Solar Cells Info

Gulfnews.com -Staff Report  / Feb. 2, 2007
source:
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/02/01/10101026.html

Abu Dhabi: Solar technologies are rapidly becoming a major focus worldwide as a sustainable energy source: and the Masdar Initiative, Abu Dhabi’s landmark programme in sustainable energy, is driving the adoption of advanced solar technologies here in the UAE.  Projects already in active development in Abu Dhabi include both photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP), providing Masdar with broad coverage of the solar sector. Masdar’s PV projects in development include a world-scale polysilicon factory in Abu Dhabi, which will provide the feedstock for additional activities such as PV cell and module manufacturing.
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WOODBURY, N.Y. Jan. 31, 2007
Source: Veeco Press release /1 Feb 2007
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=111487&p=NewsArticle&id=956186

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that its Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) technology enabled an important recent advancement in solar cell efficiency. On December 5, 2006, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that Spectrolab, Inc. has achieved a world record concentrator solar cell conversion efficiency of 40.7 percent. This solar cell conversion efficiency was achieved using a Veeco TurboDisc(R) As/P MOCVD System, which deposits epitaxial films. Spectrolab, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company.
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Design Wins With Major European and US Solar Cell Manufacturers Marks Strategic Vertical Market Success
January 18, 2007
source: yahoo business news
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070118/20070118005759.html?.v=1

LIVERMORE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Adept Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADEP – News), the leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, announced today that they have secured new design wins with four solar panel manufacturing companies in the rapidly expanding international solar power market. During the quarter just ended, Adept delivered over $300,000 in Adept’s vision guided robotics to the Solar industry, bringing the installed base, into this sector, to over 75 systems. Solar joins Disk Drive, Medical Device and Life Sciences and High Speed Packaging as defined strategic vertical markets, all of which require clean room operation combined with fine precision and flexibility
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Jan 25, 2007
source: Macauhub
http://www.macauhub.com.mo/en/news.php?ID=2740

Maputo, Mozambique, 25 Jan – The Mozambican Energy Fund (Funae) plans to install 2,500 solar power systems before the end of June in the provinces of Inhambane and Sofala, the chairman of the Fund, Miquelina Menezes said Tuesday in Maputo. For this rural electrification project using renewable energy sources, which includes placing solar systems in 300 schools and a similar number of health centers, the World Bank will contribute US$2 million.
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Sunswift shatters record by 3 days
16 January 2007:  / source: Sunswift
http://www.sunswift.com/

Yesterday the UNSW Solar Racing Team rolled into Sydney after five and a half days on the road from Perth to Sydney. The team was welcomed at Circular Quay by a crowd of supporters and media. Representatives from the University of New South Wales and Gary Johnston of Jaycar Electronics congratulated the team on their tremendous achievement.  After leaving Perth’s Scarborough Beach last Wednesday at 8:20am Jaycar Sunswift III arrived in the Sydney CBD at 1:20pm yesterday. Despite cloudy weather for the first two days of the record attempt the team was still able to push through and shatter the previous record by 3 days.
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By Yu-huay Sun Bloomberg / Jan 30, 2007
The China Post
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/news/archives/business/2007130/101315.htm

Taiwan Power Co., the island’s biggest electricity generator, plans to spend NT$3.57 billion installing solar panels as the government aims to reduce dependency on energy imports. The project, pending approval by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, will increase the state-run utility’s capacity by 10 megawatts, or 71 times, by 2011, Yu Shang-hsiung, Taipower’s development director, said by phone yesterday. Taipower’s solar power capacity is currently 140 kilowatts, according to Yu. (more…)

San Francisco, Calif. /January 17, 2007
Source: SPP press release
http://www.solarpowerpartners.com/press_release_hawaii.html

Solar Power Partners, Inc. (SPP), a developer, owner and manager (DOM) of a distributed network of commercial solar energy facilities (SEF), today formally initiated its Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) program for commercial buildings in Hawaii. This announcement coincides with the establishment of SPP LLC2, a renewable energy fund for investing in Hawaiian commercial solar energy facilities.  Up-front capital costs for commercial solar energy facilities have been the primary barrier for building owners to purchase or even lease solar energy systems. SPP’s Power Purchase Agreement allows building owners to access solar energy without having to invest their own capital. The maintenance and operating costs are covered while building owners pay only for the electricity that is consumed.  Moreover, the PPA ensures energy rates remain lower than the local utility and insulate the user from volatile energy prices over the term of the agreement. Since 1999 typical commercial Hawaiian energy rates have increased over 60%.
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Silicon Valley Solar Secures Agreement with Award Winning German Photovoltaic Module Manufacturer

GSS (Gebäude-Solarsysteme GmbH) To Produce Sol-XTM Flat-Plate Concentrator Modules at Their Fully Certified Facility in Eastern Germany

January 24, 2007, SANTA CLARA, Calif.
source: Businesswire
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070124005010&newsLang=en

Silicon Valley Solar announced today that they have finalized an agreement with GSS that will accelerate the market introduction of the company’s Sol-X2 internal concentrator solar modules. The contract defines specific product, process and equipment development that will be executed by GSS to ensure that SV Solar’s module design can be seamlessly produced on the GSS manufacturing line.
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Open Energy’s SolarSave® Roofing Membranes Receives UL Approval to Use Three Additional Roofing Membranes – UL Safety approval significantly increases OEC’s addressable market space

January 24, 2007
source: Open Energy Corp. /press release
http://www.openenergycorp.com/news/pressreleases/01242007.php

Solana Beach, CA, Wednesday, January 24, 2007 – Open Energy Corporation (OTC BB: OEGY), a renewable energy company focused on the development and distribution of solar energy solutions, today announced that their SolarSave® Roofing Membranes product has received Underwriter’s Laboratory (UL) approval to incorporate material from Seaman Corporation (Fibertite), Duro-Last and IB Roofing. SolarSave® Roofing Membranes are now approved with a Class A fire rating for roofs from flat to 2:12 slope for all UL listed roofing applications for these membranes.
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JIANGSU, CHINA — January 22, 2007
Source: Marketwire
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=205806

Canadian Solar Inc. (“the Company,” or “CSI”) (NASDAQ: CSIQ) announced that it has signed a manufacturing collaboration agreement with Photowatt Technologies, Inc. (www.photowatt.com). Under the agreement, CSI will manufacture certain solar photovoltaic modules for Photowatt on an OEM basis. The production is expected to commence in mid-2007.
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