Solar growth provides opportunities for electronics makers
Linuo Solar added a 50MW/yr solar cell agreement with Jiangsu Zhongneng ment Company in Shanghai, China.
production line in Shandong Province, Polysilicon Technology Development. • appointed Michael Franklin to its Solar
China. • purchased remaining 48% stake in Technology Advisory Committee.
Mitsubishi Heavy doubled its micromorph Jiangsu Yangguang Solar. First Solar’s average efficiency for its CdTe
tandem module capacity to 100 MW with Solargiga Energy (Wafer Works) is build- solar cell was 10.6% in 1Q’08.
$287.9 million investment for second ing Jinzhou, China solar-cell factory. G24 Innovations received EUR20 million
8,300m2 factory in Isahaya, Japan. SOLON AG appointed Simone Pruefer investment from Morgan Stanley Principal
Mosel Vitelic secured 7-year, US $360 CFO. Investments.
million solar wafer supply from Nexolon. Solyndra received $327.4 million/4-yr solar Global Solar Energy presold all its thin-
Motech’s new US $16 million, 65 MWp/ panel contract from Solar Power. film capacity at its new Tucson, Arizona
yr solar-cell, Suzhou, China, plant was fully STR Holdings filed $300 million IPO. plant.
booked before it opened in September, Sunergy sold $50 million worth of Intico Solar received 73 million euros
2008. convertible bonds in the US to fund aid from German government for its thin
Neo Solar Power: production capacity expansion. film solar module production in Sachsen-
• established specialized team for thin- SunPower: Anhalt, Germany.
film solar cell production. • acquired Australian distributor Solar NexPower Technology (UMC Group
• opened new 120 MWp crystalline solar Sales. subsidiary) new 50-mw production line is
cell plant in Hsinchu, Taiwan • developed business-use crystal silicon expected to be operational by 2Q’09.
• adding additional 300MWp of capacity solar cell module with 22% conversion Solyndra received US $705.73 million,
in 2009 for a total of 510MWp/year. efficiency. 4-yr CIGS module contract from Phoenix
Pan Jit is building a solar cell and module Suntech Power Holdings received Solar and amended its solar power contract
plant in Jiangsu, China. 260MW/5-yr silicon wafer contract from to US $325 million to 4 years.
Photovoltaic Solar Cells received patents PV Crystalox Solar and 30MW/2-yr PV SunWell (CMC Magnetics subsidiary)
for “Dye Doped Graphite Graphene Solar module contract from Enel.si. is expanding current annual capacity of
Cell on Aluminum foil” and “Trap and Sunways received 160MW/5-yr contract 46MWp to 226MWp in 2010.
Zap” methods of separating CO
2
into for mono and multicrystalline solar cells
carbon and oxygen. from SOLARWATT. installations
Q-Cells extended solar grade silicon supply Topco Scientific began production of sili-
BIPV to grow from US $528 million in
agreement with Bécancour Silicon to 6,000 con crystalline wafers and solar modules.
2008 to $8.2 billion in 2015.—NanoMarkets
metric tons/yr between 2010 and 2013. VLSI Standards opened solar cell calibration
EDF Energies Nouvelles is building two
REC began construction of world’s largest lab in San Jose, CA.
solar PV power plants with a total capacity
solar cell plant in Singapore with expected Wakonda Technologies raised $9.5 million
of 15.3 MWp in France.
initial capacity of 740MW wafers a year, in Series A financing.
Energy Conversion Devices installed
550mw of cells and 590mw of modules Yingli Green Energy:
12MW system on GM’s assembly plant in
Sanyo: • expects its 400 MW Baoding, China
Figueruelas, Zaragoza, Spain.
• achieved 22.3% cell conversion plant to reach full production capacity
First Solar is building 7.5-kilowatt plant
efficiency with its “heterojunction with in late 2008.
near Blythe, CA, for Southern California
intrinsic thin layer solar cell.” • is considering building solar panel factory
Edison and a 10MW PV solar power plant
• increased solar-module production in in Brazilian state of Ceará.
in Nevada for Sempra Energy.
Dorog, Hungary, from 55,000 kW to
145,000 kW.
pV industry Food-chain—
Impax acquired 15.5 MW of operating
Sencera International is building US
Downstream
solar PV projects in Spain.
LG Solar Energy completed largest
$36.8 million solar module factory in
Mecklenburg County, NC.
Thin Film
(14MW) solar energy plant in South Korea.
National Semiconductor introduced
Sharp introduced solar-powered 26-inch
AIST achieved 17.7% efficiency with flexible
SolarMagic technology that reduces impact
LCT V.
CIGS solar cell.
of partial shading on solar panels.
Showa Denko, Fujimori Kogyo and
Ascent Solar received US $1.5 million
Nihon Telecommunication System began
Peccell Technologies collaborated on mass-
contract from US Air Force for high-
marketing windowpanes with built-in solar
producing dye-sensitized solar cells.
performance thin-film multijunction
cells for use in residential housing.
Showa Shell Sekiyu KK is building new
photovoltaics.
PV Resources reveals that world market
Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan factory with
Auria Solar’s (E-ton Solar/Lite-On JV)
share of large-scale PV plants is led by
which will boost total solar cell production
thin-film solar module orders exceed
Spain with 39%, Germany 38%, US 12%,
capacity to 1,000 MW/yr by 2011.
available capacity.
Korea 3%, Italy 3% Japan 1% and RoW
Solar EnerTech obtained VDE Certification.
DayStar Technologies named William
4%.
Solar Semiconductor received solar mod-
Steckel CFO.
Science and Technology Research Partners
ule orders worth US $695 million from
Energy Conversion Devices:
are developing ‘spray-on’ solar cells.
AS-Solar and US $575 million from IBC
• appointed Harry W. Zike VP and CFO.
Sumsung SDI and Korea Advanced Insti-
Solar.
• subsidiary United Solar Ovonic
tute of Science and Technology developed
Solarfun:
received 4-year flexible laminate supply
solar window with 11% power efficiency.
• received 30MW PV module sales
contract from Centrosolar.
SunPower is building largest U.S. PV solar
contract from Martifer Solar.
Evolution Solar:
power plant for Florida Power & Light Co.
• subsidiary Jiangsu Linyang Solarfun
• acquired Synergy Design and Develop-
secured 8-year, polysilicon supply continued on page 25
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