Solar Cells Info

Michael Chang, Hsinchu; Esther Lam, DIGITIMES, 3 October 2007
Source: DigiTimes
http://www.digitimes.com/bits_chips/a20071002PD213.html

Sinoar has held the opening ceremony at its new thin-film solar production plant at Hsinchu, Taiwan. The company will soon enter volume production with annual capacity set at 15 peak megawatt (MWp) initially, according to the company.  The company’s first solar-cell production plant was built in 1989 with test production completed in 1991. The second plant will enter operation immediately, said the company adding that second-phase expansion is already underway. The company plans to add another 35MWp capacity at the plant in the future with annual capacity expected to exceed 50MWp in the third quarter of 2008.
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JIANGSU, China, Oct. 9, 2007
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=196781&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1060349

Canadian Solar Inc. (“the Company,” ”CSI,” or ”we”) and Ra Solar Espana today held the official opening of a 2.8MW solar farm project in Albacore, Spain. The ceremony was attended by dignitaries including the Dutch ambassador and the Director of Industry of Castilla la Mancha. The solar park, one of the largest photovoltaic plants in Spain, is expected to supply enough energy for 1,500 families. (more…)

Boston, MA. September 24, 2007
Source: Borregosolar.com, press release
http://www.borregosolar.com/solar-energy-company/news-and-press/index.php?id=93&year=2007

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) has awarded Borrego Solar Systems, Inc. the design and installation of 100 kilowatts of solar power for the Deer Island Water Treatment plant in Winthrop, Massachusetts.  The solar installation, due to be completed by the end of 2007, is projected to generate over 100,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year, and is the first of 12 major solar projects slated for completion over the next year in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  The MWRA issued a statement saying, “We are very enthusiastic about this project as it is the first such contract of this type that we have awarded in the history of the MWRA.” (more…)

Los Angeles, CA, October 1, 2007
Source: Empire Solar press release/ PRweb.com
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb557350.htm

On the heels of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Million Solar Roofs Plan being signed and the public embrace of Al Gore’s Oscar winning film “An Inconvenient Truth” and Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary “The 11th Hour”, Empire Solar Solutions, an affiliated partner company of the nation’s leading Home Improvements provider Empire Today, brings environmental and economic benefits of solar energy to greater Los Angeles area. Approximately $3 billion are available in rebates and incentives for California residents to covert to solar power – and reduce utility bills in the process. Installation of just 100,000 solar roofs in Los Angeles would cut global warming pollution by 300,000 tons per year, and reduce smog forming pollution by 90,000 pounds per year.
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Prism Solar Technologies (PST) signs product development contract with the New York State Energy R&D authority
Long Beach, California, September 25, 2007
Source: Prism Solar Technologies Inc, press release
http://www.prismsolar.com/news.html

Prism Solar Technologies, Inc. (PST) has signed a $548,000.00 product development contract with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to build and sell bifacial photovoltaic (PV) modules that incorporate PST’s proprietary holographic planar concentrator (HPC) technology.
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By David Ehrlich, cleantech.com, September 25, 2007 – Exclusive
http://media.cleantech.com/1825/suntech-takes-the-cake-at-solar-power-2007

Suntech gets manufacturing deals from Lumeta and Akeena, and introduces two new product lines.  The Solar Power 2007 conference in Long Beach, Calif., has only just begun, but China’s Suntech Power (NYSE: STP) is shining bright as an early winner.  The world’s third largest solar cell manufacturer in terms of production output, and the leader in China, racked up four announcements this week, taking on two new customers and releasing two new product lines at the conference.
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New Delhi, Sept 18, 2007
Source: Economic Times
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Energy/Power/2382728.cms

Leading German renewable energy firms have shown interest to manufacture solar cells and air-conditioners in India, taking advantage of abundant solar energy in the country.  Prozop-Solar and Q-Cells have recently held talks with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, sharing their plans to set up manufacturing facilities in India. (more…)

XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 29, 2007
Source: LDK Solar Co. Ltd press release
http://www.ldksolar.com/Company%20news.html

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, announced today that it has signed a contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Taiwan-based Neo Solar Power Corp. (NSP).
Under terms of the agreement, LDK Solar will deliver multicrystalline solar wafers to NSP valued at approximately US$495 million through the end of 2009. (more…)

Xinyu City, China and Sunnyvale, CA, September 24, 2007
Source: LDK Solar Co. Ltd, press release
http://www.ldksolar.com/Company%20news.html

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE:LDK), a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, announced today that it has signed contracts to supply multicrystalline solar wafers and to purchase polysilicon production equipment from Sunways AG. Under the terms of the wafer supply contract, LDK Solar will deliver approximately 1 GW of multicrystalline solar wafers to Sunways over a ten-year period starting in 2008. Under the terms of the equipment purchase agreement, LDK Solar will purchase two readily available Siemens technology-based reactors and related plant equipment from Sunways. In addition, Sunways AG will provide support services to LDK Solar during the facility construction and the ramp up of polysilicon production. (more…)

Xinyu City, China and Sunnyvale, CA, September 27, 2007
Source: LDK Solar Co. Ltd /press release
http://www.ldksolar.com/Press%20Release1.html

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, announced today that it has signed a five-year contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Taiwan-based Mosel Vitelic, Inc.
Under the terms of the agreement, pricing and quantity is fixed for the first three years. During this period, LDK Solar will deliver multicrystalline solar wafers to Mosel Vitelic valued at approximately US$190 million with delivery commencing in 2008.
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