Solar Cells Info

* Inauguration ceremony for ersol’s Cell Fab 2 attended by Federal Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel
* Additional production capacity of 100 MWp
* Around EUR 46 million invested in cell production plant in Arnstadt
* Creation of up to 150 permanent jobs
* Environment relief of about 1 million tons of CO2 by one annual production

Arnstadt, 16 November 2007
Source; ersol solar energy, press release
http://www.ersol.de/en/newsmediarelations/pressreleases/pressrelease/news/1195200475/
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ersol Solar Energy AG (ersol) is opening its second cell production plant this afternoon together with Federal Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel. In just a few weeks, ersol will officially put its new facility for high-efficiency crystalline solar cells into operation. Around EUR 46 million was invested in the new production site for crystalline silicon solar cells in Arnstadt, which has a production capacity of 100 MWp. Up to 150 people will gradually be employed on a permanent basis in the second ersol cell production plant. The first multi- and monocrystalline silicon solar cells will leave Arnstadt in early 2008, thus supporting an environmentally friendly energy supply through a sustainable energy mix. (more…)

* Silicon contracts lasting 9 years to achieve additional production output of around 300 MWp
*  Contract secures supply to produce solar cells at attractive rates

Erfurt, 30 November 2007
Source: Ersol solar press release
http://www.ersol.de/en/newsmediarelations/pressreleases/pressrelease/news/1196412824/
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Late on Wednesday evening ersol Solar Energy AG (ersol) signed a further contract with the German company Wacker Chemie AG, the world’s second-largest supplier of polysilicon for the semiconductor and photovoltaic industry, for delivery of this scarce raw material. This contract will apply from 2010 onwards and will enable ersol to generate an additional output of about 300 MWp of crystalline solar cells over a period of nine years. The silicon price has been fixed for the entire term of the contract. ersol scheduled to make down payments to Wacker Chemie.
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Merrimack, New Hampshire,  November 28, 2007
Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=50684&src=rss

GT Solar has announced the signing of a $56 million contract with Yingli Green for the next generation of silicon ingot furnaces — the DSS450 from GT Solar. This is Yingli’s fourth and largest order of GT Solar’s DSS furnaces that grow multi-crystalline ingots up to 450kg, and the purchase is expected to bring Yingli’s installed furnace capacity up to approximately 600 megawatts (MW) in 2009.
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Planned cohousing neighborhood uses clean solar power to meet more than 50 percent of its electrical needs
Huntington Beach, CA;  November 26, 2007
Source: Sharp Solar / press release
http://solar.sharpusa.com/solar/press_releases/0,2484,7-2,00.html

Sharp, the world’s leading provider of solar electric solutions, is collaborating with Namaste Solar Electric to bring solar power to Colorado’s Nyland neighborhood. Nyland, in Lafayette, Colorado, was built in 1990 as one of the first cohousing communities in the country. Namaste Solar will install 23 Sharp OnEnergyTM solar systems in the community by the end of 2007 – 22 on homes, and one on the community-owned and operated Wood Shop. Sharp’s OnEnergy solar electric system blends seamlessly into existing building designs. It uses a simplified, flexible mounting system – available only from Sharp – to make installation faster, easier and more cost-effective.
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JIANGSU, China, Nov. 16, 2007
Source: Canadian Solar Inc. press release

Canadian Solar Inc. announced that it has signed a new contract with German City Solar Group to deliver 60MW of solar modules for a series of solar power station projects in Spain. Shipment will start immediately. Installations are expected to be completed by the Summer of 2008.
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JIANGSU, China, Nov. 26, 2007
Source: Canadian Solar Inc, press release

Canadian Solar Inc. (“the Company”, or “CSI”) (Nasdaq: CSIQ) today announced it signed an annual solar cell supply contract with long-term supplier Gintech Energy Corporation of Taiwan. Total shipments to CSI under the contract amount are between 17MW to 22MW with fixed pricing and delivery schedules in 2008. The shipment will start in January 2008.
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Jiangsu, China, Nov. 19 2007
Source:Money.CNN.com /PRNewswire
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/CNM02919112007-1.htm

Canadian Solar Inc. (“the Company”, or ”CSI”) today announced that it had entered into various purchase agreements (the ”Agreements”) last week with China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (”China Sunergy”).  The Agreements with China Sunergy are for a total volume of 25MW of solar cells for 2008. Under the Agreements, China Sunergy will supply approximately 12MW and 13MW of solar cells to Canadian Solar in the first and second half of the year respectively. The Agreements will be denominated in both Chinese Yuan and US dollars, with approximately 24% of the volume being based on fixed pricing terms and the remainder being determined on a quarterly basis.
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Pocatello, ID, Aug. 9, 2007
Source: Hoku Scientific Inc. press release /MarketWire
http://www.shareholder.hokuscientific.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=259096

Hoku Materials, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOKU) established to manufacture and sell polysilicon for the solar market, today announced that it has awarded a contract to JH Kelly LLC, a Washington-based general contractor, to provide construction services for Hoku Materials’ polysilicon production plant located in Pocatello, Idaho. The contract is for construction services estimated at $120 million for a production facility capable of producing 2,000 metric tons of polysilicon annually with additional incentives of up to $5 million if certain construction schedule milestones, cost targets, and safety standards are met.
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Hoku Announces Plans for Phase II Polysilicon Plant
Pocatello, ID and QiDong, China, Nov 26, 2007
Source: Hoku Scientific Inc press release
http://www.shareholder.hokuscientific.com/
releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=276741

Hoku Scientific, Inc., a diversified provider of clean energy products and technologies including polysilicon for the solar industry, and Solarfun Power Hong Kong Limited, a subsidiary of Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: SOLF), an established manufacturer of both photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules in China, today announced the signing of a definitive contract for Hoku’s sale and delivery of polysilicon to Solarfun over an eight-year period beginning in mid-2009.
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Berlin, November 28, 2007
Source: DGAP News/Finanztreff.de
http://www.finanztreff.de/ftreff/news,id,27560165,sektion,nachrichten.html

Solon AG, headquartered in Berlin and one of  Europe’s largest manufacturers of solar modules and photovoltaic systems,  has signed agreements with the Spanish company GUASCOR SOLAR S.A.U. for  several power plant projects in Spain with a total volume of more than EUR130
million. The agreements continue the already existing cooperation between
the two companies. The first joint projects in the megawatt range were
completed in Castilla la Mancha and Navarra recently.
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