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MIT’s Department of Materials Science Electronics and Conergy AG have signed a equipment for producing crystalline silicon
and Engineering (DMSE) and by corporate memorandum of understanding (MoU) to solar cells, becoming the first Taiwan-based
sponsors Dow Chemical, Saint Gobain form a solar module manufacturing joint maker of such equipment. GPM started
and General Motors. venture. Under the terms of the MoU, LG production of single-purpose machines
Quantum & asola continue would acquire a 75% stake in Conergy’s used in the manufacturing processes of
expansion in europe solar module plant in Frankfurt, Germany, crystalline solar cells at the end of 2007
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies that is currently in the ramp-up phase. The and has sold seven to date. Now GPM has
Worldwide Inc. announced that its Ger- joint venture is expected to get underway integrated these single-purpose machines
man solar photovoltaic partner, Asola, has by the end of the year. www.lge.com into an automatic system spanning the
signed an agreement to establish a joint entire manufacturing process.
venture in Southern Italy to enable produc- new method of slicing wafers could www.gpmcorp.com.tw
tion and distribution of German-designed lower cost of solar power cells
solar modules in Italy. Quantum and Aso- University of Utah engineers devised a new Konarka obtains polycarbazoles
la’s Italian partner, Eurobox Impianti s.r.l., way to slice thin wafers of the chemical license from universite laval
is a leading developer of renewable energy element germanium for use in the most Konarka Technologies Inc. has obtained an
projects including wind and solar power efficient type of solar power cells. They exclusive license for a new family of pho-
projects. The initial capacity of the deal is say the new method should lower the cost toactive polymers (polycarbazoles - PCZ)
30 megawatts (MW) of modules consist- of such cells by reducing the waste and developed by Professor Mario Leclerc,
ing or mono- and poly-crystalline silicon, breakage of the brittle semiconductor. The director of the Macromolecular Science
with a potential to generate revenues in expensive solar cells now are used mainly and Engineering Research Center of Uni-
excess of US $100 million annually. Asola on spacecraft, but with the improved versite Laval (CERSIM) and director of the
will hold the controlling stake in this joint wafer-slicing method, “the idea is to make Quebec Center on Functional Materials
venture. germanium-based, high-efficiency solar (CQMF). Konarka and Universite Laval
cells for uses where cost now is a factor,” have been collaborating for the past four
sputnik engineering names new particularly for solar power on Earth, says
managing director for spain Eberhard “Ebbe” Bamberg, an assistant
Fernando Sánchez García is the new professor of mechanical engineering. “You
general manager of the Sputnik Engineer- want to do it on your roof.”
ing Ibérica S.r.l. in Madrid. He succeeds
the previous general manager Alejandro hoku and solargiga sign us $455
Lupion, who successfully built up the sub- million polysilicon supply contract
sidiary from a start-up to one of the largest Hoku Materials, Inc., a wholly owned
suppliers of PV inverters in Spain. subsidiary of Hoku Scientific, Inc., and
www.solarmax.com Wealthy Rise International, Ltd., a wholly
owned subsidiary of Solargiga Energy
gT solar adds member to board of Holdings, Ltd. have signed a definitive
directors contract for Hoku’s sale and delivery of
GT Solar International Inc., a provider of polysilicon to Solargiga over a ten-year
specialized equipment and technology for period beginning in early 2010. According
the solar power industry, today announced to the contract, up to approximately $455
that it has added Matthew Massengill to its million may be payable to Hoku during the
board of directors, increasing the number ten-year period, subject to product deliver-
of directors to seven. Massengill is the ies and other conditions. www.solargiga.com,
former chairman, president and chief ex- www.hokuscientific.com
ecutive officer of Western Digital Corpora-
years. www.ulaval.ca, www.konarka.com
tion. www.gtsolar.com Dupont photovoltaic Fluoromaterials
signs agreement with Toppan
icp solar partners with san
scaled solar signs first two DuPont Photovoltaic Fluoromaterials
Francisco-based eight inc.
sales contracts (PVFM) has developed a proprietary
ICP Solar Technologies Inc., a developer,
Scaled Solar Inc., a provider of high technology to produce backsheet contain-
manufacturer and marketer of solar panels
concentrating photovoltaic (HCPV) solar ing DuPont™ Tedlar® polyvinyl fluoride
and products, selected Eight Inc. to help
power solutions, has entered into two (PVF) polymer in a single step and has
drive innovations under the rejuvenated
definitive supply agreements for its SS1- signed a Technology Licensing Agreement
iSun® brand. www.icpsolar.com,
CPV systems. The end applications for the with Toppan Inc. Printing Co. Ltd, located
www.eightinc.com
systems are powering solar farms totaling in Tokyo, Japan, to commercialise back-
75 megawatts in the San Francisco Bay sheet for photovoltaic (PV) modules using
spire to provide turnkey solar
Area and California’s Central Valley com- this new technology. module manufacturing line in india
mencing in 2009 through 2013. photovoltaics.dupont.com Spire Corporation received a contract
www.scaledsolar.com from GreenBrilliance to provide a turnkey
gpm first Taiwan maker of crystal- photovoltaic module assembly line for that
conergy & lg negotiate solar line solar cell process equipment
company’s operation in India. Spire will
joint venture Gallant Precision Machining (GPM)
provide GreenBrilliance with a semi-auto-
Consumer electronics company LG debuted a set of automatic manufacturing
mated crystalline silicon module manufac-
www.globalsolartechnology.com Global Solar Technology – November/December 2008 – 41
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