Solar Cells Info

Feb 5, 2007
source: GMA News TV
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/29431/

De La Salle University in Manila has succeeded in making a solar car prototype. Aptly named Sinag, it is believed to be the first solar car built in the Philippines. Sinag, built at a cost of P9 million, was designed to promote the use of alternative sources of energy. Its makers are joining the World Solar Challenge 2007 in Australia on Oct 21 – 28, 2007. Students and faculty members of DLSU proudly unveiled the prototype at the Fort in Taguig City recently.

Made from carbon fiber and Nomex, the lightweight speedster will compete in the World Solar Challenge and help promote the use of alternative sources of energy. The car will utilize solar cells from SunPower, which has a plant in the Philippines and reportedly manufacturers the most efficient cells in the world.

source:
http://www.elkhabar.com/FrEn/lire.php?ida=59054&idc=52

Chief-Executive Officer of Renewing Energy Company (NEAL), Mr Tawfik Hosni says his company is undertaking negotiations with the Norwegian company Statoil as regard developing electricity production through solar energy to export it to European market. Mr Tawfik Hosni affirmed Statoil, research institutes and universities as well as other national companies are working together to develop the production of diesel oil through solar energy. Algeria owns huge solar energy reserves, namely four-fold world consumption (38 billion cubic meters of annual gas production). We are trying to find appropriate means to lower expenses of nuclear power projects, which are still too high, especially as the used technology is a new ones. Some two billion dollars are required for three projects, including a power plant in Hassi Rmal, and two other projects in Naama and Al-Mghayar with over 400 megawatts productive power, says Mr Tawfik Hosni .

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New contracts in Spain worth €15 million and cell supply contract with Q-Cells until 2012
February 07, 2007
source: Aleo solar press release
http://www.aleo-solar.de/index.php/page_id/49/language/en/

Aleo Solar AG is launching production at its factory in Santa María de Palautordera, near Barcelona. The facility, with a total capacity of 10 MW, will handle production for the Spanish market. Jakobus Smit, member of the Management Board of aleo solar AG, commented: “Our internationalisation strategy uses a country-specific approach: we organise our local business using Spanish employees and a Spanish sales force, who know the customers and their financing partners.”
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Rolleiv Solholm
source: Norway Post
http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=48547

Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) has grown to become Norway’s largest wholly privately owned company. The Oslo Stock Exchange reports a value increase for the company of 41 per cent since January 1st. REC Group was established in 1996 and is one of the pioneers of the solar industry. It has quickly become one of the world’s leading businesses within solar energy. The company has a presence in all parts of the industry value chain from production of raw material to solar energy products. REC has customers around the the world and over 1,100 employees. REC is the world’s largest producer of solar grade polysilicon, the world’s largest producer of wafers for solar applications, and a significant producer of solar cells and modules. The REC headquarters are located in Oslo.
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By Kamarul Yunus /February 1 2007
source: Business Times Malaysia
http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BT/Thursday/Frontpage/BT606204.txt

FIRST Solar, a manufacturer of solar modules listed on the New York Stock Exchange, plans to invest US$150 million (RM525 million) to set up a manufacturing plant in Kulim Hi-Tech Park, Kedah. The company, in a statement posted on its website, said construction work on the plant is scheduled to begin in April and to be completed late this year. Production is planned to begin in the second half of next year. “When fully operational, the proposed plant will provide jobs to some 500 people. The project is part of the company’s expansion production plan,” First Solar said. The proposed plant in Malaysia is a new four-line solar module manufacturing plant with an expected minimum annual capacity, or nameplate capacity, of 100 megawatts (MW).
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Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Unveils Energy Independence Strategy to Save Consumers $10 Billion Over 10 Years, Reduce Reliance on Foreign Fuels

Source: Press release Posted :01 Feb 2007
Author : Pennsylvania Office of the Governor
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,54090.shtml

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Citing the urgent need to cut energy costs, move toward energy independence and stimulate the economy, Governor Rendell today released his Energy Independence Strategy. The plan will push Pennsylvania into the top tier of states taking steps to cut consumer energy costs, and significantly expand the alternative fuel, clean energy and conservation sectors. “This plan will cut Pennsylvanians’ energy bills by $10 billion over the next 10 years,” said Governor Rendell. “It will give us the ability to produce enough homegrown fuel to replace every gallon Pennsylvania currently imports from the Persian Gulf.

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source: U Hartford Informer /Feb 1, 2007
http://media.www.hartfordinformer.com/

As many students may have noticed, the University has recently installed solar panels that track the sun near Lincoln Theater. What many students may not have known is that there have already been solar panels on the roof of Lincoln Theater since May of last year. So far, these solar panels are estimated to produce about 10 percent of the buildings consumed power. In real figures, it would be between 17,000 and 18,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a year. While 10 percent may not seem that much, an average person living in Connecticut pays 16 cents per kilowatt-hour. When the math is done, the amount of money spent equals roughly out to about $2800. Another promising feature is that the electricity production is 10 percent higher than predicted. These estimates have yet to include the newly installed tracking solar panels which are 2.8 kilowatts in power.
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LORRAINE PRICE /01 February 2007
Source: EADT 24 /suffolk & Essex online
http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED31%20Jan%202007%2017%3A43%3A04%3A713

RATHER cold, often draughty and with a touch of damp in the atmosphere is the typical image of the conditions in our historic churches. But a tiny Suffolk parish is rallying against that view by harnessing the power of the sun using 10 state-of-the-art solar panels to warm its congregation and light up its services. Renewable energy is still relatively rare in everyday life but yesterday St Mary’s at Lidgate, near Newmarket, embraced the modern idea thanks to churchwarden and keen environmentalist Michael McEvoy. After 18 months of planning, the church became the oldest in Britain to have solar panels installed, and the first church in Suffolk.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, January 29, 2007
Source: Delta Electronics Press release
http://www.delta.com.tw/press/press_detail.asp?sid=1&id=214

At a ceremony held today at the Sheraton Taipei, Delta Electronics’ Chairman Bruce Cheng endowed his alma mater, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), with NT$100 million to construct the Y.S. Sun Green Building Research Center. Commemorating Y.S. Sun, one of Taiwan’s most admired statesmen, the new center will promote research into green architecture. NCKU President Chiang Kao also announced at the ceremony that NT$40 million will be allocated to equip the building for research into solar power, energy and environmental monitoring, and green building research.
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ALAMOSA – January 31, 2007
source: Sun Edison press release
http://www.sunedison.com/

SunEdison, North America’s largest solar services provider, will host a one-day job fair to hire for implementation and deployment of the Alamosa Solar Power Plant. When completed, the Alamosa Solar Power Plant will become North America’s largest solar power plant at approximately 8MW. To meet the workforce needs arising from the construction and deployment of the Alamosa Solar Power Plant, SunEdison is holding a one-day job fair on February 7, 2007 from 9am-11am and 5pm-7pm at Inn of the Rio Grande Hotel in Alamosa, CO.
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