Solar Cells Info

Nov 13, 2007
Source: Hotelinteractive.com
http://www.hotelinteractive.com/hi_index.asp?page_id=5000&article_id=9243

Xanterra Parks & Resorts (www.xanterra.com) has announced it will install one of the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) energy systems in the country – and the largest system in the U.S. tourism industry – in Death Valley National Park, the sunniest place in the country. The one megawatt (MW) system will harness the sun’s energy to generate more than one-third of the annual electricity needs for Xanterra’s operations there, comprised of the Furnace Creek Inn, Ranch and golf course and employee offices and housing.
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By Amanda Gronau, Nov 14, 2007
Source. EMSNow.com
http://www.emsnow.com/npps/story.cfm?id=30169&pg=story

It’s cold. It’s wet. There’s snow on the ground and in the air and the sky is pewter grey. The sun is 93 million miles away and frankly, you can feel every single mile. That is, until you walk into the massive Hall B5, where the atmosphere is buzzing with the potential of solar energy.   Photovoltaics (PV), the conversion of solar light into usable energy, is a fast growing sector, and amazingly enough, it’s a huge industry in Germany.  This has its roots in the late 1990s, with an environmentally-sensitive government campaign to put solar panels onto the German population’s roofs. By the regulations of the “10,000 roof” program, those who chose to install solar panels received government credits to set against the installation costs. The campaign was so successful that it was fast followed by the “100,000 roof” programme, but it wasn’t until 2000 that things really took off.
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Company Teams with MMA Renewable Ventures to Add Clean Power to Northern California Grid
San Francisco, CA, October 16, 2007
Source: GAP Inc press release
http://gapinc.com/public/Media/Press_Releases/med_pr_solar101607.shtml

Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) today announced plans to host a one megawatt (MW) solar power system at its West Coast distribution center in Fresno, Calif. Slated for completion next year, the system is expected to generate approximately 1.9 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually – equivalent to the electricity required to power approximately 350 homes.   The system will occupy five acres of land adjacent to Gap Inc.’s distribution center campus and will be financed, owned and operated by MMA Renewable Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC (NYSE: MMA).  Under the terms of a long term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), Gap Inc. will buy predictably priced power from MMA Renewable Ventures for the next 20 years, shielding the company from rising energy costs.
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1.1-megawatt system is expected to save more than $13 million in utility costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 950 metric tons
FRESNO, Calif., November 8, 2007
Source: Chevron Energy Solutions press release
http://www.chevronenergy.com/news_room/default.asp?pr=pr_20071108.asp

Chevron Energy Solutions, a unit of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), and California State University, Fresno (Fresno State), today announced the completion of a large-scale solar power installation at Fresno State that will supply 20 percent of the university’s annual power needs. The 1.1-megawatt solar system—the largest photovoltaic (PV)-paneled parking installation at a U.S. university—is expected to save Fresno State more than $13 million in avoided utility costs over its 30-year lifespan.
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Producing Approximately 1 Million Kilowatt Hours Annually, Ground Mounted Photovoltaic System is Significant Step in Meeting Port Board’s Environmental Directives
Oakland, CA – November 8, 2007
Source: Sun Edison.com  press release
http://www.sunedison.com/

The Port of Oakland and SunEdison today celebrated the activation of a new 756 kW ground mounted solar power system. The zero emission clean solar power system is a major step in meeting the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners’ environmental directives and is the Port’s first utility generation plant. The photovoltaic system, which will deliver approximately 1 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of clean renewable energy annually, was deployed under a solar energy supply agreement with SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider. (more…)

Kaua’i County to save $18,315 in First Year of 20-Year Solar Energy Services Contract
Lihu, Hawaii and Beltsville, MD, Nov. 9. 2007

Source: SunEdison.com press release
http://www.sunedison.com/

SunEdison and the County of Kaua’i (Hawaii) today announced that they have entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to provide solar energy services at the county’s Līhu‘e Civic Center. SunEdison is North America’s largest solar energy services provider. Under the PPA, SunEdison will finance, install and maintain a 72 kW AC photovoltaic (PV) system on the roof of the Pi‘ikoi Building at the Līhu‘e Civic Center. The power produced by the system will be sold to the county under long-term predictably priced rates less than traditional retail electricity rates.
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V Krithiga,
Tirunelveli, India, Nov. 16, 2007
Source: NewIndPress.com
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20071116021549

The Tirunelveli Corporation’s plans to install solar powered devices under its jurisdiction, is gathering dust for more than two years as the civic body has so far not furnished the details to the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) which has promised to grant a subsidy for the project.  As part of its quest for reducing the ever-growing electricity bill and to popularise the advantages of using solar-powered gadgets, the previous Tirunelveli Corporation administration had initiated steps to install solar powered devices in some areas under its jurisdiction.
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Defense and Commercial Customers Gain Energy Benefits from Savi’s Innovative Use of Solar-Powered Radio Frequency Identification Hardware
Mountain View, CA, Nov. 19, 2007
Source: PRNewsWire/CNNMoney.com
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/CLM03319112007-1.htm

Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin company , has recently begun deploying solar- powered Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers and signposts, enabling customers in the defense and commercial sectors to conserve energy and reduce costs while tracking supplies in real-time. Solar energy provides an energy efficient and environmentally friendly power source for users’ RFID hardware, and also eliminates the need to install electrical infrastructure in remote areas where there is no fixed reader infrastructure.
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By Yang Chuen Jen / Nov 17, 2007
Translated by Angela Hong
Source: Taipei Times
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/11/17/2003388263

In response to growing international calls for renewable energy, Council for Economic Planning and Development Minister Ho Mei-yueh  has proposed that farmers install solar panels in their fields. Perhaps a more viable strategy is to replace sheet metal roofs with solar panels.  In 1999, Barcelona passed a regulation decreeing that all new buildings and modifications on existing buildings supply 60 percent of their hot water through solar energy. After Barcelona implemented this scheme the following August, Catalonia and other regions followed suit. By 2005, it had become the only piece of legislation that applied to the entire country.
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Source: GlassonWeb.com /November 19, 2007
http://www.glassonweb.com/news/index/6911/

People from Austria enjoy living in harmony with nature, particularly those who live in the region known as Styria, the green heart of the alpine republic. This is probably also why resourceful engineers and investors came up with the idea of generating heat and electricity from sunlight here. In living up to its motto ”A City Full of Energy”, Europe’s first Plus Energy housing estate was founded in the community of Weiz, the capital city of Eastern Styria with a population of 9,000. It consists of 24 row houses that generate more electricity than they consume. Tenants and owners obtain their electrical power from more than 400 multicrystalline solar modules, most of which are type ase 275 from schott. The photovoltaic installations stretch out across the entire southern sides of the houses and simultaneously provide the upper floors with shade.
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