Solar Cells Info

Plan under way to build German production facility that will manufacture solar modules based on CIS technology.

Torgau, Germany
Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com
http://renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=46677

With news headlines around the world reporting on the silicon shortage and its potential impact on the future of the solar industry, two European-based companies are banking that next-generation non-silicon technology will be a cost-competitive — and energy efficient — alternative to silicon solar modules.

Shell Erneuerbare Energien GmbH and Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland GmbH, recently announced plans to join forces and create AVANCIS — an entity that will develop, produce and market next generation solar technology based on Shell’s advanced Copper-Indium-Selenium (CIS) thin-film deposited on glass. One of the first orders of business for AVANCIS will be to build a manufacturing plant in Torgau, Germany that will produce photovoltaic panels using the CIS technology.

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source: press release SES Solar
www.sessolar.com

GENEVA — (MARKET WIRE) — November 29, 2006

SES Solar Inc. (OTCBB: SESI), a leading European-based developer of cost-effective, high productivity solar panels and solar roof tiles, is pleased to announce that it has received and accepted subscriptions for approximately USD 3.7 million (CHF 4.6 million) relating to a private placement for 4,100,001 common shares of the company at USD 0.90 per share. Proceeds from the financing will be used for the construction of the company´s new state-of-the-art solar panel manufacturing facility in Geneva.

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Opening of the first German-Korean research training group
Optoelectronics initiative links basic research and practical application

source:  www.dfg.de
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-10/df-oot103106.php

On 2 November 2006 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) will open the International Research Training Group “Self-organised Materials for Optoelectronics.” Scientists from the University of Mainz, Seoul National University and Hannam University will collaborate on this initiative, bringing together basic research and practical applications at an internationally high level. Doctoral students will have the opportunity not only to work on their doctorates in an excellent research environment, under the joint supervision of German and Korean scientists, but also to gain experience in both countries. A Memorandum of Understanding between the DFG and KOSEF in September 2005 provided the basis for the establishment of the Research Training Group.

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source:  http://www.prnewswire.com/

WUXI, China and OLNEY, Md., Nov. 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, has announced a multi-year contract to supply solar modules to a division of Sun Edison, LLC, North America’s largest solar energy service provider. The total value of the contract ranges from approximately $50 million to $90 million over the term of the contract. The contract is structured in a similar manner as Suntech’s long-term silicon supply agreement in order to enhance steady operating results.

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Source: Yahoo business news
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061108/lnw010.html?.v=2

WUXI, China, Nov. 8, 2006

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP – News), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, announced today that Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Suntech’s Chairman and CEO, has established the China Solar Photovoltaic Suntech Prize to honor engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs and government officials who have made substantial contributions to the development of China’s PV industry.

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Madrid, 29 November 2006
Source: press release
http://www.endesa.es/Portal/

Collaboration agreement signed with ISOFOTON, the leading Spanish manufacturer of solar panels, which will ensure ENDESA’s equipment supply needs
* The agreement additionally contemplates the participation of both companies with the regional government of Andalusia in a polysilicone plant, the seventh in the world, which will guarantee the supply of this raw material for the manufacture of photovoltaic modules. ENDESA will supply the power required to operate the plant.
* The agreement also provides for collaboration on several projects designed to demonstrate concentrating photovoltaic technology (CPV), which will subsequently facilitate the manufacture of more efficient solar modules.

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MENLO PARK, CA — (MARKET WIRE) — November 28, 2006

Source:  MarketWire.com
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=188681

Solar EnerTech Corp. (OTCBB: SOEN) (the Company) wishes to announce that on November 23rd, the Company achieved a significant goal as the first batch of solar modules rolled off its newly assembled production line, exactly one week earlier than its planned end-of-November product launch, announced on November 2nd. To commemorate the occasion, Management invited a group of visitors including Shanghai government officials to attend the event. Company CEO Leo Shi Young delivered a brief speech thanking all those individuals who have contributed to the launch, and further affirmed that this milestone is the direct result of months of round-the-clock effort by everyone involved, especially the technical, engineering and subcontractor teams working diligently alongside Company Management. Guests and employees cheered the long-awaited results of those efforts as Leo Young unveiled two dozen dark blue solar modules arrayed at the end of the Company’s first production line. Each high conversion module represents 170 watts of quality-built solar electric power generating capability ready for delivery.

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Octillion Announces Development Plan For New Solar To Electricity Glass Windows (NanoPowerWindows)
New nanosilicon photovoltaic solar cell technology could adapt home and office glass windows into ones capable of generating electricity from sunlight without losing significant transparency or requiring major changes in manufacturing infrastructure.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)  November 28, 2006
Source: businesswire.com press release

Octillion Corp. (OTC:OCTL) is pleased to announce that its research and development initiatives are well under way for the development of a new patent-pending technology using nanosilicon photovoltaic solar cells that have the potential to convert normal home and office glass windows into ones capable of converting solar energy into electricity. These nanosilicon photovoltaic solar cells are created through a unique electrochemical and ultrasound process that produces identically sized (1 to 4 nanometers in diameter) highly luminescent nanoparticles of silicon that provide varying wavelengths of photoluminescence with high quantum down conversion efficiency of short wavelengths (50% to 60%). The process of producing these silicon nanoparticles is supported by 10 issued US patents, 7 pending US patents, 2 issued foreign counterpart patents and 19 pending foreign counterpart patents.

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by Edwin Koot, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of SolarPlaza.com
November 27, 2006

Source:  Reneweableenergy.com
http://renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/reinsider/story?id=46521

The solar energy market and industry have been experiencing a price decrease in solar modules since the second half of 2006. More and more companies are offering large quantities of modules — and it seems as if the acute module shortage which was limiting project development has vanished. Is this just a temporary development, or could this be the start of continued price decreases? Let’s look at three major trends in the market and their possible implications.

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Source: : Lewiston Tribune, http://www.lmtribune.com

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) Nov. 26, 2006

– A University of Idaho professor is devising a new form of solar cell she says could lead to a breakthrough that would make solar energy commercially feasible. Chemist Pam Shapiro, her graduate students and her colleagues at the university are working on creating better materials and combining them in new ways that could more than double the efficiency of present solar cells. If successful, she said the new technology could help the U.S. break its oil dependency.
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