June 13, 2007. Tokyo, Japan
Source: Compoundsemiconductor.com
http://www.compoundsemi.com/documents/articles/cldoc/8467.htm
Honda Soltec Co., Ltd., Honda’s wholly-owned solar cell subsidiary, has begun sales of thin film solar cells produced by Honda Engineering Co., Ltd., primarily in the Kanto area, Japan, through distributors which also provide solar cell installation service.
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June 14, 2007
Source: Technology News Daily
http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/7153
Honda Soltec Co., Ltd. has begun sales of thin film solar cells produced by Honda Engineering Co., Ltd., primarily in the Kanto area, Japan, through distributors which also provide solar cell installation service. The thin film solar cell developed independently by Honda uses thin film made from a compound of copper, indium, gallium and selenium (CIGS), which makes the solar cell more environmentally-responsible by focusing on the reduction of CO2 generated even during the production stage.
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Mitsubishi Electric develops practical use Multi-crystalline Silicon Solar Cell with world’s highest conversion efficiency of 18%
Tokyo, May 31, 2007
Source: Mitsubishi Electric /press release
http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/bu/solar/products/pdf/PVe_0531.pdf
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (President and CEO: Setsuhiro Shimomura)
announced today its achievement of a world record (As of May 31, 2007) photoelectric conversion efficiency rate of 18.0% in a 150mm square practical use multi-crystalline silicon solar cell (Results from evaluation by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology (AIST), a public verification agency), an improvement of 1.2% over our previous models. We plan to present our technology at the Fukuoka 17th International
Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference in December 2007.
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Mumbai, 8 June 2007
Source: Domain-b.com
http://www.domain-b.com/economy/environment/20070608_european.html
Webel-Sl Energy Systems, which produces solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules in India, has formed a joint venture with a leading PV-cell manufacturing company in Europe to set up a production unit in West Bengal for solar cells and wafers. Kolkata-based Webel started production about a decade ago by manufacturing 5-inch wafers with an installed capacity of 1 MW (megawatt) in technical collaboration with a European manufacturer.
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Tata BP Solar to supply solar power systems, bags the All India Award for Engineering Excellence
Source: Equitybulls.com June 10, 2007
http://www.equitybulls.com/admin/news2006/news_det.asp?id=13462
Tata BP Solar has won a letter of intent worth Rs113 million from PT Sempec Indonesia, a subsidiary of Punj Lloyd, India, for supply of solar power systems to four offshore platforms. The systems would power RTU / gas detection equipments and navigational aid systems for the B-134A, HI, HJ and HSC platforms. PT Sempec has been entrusted by ONGC for re-development of Heera Oil Well head platforms.
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Hong Kong, June 13, 2007 (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idUSTP18925220070613
E-Ton Solar Tech Co. (3452.TWO: Quote, Profile, Research), one of Taiwan’s top solar cell makers, on Wednesday said it will pay US$153.7 million in cash and stock for U.S. solar power parts maker Adema Technologies. The move is part of a trend that has seen solar panel makers form tie-ups with materials providers to ensure supply as silicon prices climb amid rising demand for alternate energy sources.
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Merrimack, NH (USA) — March 29, 2007
Source: GT Solar, Press release
http://www.gtsolar.com/news/shownews.php?id=110
GT Solar Incorporated, a global leader in photovoltaic technologies and equipment, announced today it has signed a $49 million contract to sell polysilicon reactors to the Russian company, Nitol Group. GT Solar’s reactors and silicon tetrachloride converters will be installed at Nitol’s production facility in Irkutsk, Siberia.
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Merrimack, NH, USA, June 11, 2007
Source: GT Solar, press release
http://www.gtsolar.com/news/shownews.php?id=135
GT Solar Incorporated, a global leader in photovoltaic (PV) technologies and equipment, announced today it has signed a $39.5 million contract to sell polysilicon reactors and converters to the Chinese company, Jiangsu Shunda Electronic Materials and Technology.
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New Requirements for Sustainable Housing in UK Represent Significant Market Opportunity for Solar Energy Systems
Wuxi, China, June 15, 2007
Source: Suntech Power press release /PRWire
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, today announced the demonstration of its MSK Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) system at the OffSite exhibition at the UK Building Research Establishment. The installation is part of Kingspan Off- Site’s innovative “Lighthouse” net-zero carbon home, which is the first house design to achieve the British government’s Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6.
Pocatello, ID & Wuxi, China, June 13, 2007
Source: SunTech Power, press release
http://www.suntech-power.com/News/tabid/99/Default.aspx?id=288&Module=597
Hoku Materials, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NasdaqGM: HOKU) established to manufacture polysilicon for the solar market, and Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, today announced the signing of a definitive contract for Hoku’s sale and delivery of polysilicon to Suntech over a ten-year period beginning in mid-2009.
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