Solar Cells Info

By Chen Qide, China Daily, Dec 11, 2007
Source: China Daily
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-12/11/content_6312458.htm

Nantong in northern Jiangsu Province is set to become one of China’s key thin-film amorphous silicon solar cell manufacturing bases after Nantong Qiangsheng Photovoltaic Technology Co Ltd (QS Solar) announced it had launched a $400 million project.  A senior company manager said yesterday that the project, China’s largest of its kind, will be carried out in three phases within three years. The first phase, which consists of three sets of 25 MW production facilities, will see the first set put into operation by mid-January of 2008, Sha Xiaolin, chairman of QS Solar, said.
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Nuying Huang, Taipei; Rodney Chan,
Source: DigiTimes, 11 December 2007
http://www.digitimes.com/bits_chips/a20071210PD218.html

Polysilicon prices in the spot market have broken the US$400-per-kilogram mark as photovoltaic cell makers from China are scrambling to stock material, according to industry sources. The sources claimed that only players from the PV industry in China have been willing to pay such high prices, while many of their Taiwan competitors think the high costs would definitely translate into inevitable losses.
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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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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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Record High Oil Prices Illuminate Unique Competitive Advantage for BioSolar’s Bio-plastic Solar Cell Components, Says CEO in Interview

Santa Clarita, CA, November 19, 2007
Source: BioSolar Inc, press release
http://www.biosolar.com/view_news.php?id=18

BioSolar™, Inc. (OTC BB:BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bioplastic materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic solar cells, today reports that the company’s CEO has been interviewed for the CEOcast network.  In the interview, BioSolar’s CEO, Dr. David Lee, discusses how BioSolar’s durable bio-based plastics products are expected to benefit from an increasing competitive advantage in the wake of soaring crude oil prices.

“We can make solar cells truly a green energy source by replacing the petroleum based components with plastics made from sustainable sources.  The higher oil prices go, the more powerful our cost advantage.  While we’re in this business because we are driven to do the right thing for the planet, we are also driven to build a profitable business,” commented Dr. Lee.  “This $16 billion dollar industry is growing at nearly 40% per year, and given that our cost advantages become ever more powerful as petroleum prices move higher, we expect to capture market penetration at rates much higher than the industry growth rates.”

The interview is available on the company’s website at: www.biosolar.com/investors.php
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Dublin, Ireland, December 04, 2007
Source: BusinessWire.com

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c76332) has announced the addition of “Global Solar Power Markets” to their offering. This Frost & Sullivan research service entitled Global Solar Power Markets provides a region vice overview of the solar photovoltaic market covering cost breakup, market penetration of individual technologies, along with individual segment vice breakup of installed capacity based on both technology and application. In addition, a complete analysis of key market challenges, drivers, restraints, and trends that are impacting solar photovoltaic manufacturers has been discussed. In this research, Frost & Sullivan’s expert analysts thoroughly examine the following markets: Solar Cell, Solar Module, and Total Solar Photovoltaic System Market based on Grid and Off-grid applications for residential, industrial, and commercial use. (more…)

QY Research Solar Energy Research Center Date: Nov 30,2007
Source. PR-inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/solar-grade-polysilicon-shortage-continue-r328518.htm

Sharp as the world biggest silicon crystal cell manufacturer published they Mass-Production of Thin-Film Photovoltaic Modules in July 2007,in China the SG(Solar Grade) polysilicon price was continue increasing from 1750RMB/Kg(about 230USD/Kg) in 2007H1 to 2000 RMB/Kg(about 260USD/Kg) in 2007H2,  Global polysilicon manufacturers such as REC Wacker MEMC started selling more wafer than polysilicon(that is to say, most of their polysilicon will use in their owned wafer plants). The above information show us the following conclusions: (more…)

Alister Doyle and Chee Chee Leung /November 29, 2007
Source: TheAge.com.au
http://www.theage.com.au/news/climate-watch/2007/11/28/1196036983561.html

AUSTRALIA gleams a bright red in a map that paints a vibrant picture of how solar energy reaches different parts of the world. America’s space agency, NASA, has pinpointed the world’s sunniest spots by studying maps compiled by US and European satellites. Red shows the regions that receive the most sun, such as the middle of the Pacific Ocean and the Sahara Desert in Niger, followed by orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and pink. (more…)

By Rachel Oliver, For CNN /Nov 20, 2007
Source: CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/eco.about.csp/#cnnSTCText
Story Highlights
# A 92 mile by 92 mile area of desert filled with CSP plants could power the U.S
# Around 0.3% of Sahara could power Europe, Middle East and North Africa
# CSP can combat water shortages, avoid future humanitarian disasters
# U.S. solar industry threatened by upcoming Energy Bill

What if you could provide the world with an endless supply of virtually carbon-free electricity; ensure a constant source of drinkable water to the world’s most vulnerable areas; avert some of the world’s future humanitarian crises; and save billions of dollars in the process? Certain concentrated solar power (CSP) proponents say there is no “could” about it — it’s more a case of “can.”
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