Solar Cells Info

Dr Mohammad Al Assoumi, Special to Gulf News
Source: Gulf News / 29 march 2007
http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Comment_and_Analysis/10114313.html

Scientific developments in the field of solar energy emerged more than twenty years ago, leading to many questions about the future of the oil era and the emergence of a solar energy era. Views concerning oil exporting countries benefiting from the new solar energy and its relation to hydrocarbon energy varied. The answer came from Abu Dhabi, where oil was used to build up alternate energy sources, especially solar power.

The government of Abu Dhabi decided to construct a huge electricity generating station utilising solar power costing Dh350 million. This station will be the first of its kind in the world’s largest oil exporting region. In principal, the station is expected to start operation in 2009, to produce 500 megawatts, and power 10,000 residential units in the UAE capital.

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MOL Group Terminal Introduces Tokyo’s Largest Private Solar Power System, First at a Container Terminal in Japan
Source: Japan’s corporate News Network
http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=14319

Tokyo, Japan, Mar 26, 2007 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TSE: 9104) today announced that the solar power generation system at Ohi Container Terminal Berth No.4 started operation in March. The system is called the Tokyo International Container Terminal Solar Power Station.    The MOL Group positions the container terminal, located in Tokyo’s Ohi area, as a model eco terminal. MOL and MOL Group company International Container Terminal Co., Ltd. in Tokyo (TICT) announced plans to introduce the system last July.
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Source: The Rising Nepal /March 28, 2007
http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=15521

DAMAULI: A drinking water project under solar power system has been completed at Kihun VDC-6, Darkang, a remote part of the district. The drinking water project has been carried out at the total cost of Rs. 4.5 millions with the assistance of KADURI, an organization.   Around 99 solar panel have been installed in the project and water from Simalinan river has been lifted up to 100 metres, said Users Committee Chairman Tek Bahadur Magar. Around 230 villagers of 46 households of the area are expected to be benefited from the project.
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Source: Carmanah Power Group /press release /march 15, 2007
http://www.carmanah.com/content/investors/ShowNewsRelease.aspx?id=070315

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – Thursday, March 15, 2007 – Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a follow on contract from California’s Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to supply and install its proprietary i-STOP® solar LED-illuminated bus stops. This contract is valued at Cdn$548,000.  This new order follows the successful rollout of 710 i-STOP® illuminated bus stops over a two year period that began in April 2005. The initial units were primarily installed along OCTA’s “Nite Owl” routes which operate 24 hours a day. This order of i-STOP@reg; systems will be used to provide bus stop lighting at other locations throughout the county.
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Source: Carmanah Power group / press release /march 28, 2007
Carmanah’s R829 Solar Dual LED Flashers installed at Cathedral Grove, in British Columbia, Canada. Improve Pedestrian Safety

Carmanah’s R829 solar-powered dual LED flashing beacons have functioned successfully through the winter in the Cathedral Grove area of MacMillan Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. With significant tree coverage, the continued functioning of Carmanah’s solar beacons attests to the reliability of the R829 to operate in low levels of solar illumination.  The dual LED flashers were installed in the summer of 2006, when considerable traffic caused existing roadside parking to become increasingly congested and dangerous. When plans to build a large parking lot were scuttled, BC Parks elected to install flashing pedestrian lights, overhead lighting and additional signage to improve safety by alerting motorists of the increased congestion and pedestrian traffic.
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source: Carmanah Power Systems Group /press release / March 27, 2007
http://www.carmanah.com/content/investors/showsalesupdate.aspx?id=070326

Carmanah’s Power Systems Group has received an order for an initial 39 units of its stand-alone, fully-integrated MAPPS solar power systems to be installed at the US Army Base, Camp Arifjan, in Kuwait. These systems will be used by a defense contractor to power radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers to track inventory at the base. In addition to this order, Carmanah has negotiated an ongoing supply contract for future MAPPS solar power systems, as required.
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Source:Chippewa.com /March 28, 2007
A service of the Associated Press(AP)
http://www.chippewa.com/articles/2007/03/28/ap/hitech/d8o59t880.txt

LISBON, Portugal – A project slated to become the world’s largest-producing solar power plant was inaugurated Wednesday in Portugal, though construction actually began last summer.  The 11-megawatt 61 million euro ($78.5 million) plant, a joint project of U.S. and Portuguese energy companies, spreads across a 150-acre hillside in Serpa, 124 miles southeast of Lisbon.
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Staff Reporter
Source: The Hindu /March 23, 2007
http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/23/stories/2007032304480400.htm

# Cell-manufacturing capacity has increased to 52 MW a year
# 128-MW capacity unit to be set up in this financial year

Bangalore: With the inauguration of a 36-MW solar photovoltaic production line, the cell manufacturing capacity of Tata BP Solar has increased to 52 MW a year.  Speaking to presspersons after the inauguration here on Wednesday, K. Subramanya, chief executive officer, Tata BP Solar, said the inauguration of the production line was a step towards realising the designed potential of setting up a 300-MW plant. “We plan to add a cell-manufacturing unit of 128-MW capacity in this financial year,” he said.
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http://www.enf.cn/news/070319/1632.html
http://www.enf.cn/magazine/issue9/brand.html

SunPower make the best solar panels in the world, Kaco make the best inverters in the world and Direct Power and Water make the best mounting systems in the world.  These are findings from new research conducted by ENF among directors of photovoltaic installation companies in 45 different countries.

The directors were asked to name which brands of photovoltaic components they have purchased in the last 12 months, and rate the products for their quality and value for money.  An average of these two scores has been used to find the companies whose customers thought most highly of their products.
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By: thinkSPAIN /March 22, 2007
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http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/12834

It occupies a plot the size of seventy football pitches and can supply all the energy needs of 12,000 households all year round. The world’s largest solar power farm was inaugurated yesterday in Beneixama (Alicante).  When fully operational (40,000 panels are already in use), its 100,000 8Mw solar panels will be capable of generating 30 million kilowatts an hour.
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