Solar Cells Info

Portland, Oregon, August 9, 2008
Source: Environmental News Service
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2008/2008-08-09-091.asp

Construction on the nation’s first solar demonstration project in a highway right of way has begun. At the Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 interchange in Tualatin, Oregon, 594 solar panels are being installed on a strip of land beside the highway roughly the length of two football fields.  Governor Ted Kulongoski, with transportation and utilities officials, broke ground on Thursday on the all-Oregon project.  “Before the year is over, this ground will hold the nationís first Solar Highway project, and Oregon will make history using the power of the sun to light this interchange,” said Governor Kulongoski. “More importantly, this project will represent a new era for energy in Oregon.” (more…)

Bedford, MA, June 4, 2008
Source: Spire Corp. press release
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=76421&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1162241

Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic cells and modules worldwide, today announced that it has received a contract from PLG Power Limited (PLG Group) to provide a state-of-the-art, turnkey photovoltaic module assembly line in India. PLG Power Limited is the Energy and Power division of PLG Group, a multifaceted organization involved in manufacturing and agro-based industries located in Mumbai and Kolkata, India. This will be the company’s first state-of-the-art solar energy facility and will complement its other business elements. (more…)

Bedford, MA, June 25, 2008
source: Spire Corp. press release
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=76421&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1169320

Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic cells and modules worldwide, today announced that it has delivered advanced solar module production equipment to ET Solar Group, located in the People’s Republic of China.  The module manufacturing equipment delivered to ET Solar includes Spire’s most current process technology. With this equipment, the line will be capable of annually producing up to 15 megawatts of solar modules. (more…)

Multiple Solar Cell Assembly and Module Testing Machines to be Provided for Production Ramp Up
Bedford, MA, August 6, 2008
Source: Spire Corp. press release
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=76421&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1184250

Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules worldwide, today announced that it has received a contract from ChengDu Tianwei New Energy PV Module Co. Ltd. (Tianwei) to provide multiple systems for stringing and tabbing solar cells and performing the critical end of line test and certification.  Spire will provide Tianwei with multiple Spi-Assembler(TM) 6000 systems to fully automate the soldering of individual solar cells into strings ready for busing. (more…)

Bedford, MA, July 30, 2008
Source: Spire corp., press release
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=76421&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1181252

Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules worldwide, today announced that it has entered into a multi-year, multi-system contract to provide key module line equipment to Trina Solar Limited (Trina Solar) of the People’s Republic of China. Spire will provide Trina Solar with multiple Spi-Sun Simulator(TM) 4600 Single Long Pulse (4600 SLP) systems. (more…)

Product Delivered Will Be Deployed In Commercial Rooftop And Utility Scale Installations In The United States
Albuquerque, NM, August 5, 2008
Source: Emcore Corp. press release
http://www.emcore.com/news_events/release?y=2008&news=204

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the broadband, fiber-optic, satellite and terrestrial solar power markets, announced today that it entered into two new supply agreements for solar cells and receivers with a total value of over $40 million. The larger of the two purchase contracts is a multi-year supply agreement for solar cells, to be delivered over four years. The product to be delivered will be incorporated into concentrating photovoltaics (CPV) systems developed for commercial rooftop installations as well as utility-scale solar farms. The customers placing these orders are targeting CPV deployments in the United States with a particular focus on the California market. Production for these orders has commenced and approximately $1 million of product is expected to be shipped in the present quarter. The award of these purchase agreements affirms EMCORE’s position as the leading supplier of the enabling CPV engine, and further diversifies our terrestrial CPV component backlog. (more…)

Source: WEBWIRE, Tokyo, August 05, 2008
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=71567

SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) announces that it has completed construction of the Shiga Plant at its Shiga facilities (Ohtsu City, Shiga Prefecture) which was constructed for the assembly of HIT solar cell modules as part of continuing plans to expand and develop its Solar business.  The Shiga Plant will have an initial production capacity of 40 MW, and SANYO will consider expanding the production capacity of the factory upon further review of market trends and demand. (more…)

By Helen Ding, Shangai, August 11, 2008
Source: Reuters.com
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSSHA1399620080811

China’s Jiangsu Shunda Group, which makes silicon wafers used in solar power cells, aims to raise $1 billion from a share listing in New York during the first half of next year to fund rapid expansion, its president said on Monday. It plans to invest 1.2 billion yuan ($175 million) in a second polysilicon plant with annual production capacity of 3,500 tonnes, aiming to launch output in June 2009, Ni Yunda told Reuters in a telephone interview. (more…)

Source: ScienceDaily, Aug. 10, 2008
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080810214010.htm

Researchers have devised an inexpensive way to produce plastic sheets containing billions of nanoantennas that collect heat energy generated by the sun and other sources. The technology, developed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory, is the first step toward a solar energy collector that could be mass-produced on flexible materials. (more…)

Los Angeles, CA, Aug 6, 2008
Source. Reuters.com
Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by Braden Reddall
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN0537374520080806

German solar module maker Solon AG has signed a $500 million supply contract with U.S. solar cell maker Suniva Inc, the companies said on Wednesday. The deal, which runs until 2012, is the first customer announcement by privately held Suniva.  In an interview, Suniva Chief Executive John Baumstark said the deal would allow the two companies to collaborate on driving down the cost of solar power, while improving the efficiency of generating electricity from the sun’s rays. (more…)