Solar Cells Info

London, UK and Los Angeles, California, November 15, 2007
Source: Ovonics press release

Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AIM:SIT.LN), a leading provider of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roofing systems, announced today that it has won a U.S.$6.6 million order for a BIPV roofing system to be owned and operated by Akuo Energy, a rewewable energy project developer. The BIPV system will be installed at a logistics facility currently under construction in Southern France. The BIPV project is being managed by Urbasolar, a turn-key PV engineering company based in Montpellier, which is an authorised distributor and partner of Solar Integrated in France. The project, planned for completion in 2008, is expected to be the largest BIPV roofing system in France. (more…)

Leader in solar schools installations brings program to sites across California
Pasadena, CA, Dec. 4, 2007
Source: PRNewswire.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-04-2007/0004716934

Leading solar service provider SolarCity today announced at the Green California Schools Summit that the company plans to connect 100 solar learning station installations through the Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s “Solar Schools Program,” greatly inspiring renewable energy awareness in educational centers across the state.

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DUBLIN, Ireland, Dec 12, 2007
Source: Businesswire.com press release

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c77145) has announced the addition of China Photovoltaic (PV) Battery Industry Report, 2007 to their offering.  PV industry witnessed a rapid growth, and in the future it will have a nearly limitless outlook. During the ten years from 1996 to 2006, yield of solar batteries in the world has increased by 26 times with an annual compound growth rate of 38%. Besides, annual installations of solar batteries have increased by 22 times with annual compound growth rate of 36%. Such a growth is too speedy to compare for any other industries except for the semi-conductor industry. Though Germany is today’s largest PV market, but solar power generation there still takes a low proportion of 0.5%. But solar energy will undoubtedly become one kind of mainstream energy; therefore, its market will witness a bright prospect in the long term.
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DUBLIN, Ireland, Dec 12, 2007
Source: BUSINESS WIRE press release

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c77155) has announced the addition of Global & China Solar Polysilicon Industry Chain Report, 2007 to their offering. Polysilicon is the base for global electronic industry and PV industry, and 100% of the semiconductor chip and 95% of solar battery chips are made of silicon (including the silicon and polysilicon). The polysilicon is divided into two grades by silicon content, one is solar grade silicon (SG) with the silicon content of 99.9999%, which is mainly used for the production and manufacturing of the solar battery chip; the other is electronic grade silicon (EG) with the silicon content of 99.999999999%, which is used for the manufacturing of semiconductor chips.
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By Matt Nauman, Mercury News, Nov 14, 2007
Source: MercuryNews.com
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7462532?nclick_check=1

Low-income homeowners in California might soon have access to a $108 million fund to put solar panels on their roofs, but an advocacy group for the poor questions the effectiveness of a program that doesn’t pay for all the cost of the installations. The issue comes up for a vote at the Friday meeting of the state’s Public Utilities Commission in San Francisco.  The program, part of California’s Solar Initiative, will provide full subsidies for one kilowatt solar-energy systems to single-family, owner-occupied households that qualify as “extremely” or “very low income” – those making up to 50 percent of an area’s median income. A PUC spokeswoman said this could range from $25,750 for a four-person household in Fresno County to $56,550 for the same size household in San Francisco County.
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New Orleans, LA – December 11, 2007
Source: GE Energy / press release
http://www.gepower.com/about/press/en/2007_press/121107a.htm

GE Energy will provide 200-watt solar modules to IBERDROLA INGENIERÍA Y CONSTRUCCIÓN, one of Spain’s largest energy engineering companies, for projects that will add 11.6 megawatts of solar capacity for the country’s electricity grid by the end of the year. As the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, IBERDROLA INGENIERÍA Y CONSTRUCCIÓN plans to install the GE modules in ground-mounted arrays for several projects around the Extremadura Autonomous community of western Spain. IBERDROLA INGENIERÍA Y CONSTRUCCIÓN also utilized the services of the Spanish Energy and Environmental Research Center (CIEMAT), which conducted tests on the panels.
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Atlanta, GA. – November 28, 2007
Source: GE Energy.com / press release
http://www.gepower.com/about/press/en/2007_press/112807a.htm

GE Energy has supplied 363 roof-mounted solar panels at the top of 45 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City that will help generate electricity for the first solar powered Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The Christmas tree is decorated with 30,000 new energy-efficient LED lights, on five miles of wire, which will help illuminate Rockefeller Center with a cleaner source of holiday power.
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Dayville, Conn., Dec. 11. 2007
Source; CNN Money.com /PRNewswire
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NYTU06711122007-1.htm

United Natural Foods, Inc. along with Solar Works, Inc., the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund and several Connecticut politicians, are scheduled to dedicate the installation of the largest solar electric system in New England on December 13, 2007. The 550-kilowatt STC solar photovoltaic system, installed at UNFI’s natural foods distribution facility in Dayville, Conn., is expected to generate approximately 600,000 kilowatt hours of clean energy annually, enough to power more than 67 average New England homes for one year. The system output will avoid over 14 million pounds (over 6,350 metric tons) of carbon dioxide over the 25-year life of the system. (more…)

Charles Burress, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer /December 11, 2007
Source: SFGate,com
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/11/BABGTRMNM.DTL

Companies and homeowners who pay to install solar panels in San Francisco could save over 50 percent with help from an ambitious subsidy program, according to city officials who will announce the plan Tuesday. Some experts say the effort is groundbreaking and, if implemented, could be the nation’s biggest such program. The proposed subsidy would be $3,000 and $5,000 per residence and up to $10,000 for businesses. City officials are also proposing a low-interest financing program that would allow residents to incrementally pay back money borrowed for solar installations at below-market rates, possibly via charges on their property tax bills. (more…)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 5 Dec 2007
Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=50754

In recent years China has become a major force in the manufacturing of solar industry products. Currently there are more than 400 photovoltaic (PV) solar companies operating in China. This includes eight companies being publicly traded in the United States that are engaged in the polycrystalline silicon segment of the PV industry.
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