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GE Unit Partners With SunPower On California Solar Projects
GE Energy Financial Services is partnering with SunPower Corp. to provide financing for five California solar power projects totaling approximately 8 MW. GE...
LDK Solar Acquires Minority Stake In Sinoma Crucible
LDK Solar Co. Ltd., a manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, has entered into an agreement to acquire 33.5% of crucible manufacturer Jiangxi Sinoma New...
SunPower To Build 8 MW Solar Power Plant In Spain
San Jose, Calif.-based SunPower Corp. says its Spanish subsidiary will engineer, procure equipment for and construct an approximately 8 MW solar electric power...
Braggone Receives Funding To Commercialize Polymer Technology
Oulu, Finland-based Braggone has received multi-million-dollar funding from the National Technology Agency of Finland (TEKES) to commercialize its polymer materials for worldwide commercialization....
CTDC Cuts Ribbon On a-Si Thin-Film Solar PV Facility
China Technology Development Group Corp. (CTDC) recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to showcase its SnO2 production line and 129,000 square-foot manufacturing facility, which...
China-Based PV Manufacturer Appoints New CEO
Henricus Johannes Petrus Hoskens has been appointed CEO of Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd., a China-based manufacturer of photovoltaic cells, modules and ingots...
Solarfun Signs Agreements For $230 Million In Solar Wafers
Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. has signed three contracts for the sale and delivery of wafers totaling $230 million over a seven-year period...
Global Solar PV Market Expected To Reach $32.3 Billion By 2012
The global market for photovoltaics is expected to be worth $12.9 billion in 2007 and anticipated to increase to more than $32.3 billion...
SolarReserve To Commercialize CSP Tower Tech, Molten Salt Storage System
Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., and US Renewables Group have agreed to commercialize the concentrated solar power (CSP) tower technology...
Carmanah Sells Solar Home Power Inventory And Related Obligations
Carmanah Technologies Corp. has signed a definitive agreement with David Egles, whereby Egles has purchased the inventories and other assets of Carmanah's solar...
SNI Offers Solar-Centered Program For New Home Sales
St. Louis-based Solar Night Industries (SNI) has introduced the Solar Synapse, a product, sales and marketing program designed to enhance builders' solar plans...
Akeena Solar, Suntech Finalize Solar Panel Distribution Agreement
Akeena Solar Inc., a designer and installer of solar power systems, says its Andalay solar panel technology will be distributed in Europe, Japan...
Hoku Materials Adjusts Deals With Sanyo, GEWD
Hoku Materials Inc. has amended its polysilicon supply agreement with Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. to extend the date for Hoku to complete the...
Worldwide Solar PV Activity Increases Impressively
Production of photovoltaics jumped to 3,800 MW worldwide in 2007, increasing an estimated 50% over 2006. According to preliminary data compiled by the...
Scientist Sees Potential For The ‘Perfect’ PV Solar Cell
According to an announcement from the University of Copenhagen, researcher Dr. Martin Aagesen has developed a new material, nano flakes, that has the...
S-5! Wins Patent Infringement Case
S-5! companies Metal Roof Innovations Ltd. and Caught Fish Enterprises LLC have prevailed in a patent infringement case filed against Contek Inc., d/b/a...
Solarfun Appoints Comberg To Board Of Directors
Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd., a China-based manufacturer of silicon ingots and photovoltaic cells and modules, has appointed Dr. Philip Comberg as an...
Pyron Solar Receives Series A Equity Financing
San Diego-based Pyron Solar Inc., a manufacturer of utility-scale concentrating photovoltaic systems, has closed a round of Series A equity financing with New...
PV Specialist Solar Power Inc. Announces Management Moves
Solar Power Inc., a manufacturer of photovoltaic modules and designer and installer of PV solar electric systems, has announced several additions and changes...
GE Money, Yes! Solar Solutions Announce Financing Program
GE Money and Yes! Solar Solutions, a retail outlet for solar-powered modules and panels, have announced a new multi-year relationship to provide revolving...