Solar Cells Info

Sarriguren, Navarra, Spain / 22 March 2007
source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47844

ACCIONA Solar inaugurated the Monte Alto solar garden at Milagro (Navarre), the seventh developed by ACCIONA Solar en Navarre and the ninth in Spain.  Overall, the company’s installed capacity is 23 megawatts (MW), through the approximately 3,000 automated solar monitoring structures, and represents a total investment of 177 million Euros [US$236 million] shared among more than 2,000 owners.
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By Diana Uy / 24 March 2007
Source:Manila Standard Today
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife2_mar24_2007

While city folk bask in the glow of electric-powered light day in and out, our brothers in remote areas of Mindanao do not even own a single light bulb to their name.  Such is the case of 60 percent of the approximately 2,500 unelectrified barangays in the country, which consist of an average of 200 to 300 household-members each barangay.

“Most of these unelectrified areas are off-grid [or they are not reachable by power lines] and most of them are in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao,” says Theresa Cruz Capellan, chief of party of Alliance for Mindanao Off-Grid Renewable Energy or Amore, a rural electrification program of the US Agency for International Development, Philippine Department of Energy, Mirant Philippines Foundation, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, and Winrock International.
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New Jersey effort is nearing completion of first phase.

By Paola Loriggio /The Newark Star-Ledger
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. /March 25, 2007
source: The Stateman
http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/statesmanhomes/03/25/25turner.html

The first phase of the country’s largest corporate solar-electric system is nearing completion in New Jersey, and it’s got some star power behind it.  Media mogul Ted Turner’s new venture, the renewable energy company DT Solar, is behind the project. Turner visited the Hall’s Warehouse Corp. facility last week to tout the 4,000 solar panels that have been installed on the roof. When complete, the project will have 8,000 solar panels to power two refrigerated warehouses. The company provides refrigerated and dry storage and shipping for commercial tenants.
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Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Grant Approved to Support 171-kw Solar PV Installation

source: Connecticut Innovations /press release
http://www.ctinnovations.com/news/290.php

The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) today announced that the Clean Energy Investment Committee has approved a grant of $777,000 to the R.C. Bigelow Company, also known as the Bigelow Tea Company, to defray approximately 55% of the cost of installing a 171-kilowatt solar photovoltaic (PV) system at the company’s Fairfield, Connecticut headquarters facility. The solar PV system will be mounted on the rooftops of four different building levels and will supply approximately 195,600 kilowatt hours annually, or 6.7% of the total electrical needs of the headquarters complex.
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By Robert Rodriguez / The Fresno Bee /March 24, 2007
source: Fresno Bee.com
http://www.fresnobee.com/170/story/37208.html

One of the largest solar panel projects of its kind on a U.S. college campus is being built at California State University, Fresno.  The $11.9 million project will use about 4,000 photovoltaic panels on top of 10 metal structures to produce 1 megawatt of electricity. That’s about 20% of the university’s base electricity demand and equivalent to power for 1,000 homes.
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By Matthew Ralph / March 22, 2007
Source:  New Jersey.com
http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/local/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1174541147174380.xml

HARRISON TWP. An effort to make the township’s wastewater management plant among the first in the region to be partially powered by solar panels is moving forward with the blessing of township officials.  The township committee gave approval earlier this week to explore the option for the Woodland Avenue plant, which services the Mullica Hill section of the township with a capacity of about 800,000 gallons per day.
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BELLE MEADE, Tenn. (AP)
Source: CBS News  March 20, 2007
http://www.cbs46.com/global/story.asp?s=6254026
Zoning rules in Al Gore’s upscale Tennessee neighborhood have prevented the former vice president and environmental activist from installing solar panels on his roof.

Gore bought his multimillion dollar home in 2002 in Belle Meade, an exclusive city encircled by metropolitan Nashville, and he has embarked on an ambitious renovation. But his contractors ran into a legal barrier last summer when they sought to apply for a permit to install solar panels on the roof.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif./March 14, 2007
Source: Applied Materials /press release
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/appliedmaterials/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&newsId=20070314005323&ndmHsc=v2*A1167656400000*B1173907584000*C4102491599000*DgroupByDate*J2*N1002992&newsLang=en&beanID=547561197&viewID=news_view

Applied Materials, Inc., the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology™ solutions for the electronics industry, announced today that it will install over 1.9 megawatts of solar power generation capability at its research campus in Sunnyvale, California. This is believed to be the largest solar power installation on an existing corporate facility in the United States and will be rolled out in three phases.
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Times News Network / March 6,2007
Source: IndiaTimes
http://infotech.indiatimes.com/Moser_Baer_to_set_up_thin_film_solar_fab/articleshow/1727200.cms

NEW DELHI: Within weeks of government unveiling a policy to encourage semiconductor fabrication and other micro and nano technology manufacturing, Moser Baer on Monday announced it would establish the world’s largest Thin Film Solar Fab at Greater Noida, entailing an investment of $250 million over the next three years.
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by Ann Steffora Mutschler, Electronic News /6 March 2007
Source: Electronicsweekly.com
http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2007/03/06/40907/Applied+to+build+advanced+thin+film+solar+line.htm

Semiconductor and thin film equipment leader Applied Materials said it has been selected by Moser Baer India to develop and install what it believes is the world’s first Generation (Gen) 8.5 thin film solar module production line in New Delhi, India.

This Gen 8.5 line will manufacture photovoltaic solar modules using ultra-large 5.7-square meter substrates, measuring 2.2 meters by 2.6 meters. These glass panels – four times bigger than today’s largest solar panel substrates – are expected to drive down panel production costs and help reduce the overall cost of solar electricity, Applied noted.

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