Solar Cells Info

Alzenau, Deutschland, 22.06.2007
Source: Schott Solar press report
http://www.verivox.de/News/ArticleDetails.asp?aid=54681&pm=1

As of June, 2007, SCHOTT Solar has signed up with the experienced agency for marketing and communication Saatchi & Saatchi. The objective is to further improve the image of the brand and overall perception of the company based in Alzenau.   The marketing agency Saatchi & Saatchi was founded in London in 1970 and ranks among the world’s most respected firms. In the past, Saatchi & Saatchi has already helped turn successful traditional companies into internationally leading brands. Now, Saatchi & Saatchi will be adding its expertise to SCHOTT Solar’s brand campaign.
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Alzenau, Germany, 21.06.2007
Source: SCHOTT Solar GmbH press release
http://www.schott.com/english/news/press.html?NID=2047

One of the world’s largest solar electricity installations has been located in Neustadt an der Weinstraße since January of 2004.  SCHOTT Solar GmbH is seeking to strengthen its position as one of the world’s technology and market leaders in the field of Photovoltaics. To achieve this, the company will be quadrupling its production capacities by 2010. SCHOTT Solar GmbH will be investing 100 million euros over the course of the next six months alone. For the most part, production of wafers, cells and modules will be expanded in both Germany and the Czech Republic. Research and development and sales activities are to be extended on a global basis.
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Alzenau, Germany, 22.06.2007
Source: SCHOTT Solar GmbH press release
http://www.verivox.de/News/ArticleDetails.asp?aid=54674&pm=1

At this year’s Intersolar, SCHOTT Solar will be introducing the new framed version of the ASI F-90 thin-film module. In comparison to the previous model, ASI-F 32/12, this module produces nearly three times as much output, offering 86 watts to start with. Thanks to its design and dimensions, it is easy to install and particularly well-suited for large roofs and open surfaces in industrial and rural areas, but also stand-alone installations. With the introduction of the ASI F-90 an alternative module will be available to the market that is also ideally suited for off-grid usage.
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Singapore/Seoul, 9 May 2007
Source: SunTechnics / press release
http://www.suntechnics.com/pmeldungen/ST_US_DongYang_070509.pdf

Before the year is over, the largest photovoltaic plant will be constructed in
SinAn, southwest of the Korean capital Seoul. The leading construction company in Korea, Dongyang Engineering & Construction Corporation of Seoul, commissioned the German company SunTechnics, a subsidiary of the TecDax listed Conergy AG (ISIN DE 00060 40025) with the planning and implementation of the 90 million Euro solar power plant.
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Sacramento, Calif., May 10, 2007
Source: SunTechnics Energy Systems / press release
http://www.suntechnics.com/pmeldungen/ST_US%20_AztecSolar_070510.pdf

SunTechnics Energy Systems Inc., a leading renewable energy system provider, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held
Aztec Solar of Rancho Cordova, Calif. SunTechnics Energy Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hamburg, Germany-based SunTechnics GmbH. Under the agreement, Ed Murray, Aztec’s founder and owner, will be responsible for the SunTechnics U.S. solar thermal business unit.

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Sacramento, Calif., June, 15 2007.
SunTechnics Press Release
http://www.suntechnics.com/pmeldungen/ST_US_PerformanceGuarantee_070615.pdf

SunTechnics introduces an energy performance guarantee to ensure solar-system owners’ investment.  SunTechnics is offering commercial and residential solar power customers an energy performance guarantee that ensures optimal return on investment. This unique energy performance guarantee included in the final system price assures commercial and residential solar customers the specified kWh energy output for 10 years.  The SunTechnics performance guarantee is the only one in the industry offering monetary compensation regardless of system size and kind of
installation.

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12 June 2007
Source: Semiconductor Today.com
http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/NEWS_2007/JUNE_07/JOHAN_120607.htm

Johanna Solar Technology GmbH (JST) of Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany has granted the right to distribute up to 80% of its CIGSSe (copper indium gallium sulfur selenide) thin-film solar modules for at least five years to aleo solar AG of Oldenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany (under the name ‘aleo’). Both firms will cooperate in the product launch: aleo will be responsible for product branding, while Johanna Solar Technology will be responsible for technology branding (products will bear the label “made by Johanna”).
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Rochester Hills, Mich., June 7, 2007
Source: United Solar Ovonic /press release
http://www.uni-solar.com/FeaturedNews/UnitedSolarOvonic_SolarCraft_060607.pdf

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (NASDAQ: ENER) announced the installation of its UNI-SOLAR® ground-mounted amorphous thin-film photovoltaic (PV) panels to power the 1.1 Megawatt solar energy system at Paramount Farms, Inc., the world’s largest vertically integrated
supplier of pistachios and almonds. The installation, which spans 8 acres, is one of the largest single-site, privately-owned solar energy systems in the U.S. SolarCraft, one of the most experienced solar energy contractors, completed the installation.
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Developer of CIGS/Se thin film solar technology has been nominated for the World Clean Energy Award

Oldenburg and Brandenburg/Havel, Germany, 11 June 2007.
Source: Aleo Solar /press release
http://www.aleo-solar.de/index.php/page_id/49/language/en

Aleo solar has been granted the right to distribute up to 80 percent of Johanna Solar Technology’s CIGSSe thin film solar modules under the aleo brand name for at least five years. (more…)

By Dave Segal, Star Bulletin, 14 June 2007
Source: Star Bulletin
http://starbulletin.com/2007/06/14/news/story02.html

Hoku Scientific Inc., scoring its largest deal yet since transforming itself into a supplier to solar-panel makers, said yesterday it has signed a contract with a China-based company that is worth up to $678 million.  The 10-year deal with Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd., the third-largest solar-cell maker in the world, gives subsidiary Hoku Materials more than $1 billion in contracts for polysilicon from the factory Hoku is building in Pocatello, Idaho. In January, Hoku signed a $370 million, seven-year supply contract with Osaka, Japan-based Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.
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