Solar Cells Info

Kyodo News, Jan 1, 2008
Source: The Japan Times Online
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080101a5.html

The government will aim for 30 percent of all households to have solar panels installed by 2030 as part of its efforts to fight global warming, officials said.  Under the target, the number of solar-powered households would increase to 14 million from the current 400,000, and the capacity of such generation would expand 30-fold from the current 1.3 million kilowatts, the officials said. (more…)

Plant Project Won in Partnership with Beck Energy; Introducing the Nanosolar Utility Panel™
San Jose, California – December 18th, 2007
Source. Nanosolar Inc. press release
http://www.nanosolar.com/pr11.htm

Nanosolar Inc., a global leader in solar power innovation, and Beck Energy, a leading integrator of large-scale solar power systems, today announced that they have won a highly competitive public selection process for a solar power plant located on a former landfill owned by one of the largest waste management companies in Eastern Germany.
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by Mike Cooke, 31 December 2007
Source: SemiconductorToday.com
http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/NEWS_2007/DEC_07/NANOSOLAR_311207.htm

Copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) photovoltaic technology is making its first steps from investor promise to physical products. Furthermore, Nanosolar of San Jose, CA, USA has won a contract to supply panels for a solar power plant located on a former landfill site owned by one of the largest waste management companies in east Germany.
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Naturener Expands SunPower Deployment to Approximately 30 Megawatts
San Jose, CA, Jan 04, 2008
Source: SunPower Corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=284653

SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that its Spanish subsidiary will engineer, procure equipment for and construct an approximately 8 megawatt solar electric power plant in the Extremadura region of Spain.  A corporate affiliate of The Naturener Group, a Spanish-based company, will own the solar power plant, and SunPower expects the system will begin operating in September 2008.
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Multi-Project Financing Agreement Streamlines Solar Power System Implementation
Stamford, Conn. & San Jose, CA, Jan 07, 2008
Source: SunPower Corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=284871

GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), announced today that it is partnering with SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR) — a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems — to provide financing for five California solar power projects. The projects, totaling approximately eight megawatts, include a system for Toyota Motor Sales’ Parts Center that will be the largest single-roof solar power installation in the United States. The companies are also collaborating on solar projects for HP, Agilent and two county and regional agencies.
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By Matt Nauman, MediaNews Staff
San Jose, CA, 7 Jan 2008
Source: InsideBayArea.com
http://www.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_7902104

Caterers unfurled red tablecloths. A drum kit sat in the corner waiting for the band to arrive.  It’s time for a party at Nanosolar in San Jose’s blossoming Edenvale Technology Park. And why not; the company has lots to celebrate.  After five years, more than $100 million, and the financial blessings of some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley (the founders of Google, eBay and others), Nanosolar is finally selling something.
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by Dale Neal, CitizenTimes.com
Asheville, NC, December 11, 2007
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200771210080

David Hall of Deltec Homes says his company doesn’t believe in cutting corners when making its trademark round homes — and that attention to detail extends to the electricity used to power the company’s plant.  By year’s end, Deltec will be using 100 percent renewable energy at its factory. That will make Deltec not only Asheville’s largest maker of manufactured homes but also North Carolina’s largest private generator of solar power.
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Shanghai, China Dec 18, 2007
Source: Solar EnerTech. Corp. press release
http://www.solarenertech.com/news/release.asp?numb=241

Solar EnerTech Corp. (OTCBB: SOEN) (the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into a sales contract with Sky Solar (Hong Kong) International Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Sky Global Group to distribute solar modules. Sky Global Group is a global distributor and system integrator of solar panels.  The total shipment to Sky Solar under the contract amounts to approximately US$21.8 million. Shipments, aimed for solar power installations in Spain, are scheduled to be delivered over a 5-month period beginning in December 2007, with the majority of solar module shipments scheduled for the Company’s 2008 fiscal second quarter.
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London, UK and Los Angeles, California, December 11, 2007
Source: Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc. press release
http://www.solarintegrated.com/PR_Celra__07.htm

Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AIM:SIT.LN), a leading provider of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roofing systems, announced today that it has won an order for U.S. $4.3 million to supply BIPV roofing systems to be installed on a new industrial complex in Girona, Spain.  The project, named “SOL DE CELRÀ” and believed to be the largest thin film BIPV project in Spain, will be owned by a group of local companies.  The general contractor for the project is Master Renovables, the Spanish engineering firm and solar integrator.  The project is expected to be completed in 2008.
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London, UK and Los Angeles, California, December 20, 2007
Source: Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc /press release
http://www.solarintegrated.com/PR_Intalyseven_07.htm

Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AIM:SIT.LN), a leading provider of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roofing systems, announced today that it has won a supply contract in Italy for more than U.S. $70 million.  The contract, believed to be one of the largest announced solar deals in Italy, is with an Italian solar project developer and will involve BIPV installations on multiple large buildings.  The Company expects to complete a significant portion of the contract in 2008, with the remainder in 2009.
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