Solar Cells Info

ALAMOSA – January 31, 2007
source: Sun Edison press release
http://www.sunedison.com/

SunEdison, North America’s largest solar services provider, will host a one-day job fair to hire for implementation and deployment of the Alamosa Solar Power Plant. When completed, the Alamosa Solar Power Plant will become North America’s largest solar power plant at approximately 8MW. To meet the workforce needs arising from the construction and deployment of the Alamosa Solar Power Plant, SunEdison is holding a one-day job fair on February 7, 2007 from 9am-11am and 5pm-7pm at Inn of the Rio Grande Hotel in Alamosa, CO.
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Gulfnews.com -Staff Report  / Feb. 2, 2007
source:
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/02/01/10101026.html

Abu Dhabi: Solar technologies are rapidly becoming a major focus worldwide as a sustainable energy source: and the Masdar Initiative, Abu Dhabi’s landmark programme in sustainable energy, is driving the adoption of advanced solar technologies here in the UAE.  Projects already in active development in Abu Dhabi include both photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP), providing Masdar with broad coverage of the solar sector. Masdar’s PV projects in development include a world-scale polysilicon factory in Abu Dhabi, which will provide the feedstock for additional activities such as PV cell and module manufacturing.
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Middelburg, 31 January 2007
source: Solland Solar Energy /press release
http://www.sollandsolar.com/

DELTA is to buy a substantial interest in Solland Solar Energy Holding B.V., based in Heerlen, The Netherlands. Solland is an international company engaged in manufacturing solar cells. DELTA will acquire 90% of Solland shares, directly and indirectly through its subsidiary, Sunergy1. The remaining 10% will continue to be held by Solland’s management.  With its acquisition of Solland Solar, DELTA will be taking an important step towards penetrating the solar energy market, where substantial growth is expected in the coming years. The acquisition is in line with DELTA’s strategy to acquire a position in all parts of the solar cell production chain.
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Press Release    Source: Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd.
WUXI, China and OLNEY, Maryland, Feb. 1, 2007
source: Yahoo business newss/ press release
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070201/cnth016.html?.v=13

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP – News), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, announced that Suntech America, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, will immediately begin marketing and selling building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) solar products produced by its MSK Corporation unit in the North American market. “Suntech is one of the fastest growing players in the traditional solar PV module market and, with our acquisition of MSK last year, we are now positioned to take a leadership role in the emerging market for BIPV products for which MSK commands a first mover advantage,” commented Mr. Zhengrong Shi, Chairman and CEO of Suntech Power. “Through Suntech America, we intend to establish long-term relationships with North American companies that share our vision of developing the BIPV market.”
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WOODBURY, N.Y. Jan. 31, 2007
Source: Veeco Press release /1 Feb 2007
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=111487&p=NewsArticle&id=956186

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that its Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) technology enabled an important recent advancement in solar cell efficiency. On December 5, 2006, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that Spectrolab, Inc. has achieved a world record concentrator solar cell conversion efficiency of 40.7 percent. This solar cell conversion efficiency was achieved using a Veeco TurboDisc(R) As/P MOCVD System, which deposits epitaxial films. Spectrolab, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company.
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source: Suntech Power press release
http://www.suntech-power.com/News/tabid/99/Default.aspx?id=254&Module=653
WUXI, China, Jan. 24, 2007 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to supply an 800KW Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) curtain wall to the Wuxi Airport terminal with the first phase scheduled to be completed in late October 2007. ”This project demonstrates the traction that Suntech’s China-based systems integration business is achieving by upselling state-of-the-art BIPV solar solutions and helping to promote the use of alternative energy sources in China,” said Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Suntech’s Chairman and CEO. ”We look forward to working with the government of Wuxi to build one of China’s most environmentally friendly airports.”
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Design Wins With Major European and US Solar Cell Manufacturers Marks Strategic Vertical Market Success
January 18, 2007
source: yahoo business news
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070118/20070118005759.html?.v=1

LIVERMORE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Adept Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADEP – News), the leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, announced today that they have secured new design wins with four solar panel manufacturing companies in the rapidly expanding international solar power market. During the quarter just ended, Adept delivered over $300,000 in Adept’s vision guided robotics to the Solar industry, bringing the installed base, into this sector, to over 75 systems. Solar joins Disk Drive, Medical Device and Life Sciences and High Speed Packaging as defined strategic vertical markets, all of which require clean room operation combined with fine precision and flexibility
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Jan 25, 2007
source: Macauhub
http://www.macauhub.com.mo/en/news.php?ID=2740

Maputo, Mozambique, 25 Jan – The Mozambican Energy Fund (Funae) plans to install 2,500 solar power systems before the end of June in the provinces of Inhambane and Sofala, the chairman of the Fund, Miquelina Menezes said Tuesday in Maputo. For this rural electrification project using renewable energy sources, which includes placing solar systems in 300 schools and a similar number of health centers, the World Bank will contribute US$2 million.
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Sunswift shatters record by 3 days
16 January 2007:  / source: Sunswift
http://www.sunswift.com/

Yesterday the UNSW Solar Racing Team rolled into Sydney after five and a half days on the road from Perth to Sydney. The team was welcomed at Circular Quay by a crowd of supporters and media. Representatives from the University of New South Wales and Gary Johnston of Jaycar Electronics congratulated the team on their tremendous achievement.  After leaving Perth’s Scarborough Beach last Wednesday at 8:20am Jaycar Sunswift III arrived in the Sydney CBD at 1:20pm yesterday. Despite cloudy weather for the first two days of the record attempt the team was still able to push through and shatter the previous record by 3 days.
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By Jared Mason / Jan 30, 2007
Source:
http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2007/01/30/

Although Austin Energy is falling behind its goal to expand the supply of solar energy in Austin, the city-owned utility company is pursuing new plans that would create a massive facility in West Texas and significantly increase the city’s alternative energy capacity. Austin Energy announced in 2003 a plan to have 20 percent of its electricity come from renewable sources by the year 2020. Solar energy was a significant part of this plan, with the goal of creating the capacity for a 100-megawatt threshold in 2020 and the intermediate goal of 15 megawatts in 2007.
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