than 160 MW. The first is with Mainstream Energy Corporation and AEE Solar, Inc., a leading wholesale distributor in North America; the second contract is with, one of the top-tier general trading companies in Japan.. The combined contracts extend the company’s total contractual backlog to more than 1 GW. Shipments under these contracts will begin in 2009 and continue through 2012. (more…)

San Francisco, CA. – Oct. 20, 2008
Source: GreenVolts press release
http://www.greenvolts.com/news_and_events/press/2008/10/20/

GreenVolts (www.greenvolts.com), a leader in concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technology, today announced that it was the recipient of a $250,000 grant from the California Energy Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program. GreenVolts’ proposal, entitled Low Cost Installation of Concentrating Photovoltaic, was rated highest among all applicants to this highly competitive grant program. (more…)

Proprietary panels designed to provide higher electricity output per rooftop and significantly reduced installation costs.
Solyndra announces more than $1.2 billion in customer contracts.
Fremont, CA, October 7, 2008
Source: Solyndra Inc, press release
http://www.solyndra.com/News/Press-Release-01

Solyndra, Inc. today announced a new solar photovoltaic (PV) system for the commercial rooftop market. Solyndra’s PV system is designed to generate significantly more solar electricity on an annual basis from typical low-slope commercial rooftops with lower installation costs than conventional PV flat panel technologies. Commercial rooftops represent a vast, underutilized resource and huge opportunity for generating solar electricity. Since its founding in 2005, Solyndra has been developing technology and ramping manufacturing capacity to produce its proprietary CIGS-based thin film PV system. Solyndra is currently shipping its systems, comprised of panels and mounting hardware, to fulfill more than $1.2 billion of multi-year contracts with customers in Europe and the United States. (more…)

Fremont, CA, Oct 23, 2008
Source: Solyndra Inc, press release/BusinessWire
http://www.solyndra.com/News/Press-Release-102308

Solyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of proprietary photovoltaic (PV) systems designed to optimize solar electricity production on commercial rooftops, announced it has signed a new long-term sales contract with solar integrator GeckoLogic GmbH, based in Wetzlar, Germany. The Euro-based contract value equates to approximately $250 million and extends through 2012. The GeckoLogic contract is part of Solyndra’s previously-announced total contractual backlog of approximately $1.2 billion. The solar panels for these contracts will be manufactured at Solyndra’s facilities in Fremont and Milpitas, California. (more…)

HelioVolt’s FASST® Manufactures High Quality CIGS Using Both Vacuum and
Non-Vacuum Deposition Techniques
Austin, Texas, July 24, 2008
Source. HelioVolt Corp press release

HelioVolt Corporation, a producer of highly-efficient thin film solar energy products, today announced that it has garnered an R&D 100 Award from Research & Development (R&D) Magazine for work performed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Known as the “Oscars of Invention,” the R&D 100 Awards celebrate the year’s most significant commercial innovations from around the world. HelioVolt and NREL received the award for demonstrating a simpler, faster end-to-end process for printing high quality thin film photovoltaic (PV) systems. (more…)

Flagship Manufacturing Facility to Provide 160 New Green Jobs
Austin, Texas, Oct 24, 2008
Source: HelioVolt Corp. press release
http://www.heliovolt.net//index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=134&Itemid=95

Today HelioVolt Corporation will cut the ribbon on its first factory for manufacturing high-performance thin film solar energy products. The 122,400 square foot sustainable facility in Austin, Texas is expected to create approximately 160 new jobs for the U.S.’s growing renewable energy sector. City officials, state and federal representatives, and energy industry leaders will join HelioVolt executives and staff in dedicating the new solar factory. (more…)

by Tom Cheyney, 23 October 2008
Source: PVTech.org
http://www.pv-tech.org/news/_a/
honda_soltec_starts_public_industrial_sales_of_cigs_solar_modules_in_japan/

Honda Soltec said it will start selling copper-indium-gallium-(di)selenide thin-film-based solar modules for public and industrial use throughout Japan on Friday. The Honda solar subsidiary has sold photovoltaic modules for home use since October 2007, and now the company intends to expand its customer base by manufacturing and selling solar units capable of the high-capacity electrical generation required by public and industrial facilities. (more…)

By Julie Steenhuysen, Chicago, Oct 5, 2008
Source: Reuters.com
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE49429H20081005

U.S. researchers have found a way to make efficient silicon-based solar cells that are flexible enough to be rolled around a pencil and transparent enough to be used to tint windows on buildings or cars.  The finding, reported on Sunday in the journal Nature Materials, offers a new way to process conventional silicon by slicing the brittle wafers into ultrathin bits and carefully transferring them onto a flexible surface. (more…)