Solar Cells Info

Tetsuo Nozawa, Nikkei Electronics, Jan 26, 2009
Source: TechOn
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20090126/164568/

Nippon Oil Corp (Eneos) and Sanyo Electric Co Ltd established Sanyo Eneos Solar Co Ltd, a joint company for producing amorphous Si thin-film solar cells and marketing power generation systems, Jan 23, 2009.  The investment ratio is 50:50. Panasonic Corp, which became the parent company of Sanyo, has not made any direct investment at this point.  For the joint company, Sanyo will take charge of the development of manufacturing technologies for thin-film solar cells as well as the production of cells and modules. And Eneos will be responsible for the construction of large-scale power generation systems using the modules as well as the distribution and sale of the products. Eneos will also provide material technologies for gases (eg, hydrogen gas) required in the cell production, the company said. (more…)

Tetsuo Nozawa, Nikkei Electronics, Jun 26, 2009
Source: TechOn
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20090626/172294/

A number of “tandem-type” amorphous silicon thin film solar panels were exhibited at PV Japan 2009, an exhibition of photovoltaic technologies that is running from June 24 to 26, 2009, at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.  A tandem-type panel consists of different kinds of solar cells and can convert light in a wider wavelength range to electricity. The exhibited tandem-type panels were composed of amorphous silicon and microcrystalline silicon and expected to be used for industrial photovoltaic systems. (more…)

Toledo, Ohio – April 25, 2008 
Source: Xunlight press release

Xunlight Corporation, a leader in the development of low cost and flexible thin-film silicon solar modules, today announced the company and Dr. Alvin D. Compaan established  Xunlight 26 Solar, LLC (“X26” ) to develop and commercialize lightweight and flexible solar cells based on cadmium telluride and other II-VI compound semiconductors.  Xunlight’s Board of Directors approved the formation and investment in X26 to start the research and development work in the related areas. Dr. Xunming Deng, President and CEO, Xunlight, Dr. Compaan, Distinguished University Professor of Physics, University of Toledo, and Mr. Matthew Longthorne, Vice  President of Corporate Development and Strategies, were elected to be the Board of Directors of X26.  Initially, Mr. Longthorne serves as X26’s President and Dr. Compaan serves as its Chief Technology Officer.   (more…)

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By Jonathan Bardelline – Jonathan Bardelline, Jun 16, 2009 
Sourc: Reuters.com
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmEnergy/idUS386073889020090616

One of the bus shelters on the McMaster University campus is powered entirely by two solar cells rigged to its roof, but what makes the solar cells stand out is that, unlike most solar panels, they don’t stand out.  Engineering researchers at the Canadian university developed the cells as flexible strips (below, right), allowing them to bend along with the shelter’s curved roof, as opposed to sticking out from the roof in flat panels like most solar installations. (more…)

Seoul, Korea Jun 16, 2009
Source: Reuters.com
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE55F19B20090616

 Flat-screen maker LG Display Co Ltd said on Tuesday it would invest 50 billion won ($40 million) in a pilot line and testing facility for solar power cells, aiming for commercial production in 2012.  LG Display, the world’s No. 2 maker of liquid crystal display screens, is one of many technology firms broadening their business to the high-potential renewable energy areas. (more…)

Central News Agency, 21 June 2009
Source: Taiwan News
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?
    id=982331&lang=eng_news&cate_img=35.jpg&cate_rss=news_Business

A ceremony was held yesterday in southern Taiwan to inaugurate the country’s first commercial-grade high concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar power system, which will have a total installed capacity of one megawatt once the construction project is completed.   The inauguration marked the first-stage operation of the system, located in the Liuying Environment Science and Technology Park in Tainan County. At present, it can generate 100 kilowatts of clean electricity per hour. (more…)

By John Croman, Saint Paul, MN 
Source: Kare.com
http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=764805

The sun is shining again for Minnesota’s long suffering solar power advocates, thanks in large part to action by state lawmakers to capitalize on federal stimulus money targeted to renewable energy.  State Senator Ellen Anderson stood in front of a large mobile array of solar panels atop the Capitol steps Thursday and predicted the 2009 session will do for solar what the 1994 session did for wind power. “Today we’d like to announce we’re kicking off the solar energy revolution in Minnesota!” the Saint Paul Democrat told a group of alternative energy supporters and media who gathered for an event highlighting the new initiative.  “If you’re a homeowner and you want to install solar you can get rebates of up to $10,000 to put solar on your home,” Anderson remarked, “Pair that up with a federal tax credit and you are good part of the way toward paying for your solar installation.” (more…)

Exclusive two-year supply agreement calls for a minimum of 5.7 megawatts of Solar Power, Inc.’s modules with shipments to begin immediately. 
Roseville, CA, June 18, 2009
Source: Solar Power Inc press release
http://www.solarpowerinc.net/ViewPressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=71

Solar Power, Inc. (“SPI”) (OTCBB: SOPW) announced today that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Australian solar developer Beyond Building Systems Pty Ltd. (“BBS”) for the purchase of SPI’s 170 – 220-watt solar modules. The agreement provides BBS with exclusive access to SPI’s highly rated panels for use throughout Australia.  The two-year supply agreement calls for a minimum purchase of 5.7 megawatts of SPI modules with shipments commencing in June. (more…)

The European project known as Desertec is nothing if not ambitious.
By TOM ZELLER Jr., NEW YORK, June 21, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/business/energy-environment/22iht-green22.html?_r=1&ref=earth

It aims to harvest the sun’s energy — using a method known as concentrating solar power, or C.S.P. — from the vast North African desert and deliver it as electricity, via high-voltage transmission lines, to markets in Europe. Eventually, its backers say, it could satisfy as much as 15 percent of the European Union’s power needs.  The idea, which has been bouncing around for years, arises out of an alphabet soup of organizations, formal multinational partnerships and regional acronyms like TREC, for Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation; Eumena, or European Union, the Mediterranean and North Africa; the Union of the Mediterranean; and the Club of Rome. (more…)