Solar Cells Info

by Jonathan Watts /July 25 2008
Source: Guardian.CO.UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2008/jul/25/solarpower.alternativeenergy

If China is ever to produce a challenger for the title of the world’s richest and most respected businessman, a leading contender is likely to be Shi Zhengrong. The world’s first solar billionaire sits at the intersection of two of the most important vectors of the 21st century – China’s economic rise and the global imperative to cut carbon emissions.  Since founding Suntech Power – China’s largest photovoltaic manufacturer – in 2001, Shi has capitalised on a surge of environmentally driven demand in Germany, the US and elsewhere that has turned his company into a global powerhouse and made him, by some estimates, the richest man on the mainland. (more…)

by Praveen Bose & Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore July 28, 2008
Source: Business Standard
http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=329781

Bangalore City-based public sector undertaking (PSU), Bharat Electronics (BEL), said it is planning a major investment in the solar energy space in a tie-up with another PSU, Bharat Heavy Electricals (Bhel).  BEL is in the process of setting up a greenfield facility to produce 2,500 tonnes of polycrystalline silicon (also known as polysilicon), the main raw material for making solar panels, at an investment of Rs 1,500 crore. This translates into 250 mw of power. This will be the first major facility for manufacturing a raw material for solar panels by BEL, which is a leading manufacturer of solar panels in the country. (more…)

Malaysian government granted First Solar a multi-year income tax holiday
Kedah, Malaysia, July 28, 2008
Source: www.ciol.com
http://www.ciol.com/Semicon/SemiPipes/News-Reports/
First-Solars-first-of-four-solar-plants-in-Kedah/28708108360/0/

First Solar Inc. announced that the first of its four solar module manufacturing plants being constructed at the Kulim Hi Tech Park in Kedah, Malaysia was formally inaugurated by YAB Dato’ Seri Ustaz Azizan Bin Abdul Razak, Chief Minister of Kedah Darul Aman and Bruce Sohn, President of First Solar. Also participating in the event from First  Solar were Heiner Eichermueller, Vice President of Global Manufacturing, and Tan Poh Beng, Plant Manager of First Solar Malaysia. (more…)

Jiangsu and Jiangxi, China, July 15, 2008
Source: Canadion Solar Inc, press release
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=196781
&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1174922&highlight=

Canadian Solar Inc.today announced a 9MW sales agreement for its e-Modules with Conergy USA, a global leader in renewable energy solutions. The contract runs for 12 months until June 2009 and delivery will start this month.  Kim McLawhorn, President of Conergy Americas commented, “We are pleased to offer CSI’s e-Modules for our off-grid and grid-connected installations of photovoltaic systems. As a leading global PV supplier, we are confident in the long-term growth of the US solar market and look to continue our strategic partnership with CSI as we help consumers achieve clean and independent energy solutions.” (more…)

Shanghai, China, July 14, 2008
Source: Solarfun Power Holdings, press release/Businesswire

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: SOLF), an established manufacturer of photovoltaic (“PV”) cells, modules and ingots in China, today announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has entered into a 47.0 MW sales contract with Schüco International KG (“Schüco”), a leading PV system provider in Europe. Under the terms of the agreement, Solarfun has agreed to supply a total of 47.0 MW of PV modules to Schüco at a fixed price to be delivered according to a binding delivery schedule from December 2008 to October 2009. The PV modules are intended to be installed in major projects in south-east Europe and the Middle-East. (more…)

Source: Solarfun News / 30 June 2008
http://www.solarfun.com.cn/news_word.php?news_id=41

Under an agreement dated June 22, 2008, GCL Silicon Technology will supply Solarfun with virgin polysilicon sufficient to produce approximately 1.2 gigawatts (“GW”) of solar modules in aggregate over eight years. Deliveries begin immediately. This agreement provides further security for the Company’s ability to meet its polysilicon needs and reach its target of 160 to 180 MW of module shipments in 2008. (more…)

Business Standard Reporter / Chennai/ Bangalore July 04, 2008
http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?autono=327731&leftnm=8&subLeft=0&chkFlg=

Applied Materials, a US-based nano-manufacturing technology solutions provider, on Thursday said it has commenced a second round of dialogue with Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd (MBPV) for supplying critical production equipment to the latter’s thin film photo voltaics modules manufacturing facility at Greater Noida. (more…)

Taean, July 8, 2008
Source: KoreaTimes/TehranTims
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=172653

LG Solar Energy, an affiliate of LG Group, has completed the nation’s biggest solar energy plant here in the western coastal region and started producing electricity. The facility, which is the result of some 110 billion won investment by teaming up with the local government on some 300,000 square meters of land, will have a 14-megawatt total output capacity, which is enough to meet the power needs of 8,000 households around the region, a company spokesman said. (more…)

by Anand Parthasarathy
Source: The HINDU, July 4, 2008
http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/04/stories/2008070452971800.htm

The Noida-based Moser Baer, makers of optical storage products, will soon roll out the largest solar photo voltaic (SPV) panels ever fabricated in India — 5.7 sq. metres — making it the biggest customer in the country for the U.S.-based Applied Materials.  The SPV manufacturing process that is in final pre-production trials is based on the SunFab thin film line technology sourced from a global leader in nano manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photo panel industry, which has had an Indian marketing and development presence since 2002. (more…)

Baoding, China, June 5, 2008
Source: Yingli Solar press release
http://ir.yinglisolar.com/e/press_detail.php?pkey=40&news_date_year=2008

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 sales contract with EN-NEO NEUE ENERGIEN GmbH (“EN-NEO”), one of the leading specialists in PV energy projects worldwide. Under the terms of the agreement, Yingli Green Energy is expected to supply 9.19 MW of PV modules to EN-NEO from October 2008 to December 2008. In addition, EN-NEO has an option to purchase another 9 MW of PV modules from Yingli Green Energy in 2009. The modules to be supplied will be installed in a solar power plant EN-NEO is constructing in Bad Sobernheim, Germany. (more…)