Solar Cells Info

By Shay Totten | Vermont Guardian
Posted December 12, 2006

Source: VermontGuardian
http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/122006/groSolar.shtml

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A national solar energy firm based in Vermont — groSolar — announced today it is buying an Oregon-based solar energy distribution company, making it the fifth largest solar distribution and installation firm in the country, and the first with true reach across all of North America. The purchase of Energy Outfitters gives groSolar access to key markets in the western United States, namely California, as well as western Canada. The company already has offices on the East Coast, according to company officials. The purchase price was not released.

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By TODD MORRISON, Telegraph Staff
Published: Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006
Source: Nashua Telegraph
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061217/BUSINESS/212170424/-1/style

Dr. Kedar Gupta will leave his position as chief executive officer of GT Solar in Merrimack later this month after 12 years. He founded the company in 1994.

Kedar gupta
Background: Gupta grew up in India and moved to the U.S. for a research fellowship in 1968.
Education: Ph.D. in material sciences from the State University of New York in Stony Brook.
Job History: His first job was helping make silicon wafers as a research engineer with Monsanto Electronic Materials Co. in Missouri. He was an operations manager for a high-tech company in Cincinnati when he accepted a job Nashua in 1985 at Ferrofluidics Corp. In 1994, Gupta and John Talbott co-founded GT Solar.
Future endeavors: Helping tech companies with exporting overseas; further involvement with the Small Business Development Center at UNH; possible book.

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15. Dezember 2006 | 08:28 Uhr
SolarWorld AG / Miscellaneous
source:
http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/CorporateNews/en/9866846/

Successful profit sharing program enters its fifth year. The employees of the SolarWorld Group will be able to feel the business success of the group in their own pockets for the fourth consecutive year in 2007. The reason for this is the successful Employee Profit Sharing Scheme (German abbreviation: GOMAB) introduced by the group for the employees in Freiberg in 2003. At the location of the holding company in Bonn employees have participated in the profits of the company since 2005. ‘With this model we are among the pioneers in Germany,’ says Dipl.-Ing. Frank H. Asbeck, Chairman and CEO of SolarWorld AG.

Bonus may reach 10 to 30 per cent of salary

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Solar Cells Hellas to Manufacture Wafers and Solar Cells
Merrimack, NH (USA) — December 6, 2006
source: GT Solar
http://www.gtsolar.com/news/shownews.php?id=97

GT Solar Incorporated, a global leader in photovoltaic (PV) technologies and equipment, announced today the signing of a contract with Solar Cells Hellas, S.A. of Patras, Greece for the sale of equipment and technology that will be used to produce 30MW annually of multi-crystalline solar wafers and cells. GT Solar Senior Vice President, Keith Matthei, said:  “Solar Cells Hellas is in an excellent position to serve Western Europe with multi-crystalline solar wafers and cells from its location in the Greek port city of Patras.  We look forward to working with Solar Cells Hellas at a time when the photovoltaic marketplace is growing significantly in Europe.”

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Manufacturing Line is Designed for Both Inorganic and Organic Thin Film Solar Modules

Dec 13, 2006
Source: Business wire
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20061213005173&newsLang=en

BEDFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE) –Solar energy experts from around the world gathered in Hamburg, Germany on November 29 and 30 to attend a conference titled “The Future of Plastic and Thin Film Photovoltaics”. Among the featured presenters was Roger Little, Chairman & CEO of Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR) who introduced Spire’s new starter production line for the development of thin film photovoltaic modules. Mr. Little’s presentation was given to industry leaders who are creating a roadmap for the commercialization of new photovoltaic materials.

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December 14, 2006
Source: Afenposten.no
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/business/article1568543.ece

The Norwegian solar energy adventure continues, with Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) announcing heavy investment in their facility in Telemark.

REC said that they would be doubling their production capacity of silicon wafers, needed to manufacture solar cell panels, at their Herøya facility in Telemark County in southern Norway. The investment will make Herøya the world’s undisputed largest facility for this type of production and will require a total expenditure of NOK 2.5 billion (USD 407 million). The two new additions to the existing plant will begin operation in Q4 2008 and Q2 2009.

REC estimates annual sales income from Herøya will be between NOK 5-6 billion, according to a bulletin released to the Oslo stock exchange on Wednesday morning.

By Jennifer Kho  / December 12, 2006
Source: RedHerring
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=20207&

Nanosolar announced Tuesday it will build a thin-film manufacturing plant in San Jose, California, on the site of a former Cisco facility, and another near Berlin.  The startup says it’s ‘on track.’ The world’s largest solar PV factory will begin production in Bay Area in 2007. The Red Herring 100 company says the sites total 647,000 square feet, and will be used for manufacturing solar cells and panels, for research and development, and for offices.

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Austin, TX, (December 9, 2006)
Source: Earthtoys.com
http://www.earthtoys.com/news.php?section=view&id=1935

Verde Energy, based in Austin, Texas is the first company providing a one-stop, online source for homeowners and commercial businesses to obtain multiple quotes for installations of solar energy systems – saving time and money in the process while providing multiple bids and the high quality delivery of installations. Recent requests for installations include Reagan Airport in Washington, D.C., homeowners throughout the U.S., a large, 2.7 MW installation in Nevada and a 180,000 sq. ft. hotel in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

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Report by Mohammad Ezz Al Deen, Staff Reporter
source: Gulf News
http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Technology/10087866.html

Dubai: Investments in Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) exceed Dh5.8 billion, a senior DSO official said yesterday. “The Dh5.8 billion investments include infrastructure, landscaping, villas, staff accommodation, sewage treatment plant as well as the DSO headquarters, besides the approved developers’ investment in tens of towers,” Shahla Ahmad Abdul Razak, DSO Deputy CEO, told Gulf News yesterday.

DSO, the emirate’s own version of Silicon Valley, may increase or even double its investment in a few years as it receives new applications to set up businesses in the DSO zone. DSO announced yesterday that Europe’s Optical Disc Group and Solar Technologies Group will invest Dh112 million in the technology free zone. The facility, expected to open late next year, will be the Middle East’s first facility of its kind, and will generate skilled jobs for over 200 people.

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December 7, 2006, Dresden, Germany
source: Laser Focus World
http://lfw.pennnet.com/display_article/279197/

Novaled, a company dedicated to organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and Heliatek (Dresden, Germany), a company dedicated to organic based photovoltaics, have entered into a licensing agreement concerning the use of Novaled PIN OLED technology for solar cell application. With this agreement, Heliatek will develop high performing organic solar cells using the power efficiency given by the Novaled PIN OLED technologies and molecular dopants. Both ompanies, in addition, will cooperate on further developing organic based photovoltaic technologies.
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