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Solar power to go mainstream in Gulf states region

by Safura Rahimi and Reuters, 23 May 2007
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13036

Solar power should become a mainstream energy choice in three or four years, according to a report by an environmental research group.  In the UAE, the use of commercial solar energy is slowly growing. According to a UAE Interact news report, renewable energy experts have been promoting the construction of solar housing in the Emirates. The houses would be fully powered by solar energy.
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Solar energy basic research projects funded by US Dept of Energy

May 26th, 2007 by kalyan89 in Press Releases, Reports, PV-General, R&D reports

Washington, May 23
Source: United Press International UPI
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070523-13025700-bc-us-solarenergy.xml

The U.S. Department of Energy has released $22.7 million for basic research projects aimed at improving the capture, conversion and use of solar energy.  Officials said the research involving 27 projects at 23 universities and national laboratories will help increase the amount of solar power in the nation’s energy supply.
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Ascent Solar Wins Another U.S. Air Force Research Program for High Efficiency Solar Cells

May 14, 2007
Soruce: Ascent Solar /press release
http://www.ascentsolar.com/view.php?tg=press&id=25

Littleton, Colorado USA–Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to develop a new transparent conductive oxide (TCO) material to serve as the top electrical contact for flexible monolithically integrated thin-film, copper-indium-gallium-selenium (CIGS) solar cells. The Ascent Solar innovation involves developing a new material system that will be deposited using a novel roll-to-roll process. The new process offers the potential for a higher-quality, lower-cost alternative to the TCO materials and deposition methods presently used. The program will be performed under a Small Business Innovative Research contract.
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Solar EnerTech’s Production Increases to Meet Demand

May 21st, 2007 by kalyan89 in Press Releases, Reports, PV-General, SC Company Reports

Source: Solar EnerTech Corp. press release/ April 30, 2007

Solar EnerTech Corp. (OTCBB: SOEN) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that during the month of April, it received six new purchase orders from Spain, Malaysia, Turkey and South Africa, as well as from domestic buyers.  The Company is accelerating its manufacturing capacity, to meet this demand by formally launching a two-shift work schedule for its 25Mw solar cell production line. The recent orders consist of 65% foreign buyers and 35% domestic buyers, and the delivery deadlines vary from as early as May through to October. These new orders coupled with existing contracts currently in production, are a major reason behind the Company’s decision to adopt two-shift production scheduling slated to commence right after the Mayday holidays in China.
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Solar EnerTech Ships First Container of Solar Modules to Africa

May 21st, 2007 by kalyan89 in Press Releases, Reports, PV-General, SC Company Reports

Source: Solar EnerTech Corp. /press release / May 16, 2007
http://www.solarenertech.com/news/release.asp?numb=229

Solar EnerTech Corp. (OTCBB: SOEN) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its first container of solar modules produced for the South African market has been shipped from the Company’s facility in Shanghai. The shipment is part of the Fan Qie Trading, Ltd. sales order that the Company announced earlier this year. The container is being shipped to the Port of Capetown for delivery to one of Africa’s largest solar system integrators. Fan Qui Trading has advised Solar EnerTech that the integrator brings 13 years of experience at successfully installing solar PV systems in remote rural areas throughout the continent.
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Slovenia builds solar power plant on the highway

May 21st, 2007 by kalyan89 in Press Releases, Reports, PV-General, Solar Installations

18 May 2007  Source:
http://www.javno.com/en/economy/clanak.php?id=43916

Our western neighbours will soon build the first solar power plant with collectors next to the highway.
Putting solar collectors on noise isolating fences next to highways in. Europe is nothing new and now Slovenia has one such first project, it was reported on May 15.  As Ljubljana newspaper Delo reported on May 14, the noise isolating fence that will be built on the fast road next to the border crossing Vrtojba, 640 metres long and two and a half metres high, will have solar cells, and the power of the solar power plant, plugged into an electric network, will be 80 kw.
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Taiwan’s Nuclear institute branches out into solar cell research

May 21st, 2007 by kalyan89 in Press Releases, Reports, PV-General, R&D reports

By Angelica Oung, Staff Reporter,  May 15, 2007
Source: Taipei Times
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/05/15/2003360931

“If 1992 was the nuclear winter, it is now springtime for nuclear energy. We need a multifaceted approach to solving the energy problem.”    — Kuo Cherng-tsong, director of nuclear instrumentation, Institute of Nuclear Energy Reesearch.

To some, the Institute of Nuclear Energy Research in Lungtan, Taoyuan County, might seem to be an unlikely home for scientists to be conducting research into solar cell arrays, but back in 2001, the institute was searching for a new direction for its research.  “In those days, the `nuclear-free homeland’ initiative was taken seriously,” said Kuo Cherng-tsong, director of the nuclear instrumentation division at the institute. “We had to look for new research projects to remain relevant,” he said.

Institute researchers realized that the technology used to build and design semiconductor-based radiation detectors could be applied to building photovoltaic solar cells. Using new high-concentration photovoltaic technology, the institute has achieved a 20 percent overall efficiency rating for its solar arrays and has received eight patents around the world.
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Unitech Printed Circuit Board reported to venture into solar cell manufacturing

May 21st, 2007 by kalyan89 in Press Releases, Reports, PV-General, SC Company Reports

May 17, 2007 /source & copyright: CENS
http://www.emsnow.com/npps/story.cfm?id=26717&pg=story

Unitech Printed Circuit Board (UPCB) Corp. will likely venture into manufacturing of solar cells amid weak demands as a whole for printed circuit boards from handset makers, according to solar-cell equipment suppliers.  UPCB, COMPEQ Manufacturing Corp., WUS Printed Circuit Co., Ltd. and Unimicron Technology Corp. are the world’s top four suppliers of printed circuit boards for mobile phones, commanding a combined half of the world market. Last quarter, lukewarm sales in Motorola adversely affected sales of the four Taiwanese board suppliers. However, UPCB still made NT$1.12 per share after tax thanks to cost-efficient measures.
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Amtech Systems Announces $1.9 Million New Solar Order

May 21st, 2007 by kalyan89 in Press Releases, Reports, PV-General, SC Company Reports

Tempe, Ariz., May 16, 2007
Source_ Amtech Systems, Inc. /Press release
http://www.mkr-group.com/ASYS/investors/pressreleases/5.16.07.html

Amtech Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASYS – News), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of semiconductors, solar cells and wafers, today announced a new order totaling approximately $1.9 million for thermal processing and automation systems from the solar cell industry. For the fiscal 2007 year to date, Amtech has received approximately $5.8 million of solar orders, including this most recent order.  The order is a follow-on order from an Asian-based customer and is expected to ship in the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2007.
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PowerLight Completes 2.2 Megawatt Solar Power Plant in Korea

May 21st, 2007 by kalyan89 in Press Releases, Reports, PV-General, SC Company Reports

SeouL, South Korea, May 15, 2007
Source: Powerlight Corp. /press release
http://www.powerlight.com/about/press2006_page.php?id=65

SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency, commercially available solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, today announced that its subsidiary, PowerLight Corp., has completed construction of Mungyeong SP Solar Mountain, a 2.2-megawatt solar electric power plant in Mungyeong, Korea. The plant is comprised of 10,500 panels and covers an area of approximately 43,000 square meters.
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