Solar Cells Info

Company to Receive Approximately $24 Million Over Three Years to Advance Development of Solar Systems
San Jose, CA, Sept 17, 2007
Source: SunPower Corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=264223

SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced it has been awarded a cost-shared, three-year cooperative agreement by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the “Grid-Competitive Residential and Commercial Fully Automated PV Systems Technology” Project. Under the cooperative agreement, SunPower is expected to receive $8,469,998 in federal funding through the completion of its first project budget period, which will be implemented through August 31, 2008. Upon successful completion of key project milestones and sustained execution of a viable business strategy, as much as $16,230,002 in additional funding will be made available for continued project implementation through June 30, 2010. The total potential funding from the DOE under the Solar American Initiative (SAI) is up to $24.7 million for this three-year project, subject to availability of funds appropriated by the U.S. Congress.
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Solar Parking Canopy Will Be Largest Solar Power Generator in Sonoma County
San Jose & Santa Clara, CA, Sept 28, 2007
Source: SunPower Corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=266467

SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, and Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) Inc. today announced that SunPower’s System division will install a 1-megawatt solar tracking system at Agilent’s Santa Rosa, Calif., campus. SunPower solar panels are being installed on top of a canopy structure in the campus parking lot, providing both shade in the lot and solar electric power for the facility.
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Total of 15 Solar-Powered Stores Planned for Southern California
Westminister, CA, Sep 28, 2007
Source: SunPower Corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=266457

With a solar store dedication in Westminster today, Macy’s is launching a program to install solar electric power systems at 28 California stores, including 15 in Southern California. SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq:SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency, solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, is partnering with Macy’s to design and install the systems.
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• Cells worth approx. € 126 million to be supplied over a period of 10 years
• Focus on the US and Indian solar markets
Long Beach, USA, 27 September 2007.
Source Ersol Solar Energy AG / press release
http://www.ersol.de/uploads/media/PR_ersol_27092007_01.pdf

From 2008, ersol Solar Energy AG (ersol) will deliver multi- and monocrystalline silicon solar cells to module producer Solar Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd., based in India and the US . To this end, at the US Photovoltaic Solar Power Conference and Expo both companies yesterday afternoon
Californian time (PST) signed a long-term supply agreement that will run until 2017. (more…)

TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2007
Source: Mondial Energy Inc.    /Yahoo business news
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070912/to290.html?.v=56
Mondial Energy installation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 61 tonnes per year

Mondial Energy Inc. has installed Ontario’s largest, most powerful solar thermal heating system at one of WoodGreen’s affordable housing sites on Toronto’s Queen St. East. The installation is a partnership between WoodGreen Community Services and Mondial Energy, which builds and owns solar sites on commercial, residential and municipal buildings.
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SCHOTT Solar plans to expand U.S. solar PV production by more than 60 MW. Company sees growing demand for both its photovoltaic and concentrated solar power technologies.
Roseville, CA, September 19, 2007
Source: PRWeb
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/9/prweb554889.htm

SCHOTT Solar made a major commitment to the U.S. solar power market today, as it announced plans to build a new photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing facility that will increase its domestic PV production by more than 60 MW. SCHOTT Solar is currently evaluating locations for the new facility, which is scheduled to go online in 2009.
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When it comes to renewable energy, Australia is losing some of its best researchers and ideas, writes Judy Friedlander.
by Judy Friedlander
Source: Sydney Morning Herald /September 19, 2007
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/exodus-for-a-place-in-the-sun/
2007/09/18/1189881513715.html

In an Ernst & Young 2006 survey that ranked international markets by their attractiveness to renewable energy investors, Australia ranked 16th – fourth from the bottom. So it should come as no surprise that a significant number of Australians, well known in the sustainable energy industry, have been tempted by greener pastures.  Those names include David Hogg (see story right), David Mills from the University of Sydney, whose solar thermal technology is being funded in Silicon Valley, California, and the Australian citizen Zhengrong Shi, a PhD student from the University of NSW’s groundbreaking photovoltaics laboratory, who is now one of the richest men in mainland China.
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Nuying Huang, Taipei; Esther Lam, DIGITIMES, 17 September 2007
Source: DigiTimes
http://www.digitimes.com/bits_chips/a20070913PD217.html

As a leading amorphous silicon (a-Si) solar cell equipment supplier, Oerlikon emphasized that it guarantees its equipment provides a minimum power conversion rate of 7%, and the company projected that further enhancement will be seen in the near future along with the introduction of a new equipment set, said company Asia head Hai-Yan Sun.
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Chennai, Sep 18 2007
Source: LiveMint.com/Wall Street Journal

Moser Baer Ltd, a leading manufacturer of compact discs, will set up a Rs2,000 crore photo-voltaic manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu to tap solar energy as India battles an energy shortage. The company expects to earn $1 billion (Rs 4,050 crore) after five years through this facility, which will make cells that help convert solar energy into electricity, and will be the first for the New Delhi-based firm. The investment will be made through its unit Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd and funded through internal accruals.

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By Brian Afuang, Manila Times, Sept 4, 2007
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/sept/04/yehey/motoring/20070904moto1.html

There must be some form of irony in the whole thing when Sinag, the first Philippine made solar car, was unveiled on a day (September 1) when the sun seemed a bit lazy to show itself, and intermittent drizzles threatened the car’s first public test run. This, after Sinag’s original launch date fell squarely on the day Typhoon Dodong visited Metro Manila. That, however, was nothing compared to the daunting task the car—and everybody involved in its creation—had overcome and still face in the future. If not irony then, it’s metaphor.

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