Solar Cells Info

By Yung Kim,
NEW YORK (Reuters) /Wednesday, February 07, 2007
source: Canada.com
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=70d2fa2a-60de-4959-a6cb-6eacc636c00d&k=82633

Stock of China’s JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. , a maker of solar cells, rose as much as 30 percent in its U.S. market debut on Wednesday, boosted by a sunny outlook for alternative energy, analysts said. The American Depository shares of JA Solar opened up 27 percent at $19.06 and rose as much as 30 percent to $19.50 on Nasdaq. Share prices slipped in late trading, closing at $17.80, a rise of 18.7 percent.
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Source: Trina Solar press release /8 Feb 2007
http://www.trinasolar.com/front/en/news.php?newid=16

Changzhou, China – February 8th, 2007 — Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products based in Changzhou, China, announced today that it has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Q-Cells AG (“Q-Cells”), the largest independent solar cell manufacturer in the world.

Under this strategic cooperation agreement, Trina Solar will supply Q-Cells with at least 18MW of high-quality monocrystalline wafers which will be processed into high efficiency cells for Trina Solar’s module assembly facility.  The size of this contract is sufficient for Trina Solar to meet its current 2007 cell requirements while it ramps up its solar cell manufacturing lines.  Furthermore, Q-Cells will benefit from this strategic agreement by filling additional capacity in its rapidly expanding cell lines in Thalheim, Germany.  In addition to the commercial agreement, Q-Cells will provide technical assistance to Trina Solar during the ramp up of the Trina Solar cell lines.
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Source: Trina Solar press release Feb 1, 2007
http://www.trinasolar.com/front/en/news.php?newid=15

Changzhou, China – February 1, 2007 – Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products based in Changzhou, China, announced today that it has signed a long-term supply agreement for polysilicon with DC Chemical, one of the leading chemical companies in Korea “DCC”). DCC has agreed to supply polysilicon to Trina Solar over a seven-year period with a total contract value estimated at over US$120M and with shipments expected to begin in 2009.
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Source: Trina Solar press release /Jan 31, 2007
http://www.trinasolar.com/front/en/news.php?newid=14

Changzhou, China – January 31, 2007 — Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) (“Trina Solar” or “the Company”), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products based in Changzhou, China, announced today that it has entered into a long-term supply agreement with Wacker Polysilicon, the polysilicon division of Wacker Chemie AG (“WACKER”). Under this supply agreement, the polysilicon division of Wacker Chemie AG has agreed to supply Trina Solar with high purity polysilicon over a 6 year period beginning in 2009. The overall supply from this contract will allow Trina Solar to produce over 150MW of modules during this period. The financial details and the volumes of the agreement have not been disclosed.
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“Missouri Schools Going Solar (MSGS)” supported by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Energy Center, exists to educate students, teachers and communities about the importance of electricity as an energy form, the value of renewable solar energy in  meeting current and future energy needs, and solar energy technologies. This project serves K-12 schools that have an interest in solar electric energy and the initiative to create a partnership with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Energy Center, local electric utility and the local community to install a solar array.
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By Ed Taylor, East Valley Tribune, February 2, 2007

Source: East Valley Tribune /9 Feb 2007
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=83380

A group of Southwestern utilities is exploring the possibility of developing a 250-megawatt solar power plant in Arizona or southern Nevada, which would be one of the largest in the region. The feasibility of such a plant, which could produce enough electricity to serve 160,000 to 200,000 homes, is being studied by a consortium of seven utilities, including Arizona Public Service, Salt River Project and Tucson Electric Power.
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The first Photovoltaic (PV) solar power systems to be installed will save on Electric Costs, Provide Educational Opportunity

Source: The Westbury Times online edition /Feb 2, 2007
http://www.antonnews.com/westburytimes/2007/02/02/news/

The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and the Carle Place School District last week dedicated the first photovoltaic (PV) solar power systems to be installed by a Long Island school district under LIPA’s Solar Pioneer Program. The five PV systems installed by Johnson Controls/Rockmore Contracting total 49.54 kilowatts (kW) and will produce a total of approximately 57,500 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity annually, saving the Carle Place School District and its taxpayers about $10,177 in electricity costs per year.
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BY Frank Armand Albano /Feb 5, 2007
Source: Las Vegas Business press
http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2007/02/05/news/iq_12319240.txt

Solargenix Inc. can now hire workers from El Salvador and Mexico, as well as out-of-state workers at less than the union pay scale. The company will also get to keep its $15 million tax-incentive package from the Nevada Commission on Economic Development.  The AFL-CIO filed suit last month, claiming that Nevada Solar One, the company’s solar power project in the Eldorado Valley, had breached the agreement that had guaranteed it the tax breaks. Solargenix, formerly Duke Solar Energy, is now owned and operated by Spain’s Acciona SA.
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Sixty-seven percent of China’s solar panel manufacturers plan to raise export prices in 2007, according to Global Sources’ China Sourcing Report: Solar Panels   ( http://www.chinasourcingreports.com ).

Thursday February 8, 2007  HONG KONG, Feb. 8
source: Yahoo Finance /press release
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070208/hkth002.html?.v=50

“Solar cell prices, which have increased by about US$0.30 per watt in the past two years, are expected to rise further, driving the cost of solar panels higher,” said Global Sources general manager of Content Development, Michael Kleist.”With margins at about five percent for many manufacturers, the market is expected to continue to be challenging in the months ahead.”
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York, UK  January 25, 2007
source: emediawire press release
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/1/emw499503.htm

Spain’s Technical Construction Code commits the country’s developers to solar cell installation in certain properties to be built in 2007, and Polaris World is helping to set the standard.

Each year the sun produces four thousand times more energy on Earth than we consume. It’s a clean, inexhaustible and free resource. Moreover, it’s guaranteed for the next 6,000 million years as scientists estimate that it has yet to reach its midlife.  Jesus Lopez, the Director of Urbanism for Polaris World, developer of 7 luxury, residential golf developments in the Murcia region of Spain says: “The Sun is like a thermonuclear reactor that emits energy in the form of light and heat. It would be irrational not to try and take advantage of this source through all possible means.”
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