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SolarPlaza, will include visits to major and (TPA) photovoltaic (PV) polysilicon project
Crystalline silicon solar cell manufacturer
emerging manufacturers of crystalline and by completing six million safe work hours.
Suniva Inc. has added Dr. Kedar P. Gupta,
thin-film solar modules in the Shanghai This accomplishment was achieved under
co-founder and former CEO of GT Solar,
and Shenzhen regions. Registration is open the supervision of the company’s EPCM
to its board of directors. Dr. Gupta joins
to anyone interested in exploring business contractor, Fluor. www.ldksolar.com
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) Partners
opportunities with Chinese manufacturers
Harry Weller and Ravi Viswanathan, NEA
and other international delegates. arise Technologies appoints garry
Principal Jon Sakoda, as well as Suniva
www.pvtourchina.com West to board
CEO John Baumstark and CTO Ajeet
ARISE Technologies Corporation ap-
Rohatgi on Suniva’s board of directors.
cpV industry consortium formed to pointed Garry J. West, FCA, to its board of
www.suniva.com
steer rapid growth in solar industry directors. Mr. West was managing partner
Founding members announced the estab- for Southwestern Ontario (2001-2006) for
asola, eurobox impianti to establish
lishment of an industry organization—the Ernst & Young LLP, responsible for the ac-
solar module JV in italy
CPV Consortium—focused on support- counting firm’s practice in Kitchener and
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies
ing the development and optimizing the London. www.arisetech.com
Worldwide’s German photovoltaic partner,
success of concentrating photovoltaics
Asola, signed an agreement to establish
(CPV) as a mainstream energy source. The europe dominates global pV market
a joint venture in southern Italy with Eu-
CPV Consortium is a global organization Companiesandmarkets.com’s Photovoltaic
robox Impianti, a developer of renewable
comprised of members from all segments Industry Analysis and Forecast evaluates
energy projects, including wind and solar
of the CPV industry, which uses mirrors the global photovoltaic (PV) industry,
power projects. The venture will enable
and lenses to concentrate sunlight onto focusing on the growing marketplace for
the production and distribution of Asola’s
high efficiency solar cells in order to gener- PV industry at global as well country level
solar modules in Italy. Asola will hold
ate more solar electricity from dramatically and analyzing the current market trends,
the controlling stake in this joint venture.
less photovoltaic material. Membership evolving market, and growth prospects of
www.qtww.com, www.asola-power.com
is open to all companies and institutions the PV industry. The latest report finds
that have a vested interest in advancing the that Europe dominates the global PV
conergy restructures solar
CPV industry. Founding members include market, with Germany surfacing as the
companies in the americas
Concentrix Solar (Germany), Emcore largest European PV market, accounting
In conjunction with a global restructur-
(USA), ISFOC (Spain), Isofoton (Spain) for more than 90% PV market installed
ing spearheaded by Conergy Group’s
and SolFocus (USA) who have been work- capacity within the continent in 2006.
headquarters in Germany, the Conergy
ing on the creation of this organization for www.companiesandmarkets.com
Americas region is consolidating the
the past 12 months. www.cpvconsortium.org.
SunTechnics and Conergy brands under a
Trina solar, gestamp asetym open
single name, Conergy. Internal reorganiza-
spain expects 3,000 mW in solar 26 mW pV plant
tion of the two companies has apparently
plants by 2010 Trina Solar announced the inauguration of
been underway for a year, with the com-
Spain’s government said its new and less a 26 MW PV plant, consisting of an instal-
panies streamlining their operations and
generous subsidy scheme, due to take effect lation which uses primarily PV modules
taking advantage of significant economies
shortly, foresees solar power plants reach- manufactured by Trina Solar, in Fuente
of scale. www.conergy.us
ing a capacity of 3,000 megawatts by 2010, Alamo, Murcia, in the south-east of Spain.

or about double the present total. Industry The project has been carried out by Ge-
confluence solar to open new
Minister Miguel Sebastian added, in testi- stamp Asetym Solar SA, a Spanish provider
factory for hicz silicon product
mony to the Senate on Thursday, that the of solar system solutions. Trina Solar sup-
Confluence Solar, Inc, a manufacturer of
government expected the capacity of solar plied 20 MW of mono and multicrystalline
high quality single crystal silicon for the so-
panels to expand to 10,000 MW by 2020. solar modules of the total 26 MW required
lar photovoltaic industry, has raised $12.7
for this key project as part of the long-term
million in capital. The company is opening
apsTl developing Tcss wafers for arrangement between both companies.
a new facility in Hazelwood, Missouri to
low-cost pV cells www.trinasolar.com
develop its HiCz™ single crystal silicon
APSTL is developing its proprietary TCSS
product. According to the National Renew-
(thin crystalline silicon on substrate) sun-tracking device wins
able Energy Laboratory (NREL), greater
technology to produce crystalline silicon student prize
than ninety percent of solar cells are made
wafers for low cost photovoltaic cells. Un- A team of three students who designed a
on silicon. With the development of
like conventional processes to deposit thin system that could allow solar power panels
HiCz™, manufacturers of solar products
films on substrates, the layer deposited by to track the sun without motors or control
can receive greater watt output than from
TCSS technology is crystalline, conducive systems won top honors and a check for
traditional multi crystal silicon platforms.
to higher conversion efficiency for solar $10,000 in the finals of a competition
www.confluencesolar.com
cells. www.apstl.com aimed at developing innovative energy
technologies. The second annual MAD-
new international solar energy
lDK solar completes six million MEC—Making And Designing Materials
trade mission to china
safe work hours for pV polysilicon Engineering Contest—offered students six
The third International PV Trade Mis-
project categories of engineering challenges related
sion to China will be held from 24 to 28
LDK Solar, a manufacturer of multicrys- to producing innovative solutions for
November 2008. This open trade mission,
talline solar wafers, has achieved a major energy-related problems in the developing
dedicated to solar PV and organized by
milestone on the 15,000 tons per annum world. The contest is co-sponsored by
40 – Global Solar Technology – November/December 2008 www.globalsolartechnology.com
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