Solar Cells Info

Alzenau, Germany, June 4, 2007
Source: Schott Solar, press release
http://www.verivox.de/News/ArticleDetails.asp?aid=52833&pm=1

In early June, the “Nevada Solar One” parabolic trough power plant located in Boulder City, near Las Vegas, Nevada (USA), will begin supplying power to the grid. This 64 megawatt (MW) power plant is the first large solar thermal power plant to be built in 15 years and it will generate approximately 129 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of solar electricity annually. This will sufficiently cover the power requirements of 15,000 American households. “Nevada Solar One” takes up an area of 1.4 million square meters and is roughly the same size as 212 soccer fields. Acciona Solar Power Inc., a subsidiary of the Spanish Acciona group that is becoming increasingly active within the energy sector, has been responsible for building the plant and will operate it. Solar receivers from SCHOTT, the German technology group, are at the heart of “Nevada Solar One”.
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By Clare Watson, 5 june 2007
Source: Energy Business Review online
http://www.energy-business-review.com/

Solar cell manufacturer Canadian Solar Incorporated has commenced delivery of solar modules to German company City Solar for a series of large-scale, ground-mounted solar farm projects in Spain and Germany.  The deliveries are part of an annual project sales contract that Canadian Solar Incorporated (CSI) signed with City Solar in January 2007, to supply approximately 31MW of solar modules to seven specific projects in the two European countries. The contract is worth between E80 and E90 million.
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New Launch expands “eco friendly” partnership
Montreal, Canada, May 29, 2007
Source: ICP Solar Technologies Inc. press release
http://www.icpsolar.com/4105/news_details.asp?news_id=26

ICP Solar Technologies Inc. today announced that it has launched its 2007 Coleman® Solar Charger programme at Wal-Mart’s (NYSE:WMT) Sam’s Club division for Samsclub.com  The new range of latest generation thin-film solar panels has recently begun to hit the warehouse club’s website at samsclub.com. This Coleman line of portable solar chargers is designed for outdoor enthusiasts to provide backup or primary power for vehicles such as automobiles, boats, RVs and also for remote living applications The Coleman panels are up to 50% more efficient than competitively branded thin-film amorphous solar chargers on similar “mass merchant” retail shelves in the USA.
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Los Gatos, CA, April 15, 2007
source: Akeena Solar, Inc. press release
http://www.akeena.net/cm/Investor%20Relations/Home.html

One of the Largest Solar Installations in Fresno Area
The California Air National Guard is switching to solar power for the operation of its armory in Fresno. The Guard hired MCC Construction and Akeena Solar (OTCBB:AKNS), already one of the state’s biggest residential installer of solar systems, to do the multimillion-dollar job. Many government agencies are discovering that there never has been a better time to switch to solar, avoiding volatile and increasingly high prices for conventional energy sources.
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Office Marks Expansion to California’s Wine Country
Los Gatos, CA, May 7, 2007
source: Akeena Solar, Inc. press release
http://www.akeena.net/cm/Investor%20Relations/Home.html

Akeena Solar, Inc. — one of the largest solar installers in the country — acquired certain assets of Alternative Energy Inc. (AEI) of Santa Rosa. Under the terms of the agreement, Akeena will assume AEI’s backlog, and commence a marketing campaign to take advantage of the solar power opportunities in Sonoma and Napa Counties.
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Los Gatos, CA, May 31, 2007
Source: Akeena Solar, Inc. press release
http://www.akeena.net/cm/Investor%20Relations/Home.html

Akeena Solar, Inc. (OTCBB:AKNS), a leading designer and installer of solar power systems, announced it entered into definitive purchase agreements with investors to raise $12.6 million of gross proceeds in a private investment in public equity (PIPE) offering. Akeena will issue 4,572,725 shares of common stock in the offering, and three-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of up to 1,295,995 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $3.95 per share. The exercise price and number of shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to the anti-dilution provisions of the warrants. The company plans to close on or about June 1, 2007 subject to customary closing conditions.
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San Jose, CA., May 23, 2007
Source: SunPower corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=245037

As part of its ongoing efforts to optimize energy efficiency, conserve natural resources and reduce dependency on foreign energy sources, the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (NJ DMAVA) today dedicated a 321-kilowatt solar electric power system atop the Homeland Security Center of Excellence in Lawrenceville, NJ. The new system was installed by PowerLight, a subsidiary of SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency, commercially available solar cells, solar panels and solar systems. The solar electric system is expected to save NJ DMAVA more than $90,000 annually in energy costs, and reduce its use of conventionally generated power by more than 25 percent.
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San Jose, CA., May 30, 2007
Source: SunPower Corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=246299

For eight communities in the Whitney Ranch residential development in Rocklin, Calif., outside Sacramento, an average of 1.9 homes have sold each month since 2006. A ninth community, Grupe Homes’ Carsten Crossings, stands out with more than twice as many sales, or an average of 4.6 homes sold per month over the same time period.   Four miles down the road in West Roseville’s West Park residential development, homes in Lennar Homes’ Laureate, Wayfarer and Ironcrest communities are selling almost twice as fast as comparable homes in six neighboring West Park communities.
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Kassel/Niestetal, 14 May 2007
Source: SMA Technologie AG /press release
http://www2.sma.de/en/news-detail/article/942/

By the year 2009, SMA will supply all the system technology for a solar power system near Leipzig, Germany, which is to have a capacity of 36 MW

SMA Technologie AG has accepted the largest single order it has ever received for central inverters. Between April 2007 and August 2008, the company plans to deliver 42 Sunny Centrals, each with a capacity of 500 kW, to juwi solar GmbH, which is managing the installation. Delivery of another 30 units is scheduled for 2009. In addition, the order includes all solar data systems technology necessary for Internet-based system monitoring. The solar power plant, built on an unused former military airfield near Brandis, not far from Leipzig, is at present the largest photovoltaic system in the world, promising CO2 savings of approximately 25,000 tons per year.
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Source: Solar World AG /corporate News /April 13, 2007
http://www.solarworld.de/Corporate-News.78.0.html?&L=1

SolarWorld AG strengthens its leading position in the international photovoltaic market by consistently expanding its integrated production capacities. In the presence of the Federal Minister of Transport, Wolfgang Tiefensee, the group officially opened its largest expansion project to date, the new wafer factory, at the production location in Freiberg. With the new production facility in which highly advanced silicon wafers are manufactured the wafer production capacities in Freiberg will gradually increase to 500 Megawatt (MW) by the end of 2009. This is equivalent to a doubling of the current capacity. ‘With this millennium expansion we are presenting one of the most efficient wafer factories of our time. In it we will be leading the way of the international industry trend towards more
raw material and performance efficient wafers’, says Professor Dr. Peter Woditsch, CEO of the SolarWorld subsidiary Deutsche Solar AG. The new factory will offer more than 100 new jobs until 2008.

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