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Biggest ever renewables company to list in London

By Sophie Brodie, 10 May 2007
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/05/09/bcncrystalox.xml

Crystalox, a company based in Wantage that makes silicon ingots for solar panels, is to list on the London market. It is expected to be the biggest IPO by a company involved in renewable energy in the UK, valuing the business at £500m. The company is to issue £50m in new shares and existing investors will float £100m, making £150m in total available to the market.
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Project will feature made-in-Washington solar panels
BELLEVUE, Wash. – May 8, 2007
Source: Puget Sound Energy /press release
http://www.pse.com/insidePSE/newsPSEpicksEISolutions.aspx

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) (utility subsidiary of Puget Energy) today announced that EI Solutions will design and construct for PSE the Pacific Northwest’s largest solar-power generating facility alongside the utility’s Wild Horse wind-farm in central Washington. PSE plans to begin construction of the solar project in June, and have most of its power-generating panels in operation before the end of 2007.

EI Solutions, based in San Rafael, Calif., topped a field of 12 finalists to build for PSE a $3.7 million, 500-kilowatt (kw) solar-power generating facility. It not only will be the Northwest’s largest solar-powered system, but also will be the first commercial installation to use made-in-Washington solar panels.
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By Choe Sang-Hun, International Herald Tribune,  May 10, 2007
source:
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/05/10/work_to_begin_on_worlds_biggest_solar_power_plant/

SEOUL — South Korea plans to break ground for the world’s biggest solar power plant today as it tries to diversify its power sources and use cleaner energy.   The $170 million plant, along with the world’s largest tidal power plant already under construction off the country’s west coast, is part of an aggressive effort to seek new and renewable energy sources amid rising global concern about reducing the emission of heat-trapping greenhouse gases.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., May 7, 2007
Source: SunPower Corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=241238

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 PowerLight subsidiary has signed a contract with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) for solar electric power systems totaling 4.6 megawatts on seven Wal-Mart facilities in California. The solar installations are part of Wal-Mart’s broader initiative to reduce the company’s environmental footprint, and are expected to provide an average of 25 percent of Wal-Mart’s energy usage at each of the seven facilities.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 7
source: Ovonic.com / press release
http://www.ovonic.com/ne_ecd_ovonics_press_releases_more.cfm?pressrelease_id=464

Agreement to expand sale of UNI-SOLAR(R) products in Italy

United Solar Ovonic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (NASDAQ: ENER) , announced today that it has received two orders totaling over $ 5.8 million of photovoltaic (PV) products from Unimetal S.p.A to be delivered before September 2007.   Unimetal, a supplier of sheet metal roofing materials based in Torre San Giorgio, Italy, will integrate the unique UNI-SOLAR(R) flexible solar products in its steel metal roofing products for distribution in Italy, France and Spain.
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Sherman So — South China Morning Post, May 10, 2007 /News from LexisNexis
Source:Semiconductor international
http://www.reed-electronics.com/semiconductor/articleXml/LN610466257.html

Shunda Holdings, a Chinese mono-crystalline silicon ingot and wafer maker, raised US$82 million from private equity investors to build a new production facility.  Actis, a private equity investor in emerging markets with US$3.4 billion under management, invested US$40 million in the deal. The rest was raised through local investors Jolmo and Waichun, Actis said. (more…)

Taiwanese Company Will Deliver PV Cells for SolarSave(R) Membranes
SOLANA BEACH, CA, May 09, 2007
Open Energy.com /press release via MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network)
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/frame_multimedia?prid=250266&attachid=486494

Open Energy Corp. (OTCBB: OEGY) today announced that it has signed an open purchasing agreement with Motech Solar, the world’s seventh largest producer of solar photovoltaics, to supply 6″ multi-crystalline cells.  David Saltman, CEO of Open Energy, stated, “Our trip to Asia last week was focused on securing solid raw material supply, and exploring outsourced manufacturing opportunities for our membrane, tile, and glass products. Dr. Simon Tsuo and his talented technical team have built a world-class operation, with highly automated production lines, impressive quality control programs, and secure silicon supply agreements. We are thrilled to have them as a strategic supplier of PV cells.”
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May 3, 2007 /Nanotech News
http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=4058

Rice University scientists today revealed a breakthrough method for producing molecular specks of semiconductors called quantum dots, a discovery that could clear the way for better, cheaper solar energy panels.  The research, by scientists at Rice’s Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN), appears this week in the journal Small. It describes a new chemical method for making four-legged cadmium selenide quantum dots, which previous research has shown to be particularly effective at converting sunlight into electrical energy.
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NewswireToday,  Delhi, New Delhi, India, 3 May 2007
http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/17537/

Inimitable 3-Dimensional solar cells, which capture almost all light that hits them, may boost PV (Photovoltaic) systems’ efficiency while cutting down its mechanical complexity, weight, and size.  The mechanism behind new 3-D (3-Dimensional) solar cells is that they seize photons coming from sun rays through a string of tiny “tower” structures. These structures have a close resemblance to skyscrapers buildings in the grid of city streets.
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10 May 2007 /press release
http://www.prminds.com/pressrelease.php?id=4094

EU is taking the help of cartography to show the potential of solar energy in Europe. It has developed PVGIS that lets users to valuate the solar energy performance at any specific region in Europe.   European Commission has published a new map showing the PV (photovoltaic) solar energy potential of various regions of Europe. PV solar cells transform sunlight into electricity directly. PVGIS (Photovoltaic Geographical Information System), developed by DG Joint Research Centre, the internal scientific service of EU, lets users to predict the performance of solar energy at any particular area in Europe.
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