Solar Cells Info

By United Press International
BUDAPEST, Hungary April 4, 2007
Source: Worldpeace Herald
http://wpherald.com/articles/4092/1/

Japan’s Sanyo has completed a new unit at its solar cell plant in Hungary that is to triple its annual capacity to 720,000 units in 2008.  The plant at Dorog, outside Budapest, will be Sanyo Electric’s largest facility producing solar cells in the world, the Hungarian news agency MTI reported Wednesday.  The new 70,000 square feet unit is part of a $5.3 million investment designed to triple its solar panel capacity, MTI said quoting the Hungarian business daily Napi Gazdasag.
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April 28, 2007 ALAMOSA, Colo. & BELTSVILLE, Md.
Source: Press Release from SunEdison
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/partner/story?id=48312

SunEdison, the leading solar energy services provider, today announced that it has selected Suntech Power Holdings as key supplier for the 8.22-megawatt Alamosa Photovoltaic Solar Plant.  “Meeting the demands needed for the 8.22 megawatt Alamosa Photovoltaic Solar Plant is critical. The choice of our cornerstone supplier for this project – Suntech – was driven by the stringent selection criteria established by the SunEdison installation teams. It is important to SunEdison that we partner with leading vendors, who help simplify the complexity of solar through the delivery of robust, proven product,” noted Jigar Shah, CEO of SunEdison.
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April 30, 2007
Source:
http://www.bordermail.com.au/news/bm/national/760555.html

HOUSEHOLDS will be able to borrow up to $10,000 to fit their homes with solar panels, rainwater tanks and other green products under a $300 million Labor scheme which could slash greenhouse gas emissions by 15 million tonnes.  Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd outlined the green renovation scheme on the last day of Labor’s national conference yesterday, predicting the initiative would be equivalent to planting 15 million trees or taking four million cars off the road for a year.  Around 200,000 households on up to $250,000 a year will be able to take advantage of the program which will offer loans of up to $10,000, with interest capped at the inflation rate, for green products aimed at making established homes more energy and water efficient.
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ALICE SPRINGS, Northern Territory, Australia, April 18, 2007 (ENS)
Source: Environmental News Service
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2007/2007-04-18-04.asp

Alice Springs has been named as Australia’s next Solar City, a designation that enables the tourist town to receive government funding for solar installations. It joins Adelaide, Townsville and Blacktown, which all have signed onto the Solar Cities program within the past year.  With A$12.3 million in funding through the Australian government’s Solar Cities program, the Alice Springs Solar City consortium is working with all sectors to change how people power their homes and businesses.
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John Vomhof Jr. – Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal / April 30, 2007
source: Mlive.com
http://www.mlive.com/business/ambizdaily/bizjournals/index.ssf?/base/abd-3/1177915233122600.xml

Target Corp. is spending millions of dollars to cuts its energy costs and secure a greener image in the process.  The Minneapolis-based retailer has installed solar panels on the roofs of four of its California retail stores and plans to install similar systems at 14 more locations later this year. The solar-panel systems will generate about 20 percent of those stores’ annual energy requirements.
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Mike Blanchfield, The Ottawa Citizen /April 30, 2007
Source: Canada.com
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=9bf3ac4c-2652-45e4-82b1-e64767f1f01f

Cheap, energy-efficient lightbulbs are brightening the lives of 100,000 rural poor in India in a United Nations project touted as an affordable energy solution for the under-developed world.  In a report released yesterday, the UN Energy Program (UNEP) outlined the four-year, $1.5-million Cdn project in which small solar panels were made available to villagers in some of the poorest parts of India, weaning people off their dependency on potentially dangerous, inefficient and environmentally unfriendly kerosene lamps.
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By Lucy Thorne, Apr 26 2007
Source: ICBerkshire
http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200berkshireheadlines/

ROADSIDE solar panels along the hard shoulder of the M4 could be used to power homes and businesses in GreenPark.  And the existing landmark wind turbine, which dominates the south Reading skyline and powers 1,500 homes, could be sharing its workload with two smaller windmills.  Developer PRUPIM announced its vision for green energy at the opening of the GreenPark Turbine visitor centre last week.  The company is looking into utilising the unused verges of the M4 near junction 11, by siting long solar panels along the embankment.
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Albuquerque, N-M. April 27, 2007
Source: PR-inside.com

EMCORE Corporation , announced today that the Photovoltaics Division has been awarded a $2M contract by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Center for the design, manufacturing, testing and delivery of fully integrated solar panels for the Mars Cruise Stage spacecraft. This spacecraft is designed to carry the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover and communicate with the entry vehicle that will carry the rover to the surface of the planet. The launch of the spacecraft is planned for fall of 2009. (more…)

Sprawling complex will cost $60 million
By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press
HOOPER, Colorado. /April 24, 2007
Source: Mail Tribune
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070424/BIZ/704240304

With the sun glinting off the shovels, Xcel Energy broke ground Monday on a $60 million solar power plant designed to supply enough electricity to power 1,500 homes The 8-megawatt photovoltaic plant in the San Luis Valley about 130 miles south of Denver will be the largest solar plant for civilian use in the country, backers said.
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25 April 2007
Source: Carbonfree UK
http://www.carbonfree.co.uk/cf/news/wk17-07-0005.htm

Photovoltaic electricity is able to provide by 2020 power supply for over 26 Million households in the Mediterranean, with simultaneous creation of hundreds thousands of new jobs. This was announced by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), at the 2nd Photovoltaic Mediterranean Conference, that took place in Athens on 19 and 20 April.
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