Solar Cells Info

Opening of the first German-Korean research training group
Optoelectronics initiative links basic research and practical application

source:  www.dfg.de
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-10/df-oot103106.php

On 2 November 2006 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) will open the International Research Training Group “Self-organised Materials for Optoelectronics.” Scientists from the University of Mainz, Seoul National University and Hannam University will collaborate on this initiative, bringing together basic research and practical applications at an internationally high level. Doctoral students will have the opportunity not only to work on their doctorates in an excellent research environment, under the joint supervision of German and Korean scientists, but also to gain experience in both countries. A Memorandum of Understanding between the DFG and KOSEF in September 2005 provided the basis for the establishment of the Research Training Group.

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source:  http://www.prnewswire.com/

WUXI, China and OLNEY, Md., Nov. 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, has announced a multi-year contract to supply solar modules to a division of Sun Edison, LLC, North America’s largest solar energy service provider. The total value of the contract ranges from approximately $50 million to $90 million over the term of the contract. The contract is structured in a similar manner as Suntech’s long-term silicon supply agreement in order to enhance steady operating results.

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Source: Yahoo business news
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061108/lnw010.html?.v=2

WUXI, China, Nov. 8, 2006

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP – News), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, announced today that Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Suntech’s Chairman and CEO, has established the China Solar Photovoltaic Suntech Prize to honor engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs and government officials who have made substantial contributions to the development of China’s PV industry.

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Madrid, 29 November 2006
Source: press release
http://www.endesa.es/Portal/

Collaboration agreement signed with ISOFOTON, the leading Spanish manufacturer of solar panels, which will ensure ENDESA’s equipment supply needs
* The agreement additionally contemplates the participation of both companies with the regional government of Andalusia in a polysilicone plant, the seventh in the world, which will guarantee the supply of this raw material for the manufacture of photovoltaic modules. ENDESA will supply the power required to operate the plant.
* The agreement also provides for collaboration on several projects designed to demonstrate concentrating photovoltaic technology (CPV), which will subsequently facilitate the manufacture of more efficient solar modules.

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MENLO PARK, CA — (MARKET WIRE) — November 28, 2006

Source:  MarketWire.com
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=188681

Solar EnerTech Corp. (OTCBB: SOEN) (the Company) wishes to announce that on November 23rd, the Company achieved a significant goal as the first batch of solar modules rolled off its newly assembled production line, exactly one week earlier than its planned end-of-November product launch, announced on November 2nd. To commemorate the occasion, Management invited a group of visitors including Shanghai government officials to attend the event. Company CEO Leo Shi Young delivered a brief speech thanking all those individuals who have contributed to the launch, and further affirmed that this milestone is the direct result of months of round-the-clock effort by everyone involved, especially the technical, engineering and subcontractor teams working diligently alongside Company Management. Guests and employees cheered the long-awaited results of those efforts as Leo Young unveiled two dozen dark blue solar modules arrayed at the end of the Company’s first production line. Each high conversion module represents 170 watts of quality-built solar electric power generating capability ready for delivery.

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Octillion Announces Development Plan For New Solar To Electricity Glass Windows (NanoPowerWindows)
New nanosilicon photovoltaic solar cell technology could adapt home and office glass windows into ones capable of generating electricity from sunlight without losing significant transparency or requiring major changes in manufacturing infrastructure.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)  November 28, 2006
Source: businesswire.com press release

Octillion Corp. (OTC:OCTL) is pleased to announce that its research and development initiatives are well under way for the development of a new patent-pending technology using nanosilicon photovoltaic solar cells that have the potential to convert normal home and office glass windows into ones capable of converting solar energy into electricity. These nanosilicon photovoltaic solar cells are created through a unique electrochemical and ultrasound process that produces identically sized (1 to 4 nanometers in diameter) highly luminescent nanoparticles of silicon that provide varying wavelengths of photoluminescence with high quantum down conversion efficiency of short wavelengths (50% to 60%). The process of producing these silicon nanoparticles is supported by 10 issued US patents, 7 pending US patents, 2 issued foreign counterpart patents and 19 pending foreign counterpart patents.

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by Edwin Koot, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of SolarPlaza.com
November 27, 2006

Source:  Reneweableenergy.com
http://renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/reinsider/story?id=46521

The solar energy market and industry have been experiencing a price decrease in solar modules since the second half of 2006. More and more companies are offering large quantities of modules — and it seems as if the acute module shortage which was limiting project development has vanished. Is this just a temporary development, or could this be the start of continued price decreases? Let’s look at three major trends in the market and their possible implications.

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Source: : Lewiston Tribune, http://www.lmtribune.com

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) Nov. 26, 2006

– A University of Idaho professor is devising a new form of solar cell she says could lead to a breakthrough that would make solar energy commercially feasible. Chemist Pam Shapiro, her graduate students and her colleagues at the university are working on creating better materials and combining them in new ways that could more than double the efficiency of present solar cells. If successful, she said the new technology could help the U.S. break its oil dependency.
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WUXI, China, Nov. 22, 2007

Source: Yahoo business news
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061122/cnw011.html?.v=20

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP – News), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, has announced it has recently entered into a solar module supply contract with Atersa, a subsidiary of Elecnor Group, one of Spain’s leading project planning and integrated management and infrastructure development companies. In one of its largest and most sophisticated projects to date, Suntech will supply solar modules with an aggregate output of 23.2MW to Atersa for installation in the Photovoltaic Grid Connection Park in the Extremadura region of Spain. It is expected that these solar modules will be supplied within the first half of 2007.

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Nuying Huang, Taipei; Esther Lam, DigiTimes.com
Wednesday 15 November 2006

Source: DigiTimes
http://www.digitimes.com/bits_chips/a20061114A6028.html

Although solar cells based on monocrystalline silicon deliver better performance than multicrystalline silicon, industry players believe that the latter should rise as the mainstream material for solar cells due to its lower cost. It is commonly agreed that monocrystalline silicon has a better power conversion rate than than that of multi-crystalline silicon solar cell by about 1% and this brings relatively higher average selling prices (ASPs). Some industry players even regard the production status of monocrystalline silicon solar cells as an indication of a vendor’s competitiveness.

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