Solar Cells Info

Supported by the 2007 California Solar Initiative, the $7.5 Million, Eight-Acre Solar Energy Plant Will Alleviate Demand on Central Valley’s Municipal Power Grid During Summer Months

Lost Hills, CA, May 24, 2007
Source: Business Wire
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070524005027&newsLang=en

Paramount Farms, the world’s largest vertically integrated supplier of pistachios and almonds, today announced the opening of the Paramount Farms’ Solar Plant, a 1.1 mega-watt, $7.5 million solar energy plant in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Spanning eight acres, it is the largest single-site, privately-owned, operating solar plant in the U.S. and is expected to supply about 15 percent of the energy that the company’s nut processing facility uses each year.
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Source: CNet News.com /May 18, 2007
http://news.com.com/8300-10784_3-7-0.html?keyword=Green+solar+china

In solar, has the race to the bottom begun?
China Sunergy, a solar cell manufacturer out of Nanjing, sold 8.5 million depositary shares (the vehicle foreign companies use to list their stocks in U.S. exchanges) on Nasdaq this week. The stock went out at $11, shot up to about $16, and is now resting between $14 and $15. The rippling in the stock price could partly be reflecting a trend some are worried about in the solar world.

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Plainfield, Indiana, May 22, 2007
Source: Duke Energy /press release
http://www.duke-energy.com/news/releases/2007052201.asp

Duke Energy has installed photovoltaic systems in 10 Indiana schools to raise awareness of solar power among future generations.
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WorldWater & Power Announces Name Change – Move Reflects Leadership in Solar Solutions “WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp.”

Pennington, N.J., May 2, 2007
Source: Worldwater & Power Corp press release
http://www.worldwater.com/pages/worldwaternews.html

WorldWater & Power Corp. (OTC BB:WWAT.OB-News), developer and marketer of proprietary high-power solar systems, today announced that the Board of Directors has approved a change in its corporate name to WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp. The stock symbol WWAT.OB remains the same.
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WorldWater & Power Announces Award of 20-Year Solar Electric Power Purchase Contract for Fresno Yosemite International Airport – Two Megawatt Project Valued at $16 Million

Pennington, N.J., April 12, 2007
Source: Worldwater & Power Corp. Press release
http://www.worldwater.com/pages/worldwaternews.html

WorldWater & Power Corp. (OTC BB:WWAT.OB-News), developer and marketer of proprietary high-power solar systems, today announced that it has been awarded a 20-year solar electric power purchase contract by the Fresno City Council for the sale of solar electricity from a 2 MW state-of-the-art solar electric power system to be located at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport. (more…)

May 14, 2007
Soruce: Ascent Solar /press release
http://www.ascentsolar.com/view.php?tg=press&id=25

Littleton, Colorado USA–Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to develop a new transparent conductive oxide (TCO) material to serve as the top electrical contact for flexible monolithically integrated thin-film, copper-indium-gallium-selenium (CIGS) solar cells. The Ascent Solar innovation involves developing a new material system that will be deposited using a novel roll-to-roll process. The new process offers the potential for a higher-quality, lower-cost alternative to the TCO materials and deposition methods presently used. The program will be performed under a Small Business Innovative Research contract.
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Source: Solar EnerTech Corp. press release/ April 30, 2007

Solar EnerTech Corp. (OTCBB: SOEN) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that during the month of April, it received six new purchase orders from Spain, Malaysia, Turkey and South Africa, as well as from domestic buyers.  The Company is accelerating its manufacturing capacity, to meet this demand by formally launching a two-shift work schedule for its 25Mw solar cell production line. The recent orders consist of 65% foreign buyers and 35% domestic buyers, and the delivery deadlines vary from as early as May through to October. These new orders coupled with existing contracts currently in production, are a major reason behind the Company’s decision to adopt two-shift production scheduling slated to commence right after the Mayday holidays in China.
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Source: Solar EnerTech Corp. /press release / May 16, 2007
http://www.solarenertech.com/news/release.asp?numb=229

Solar EnerTech Corp. (OTCBB: SOEN) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its first container of solar modules produced for the South African market has been shipped from the Company’s facility in Shanghai. The shipment is part of the Fan Qie Trading, Ltd. sales order that the Company announced earlier this year. The container is being shipped to the Port of Capetown for delivery to one of Africa’s largest solar system integrators. Fan Qui Trading has advised Solar EnerTech that the integrator brings 13 years of experience at successfully installing solar PV systems in remote rural areas throughout the continent.
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May 17, 2007 /source & copyright: CENS
http://www.emsnow.com/npps/story.cfm?id=26717&pg=story

Unitech Printed Circuit Board (UPCB) Corp. will likely venture into manufacturing of solar cells amid weak demands as a whole for printed circuit boards from handset makers, according to solar-cell equipment suppliers.  UPCB, COMPEQ Manufacturing Corp., WUS Printed Circuit Co., Ltd. and Unimicron Technology Corp. are the world’s top four suppliers of printed circuit boards for mobile phones, commanding a combined half of the world market. Last quarter, lukewarm sales in Motorola adversely affected sales of the four Taiwanese board suppliers. However, UPCB still made NT$1.12 per share after tax thanks to cost-efficient measures.
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Tempe, Ariz., May 16, 2007
Source_ Amtech Systems, Inc. /Press release
http://www.mkr-group.com/ASYS/investors/pressreleases/5.16.07.html

Amtech Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASYS – News), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of semiconductors, solar cells and wafers, today announced a new order totaling approximately $1.9 million for thermal processing and automation systems from the solar cell industry. For the fiscal 2007 year to date, Amtech has received approximately $5.8 million of solar orders, including this most recent order.  The order is a follow-on order from an Asian-based customer and is expected to ship in the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2007.
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