Solar Cells Info

By Ed Taylor, East Valley Tribune, February 2, 2007

Source: East Valley Tribune /9 Feb 2007
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=83380

A group of Southwestern utilities is exploring the possibility of developing a 250-megawatt solar power plant in Arizona or southern Nevada, which would be one of the largest in the region. The feasibility of such a plant, which could produce enough electricity to serve 160,000 to 200,000 homes, is being studied by a consortium of seven utilities, including Arizona Public Service, Salt River Project and Tucson Electric Power.
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The first Photovoltaic (PV) solar power systems to be installed will save on Electric Costs, Provide Educational Opportunity

Source: The Westbury Times online edition /Feb 2, 2007
http://www.antonnews.com/westburytimes/2007/02/02/news/

The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and the Carle Place School District last week dedicated the first photovoltaic (PV) solar power systems to be installed by a Long Island school district under LIPA’s Solar Pioneer Program. The five PV systems installed by Johnson Controls/Rockmore Contracting total 49.54 kilowatts (kW) and will produce a total of approximately 57,500 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity annually, saving the Carle Place School District and its taxpayers about $10,177 in electricity costs per year.
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BY Frank Armand Albano /Feb 5, 2007
Source: Las Vegas Business press
http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2007/02/05/news/iq_12319240.txt

Solargenix Inc. can now hire workers from El Salvador and Mexico, as well as out-of-state workers at less than the union pay scale. The company will also get to keep its $15 million tax-incentive package from the Nevada Commission on Economic Development.  The AFL-CIO filed suit last month, claiming that Nevada Solar One, the company’s solar power project in the Eldorado Valley, had breached the agreement that had guaranteed it the tax breaks. Solargenix, formerly Duke Solar Energy, is now owned and operated by Spain’s Acciona SA.
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Sixty-seven percent of China’s solar panel manufacturers plan to raise export prices in 2007, according to Global Sources’ China Sourcing Report: Solar Panels   ( http://www.chinasourcingreports.com ).

Thursday February 8, 2007  HONG KONG, Feb. 8
source: Yahoo Finance /press release
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070208/hkth002.html?.v=50

“Solar cell prices, which have increased by about US$0.30 per watt in the past two years, are expected to rise further, driving the cost of solar panels higher,” said Global Sources general manager of Content Development, Michael Kleist.”With margins at about five percent for many manufacturers, the market is expected to continue to be challenging in the months ahead.”
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York, UK  January 25, 2007
source: emediawire press release
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/1/emw499503.htm

Spain’s Technical Construction Code commits the country’s developers to solar cell installation in certain properties to be built in 2007, and Polaris World is helping to set the standard.

Each year the sun produces four thousand times more energy on Earth than we consume. It’s a clean, inexhaustible and free resource. Moreover, it’s guaranteed for the next 6,000 million years as scientists estimate that it has yet to reach its midlife.  Jesus Lopez, the Director of Urbanism for Polaris World, developer of 7 luxury, residential golf developments in the Murcia region of Spain says: “The Sun is like a thermonuclear reactor that emits energy in the form of light and heat. It would be irrational not to try and take advantage of this source through all possible means.”
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Feb 5, 2007
source: GMA News TV
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/29431/

De La Salle University in Manila has succeeded in making a solar car prototype. Aptly named Sinag, it is believed to be the first solar car built in the Philippines. Sinag, built at a cost of P9 million, was designed to promote the use of alternative sources of energy. Its makers are joining the World Solar Challenge 2007 in Australia on Oct 21 – 28, 2007. Students and faculty members of DLSU proudly unveiled the prototype at the Fort in Taguig City recently.

Made from carbon fiber and Nomex, the lightweight speedster will compete in the World Solar Challenge and help promote the use of alternative sources of energy. The car will utilize solar cells from SunPower, which has a plant in the Philippines and reportedly manufacturers the most efficient cells in the world.

By Stefanie Haxel / Feb 5, 2007
source: bloomberg.com
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=a3TPKZ7X3_M0

Shares of Q-Cells AG jumped the most since June after the German solar-cell maker said profit more than doubled last year and growth will accelerate in 2008. The shares, today’s biggest gainer in the Stoxx 600, rose as much as 5.30 euros, or 13 percent, to 47 euros and traded at 46.14 euros at 11:42 a.m. local time. That’s the largest one-day gain since June 15. The stock has added 35 percent so far this year, valuing the company at 3.4 billion euros ($4.4 billion).
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http://www.elkhabar.com/FrEn/lire.php?ida=59054&idc=52

Chief-Executive Officer of Renewing Energy Company (NEAL), Mr Tawfik Hosni says his company is undertaking negotiations with the Norwegian company Statoil as regard developing electricity production through solar energy to export it to European market. Mr Tawfik Hosni affirmed Statoil, research institutes and universities as well as other national companies are working together to develop the production of diesel oil through solar energy. Algeria owns huge solar energy reserves, namely four-fold world consumption (38 billion cubic meters of annual gas production). We are trying to find appropriate means to lower expenses of nuclear power projects, which are still too high, especially as the used technology is a new ones. Some two billion dollars are required for three projects, including a power plant in Hassi Rmal, and two other projects in Naama and Al-Mghayar with over 400 megawatts productive power, says Mr Tawfik Hosni .

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New contracts in Spain worth €15 million and cell supply contract with Q-Cells until 2012
February 07, 2007
source: Aleo solar press release
http://www.aleo-solar.de/index.php/page_id/49/language/en/

Aleo Solar AG is launching production at its factory in Santa María de Palautordera, near Barcelona. The facility, with a total capacity of 10 MW, will handle production for the Spanish market. Jakobus Smit, member of the Management Board of aleo solar AG, commented: “Our internationalisation strategy uses a country-specific approach: we organise our local business using Spanish employees and a Spanish sales force, who know the customers and their financing partners.”
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Rolleiv Solholm
source: Norway Post
http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=48547

Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) has grown to become Norway’s largest wholly privately owned company. The Oslo Stock Exchange reports a value increase for the company of 41 per cent since January 1st. REC Group was established in 1996 and is one of the pioneers of the solar industry. It has quickly become one of the world’s leading businesses within solar energy. The company has a presence in all parts of the industry value chain from production of raw material to solar energy products. REC has customers around the the world and over 1,100 employees. REC is the world’s largest producer of solar grade polysilicon, the world’s largest producer of wafers for solar applications, and a significant producer of solar cells and modules. The REC headquarters are located in Oslo.
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