Solar Cells Info

posted on 02/03/2007
Source: UAE interact.com
http://www.uaeinteract.com/news/default.asp?ID=231#24217

Abu Dhabi, which holds the Middle East’s fourth-largest gas reserves, plans to build a US$380 million (Dh1,395m) solar energy plant in the desert as the UAE’s electricity demand outstrips its gasfuelled power supplies. The project will be the first of its kind in the Gulf, Sultan Al Jaber, Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, said in an interview. Bids to build the 100 megawatt plant will be sought by August, he said.
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8 March 2007
source_ UAE Interact.com
http://www.uaeinteract.com/news/default.asp?ID=231

The first solar powered car designed and created by an Emirati is currently on display in Dubai and has been drawing crowds intrigued by its sleek flat shape. The solar two-seater car can reach a maximum speed of 50km/h but is better suited to cruising at 45km/h, according to its creator Saqr Bin Saif, 30. The car will be displayed at the Emirates Towers Boulevard today and will later be moved to Wafi City mall.
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By Joseph M. deLeon /News-Post Staff /Originally published March 15, 2007
source: Frederick News Post
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/business/display.htm?StoryID=57934

FREDERICK — BP Solar International will receive $7.5 million in funding this year from the U.S. Department of Energy. It’s the first phase of a three-year, $40 million research and development program BP Solar and its partners proposed to help make solar power cost competitive with electricity generated by other means.  The money is part of an initiative to promote solar energy and reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign energy.
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source: Applied Materials Inc. / press release
http://www.appliedmaterials.com/

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Applied Materials, Inc., the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology™ solutions for the electronics industry, announced today that it will install over 1.9 megawatts of solar power generation capability at its research campus in Sunnyvale, California. This is believed to be the largest solar power installation on an existing corporate facility in the United States and will be rolled out in three phases.
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By Hadi DP Mahmud
Source: Brunei Times /Brunei Direct.com
http://www.brudirect.com/DailyInfo/News/Archive/Mar07/090307/nite11.htm

Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei can be entirely independent from oil for its electricity supply under an ambitious plan to use environment-friendly solar technology to power up 100 per cent of the sultanate by 2015. Nations Solar Technologies plans to build, own and operate a solar cluster project in the sultanate with the assistance of Hamidjojo Development and its consortium, which have been appointed to do a feasibility study on the project in six months.   The project, which will start on January 1, 2008, aims to put forward a proposal and obtain necessary approvals, licenses and support from the government to reach 100 per cent solar energy capability for Brunei by 2015.
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Sylvestre Tetchiada 3/9/2007
Source: FInancial Express
http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=3/9/2007&section_id=4&newsid=54858

For Merline Momo Azeufac, a teacher at Balefock village in western Cameroon, the days of fearing nightfall while correcting pupils’ work are over. She’s no longer hostage to the poor light provided by kerosene lamps.
“I always had sore eyes, and also a headache because of the smoke,” Azeufac told IPS. “Imagine that I used to correct about a hundred exercise books in bad lighting conditions…But this hasn’t been a problem since we had solar power.”

At the end of 2006, Balefock received four solar panels to produce power, under a grant from the Rural Entrepreneurship Foundation (REF). This non-governmental organisation (NGO), based in the Cameroonian capital of Yaoundé, was responding to a request from the Balefock Public School Parents’ Association.
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First-ever solar-powered salmon fishery will be operating this summer at Lummi Island in Anchorage
Laine Welch,  March 10, 2007
Source: Anchorage Daily News
http://www.adn.com/money/story/8699195p-8599623c.html

The first-ever solar-powered salmon fishery will be operating this summer at Lummi Island, home to the world’s only remaining reefnet fishery. It’s located at the northeast tip of the San Juan archipelago in Washington state, near Bellingham.  Reefnetting is perhaps the oldest form of net fishing in the world. Called “the original and still the best in selective fishing” by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, it was done centuries ago by Native Americans using cedar canoes and cedar nets.
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Clean-Energy Trends Report 2007
Source:
http://www.cleanedge.com/reports-trends2007.php

The following is an excerpt from Clean-Energy Trends 2007.

Maybe it was the changing global climate, or perhaps the changing business climate, that fueled clean-energy markets in 2006. More than likely, it was both of these, among several other factors, that pushed markets for solar, wind, fuel cells, biofuels, and other energy technologies along their inexorable upward march.

We have reached the point where the steady and rapid growth of clean energy has become an old story. Each year, it seems, brings an ever-higher plateau of success. This appears to be the future of clean energy: a rolling series of technology breakthroughs, landmark corporate investments, industry consolidation, and the not-infrequent emergence of new and sometimes surprising players entering the field.
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By Gary Robbins, March 9, 2007
source:  The Orange County Register
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/local/article_1609822.php

An anonymous donor has given UC Irvine $3.9 million to create a Center for Solar Research, enabling the school to more actively join state and federal efforts to develop cleaner-burning fuels.  UCI has long conducted studies on hydrogen fuel cells and nuclear energy. But it has done comparatively little work on harnessing the power of the sun.   “Solar energy research is a tremendous growth area and this donation is a big catalyst for us,” said John Hemminger, dean of UCI’s School of Physical Sciences, which will run the new center.
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By Tim O’Connor Senior Writer    / 6 March 2007
source: Purdue Univ Exponent
http://www.purdueexponent.org/index.php?module=article&story_id=4690

Countless hours of work, $200,000 and a multidisciplinary team will soon produce better ways to harness the power of the sun.  The Purdue Solar Racing team is working on a brand new car in preparation for the 2008 North American Solar Challenge, a cross-country race.  The car will cost about $200,000, twice as much as the 2005 model it’s replacing. Despite the budget increase, Purdue’s car will still have trouble competing with rivals like Michigan and Stanford that can afford more efficient and more expensive solar cells.
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