Solar Cells Info

By: Elena Balan, Communications News Editor
Source: News Softpedia.com
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Telefonica-Will-Use-Solar-Panels-for-Power-56411.shtml

The Telefonica project
Telefonica’s office complex situated in Madrid has developed a building concept that is meant to save a great amount of energy. Their solution comes in the shape of solar panels mounted on the entire surface of the building. The need for saving energy and reducing pollution has pushed Telefonica into setting an example. The mobile telecommunication company will build an office complex that will have over 16,000 solar panels displayed on the building’s rooftops. This technology will be capable of providing a total of 3GWh per year, with approximately 3 MW peak power.
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From Leslean Arshad, Osaka, May 25, 2007
Source: Bernama
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=264138

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said that Malaysia should intensify efforts to develop alternative energy sources, especially solar power, by emulating Japan in this field.  Impressed by the widespread use of solar energy in Japan including for street lighting, the prime minister said that its usage should be widened as it could save money. (more…)

The New Delhi Municipal Council hopes to make a difference with ‘brainy’ streetlamps that sense ambient conditions to adjust brightness, run without recharging for five days
Tenzing Lamsang, New Delhi, June 3, 2007
Source: ExpressIndia
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=239403

THE New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) aims to save electricity, become more eco-friendly, reduce power theft, and do away with some of the headache of wiring — all at one go. The civic body is planning to replace all streetlights with solar-powered ones.  It will be the first in the country to go ahead with the plan on a large-scale. Already, a pilot project that began in the Chanakyapuri area in November 2006 has, despite some hiccups, proved a success. NDMC has tentatively set a 2010 deadline for replacing all streetlights.
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by Alison Luke on Tuesday, 29 May 2007
Source: ArabinaBusiness.com
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13428&Itemid=1

A solar waterproof membrane from Spanish-based Intemper Espanola has been awarded a product innovation prize at the Construmat 2007 Awards.  The firm’s Evalon Solar waterproof membrane with photovoltaic modules was singled out for recognition in the insulation and floor and wall coverings products category. The product is a polymeric waterproofing membrane that includes flexible and light photovoltaic modules for roof-integrated photovoltaic installations. It has previously won the Batimat Gold Award for Innovation.
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Cologne, Germany, June 1, 2007
Source: United Press International
http://www.upi.com/Energy/Briefing/2007/06/01/

Germany-based Rheinland Group announced plans to expand its operations in Asia.  Around 70 percent of all solar module manufacturers have their products tested for durability and energy efficiency at the TUV Rheinland Group’s Cologne laboratory. The global service provider for quality and safety will invest about $4.7 million in the further development and expansion of new laboratory capacities in Asia by the end of 2008, Carbon Free News reported.
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Lyss, 31.05.2007
Source:3S Swiss Solar Systems AG press release
http://www.3-s.ch/en/news/

On 31st May, Aleo solar AG is inaugurating its new factory in Santa María de Palautordera, close to Barcelona. Via its Spanish subsidiary Aleo solar España S.L., the company manufactures and distributes high-quality solar modules with which electricity is produced from sunlight.  The solar modules are produced on a laminating line with a hybrid heating plate from 3S Swiss Solar Systems(ISIN CH0022678822). The laminating line forms the heart of all solar module production. In lamination, the solar cells are encapsulated between a backing foil and a glass plate or between two glass panes. The lamination process is decisive for the life expectancy of the solar modules.
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Lyss, June 6th, 2007
Source: 3S Swiss Solar Systems AG, press release
http://www.3-s.ch/en/news/

3S Swiss Solar Systems AG (ISIN CH0022678822), the world’s technological market leader for manual and semi-automatic production equipment for the manufacture of solar modules, has won an award within the framework of the Innovation Prize 2007 from the “Initiative Mittelstand”.  The innovation prize has been awarded by the “Initiative Mittelstand” for industry since 2006. An independent jury of experts and specialist editors awards the prize to companies which offer innovative products, services and solutions with high benefits for medium-sized businesses.
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System is expected to generate an estimated 46,000 kWh per year
Baraboo, WI, May 18, 2007
Source: Kyocera Solar, Inc. /press release
http://www.kyocerasolar.com/news/news_detail.cfm?key=383

Kyocera Solar, Inc., a world renown producer and supplier of solar energy products, announced the completion of a 39.6 kW solar electric system atop the Aldo Leopold Legacy Center. Installed by H & H Solar Energy Services, the solar electric system is the second largest in the state of Wisconsin to date. The largest system, the Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was also supplied by H&H and Kyocera Solar.
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Plant will quadruple Kyocera’s solar manufacturing capacity in Tijuana; Groundbreaking set for June 6
San Diego, CA – May 30, 2007
Source: Kyocera Solar, Inc. /press release
http://www.kyocerasolar.com/news/news_detail.cfm?key=387

Kyocera today announced that it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on June 6, 2007, at its Tijuana maquiladora — Kyocera Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. — to officially commence construction of a second manufacturing facility there for solar photovoltaic modules.  Scheduled for completion in early 2008, the new facility in the Tijuana Industrial Park will consist of a two-story plant encompassing 223,000 square feet of production space, plus a 28,000-square-foot facility extension connecting the new factory to an existing Kyocera plant. When fully operational, the additions will more than quadruple Kyocera’s production capacity for solar modules in Tijuana – from a current capacity of 35 megawatts (MW) per year to 150MW by the end of March 2011.
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Jun 01, 2007
Source: EMSNow.com (source & copyright: CENS )
http://www.emsnow.com/npps/story.cfm?id=26996

According to administration of a high-tech industrial park in Yilan County of eastern Taiwan, printed-circuit board maker Unitech Printed Circuit Board Corp. (UPCB) already submitted an application for a land on the park for its planned solar-cell factory.  The administration and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) recently confirmed reports that the PCB maker will venture into solar-cell manufacturing and already applied for a 15,000-ping (540,000 square feet at one ping equals to 36 sq. ft.) site on the park to build the factory.
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