Solar Cells Info

San Francisco, CA and Wuxi, China, Aug 27, 2008
Source: Suntech Power Holdings, press release
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=192654&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1191174

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, today announced it has signed new supply agreements with GCL Silicon Technology Holdings Inc (“GCL Silicon”). Under the terms of the supply agreements, GCL Silicon will supply Suntech with 9,420 MT of polysilicon and 1.1 GW of silicon wafers from 2008 to 2012. (more…)

Baoding, China, August 22, 2008
Soruce: Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd, press release
http://ir.yinglisolar.com/e/press_detail.php?itemid=00069

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), one of the world’s leading vertically integrated photovoltaic (“PV”) product manufacturers, today announced that it has entered into a framework agreement with the local government of a county in Beijing regarding the proposed construction of a 10 MW solar power plant. Under the framework agreement, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yingli Green Energy and an entity controlled by the county government would establish a new company to construct the plant. Subject to further negotiations, the construction of the project would be expected to begin in the second half of 2009. (more…)

By Abigail L. Ho, Philippine Daily Inquirer,
Manila, Philippines, July 18, 2008

In an effort to promote renewable energy use and at the same time provide electricity to far-flung areas, the state-owned Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) has paid P17.2 million for the Solar Homes System Distribution Project of Shell Solar Philippines Corp.  Company president Antonio Cailao said PNOC aimed to lead in promoting solar energy use in the Philippines through this project. (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…)

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…)

Shanghai, Aug 11, 2008
Source: TradingMarkets.com
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1817219/

Shanghai Aerospace Automobile Electromechanical Co., Ltd. (SHSE: 600151), a renewable energy developer and automobile parts manufacturer, plans to raise at most CNY 1.8 billion by additionally issuing three shares to every ten shares its shareholders have.  The raised fund will be used to enlarge the share capital of Inner Mongolia Shenzhou Silicon Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Shenzhou New Energy Development Co., Ltd., and finance a 150MW solar cell project of Shanghai Shenzhou. (more…)

Changzhou, China, July 14, 2008
Source: Trina Solar Ltd /PR Newswire press release

Trina Solar Limited (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”), a leading integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, founded in 1997, today announced a cooperation agreement with LISA Airplanes for the building of the Hy-Bird, a solar and hydrogen powered airplane that is set to be the first to fly around the world using only renewable energies as fuel. (more…)

Hoku Updates Plant Financing Strategy, Reports Polysilicon Production Fully Allocated
Pocatello, ID and Shanghai, China, July 30, 2008
Source: Hoku Materials Inc, press release
http://www.shareholder.hokuscientific.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=325104

Hoku Materials, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOKU), established to manufacture and sell polysilicon for the solar market, and Jiangxi Kinko Energy Company, Ltd., a manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and related products in China, today announced the signing of a definitive contract for Hoku’s sale and delivery of solar-grade polysilicon to Kinko Energy over a ten-year period beginning in late-2009. (more…)