Solar Cells Info

By Kerana Todorov, Register Staff Writer September 11, 2007
Source: Napa Valley Register
http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2007/09/11/news/local/iq_4115566.txt

Solar panels are becoming increasingly popular in Napa County, as they are installed on rooftops everywhere from the newest subdivisions of American Canyon to Calistoga wineries. Napa County is solar friendly, but on average Napa County residents pay higher permitting fees to install solar panels than other Northern California property owners.  The county produces more solar energy per capita than nine other Bay Area counties, according to the Northern California Solar Association, a group of solar advocates. Yet a survey of 131 jurisdictions in 13 Northern California counties by the Sierra Club found that Yountville, Calistoga and the city of Napa charge on average $141 to $324 more than other Bay Area jurisdictions to install an average-sized residential system. (more…)

Zurich Letzigrund Stadium equipped with solar technology
Sept 5, 2007
Source: Ad-hoc-news.de
http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/CorporateNews/en/13135731/
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At the upcoming European Soccer Championships SOLARWORLD AG will provide climate-friendly electricity. The world leading solar power group has equipped the newly built Zurich Letzigrund Stadium with solar technology. The stadium is among the venues of the 2008 European Soccer Championships which will be held in Austria and Switzerland. The Zurich arena will be the location of three qualifying round matches in June 2008. SolarWorld AG has supplied a TOTAL of 1,276 high Performance modules based on mono-crystalline cell technology for installation on the stadium roof upwards of the south curve. The high efficiency modules with their typical dark surface together Add up to a peak output of 223 Kilowatt.
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15 August 2007
Source: Conergy.de press release
http://www.conergy.de/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-182/271_read-8022/

* Growing domestic revenues have been surpassed by foreign sales for the first time
* Positive consolidated net income at the half-year mark
* Working capital improved by EUR 83 million in the second quarter
* Positive net cash flow from operations after investments of EUR 44 million
* Orders on hand rose to more than EUR 1.2 billion
* Production of solar modules in Frankfurt/Oder starts on schedule
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Europe’s highest-volume solar enterprise intends to become Italy’s market leader
5 September 2007
Source. Conergy.com press release
http://www.conergy.de/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-182/271_read-8128/
The Conergy AG, a listed firm, intends to quadruple its annual turnover in Italy in 2007 to at least 40 million euros. In order to further increase its market share in one of the world’s fastest-growing solar markets, the number of persons employed in Italy is to be increased to more than 200 on a mid-term basis. Globally, Conergy is looking to increase sales by 60 percent to 1.25 billion euros, and already employs some 2,500 persons in 26 countries, in order to grow much more rapidly than the market for renewable energy systems as a whole, which has a growth rate of about 25 percent.
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Lennar Bay Area Announces Opening of 67 Solar-Powered Homes in Dublin and 87 Solar-Powered Homes in Concord
San Roman, CA, Sept 4, 2007
Source: BusinessWire.com

Lennar Bay Area Homebuilding has announced two new Bay Area solar-driven communities of single family detached homes, extending its current commitment that all new residential developments across the Bay Area will be solar powered. The first development is at Sonata at Dublin Ranch, a 67-home community, equipped with a roof integrated solar electric system from PowerLight, a subsidiary of SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq:SPWR) as a standard feature. The second development is at Centre Pointe at Concord, an 87-home community, also equipped with the same style of solar electric system as Sonata. (more…)

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, September 4, 2007
Source: Environmental News Service
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2007/2007-09-04-093.asp

A new solar energy power station is being built in southeastern Pennsylvania that will be the fourth-largest facility of its kind in the country and the largest east of Arizona when operations begin next April.  Plans call for more than 16,500 solar panels to be installed on 16.5 acres, adjacent to Waste Management’s GROWS Landfill, in Falls Township, about 30 miles north of Philadelphia. (more…)

Milan, Italy, Sept 04, 2007
Source: SunPower Corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=262475

At the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition this week, SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWR), a US-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, is launching a range of solar products and systems for the Italian residential, commercial and solar power plant markets.
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Taipei, China, August 20, 2007
Source: ChinaPost.com
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2007/08/20/119058/Taiwan-school.htm

Students from National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences (NKUAS) won second place in the Dream Cup solar car race in Japan earlier this month, the best ever performance of the NKUAS team in international solar car competitions, a school source said yesterday.  The 18 member NKUAS team competed in the top division of the 16th Japanese solar car race held at Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Mie prefecture Aug. 4-5 and lost to the Japanese team, by eight rounds in endurance trials.
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Country committed to reductions in output of greenhouse gases
Simon Burns in Taipei, vnunet.com,  14 Aug 2007
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2196566/
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Solar cell makers are expected to increase sales in Japan as the government struggles to reduce atmospheric pollution.  Despite efforts to clean up industry and transport in the home of the Kyoto Protocol, environmental officials predicted last week that the country will exceed its original target for greenhouse gas emissions by more than 170 million tonnes by 2010.  This would mean the country missing its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol by 20 to 34 million tonnes, the government admitted.
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by Shigeru Sato and Megumi Yamanaka, Bloomberg News
Tokyo, August 15, 2007
Source: International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/15/business/sxsolar.php

Showa Shell Sekiyu, the Japanese unit of Royal Dutch Shell, will build a plant to make solar-powered cells in Japan, quadrupling its capacity.  The company plans to construct its second factory in Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Miyazaki, at a cost of ¥15 billion, or $128 million, to produce solar-powered cells that can collectively generate 60 megawatts of electricity annually, Showa Shell, which is based in Tokyo, said Wednesday. The new plant would be adjacent to the company’s existing 20 megawatt cell plant.
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