Solar Cells Info

Hamilton, N.J., Dec. 17, 2007
Source: EPV Solar Inc. press release/Newswire
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/December2007/17/c3821.html

EPV SOLAR, Inc. (formerly Energy Photovoltaics, Inc.), a thin-film solar module manufacturer and technology
developer headquartered in New Jersey, USA, announced today that it has entered into a long-term solar module supply agreement with unlimited energy GmbH, Berlin, Germany.  Under the terms of the contract, EPV SOLAR will supply
306 megawatts (MW) of amorphous silicon modules to unlimited energy for use in the development and build-out of several solar parks in Europe.  EPV will begin shipments against this contract during the first quarter of 2008. Product will initially ship from EPV’s New Jersey locations and shift to EPV’s Senftenberg, Germany, plant scheduled to come online during the fourth quarter of 2008.
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Toyko, Nov 29, 2007
Source: Reuters /Reporting by Yuko Inoue and Mayumi Negishi; Editing by Hugh Lawson
http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUST35539720071129

Japan’s Sharp Corp (6753.T: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it would invest 22 billion yen ($200 million) to boost output capacity for thin-film solar cells more than tenfold by October 2008, amid a silicon shortage and rising demand for clean energy.
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by Aled Blake, Western Mail, Dec 18 2007
Source: ICWales
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/business-in-wales/business-news/
2007/12/18/super-thin-solar-film-91466-20262567/

A COMPANY which manufactures next-generation solar technology has signed a research and development agreement with Cardiff University.  Cardiff-based G24i has reached a deal with the university’s school of engineering that will allow it to access the facilities. G24i’s Dye Sensitised Thin Film combines innovative material science and nanotechnology to generate renewable power in a process similar to photosynthesis.
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Albuquerque, NM – December 12, 2007
Source: Emcore Corp. press release
http://www.emcore.com/news/release.php?id=172

EMCORE Corporation (Nasdaq: EMKR – News), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber optic, satellite, and terrestrial solar power markets, announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of 60MW of solar power systems that are scheduled for deployment in Ontario, Canada over the next three years.
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By Associated Press December 14, 2007
http://www.fool.com/news/associated-press/2007/12/14/
china-sunergy-to-supply-asola-with-cells.aspx

China Sunergy Co. said Friday it has agreed to supply Asola Advanced and Automotive Solar System GmbH with solar cells worth 10.2 megawatts of annual generating capacity.  Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. China Sunergy will deliver the products during 2008, and both parties will explore further agreements through 2012.
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December 10, 2007
Source: SolidStateTechnology.com
http://sst.pennnet.com/display_article/314319/5/ARTCL/
none/none/1/Japan-Korea-JV-to-make-solar-cell-tool-components/

Japanese semiconductor parts supplier Ferrotec and Korean LCD devicemaker Central Micronics are forming a JV to produce controllers, heated parts, quartz crucibles used to make monocrystalline silicon ingots for solar cell manufacturing, according to the Nikkei daily.
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Toyko, Dec. 15, 2007
Source: Reuters/Reporting by Naomi Tajitsu, editing by Jacqueline Wong
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUST13412120071215

Sharp Corp will spend close to 100 billion yen ($882.9 million) to build the world’s largest solar cell factory in Japan, Chairman Katsuhiko Machida was quoted by the Nikkei business daily as saying.  The plant will be built next to Sharp’s LCD panel factory currently under construction in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture.

It will produce thin-film solar cells, which use less silicon than conventional cells, starting in fiscal 2009, the Nikkei said in its Saturday edition.  The factory is expected to have a production capacity of 1,000 megawatts per year, the largest in the world. The Osaka-based company has an annual output capacity of 710 megawatts.

Sharp first announced plans to build the plant back in July, but had not outlined the investment amount.

Milan, Italy /  September 04, 2007
Source: Applied Materials, Inc, press release /Businesswire
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/appliedmaterials/index.jsp?
newsId=20070903005039

Applied Materials, Inc. today introduced its revolutionary Applied SunFab™ Thin Film Line, the world’s first and only integrated production line for manufacturing thin film silicon solar modules using 5.7 square meter (m2) glass panels. These ultra-large substrates, sized at 2.2m x 2.6m, are four times bigger than today’s largest thin film solar production panels. The Applied SunFab Line defines a new standard for the industry that can be replicated by customers around the globe to rapidly establish solar panel manufacturing capacity and achieve the lowest production cost per watt to drive down the cost of solar electricity.
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Alenau, Germany,   October 26, 2007
Source: Applied Materials Inc, press release/BusinessWire
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/appliedmaterials/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&
ndmConfigId=1002082&newsId=20071026005131&newsLang=en

Applied Materials, Inc. is pioneering a new era in photovoltaic (PV) research and development with the opening of its SunFab Technology Center, one of the industry’s most advanced facilities dedicated to next generation solar technology applications. The 2,000m2 center, located in Alzenau, Germany, features state-of-the-art solar module manufacturing equipment, including Applied Materials’ PECVDa and ATON™ PVDa systems, laser tools and fab automation software. It includes a complete sequence of equipment that is representative of the Applied SunFab™ Thin Film Line for large-volume manufacturing of solar circuits.
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HeibeiI, China,   November 14, 2007
Source: XinAO press release/BUSINESS WIRE
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/appliedmaterials/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view
&ndmConfigId=1002082&newsId=20071114005559&newsLang=en

XinAo Group announced its entry into the solar energy market with its plan to establish China’s leading photovoltaic (PV) module production line. As part of this strategy, XinAo has signed a contract with Applied Materials, Inc. for an Applied SunFab™ Thin Film production line with state-of-the-art PV technology using 5.7m2 glass substrates. With an optional tandem junction upgrade, the line will be capable of producing modules to generate more than 50MW of electricity, as the first phase of a planned 500MW capacity plant in China.
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