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Solar Electric, the flat-roof grid-connected Praxair will provide on-site supply of supply agreements for solar cell receivers in
photovoltaic (PV) system is comprised of gases as well as gas delivery equipment June 2008, with a total value of approxi-
96 Kyocera KC200GT high output 200- and management services needed for the mately US $29 million. The end applica-
watt PV modules. The solar electric system project, which will produce 120Mw of solar tions for the product to be delivered range
is estimated to produce 32,640 kilowatt cells per year. The first phase of manufac- from solar farm to commercial rooftop
hours of electricity annually, which equates turing is estimated to begin in September installations employing concentrating
to offsetting nearly 450 tons of CO2 emis- 2008. www.praxair.com photovoltaic (CPV) technology. Production
sions over the life of the system. for these orders has commenced, and ship-
www.americanpv.com, www.kyocerasolar.com canadian solar signs agreements ments are scheduled to occur over the next
in italy and czech republic 24 months. www.emcore.com
evergreen solar takes Canadian Solar, Inc., a producer of
us $1.2 billion order photovoltaic modules, signed five new Dupont opens new pV
Evergreen Solar, a manufacturer of solar sales agreements in Italy and the Czech technical center
power panels with string ribbon wafer Republic. The customers covered under DuPont Microcircuit Materials, part of
technology, signed a new long-term sales these agreements are WSW in the Czech DuPont Electronic Technologies, recently
contract valued at approximately US $1.2 Republic, and Arco Energy, AC Service, opened a new technical center at its Taoyu-
billion with German-based distributor Ravano Green Power and Albatec of Italy. an solar facility. Powered in part by a 4.25
IBC SOLAR AG. This contract extends The total volume of shipments for the kilowatt (kW) solar array, the center pro-
through 2013 and brings the company’s new agreements in 2008 is 14.9 megawatts vides research, development and technical
total contractual backlog to nearly US $3 (MW) and reflects sales of CSI’s regular support for companies in the photovoltaic
billion with 5 customers. module products. The sales will be realized (PV) solar energy industry that use DuPont
The solar panels for these take-or-pay in the second half of 2008. www.csisolar.com Solamet thick film metallization pastes.
contracts will be manufactured at the com- The opening of the technical center is
pany’s 160-MW facility in Devens, Massa- unirac demonstrates commitment part of a broader expansion for DuPont
chusetts, which opened in June, and at the to excellence with new unirac labs Microcircuit Materials in Asia and for
company’s next factory, which is expected Unirac Inc., a North American manufac- DuPont in the PV industry. The company
to open in 2010. www.evergreensolar.com turer of solar photovoltaic (PV) mount- also recently announced it is more than
ing solutions, formed “Unirac Labs,” doubling capacity for Solamet at its Dong-
asu creates solar power laboratory an innovative and progressive approach guan, China, manufacturing facility. mcm.
Arizona State University (ASU) is establish- to bringing PV mounting technology to dupont.com
ing a Solar Power Laboratory to advance market. Unirac Labs will be implemented
solar energy research, education and in a phased approach, beginning with the Jenoptik awarded another multi-
technology. The lab will be a collaboration launch of Unirac’s new on-site wind tunnel million order from the solar industry
between the university’s Global Institute testing lab, the first of its kind introduced The order to equip a solar cell production
of Sustainability and Ira A. Fulton School by a solar mounting company in North line with the entire structuring and edge
of Engineering. The goal of the lab will be America. Phase 2 will be the launch of deletion systems will enable the Jenoptik
to improve the efficiency of solar electric Unirac’s new R&D and product testing technology group to expand its position in
power systems while making them more facility. www.unirac.com this market. The systems will be installed
economically feasible. The university says in a thin-film solar plant in Asia. Delivery
that prominent scientists and engineers are emcore inks us $29 million solar is to be in the second half of 2008.
now being hired to work in the lab.
reciever supply deal www.automation-jenoptik.de
www.asu.edu
Emcore Corporation entered into two
solarfun announces passing of
director and chief operating officer
Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd., a
manufacturer of photovoltaic cells, mod-
ules and ingots in China, announced the
untimely death of Hanfei Wang, the com-
pany’s director and chief operating officer.
Mr Wang joined Solarfun in 2005 and
played a key role in driving the company’s
expanding manufacturing scale and overall
corporate growth. www.solarfun.com.cn
praxair to supply gases and
equipment to pevafersa for new
solar cell plant in spain
Praxair, Inc. has been chosen by Pevafersa
Group as the supplier of gases, gas equip-
ment and gas management services for
Pevafersa’s solar cell manufacturing facility
in Toro, Spain.
32 – Global Solar Technology – September/October 2008 www.globalsolartechnology.com
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