Solar Cells Info

By Tung Shing Yi, Channel NewsAsia, 27 April 2007
Source: Chanel NewsAsia
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/272911/1/.html

SINGAPORE : German-based energy firm SolarWorld is considering investing S$300 million in two solar plants in Singapore, over the next two years. SolarWorld is the world’s third largest solar energy company, and it received the International Headquarters award from the Economic Development Board (EDB) on Friday.
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PHOENIX, Feb 14, 2007
Source: FirstSolar press release
http://investor.firstsolar.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=229884

First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSLR) announced today that it will supply solar modules for a 40-megawatt solar power plant that will be constructed in the Saxon region of Germany in the municipality of Brandis by juwi solar GmbH. Upon completion, the project will be one of the largest photovoltaic projects ever constructed. Project construction is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2007 and is expected to be completed within 30 months.
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PHOENIX, Apr 20, 2007
Source: FirstSolar press release
http://investor.firstsolar.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=238798

First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSLR) announced that the Company had a ground breaking ceremony today on a new four-line solar module manufacturing plant in Kedah, Malaysia. Announced in Jan. 2007, the new plant will have an expected minimum annual nameplate capacity of 100MW.  The manufacturing plant will be located in Kulim Hi Tech Park located in Kedah, Malaysia and when fully ramped will employ approximately 500 people. Today’s groundbreaking puts First Solar on track to complete plant construction by late 2007, with full volume production expected by the end of 2008.
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Source: Azom.com   /April 16, 2007
http://www.azom.com/details.asp?newsID=8234

Solar Integrated Technologies has announced that it has won two contracts in Italy totaling U.S. $10 million to provide 2 MW of solar systems at two sites outside of Rome, Italy. The project includes a ground-mount system and a BIPV system at the Malagrotta Landfill. The project, which is the Company’s largest European contract to date as well as one of the largest announced solar deals in Italy, is expected to be completed in late 2007. In addition to the initial revenue for the project, the Company also expects to receive annual bonus revenue and cash payments based on a revenue sharing arrangement from the power produced by the solar systems.
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Source: Huliq.com
http://www.huliq.com/20014/

SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency, commercially available solar cells, panels and systems, announced today that Sandia National Laboratories measured SunPower’s SPR-315 solar panel at the highest recorded conversion efficiency ever tested by Sandia for a commercially available, mass produced solar panel. This announcement follows recent renewable energy industry accolades from PHOTON Magazine and Energy Focus Ltd., (ENF) in the first quarter of 2007, underscoring SunPower’s position as the global leader in solar electric technology efficiency, performance and satisfaction.
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By United Press International
BUDAPEST, Hungary April 4, 2007
Source: Worldpeace Herald
http://wpherald.com/articles/4092/1/

Japan’s Sanyo has completed a new unit at its solar cell plant in Hungary that is to triple its annual capacity to 720,000 units in 2008.  The plant at Dorog, outside Budapest, will be Sanyo Electric’s largest facility producing solar cells in the world, the Hungarian news agency MTI reported Wednesday.  The new 70,000 square feet unit is part of a $5.3 million investment designed to triple its solar panel capacity, MTI said quoting the Hungarian business daily Napi Gazdasag.
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April 28, 2007 ALAMOSA, Colo. & BELTSVILLE, Md.
Source: Press Release from SunEdison
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/partner/story?id=48312

SunEdison, the leading solar energy services provider, today announced that it has selected Suntech Power Holdings as key supplier for the 8.22-megawatt Alamosa Photovoltaic Solar Plant.  “Meeting the demands needed for the 8.22 megawatt Alamosa Photovoltaic Solar Plant is critical. The choice of our cornerstone supplier for this project – Suntech – was driven by the stringent selection criteria established by the SunEdison installation teams. It is important to SunEdison that we partner with leading vendors, who help simplify the complexity of solar through the delivery of robust, proven product,” noted Jigar Shah, CEO of SunEdison.
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April 30, 2007, Singapore
Source: The China Post
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/archives/business/2007430/108439.htm

SolarWorld, the third largest solar energy company, is eager to tap into the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific energy market, founder and chief executive Frank Asbeck said in a published report on Saturday.  The German-based firm is planning to invest S$300 million (US$197 million) in two solar module and cell production plants in Singapore or South Korea within two years.
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April 20, 2007
http://www.techrockies.com/story/0008690.html

Kyocera Solar is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based firm which is a major producer of solar energy products, including solar panels and systems. The firm recently announced a plan to double its production over the next few years due to demand. We spoke with Tom Dyer, Vice President of Marketing and Government Affairs at Kyocera Solar to get some insight into the market and the solar industry.
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27 April 2007
source: Compoundsemiconductor.net
http://compoundsemiconductor.net/articles/news/11/4/28/1

With potential orders for terrestrial solar power systems worth more than $300 million in the pipeline, Emcore is adding two production MOCVD systems at its Albuquerque facility.  Solar cell and fiber-optic component maker Emcore is adding significantly to its chip manufacturing capacity to meet increasing demand for terrestrial solar power systems featuring high-performance compound semiconductors.
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