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WorldWater & Power Crop. Project will Serve as Solar Study for U.S. Poultry Industry – Partners Include University of Delaware and GE Energy

PENNINGTON, N.J., December 19, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE)
Source: Worldwater Corp. Press Release
http://www.worldwater.com/pages/worldwaternews.html

WorldWater & Power Corp. (OTC BB:WWAT.OB-News), developer and marketer of proprietary high-power solar systems, announced today that it has won a $500,000 contract from Allen Family Foods, Inc. to build a photovoltaic (PV) system to power an Allen poultry growout house in Laurel, Delaware. Growout houses are highly energy dependent in taking day-old chicks and raising them to maturity. In Delaware, the cost of grid electricity has increased significantly over the past 12 months and the industry is looking to solar as a cost effective, sustainable energy source for the future of growout contractors throughout the U.S. The Delaware Green Energy Program has granted $250,000 to help fund the system, the University of Delaware will monitor the Allen project and GE Energy, the PV panel supplier, will contribute to the project evaluation study. Ray Angelini, Inc. (RAI) of Sewell, New Jersey is WorldWater’s installation partner.
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By Christine Buurma  /Jan 9, 2007
Source: Market Watch
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/solars-outlook-shines-hurdles-remain/story.aspx?

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — As utilities embrace renewable energy in an effort to cut pollution and reduce their dependence on fossil fuels, some companies are turning to a source long on the sidelines of the U.S. electricity market: solar power.
Solar power has historically lagged behind other generation sources in price and competitiveness. Only 508,000 megawatt-hours of power were generated by solar facilities in 2006, according to the U.S. Energy Administration, a mere 0.5% of all renewable power produced in the U.S. that year. Industry estimates price solar power at 15 to 25 cents per kilowatt-hour, which is well above the costs of other sources. Power produced by natural gas costs about 6.1 cents/kWh in 2005 on average, while coal-fired generation cost 1.84 cents/kWH and nuclear averaged 1.7 cents/kWh, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute.

Solar industry buzz grew louder in late 2005, however, when solar project developer Stirling Energy Systems Inc. signed agreements to sell the power generated by two large-scale solar projects to two major California utilities, Edison International (EIX) subsidiary Southern California Edison and Sempra Energy (SE) subsidiary San Diego Gas & Electric. Obstacles remain to bringing solar energy costs in line with those of other sources of power generation. A lack of necessary transmission infrastructure and high up-front development costs are significant hurdles to developing solar projects on a large scale. Solar developers hope, however, that technological advances, state incentives and requirements, and growing interest from financial backers will help expand solar energy’s presence in the U.S.
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Neha Kohli & Joji Thomas Philip
Times News Network /January 10., 2007
Source: Econonic Times
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Telcos_seek_incentives_to_go_green/articleshow/1115610.cms

NEW DELHI: The energy-intensive telecom industry has sought subsidies for use of green energy on telecom sites. Telecom giants, including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, VSNL, Tata Teleservices and BSNL, have sought reduction in levies on solar equipment. They have also demanded land at concessional rates for operators who use renewable sources of energy for powering their base stations, telephone exchanges and repeaters. The demand for incentivising green energy stems from the need to have back-up facilities for continuous power supply at telecom sites.
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Source: ICP Solar Press release
http://www.icpsolar.com/4105/news_details.asp?news_id=16

CFO, Leon Assayag, brings experience and focus to international growth strategy
MONTREAL-ICP Solar Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: ICPR), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of solar cells and products, announced today the appointment of Leon Assayag as Chief Financial Officer. The company also announced that its common stock has been accepted for listing and trading on the Frankfurt and Berlin Stock Exchanges. Shares began trading on January 8, 2007, on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, under the ticker symbol K1U.F and on the Berlin Stock Exchange under the symbol K1U.BE.
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09 Jan 2007
Source: European Union Research News
http://ec.europa.eu/research/headlines/news/article_07_01_09_en.html

The EU-funded project CrystalClear has greatly improved the processes required for large-scale solar electricity production. CrystalClear has addressed some of the principle factors holding solar research back and has identified promising solutions. The consortium of European companies and research groups has pooled its talents to improve the efficiency of silicon solar cells, demonstrated the sustainability of solar electricity and defined ways to reduce production costs; all integral to meeting EU sustainable energy goals.
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List of Solar Cells manufacturing companies in Europe

Company  / Country Cell Technology /Annual sales in 2005 in MWp
Solar Cells
Ersol Solar Energy AG  / Germany / Monocrystalline, Polycrystalline Si / 20
Q-cells      / Germany /Monocrystalline, Polycrystalline Si / 160
Schott Solar GmbH  / Germany /Polycrystalline Si / 36
SolarWorld AG / Germany /Monocrystalline, Polycrystalline Si / 0.5
Sunways AG / Germany /Monocrystalline, Polycrystalline Si / 16

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Dec 29, 2006,
Source ::: Agencies
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub-Continent&month=December2006&file=World_News200612294517.xml

ISLAMABAD • The Pakistan government is implementing a project to provide electricity to mosques and schools in remote rural areas using solar energy. The Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) is executing this Rs28.58m project, expected to be complete by July 2007.

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January 03, 2007 18:01 PM
Source: Bernama /Malaysian News Agency
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_business.php?id=239363

ALOR STAR, Jan 3 (Bernama) — German/American wafer producing company, First Solar Inc. (First Solar), will be investing RM2 billion this April in the Kulim High Technology Park (KHTP) in Kulim, near here. Announcing this here today, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said the state also stood to successfully attract investments from another two foreign companies.  First Solar which develops and produces thin-film photovoltaics (PV) modules is expected to make its plant at the KHTP as its largest solar panel producer in Asia. The sillicon based product of First Solar is used in various products and daily applications both in the residential sector and industrial plants.
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From Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja, 01.05.2007
source: African Thisdayonline.com
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=67290

Federal Government of Nigeria yesterday commenced action on the implementation of its Renewable Energy Master Plan (REMP) with a projection to generate at least 56MW of electricity from Solar, Wind and Small hydro power facilities. Speaking at a strategy workshop for the implemetation of REMP in Abuja, the Director General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), Professor Abubakar Sambo said about 1MW is expected to be generated from wind energy facility, 5MW from solar Panel while 50MW will be produced from small hydro sites to be developed in some parts of the country.

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Solar Thin Films Enters Agreement With Renewable Energy Solutions to Prepare for Production of Next Generation CIGS-Based Thin Film PV Equipment and Turnkey Facilities

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY — (MARKET WIRE) — January 03, 2007
source: Marketwire.com
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=199521

Solar Thin Films, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SLTF) (“STF”) announces R&D program with Renewable Energy Solutions, Inc. (“RESI”) to develop manufacturing equipment for CIGS-based thin film PV modules. STF has signed a three-year R&D agreement with RESI to develop the next generation of manufacturing equipment utilized to produce CIGS-based thin film PV modules.
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