http://solarcellsinfo.com/blog One stop online resource for different types of photovoltaic solar cells Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:42:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept 03, 2008 Source: LDK Solar Co. Ltd press release http://www.ldksolar.com/9-03-08.html LDK Solar Co., Ltd ("LDK Solar") (NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of solar wafers, announced today that it has signed a five-year contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Taiwan-based Solartech Energy Corp. (Solartech). Under terms ... http://solarcellsinfo.com/blog/archives/1780 Xinyu City, China and Sunnyvale, CA,  Sept 04, 2008 Source: LDK Solar Co. press release http://www.ldksolar.com/9-04-08.html LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ("LDK Solar") (NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of solar wafers, today announced it has signed a new agreement with GT Solar International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOLR) ("GT Solar") to purchase polysilicon CVD reactors for ... http://solarcellsinfo.com/blog/archives/1779 Xinyu City, China and Sunnyvale, CA, Sept 05, 2008 Source: LDK Solar Co. Ltd press release http://www.ldksolar.com/Press%20Release.html LDK Solar Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of solar wafers, announced today that it has signed an eight-year contract with Japan- based Sumitomo Corporation ("SC"), one of the leading trading and investment houses in Japan to ... http://solarcellsinfo.com/blog/archives/1778 by Motonobu Kawai, Nikkei Microdevices, August 6, 2008 Source: TechOn http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20080806/156124/ Sanyo Electric Co Ltd held an opening ceremony of the "Shiga Plant," a new production base of solar cell modules, whose annual production capacity is expected to reach 40MW by the end of fiscal 2008. Following the opening of the plant, Sanyo's ... http://solarcellsinfo.com/blog/archives/1777 by Motonobu Kawai, Nikkei Microdevices, Sept 3, 2008 Source: TechOn http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20080903/157415/ Q-Cells AG of Germany exhibited a cell made of solar-grade silicon, a silicon material used only for solar cells, for the first time at the EU PVSEC (23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition). The company aims to put the new ... http://solarcellsinfo.com/blog/archives/1776 by Yukiko Kanou, Nikkei Electronics, Aug 19, 2008 Source: TechOn / http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20080819/156577/ The global solar cell market will grow at an annual rate of 27% on average until 2012 to ¥4.6751 trillion (approx US$42.5 billion), 3.9 times larger than in 2007, according to the survey conducted by Fuji Keizai Co Ltd. The solar ... http://solarcellsinfo.com/blog/archives/1775 By Serkan Toto, September 1st, 2008 Source: CrunchGear.com http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/01/japan-gets-inexpensive-yet-innovative-solar-cells/ Japanese companies Gunze and Dai Nippon Printing are each developing new technologies that make it possible to produce low-cost, pigment-sensitized solar cells. Gunze focuses on low-end solar cells that can be used to power smaller electronic appliances or in-store ad displays, for example. Their ... http://solarcellsinfo.com/blog/archives/1774 Source: EETimes Asia, 21 Aug 2008 http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800540499_765245_NT_811c0820.HTM The large-scale photovoltaic (PV) demonstration project is now being prepared after the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Energy Division, Prime Minister's Office (EDPMO) and Mitsubishi Corp. in Brunei Darussalam. In this project, a PV system with a capacity of 1.2MW, which ... http://solarcellsinfo.com/blog/archives/1773 Tokyo, Aug 26, 2008 Source: AFP / http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hKDz0BRmiysApQu6hLiGhfCP-tMQ Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Wednesday it will spend 50 billion yen (458 million dollars) to boost solar power cell production four-fold by early 2012 amid growing interest in renewable energies. The group said it will build a new facility on the site of ... http://solarcellsinfo.com/blog/archives/1772 Source: ET Solar group press release / July 9, 2008 http://www.etsolar.com/en/ns_305__759.html ET Solar Group Corp. (“ET Solar”), a Nanjing-based vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products including ingots, wafers, modules, and state-of-the-art dual-axis tracking systems with manufacturing facilities located in Taizhou, China, announced today a module sales agreement with Techwin Co Ltd. (“Techwin”), ... http://solarcellsinfo.com/blog/archives/1771