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Bob Hertzberg: Who needs the sun?  A venture capitalist who’s evangelical about climate change is making solar energy cells in wet, wet Wales

By Tim Webb /13 May 2007
Source: The Independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article2536738.ece

Selling solar power in rain-drenched Wales might seem an uphill struggle. But for Bob Hertzberg, the fast-talking co-founder of venture capital outfit Renewable Capital, that’s the whole point. He is bankrolling a company in Cardiff making solar cells that do not need direct sunlight to generate electricity.

“What better place to demonstrate solar?” asks Hertzberg, a former Californian politician and confidante of Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose company is also a backer of the UK’s best-selling electric car, the G-Wiz. “When I say we are setting up a solar plant in Wales, people look at me with amazement. ‘Don’t you get it?’ I tell them. ‘It works in the rain.'”
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By Andrea Quong, May 17, 2007
source: Redherring.com
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22324

Shares of solar cell manufacturer China Sunergy shot up more than 50 percent in its Nasdaq debut on Thursday, the latest in a series of Chinese solar IPOs that have been well received by U.S. investors.  The Nanjing, China-based company’s shares closed at $16.56, up $5.56 from its opening price of $11 per share. The company offered 8.5 million depository shares, originally priced between $8 and $10 per share, in a bid to raise almost $100 million. The firm is the fifth Chinese solar company to begin trading on U.S. public markets since late last year in what has become one of the hottest areas in cleantech. Investors poured $4.6 billion into solar on stock markets worldwide last year, and Chinese companies—all of them solar cell manufacturers—soaked up a lot of it.
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Posted by Michael Kanellos, May 18, 2007
Source: CNet News.com
http://news.com.com/8300-10784_3-7-0.html?keyword=Green+solar+china

In solar, has the race to the bottom begun? China Sunergy, a solar cell manufacturer out of Nanjing, sold 8.5 million depositary shares (the vehicle foreign companies use to list their stocks in U.S. exchanges) on Nasdaq this week. The stock went out at $11, shot up to about $16, and is now resting between $14 and $15.
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DAEJEON, May 14 (Yonhap News)
Source: The Hankyoreh
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_business/209259.html

South Korean scientists said Monday that they have developed the technology to make next-generation solar cells and infrared sensors.  The team, led by Lee Kwang-sup, an advanced materials professor at Hannam University in Daejeon, said it was able to pack 3-nanometer-sized quantum dots into carbon nanotubes. A nanometer is equivalent to a billionth of one meter.
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by Sally Williams, Western Mail / May 18 2007
Source:  http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/

A WELSH firm claims it is on the cusp of a “global energy revolution” using its innovative solar panels that even work in the rain.  American entrepreneur Bob Hertzberg plans to revolutionise household gadgets – including mobile phones, iPods and laptops – with solar cells that work in all conditions, and are soon to go into mass production at his new Cardiff factory.  The climate change campaigner, who ran for Mayor of Los Angeles in 2005, says his G24i company uses nano-sized titanium crystals that turn sunlight into electricity, with no more need for electrical chargers.
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EMCORE PhotoVoltaics Awarded Mars Cruise Stage Solar Panel Manufacturing Contract From NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)  /Award Confirms EMCORE’s Position As The Leading Independent Supplier of High Reliability Multi-Junction Solar Panels For Interplanetary Missions

Albuquerque, NM, April 27, 2007
Source: Emcore Corp. /press release
http://www.emcore.com/news/release.php?id=157

EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR), announced today that the Photovoltaics Division has been awarded a $2M contract by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Center for the design, manufacturing, testing and delivery of fully integrated solar panels for the Mars Cruise Stage spacecraft. This spacecraft is designed to carry the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover and communicate with the entry vehicle that will carry the rover to the surface of the planet. The launch of the spacecraft is planned for fall of 2009.
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EMCORE Announces Significant Performance Advancements of Multi-Junction High-Efficiency Solar Cells for Space and Terrestrial Applications / Achievements of 31% Conversion Efficiency for a New Class of Advanced Space Solar Cells and 37% Production Efficiency for the Terrestrial Concentrator Cell Affirm EMCORE’s Position As a Leader in PhotoVoltaic Technology.

Albuquerque, NM, May 16, 2007
source: Emcore corp. /press release
http://www.emcore.com/news/release.php?id=158

EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR), announced today that its PhotoVoltaics Division has attained a record solar conversion efficiency of 31% for an entirely new class of advanced multi-junction solar cells optimized for space applications. Additionally, EMCORE announced that it has reached 37% peak conversion efficiency on its terrestrial concentrating solar cell products currently in volume production.
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RENO, Nev., May 14, 2007
Source:  EPOD International Inc. /press release
http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=119468

EPOD International Inc. (OTCBB:EPOIE) today announced that it has, through its subsidiary ISE Solar LLC (“ISE”), completed the purchase of a majority of the shares of ICP Solar Technologies (U.K.) Ltd. located in Wales, Great Britain, for an aggregate price of $3.0 million USD from ICP Solar Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:ICPR).

Robert Stabinsky, President of ISE Solar stated, “ICP Solar has done a good job of keeping this facility going. We believe this venture will allow our team to take the factory to the next level. Our intention is for our global team including Compmess GhmB to fully automate and expand this facility, with a focus on process improvements.”
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By D. Murali and C. Ramesh/ May 14, 2007
Source: The Hindu
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200705141121.htm

Chennai, May 14: With the exception of a few villages covered by rural electrification programmes, solar energy penetration continues to remain low and far too under-utilised compared to its potential, according to Mr Amit Barve, Market Development Manager (India and neighbouring countries) of Schott Solar, a Germany-based photovoltaic component manufacturer.
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By Frank Thadeusz / May 11, 2007
Source: Der Spiegel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,481938,00.html

A German architect is pursuing an ambitious project in the Middle East. He wants to build office towers in Riyadh, Dubai and Bahrain that produce all their own energy. The zero emissions office building has arrived.  The Middle East is home to some of the most exciting architecture in the world today. Extravagant skyscrapers are going up in the region’s major cities, such as booming Dubai and Riyadh, and Abu Dhabi has plans for an ambitious museum complex.
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