Solar Cells Info

Calistoga, Calif. – April 3, 2007
Premier Power press release
http://www.premierpower.com/solar_energy_company/pr_story.php?mid=8

Premier Power completes a 220 kW solar electric system for Château Montelena. Comprised of two solar electric systems, the solar arrays provide up to 100% of the site’s annual energy needs.  As responsible stewards of Napa Valley, Château Montelena aspires to conserve and protect the environment in all aspects of their operations. One of the ways Château Montelena realized they could conserve energy and preserve the environment, was to generate electricity using the sun’s energy.
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Project will feature made-in-Washington solar panels
BELLEVUE, Wash. – May 8, 2007
Source: Puget Sound Energy /press release
http://www.pse.com/insidePSE/newsPSEpicksEISolutions.aspx

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) (utility subsidiary of Puget Energy) today announced that EI Solutions will design and construct for PSE the Pacific Northwest’s largest solar-power generating facility alongside the utility’s Wild Horse wind-farm in central Washington. PSE plans to begin construction of the solar project in June, and have most of its power-generating panels in operation before the end of 2007.

EI Solutions, based in San Rafael, Calif., topped a field of 12 finalists to build for PSE a $3.7 million, 500-kilowatt (kw) solar-power generating facility. It not only will be the Northwest’s largest solar-powered system, but also will be the first commercial installation to use made-in-Washington solar panels.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., May 7, 2007
Source: SunPower Corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=241238

SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency, commercially available solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, today announced that its PowerLight subsidiary has signed a contract with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) for solar electric power systems totaling 4.6 megawatts on seven Wal-Mart facilities in California. The solar installations are part of Wal-Mart’s broader initiative to reduce the company’s environmental footprint, and are expected to provide an average of 25 percent of Wal-Mart’s energy usage at each of the seven facilities.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 7
source: Ovonic.com / press release
http://www.ovonic.com/ne_ecd_ovonics_press_releases_more.cfm?pressrelease_id=464

Agreement to expand sale of UNI-SOLAR(R) products in Italy

United Solar Ovonic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (NASDAQ: ENER) , announced today that it has received two orders totaling over $ 5.8 million of photovoltaic (PV) products from Unimetal S.p.A to be delivered before September 2007.   Unimetal, a supplier of sheet metal roofing materials based in Torre San Giorgio, Italy, will integrate the unique UNI-SOLAR(R) flexible solar products in its steel metal roofing products for distribution in Italy, France and Spain.
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Sherman So — South China Morning Post, May 10, 2007 /News from LexisNexis
Source:Semiconductor international
http://www.reed-electronics.com/semiconductor/articleXml/LN610466257.html

Shunda Holdings, a Chinese mono-crystalline silicon ingot and wafer maker, raised US$82 million from private equity investors to build a new production facility.  Actis, a private equity investor in emerging markets with US$3.4 billion under management, invested US$40 million in the deal. The rest was raised through local investors Jolmo and Waichun, Actis said. (more…)

Taiwanese Company Will Deliver PV Cells for SolarSave(R) Membranes
SOLANA BEACH, CA, May 09, 2007
Open Energy.com /press release via MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network)
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/frame_multimedia?prid=250266&attachid=486494

Open Energy Corp. (OTCBB: OEGY) today announced that it has signed an open purchasing agreement with Motech Solar, the world’s seventh largest producer of solar photovoltaics, to supply 6″ multi-crystalline cells.  David Saltman, CEO of Open Energy, stated, “Our trip to Asia last week was focused on securing solid raw material supply, and exploring outsourced manufacturing opportunities for our membrane, tile, and glass products. Dr. Simon Tsuo and his talented technical team have built a world-class operation, with highly automated production lines, impressive quality control programs, and secure silicon supply agreements. We are thrilled to have them as a strategic supplier of PV cells.”
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by Ann Steffora Mutschler, Senior Editor
Source:
Electronic News, May 9, 2007
http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6440595

Littleton, Colo.-based thin-film photovoltaic module maker Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. said today it has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to develop a flexible thin film tandem solar cell with the goal of demonstrating thin film photovoltaic efficiencies of 20 percent, which is higher than other technologies manufactured so far.  According to the company, tandem solar cells are a combination of two cells stacked atop one another, with the top and bottom cells gathering energy from separate parts of the solar spectrum.
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Princeton, NJ – April 2, 2007
Source: Premier Power /press release
http://www.premierpower.com/solar_energy_company/pr_story.php?mid=7

Princeton University’s Engineering Quadrangle Building is now serving as the host site for two photovoltaic systems. The Engineering Building project will demonstrate new technologies developed to utilize the power of the sun as a clean and efficient source of renewable energy. By combining their engineering and manufacturing expertise Premier Power Renewable Energy, Inc. and Princeton Power Systems were able to deploy two unique solar power arrays at this prestigious educational facility.

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Paolo Joseph L.,  BusinessWorld , April 20, 2007
http://www.reed-electronics.com/semiconductor/articleXml/LN601025553.html

Laguna Technopark – Sun Power Philippines Manufacturing Ltd. plans to spend $1.3 billion to expand its solar cell-making facility over the next three years. The company, a subsidiary of California-based Cypress Semiconductor Corp. plans to make the Philippines its manufacturing hub for the solar cells that it exports to Europe, Japan and the US, said Sun Power Vice-President for Manufacturing Greg Reichow.  Other emerging markets for its solar cells are South Korea and southern Europe.
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Shanghai,  China, April 18, 2007
Source: BusinessWire
http://home.businesswire.com/
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?front_door=true

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:SOLF), a leading manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules in China, and Ecostream, a leading renewable energy system integrator based in the Netherlands, are pleased to announce a supply framework agreement in which Ecostream has indicated its intention to procure 182MW of photovoltaic modules from Solarfun between 2007 – 2010. As a part of this agreement, Ecostream has committed to purchase 12MW of photovoltaic modules from Solarfun in 2007.
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