Solar Cells Info

Nanjing, China, Aug. 29, 2008
Source: ET Solar Group Corp. press release
http://www.etsolar.com/en/ns_305__777.html

ET Solar Group Corp. (“ET Solar”), a Nanjing-based solar power solution provider and integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products including ingot, wafer, module, and state-of-the-art dual-axis tracking systems with manufacturing facilities located in Taizhou, China, announced today a master agreement for the turn-key construction of solar power plants for Wattner Group of Cologne (“Wattner”), a German initiator of closed-end energy and infrastructure funds.  Under the agreement, ET Solutions AG, the solar power solution arm of ET Solar, will deliver solar installations to Wattner worth of 200 million EUR. The solar power plants will be realized primarily in Southern Europe within the next 5 years. (more…)

by Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Electronic Media, Sept 2, 2008
Source: Semiconductor International
http://www.semiconductor.net/article/CA6591790.html

Particularly with this year’s European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (EU PVSEC) taking place in Valencia, Spain, presenters and attendees alike are up in arms over the latest draft of the Spanish incentives for its solar industry. Spain’s current feed-in regulations for photovoltaic plants will run out at the end of this month, and the incentives are expected to be cut drastically — from a current cap of 1 GW to one of only 300 MW, which is expected to be about one-third of the country’s market size in 2008. (more…)

Valencia, Spain – 1 Sept. 2008
Source: Advent Solar Inc, press release
http://adventsolar.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail 0&cntnt01articleid=13&cntnt01origid=75&cntnt01returnid=83

Advent Solar, Inc., a manufacturer of innovative solar cells and modules, today announced that it has reached a key milestone in the company’s rapid growth strategy. Enerpoint, MHH Solartechnik and SunConnex have agreed to purchase and distribute Advent Solar® Ventura™ Technology, the solar industry’s only comprehensive cell-to-module solar architecture. Under this agreement, Advent Solar and its European partners will deploy over 250 megawatts (MW) of Ventura-based solutions in Europe through 2013. (more…)

by John Walko, EE Times Europe
London, Sept. 1, 2008
Source: EETimes.com
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210201642

European research organization IMEC (Leuven, Belgium) has teamed with Plextronics, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA.), a specialist in printed solar, lighting and other organic electronics, to develop a reproducible process for organic solar cells using Plextronics’ materials and inks.  These materials have demonstrated world-record efficiencies as high as 5.9 percent, according to recent testing at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Colorado. (more…)

The new company will commercialize FLATCON® concentration technology-based solar power plants.
Sevilla, April 3, 2008
Source: Abengoa Solar press release
http://www.abengoasolar.es/sites/solar/en/noticia9.jsp

Abengoa Solar and Concentrix Solar GmbH have decided to team up, sharing their expertise and leadership, with the creation of Concentrix Iberia. The company has emerged with the aim of commercializing solar power plants based on FLATCON® concentration technology; that is, solar modules with the highest efficiencies on the market.  Concentrix Solar GmbH, a leader in photovoltaic concentration (CPV), was founded in February, 2005 to commercialize the technology for solar energy systems developed by the Fraunhofer Institute of Solar Energy Systems (ISE), in Germany. (more…)

Fourteen banks are participating in the financing of four new solar projects.
Madid, August 7, 2008
Source: Abengoa Solar press release
http://www.abengoasolar.es/sites/solar/en/noticia12.jsp

Abengoa Solar has completed the financing of the new Solnova 4 Concentrating Solar Power plant and three new photovoltaic plants worth more than €210 million and €70 million respectively. The institutions involved in the financing are Banesto, Caja Madrid, Calyon, Dexia Sabadell, ING, Kfw, Ladesbank, Natixis, Santander, Société Générale and Ubibanca for the construction and start-up of Solnova 4, and La Caixa, Sumitomo and West LB for the photovoltaic plants. (more…)

By David Ehrlich, Cleantech Group Exclusive, August 8, 2008
Source: CleanTech.com
http://media.cleantech.com/3213/ethiopia-powers-solar-energy

Germany’s Solar Energy Foundation aims to improve living conditions and foster a solar industry in Ethiopia.  The rural village of Rema in Ethiopia could become a cleantech boom-town if the work of Germany’s Solar Energy Foundation continues its success in the region. Since 2006, the foundation has installed 2,000 solar systems in Rema and in nearby Rema ena Dire, the biggest solar power project in East Africa. The project has brought power to 5,500 residents in a country where only one percent of people in rural areas have access to electricity. (more…)

Source: WaterfordToday.IE
http://www.waterford-today.ie/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=3798&Itemid=1&ed=365

Waterford Energy Bureau is delighted to announce that the demand for Solar Water heating has increased significantly in County Waterford. Solar energy is one of the more common sustainable energy technologies and is an alternative to fossil fuel; it is one of the cleanest and safest. That energy from sunlight can be used to produce electricity (Photovoltaic Panels) or directly heat (Solar Water Heating). Considering environment and climate change concerns the Irish government encourage renewable energy solar installations, through grant given by the program Greener Homes Scheme. Under the Greener Homes Scheme Phase I & II over 150 solar water installations in Waterford were completed up to June 2008. (more…)

Los Angeles, CA, Aug 6, 2008
Source. Reuters.com
Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by Braden Reddall
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN0537374520080806

German solar module maker Solon AG has signed a $500 million supply contract with U.S. solar cell maker Suniva Inc, the companies said on Wednesday. The deal, which runs until 2012, is the first customer announcement by privately held Suniva.  In an interview, Suniva Chief Executive John Baumstark said the deal would allow the two companies to collaborate on driving down the cost of solar power, while improving the efficiency of generating electricity from the sun’s rays. (more…)

Changzhou, China, July 29, 2008
Source: Trina Solar Ltd, press release /PR Newswire
http://www.trinasolar.com/front/en/news.php?newid=78

Trina Solar Limited, a leading integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, founded in 1997, today announced that it has entered into a sales agreement with Enel.si S.r.l, (“Enel.si”), a subsidiary of Enel SpA (collectively “Enel”), Italy’s largest power company, listed on the Milan Stock Exchange.  Under terms of the two-year agreement, Trina Solar will supply Enel with a total of 17 megawatts (MW) of PV modules starting in 2008, which includes 15 MW of scheduled delivery for 2009 at fixed prices. (more…)