Yingli Green Energy Wins Bid to Supply 1.5 MW Of PV Modules to China Mobile

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturers, today announced that its principal operating subsidiary in China, Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., Ltd., has won a bid to supply approximately 1.5MW of PV modules to China Mobile Communications Corp. (“China... 

Sharp to Introduce 2nd Generation Thin Film Solar Cells in U.S.

Sharp, a world leader in solar cell production, announced today at Solar Power International 2008 that it will introduce next generation thin film solar cells in the U.S. market in the near future. With its thin film solar product, Sharp will be capable of handling multi-megawatt, large-scale utility projects that are best served by a thin film solar... 

SolarWorld to Showcase High-Capacity Technologies at Solar Power International

SolarWorld, a world leader in high quality solar power technology, today announced it will exhibit at this year’s Solar Power International event — the United States’ largest and most prestigious solar conference and exhibition. SolarWorld is located in booth #1613 and will be sharing information on its expansions in production, green... 

Leading Solar Companies Create Green Jobs in Germany

Nearly 50 percent of the world’s installed solar-energy capacity is in Germany, and annual industry growth is expected to hit 25 percent in coming years. North American investments in eastern Germany have contributed significantly to this success. Mike Ahearn, CEO of First Solar, will present his company’s success story in eastern Germany... 

Yingli Green Energy Signs PV Module Sales Contracts with GeckoLogic and Sinosol

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturers, today announced it has entered into new PV module sales contracts with leading German PV players GeckoLogic GmbH and Sinosol AG. 28 MW PV Module Sales Contract with GeckoLogic Yingli Green Energy signed a 28 MW PV module... 

Yingli Green Energy Announces Business Update

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturers, today announces that the Company has signed a 36.8 MW PV module sales contract with S.A.G. Solarstrom AG and that it has completed the installation and trial production of an additional 200 MW of annual manufacturing... 

Suntech Announces Groundbreaking of PV Cell Production Facility in Yangzhou, China

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, today announced the groundbreaking of a new PV cell production facility in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China. Suntech intends to complete the facility with a PV cell production capacity of 300MW by the end of 2009. The new production... 

Quantum and Asola Announce Solar Expansion into Korea – Signs JV Agreement With Q&Tech/Yongsan to Build a 30 MW Solar Production Facility

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. announced that its German solar photovoltaic partner, Asola has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a joint venture manufacturing plant in South Korea, to enable production and distribution of high quality, German-designed solar modules in South Korea. The Korean partner Q&Tech / Yongsan... 

Solar EnerTech Acquires Stake in 21-Century Silicon; Secures Future Silicon Supply

Solar EnerTech Corp. announced that the Company has entered into an equity purchase agreement in which it acquired two million shares of common stock of 21-Century Silicon, Inc., a polysilicon manufacturer based in Dallas, Texas (”21-Century Silicon”) for $1 million cash. The two million shares acquired by the Company constitute approximately... 

CTDC to Ramp up its First Sno2 Production Line to Reach Production Level

China Technology Development Group Corporation, a provider of solar energy products and solutions in China focusing on a-Si thin film technology, today announced that it had commenced the commercial production of SnO2 solar base plate, a TCO (transparent conductive oxide) substrate which is used as a key top electrode of a-Si thin film solar cell, on...