Solar Cells Info

By Yu-huay Sun Bloomberg / Jan 30, 2007
The China Post
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/archives/business/2007130/101315.htm

Taiwan Power Co., the island’s biggest electricity generator, plans to spend NT$3.57 billion installing solar panels as the government aims to reduce dependency on energy imports. The project, pending approval by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, will increase the state-run utility’s capacity by 10 megawatts, or 71 times, by 2011, Yu Shang-hsiung, Taipower’s development director, said by phone yesterday. Taipower’s solar power capacity is currently 140 kilowatts, according to Yu. (more…)

San Francisco, Calif. /January 17, 2007
Source: SPP press release
http://www.solarpowerpartners.com/press_release_hawaii.html

Solar Power Partners, Inc. (SPP), a developer, owner and manager (DOM) of a distributed network of commercial solar energy facilities (SEF), today formally initiated its Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) program for commercial buildings in Hawaii. This announcement coincides with the establishment of SPP LLC2, a renewable energy fund for investing in Hawaiian commercial solar energy facilities.  Up-front capital costs for commercial solar energy facilities have been the primary barrier for building owners to purchase or even lease solar energy systems. SPP’s Power Purchase Agreement allows building owners to access solar energy without having to invest their own capital. The maintenance and operating costs are covered while building owners pay only for the electricity that is consumed.  Moreover, the PPA ensures energy rates remain lower than the local utility and insulate the user from volatile energy prices over the term of the agreement. Since 1999 typical commercial Hawaiian energy rates have increased over 60%.
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Hamish Rutherford /The Scotsman / Jan 30., 2007
source:
http://business.scotsman.com/technology.cfm?id=155452007

CTL, the company behind a solar powered streetlight and wireless internet system tested at the University of Abertay last year, said it is close to a deal with a Middle East country worth tens of millions of pounds. Calum McRae, head of CTL Scotland, said the company was one of two bidders for the project which, if successful, would supply up to 12,000 solar powered street lights, also wi-fi enabled.
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Busanovice, Jan 29, 2007
Source:
story copyright 2006 CTK Czech News Agency.
http://www.praguemonitor.com/ctk/?story_id=w51069i20070130

Korowatt said it opened the largest solar power station in the Czech Republic and eastern Europe in Busanovice, southern Bohemia, today. The facility with a maximum planned output of 600 kilowatts can supply energy to 172 households. Construction costs amounted to CZK 85 million, of which nearly CZK 30 million came from the Industry and Trade Ministry. The power station was connected to the distribution network today, with permanent operation to be launched on February 1.

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Silicon Valley Solar Secures Agreement with Award Winning German Photovoltaic Module Manufacturer

GSS (Gebäude-Solarsysteme GmbH) To Produce Sol-XTM Flat-Plate Concentrator Modules at Their Fully Certified Facility in Eastern Germany

January 24, 2007, SANTA CLARA, Calif.
source: Businesswire
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070124005010&newsLang=en

Silicon Valley Solar announced today that they have finalized an agreement with GSS that will accelerate the market introduction of the company’s Sol-X2 internal concentrator solar modules. The contract defines specific product, process and equipment development that will be executed by GSS to ensure that SV Solar’s module design can be seamlessly produced on the GSS manufacturing line.
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Open Energy’s SolarSave® Roofing Membranes Receives UL Approval to Use Three Additional Roofing Membranes – UL Safety approval significantly increases OEC’s addressable market space

January 24, 2007
source: Open Energy Corp. /press release
http://www.openenergycorp.com/news/pressreleases/01242007.php

Solana Beach, CA, Wednesday, January 24, 2007 – Open Energy Corporation (OTC BB: OEGY), a renewable energy company focused on the development and distribution of solar energy solutions, today announced that their SolarSave® Roofing Membranes product has received Underwriter’s Laboratory (UL) approval to incorporate material from Seaman Corporation (Fibertite), Duro-Last and IB Roofing. SolarSave® Roofing Membranes are now approved with a Class A fire rating for roofs from flat to 2:12 slope for all UL listed roofing applications for these membranes.
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JIANGSU, CHINA — January 22, 2007
Source: Marketwire
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=205806

Canadian Solar Inc. (“the Company,” or “CSI”) (NASDAQ: CSIQ) announced that it has signed a manufacturing collaboration agreement with Photowatt Technologies, Inc. (www.photowatt.com). Under the agreement, CSI will manufacture certain solar photovoltaic modules for Photowatt on an OEM basis. The production is expected to commence in mid-2007.
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JIANGSU, CHINA — January 24, 2007
source: Marketwire
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=206890

Canadian Solar Inc. (“the Company” or “CSI”) (NASDAQ: CSIQ) today announces that it has signed a long term supply contract with Deutsche Solar, the wafer manufacturing subsidiary of Solar World Group of Germany. Under the contract, Deutsche Solar will supply to CSI approximately 180 million Euro worth of Solsix-Multi 6″ wafers over a 12 year period. Initial deliveries will start immediately, with full annual quantity deliveries to commence in January of 2009. CSI and Solar World Group have worked together for the past two years, during which time CSI has been providing recycled silicon feedstock for Deutsche Solar to turn into wafer on toll manufacturing basis.
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A new report from “Energy Business Reports (EBR)” details the challenges and opportunities of this energy sector

Phoenix, AZ – January 25, 2007

Photovoltaic (PV) systems convert sunlight into electricity by means of photovoltaic – or solar – cells. Solar energy is extremely clean energy.  As it quietly generates electricity from light, PV produces no air pollution or hazardous waste. It requires no liquid or gaseous fuels to be transported or combusted. And, because its energy source, sunlight, is free and abundant, PV systems can offer virtually guaranteed access to electric power. However, in today’s world this technology faces several large obstacles, most notably the costs relating to power generation and transmission as well as difficulties in obtaining funding for the development of advanced technology. The market potential and the technical, political and economic hurdles facing the solar PV industry are the focus of a new 129-page report from Energy Business Reports, “Solar Photovoltaic Market Potential.”
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Cleveland, OH, Jan 26, 2007
Source: Electric Light & Utility Automation & Engg Online article
http://uaelp.pennnet.com/display_article/283189/22/ARTCL/none/none/Demand-for-photovoltaic-modules-expected-to-reach-$13-billion-in-2010:-study/
Demand for photovoltaic modules is expected to more than triple from 2005 levels by 2010 to 531 megawatts, valued at $1.3 billion, claims a new study. Advances will be driven by the falling price of solar power, which stems from technological innovations, growing economies of scale and a rising level of government tax incentives and rebates at both the state and federal levels, said the study. However, if these incentives are scaled back or withdrawn prematurely, it would negatively affect solar energy product demand. These and other trends are presented in “Solar Energy Products,” a new study from The Freedonia Group Inc., a Cleveland-based industry market research firm.
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