Solar Cells Info

by Dale Neal, CitizenTimes.com
Asheville, NC, December 11, 2007
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200771210080

David Hall of Deltec Homes says his company doesn’t believe in cutting corners when making its trademark round homes — and that attention to detail extends to the electricity used to power the company’s plant.  By year’s end, Deltec will be using 100 percent renewable energy at its factory. That will make Deltec not only Asheville’s largest maker of manufactured homes but also North Carolina’s largest private generator of solar power.
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Shanghai, China Dec 18, 2007
Source: Solar EnerTech. Corp. press release
http://www.solarenertech.com/news/release.asp?numb=241

Solar EnerTech Corp. (OTCBB: SOEN) (the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into a sales contract with Sky Solar (Hong Kong) International Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Sky Global Group to distribute solar modules. Sky Global Group is a global distributor and system integrator of solar panels.  The total shipment to Sky Solar under the contract amounts to approximately US$21.8 million. Shipments, aimed for solar power installations in Spain, are scheduled to be delivered over a 5-month period beginning in December 2007, with the majority of solar module shipments scheduled for the Company’s 2008 fiscal second quarter.
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London, UK and Los Angeles, California, December 11, 2007
Source: Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc. press release
http://www.solarintegrated.com/PR_Celra__07.htm

Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AIM:SIT.LN), a leading provider of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roofing systems, announced today that it has won an order for U.S. $4.3 million to supply BIPV roofing systems to be installed on a new industrial complex in Girona, Spain.  The project, named “SOL DE CELRÀ” and believed to be the largest thin film BIPV project in Spain, will be owned by a group of local companies.  The general contractor for the project is Master Renovables, the Spanish engineering firm and solar integrator.  The project is expected to be completed in 2008.
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London, UK and Los Angeles, California, December 20, 2007
Source: Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc /press release
http://www.solarintegrated.com/PR_Intalyseven_07.htm

Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AIM:SIT.LN), a leading provider of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roofing systems, announced today that it has won a supply contract in Italy for more than U.S. $70 million.  The contract, believed to be one of the largest announced solar deals in Italy, is with an Italian solar project developer and will involve BIPV installations on multiple large buildings.  The Company expects to complete a significant portion of the contract in 2008, with the remainder in 2009.
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100 Teachers from 61 Connecticut Towns to Participate
Rocky Hill, Conn., December 5, 2007
Source: Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, Press release
http://www.ctinnovations.com/news/349.php

Common Ground High School of New Haven today hosted the launch of a solar energy curriculum program for teachers. Designed by the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF), Learning for Clean Energy Innovation (LCEI) will focus initially on solar energy education and will later be expanded to cover fuel cell and wind energy. LCEI professional development sessions will incorporate a specially designed curriculum aligned with the Connecticut Department of Education’s Science Frameworks, and will be offered to 9th-grade teachers from the 61 towns in the state who are participating in the 20% by 2010 Campaign.
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Rocky Hill, Conn., December 14, 2007
Source: Connecticut Clean Energy Fund /press release
http://www.ctinnovations.com/news/356.php

The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) Board today announced approval of a $1,180,000 grant to defray approximately half of the total cost of a 308-kilowatt DC solar photovoltaic (PV) system at The Lee Company’s Westbrook, Conn., Restrictor Group production facility. Upon completion, this system will be the largest solar photovoltaic system at a manufacturing facility in the state of Connecticut.
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Changzhou, China, Dec. 5, 2007
Source: Trina Solar Ltd, press release
http://www.trinasolar.com/front/en/news.php?newid=49

Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL – News; “Trina Solar”, or the “Company”), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, today announced it has signed a strategic development agreement with the Lianyungang Municipality in China’s Jiangsu Province. The agreement includes government support in respect of land and electric power supply for a multi-phased polysilicon production facility targeted to reach 10,000 metric-ton capacity through an estimated total investment of $1 billion by the end of 2012.
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Changzhou, China, Dec. 18, 2007
Source: Trina Solar Ltd, press release
http://www.trinasolar.com/front/en/news.php?newid=50

Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL – News; “Trina Solar” or the “Company”), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, founded in 1997, today announced that it has adopted an improved bulk module packaging design as it continues to implement measures in its production and logistics value chain to save resources, reduce costs and help conserve the environment. (more…)

Public-Private Partnership Makes Solar Practical, Enhances Energy Independence, and Reduces CO2 Emissions by 24,000 Tons per Year
Las Vegas, Nevada, Dec. 17, 2007
Source: SunPower Corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=281873

Today the U.S. Air Force celebrates the completion of North America’s largest solar photovoltaic system at Nellis Air Force Base. A joint project of the U.S. Air Force, MMA Renewable Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC (NYSE: MMA), SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR), and Nevada Power Company, the 14 megawatt Nellis solar energy system will generate more than 30 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean electricity annually and supply approximately 25 percent of the total power used at the base, where 12,000 people live and work.
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by Daniel DeBolt, Mountain View Voice Staff
Source. MountainView Voice.com
http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=310

It’s been a blazing year for solar power in Mountain View, with residential solar installations tripling from 84 at the start of the year to 247 as of Dec. 12, according to the California Solar Initiative.  The number of residential solar installations for 2007 is larger than for any other city in the state, except San Jose and San Diego. The boom is in large part due to the efforts of a local solar buyers group, which earlier this year organized the bulk purchase of solar arrays for 118 homes. (more…)