Solar Cells Info

Source: ProActiveInvesters.com, April 14, 2009
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/1218/
dyesol-engaged-for-feasibility-study-for-glass-dye-solar-cells-in-turkey-1218.html

Dyesol (ASX:DYE) has been engaged by Nesli Dye Solar Cells Enerji Sistemleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (Nesli) to complete a detailed feasibility study establishing a glass-based DSC volume manufacturing facility in Turkey. Nesli has secured a line of funding for a phased development program, with initial capacity growing in discrete stages to 100,000m2 before expanding to a 500,000m2 manufacturing capability in the subsequent stage. Nesli is supported in the commercialisation by the Turkish Development Bank (Turkiye Kalkinma Bankasi – TKB). (more…)

SAN FRANCISCO and WUXI, China, April 6, 2009
Source: Suntech Power Holdings Press release/PRNewswire

Swinburne University of Technology has teamed up with Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world’s largest photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer, to create the next generation of solar cells. The Australian university and Suntech will collaborate to develop solar cells that are twice as efficient and run at half the cost of those currently available.  Swinburne will contribute $3 million dollars to the venture, with Suntech pledging a further $3 million over the course of the collaboration. The project is also seeking funding from the Victorian Government. (more…)

by Nuying Huang, Taipei; Adam Hwang,
Source: DIGITIMES, 16 April 2009
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090416PD217.html

Taiwan exported 900MWp of crystalline silicon solar cells in 2008, taking up 16.4% of the total 5.5GWp of photovoltaic (PV) systems installed around the world, according to the Photovoltaics Technology Center (PTC) under the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan. (more…)

by Mami Akasaka, Tech-On!, April 15, 2009
Source: Tech-On English
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20090417/168926/?ST=english_PRINT

The Japan Patent Office announced the results of its survey on trends in solar cell-related patent applications. According to the results, Japanese applicants took the lead in the area of silicon solar cells, while European applicants outpaced the others in the area of organic semiconductor solar cells.  About 7,970 solar cell-related patents were filed around the world during the period between 2000 and 2006. By nationality, Japanese applications accounted for 68.4%, far more than European (15.3%) and US (10.6%) applications. (more…)

Shanghai, Apr 16, 2009
Source: Asiaport Daily News, April 16, 2009 /SolidState International
http://www.solid-state.com/display_news/176824/5/HOME/
Report:_China%27s_Qiangsheng_PV_making_5G_silicon_solar_cells

Qiangsheng Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd., a leading amorphous silicon solar cell producer of China, recently announced in Shanghai that it had started the mass production of the fifth-generation large amorphous thin-film silicon solar cells.  Within the two and a half years, the cost of its cell modules is expected to fall to USD 0.5 per watt . It means that the cost of on-grid electricity generated by solar power stations will step down to CNY 0.65 per kilowatt-hours (KWH), on par with that of on-grid electricity generated by wind farms. (more…)

Chinese solar companies got a huge boost in the markets after a massive government subsidy program was announced. But is the uptick justified? Analysts have differing views.
by: Jeff St. John, March 27, 2009
Source: GreenTechMedia.com
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/
china-pledges-huge-solar-subsidies-5964.html

The Chinese government on Thursday announced what some industry analysts called the most aggressive and generous solar power subsidy in the world, giving Chinese solar companies a big market boost amid a generally gloomy outlook for short-term growth.  China’s solar subsidy plan would offer 20 yuan (about $2.94) per watt for solar photovoltaic installations greater than 50 kilowatts. That would essentially cover half the cost of entire installations at today’s low solar panel prices, according to an RBC Capital Markets analyst note. (more…)

Innovative Solar Panels Feature Higher Module Output and Reduce Total Installation Costs
Dallas, TX — March 18, 2009
Source: SanYo Energy Corp. press release
http://us.sanyo.com/News/SANYO-Introduces-New-HIT-Power-N-Series-Solar-Panels

SANYO Energy (U.S.A.) Corporation, a subsidiary of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO), a leading company for energy and environment, today introduces the HIT Power® N Series of solar panels featuring SANYO’s proprietary HIT® technology. The new series features the latest technological improvements including higher module output, lower voltage, space savings and lower installation costs that make the HIT Power® N Series the most efficient and competitive cost per kWh panels in the solar market today. The HIT Power® N Series solar panels will be available in North America from SANYO’s authorized representatives, including SunWize Technologies, Conergy and Focused Energy from April. (more…)

Meeting the actively growing market demand, with future potential increases possible
Tokyo, February 16, 2009
Source: Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd press release
http://www.sanyo.com/news/2009/02/16-1en.html

SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) announces that it will increase production capacity for HIT solar cells by building new production facilities inside the grounds of the Nishikinohama Factory (Kaizuka City, Osaka), already a production base for SANYO’s proprietary HIT solar cells, to meet active demand for solar power generation equipment around the world.  The new building construction will begin on February 17, and is expected to reach completion by October 2009. While reviewing the market conditions, production is expected to start immediately to be better able to respond to market demands, and thereafter considered with a view to increase the facilities’ productivity as necessary. (more…)

Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes, April 02, 2009
Source: Rediff.com
http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/apr/02/forbes-solar-power-for-rs-90-a-day.htm

Imagine a solar panel as affordable as a fancy new bicycle. A panel designed so simply that you can install one (or more) yourself, just outside your windows, in the course of an afternoon.  That’s the concept behind Oakland, Calif.-based Veranda Solar, a start-up founded last year by Capra J’neva and Emilie Fetscher, recent graduates of the product design program at Stanford University. J’neva and Fetscher dreamed up attractive, flower-shaped solar panels as part of their master’s project at the design school. “We created a starter solar system that expands as your budget does,” J’neva says. (more…)

Source: DIGITIMES, Nuying Huang, Taipei; Adam Hwang, 17 March 2009
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090317PD200.html

Four Taiwan-based makers of crystalline silicon solar cells, Motech Industries, E-Ton Solar Tech, Neo Solar Power and Solartech Energy, plan to expand their annual production capacities in 2009. But another maker Gintech Energy has no plans to expand its existing annual capacity of 660MWp but will focus on increasing shipments to hike its global market share in 2009. (more…)