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Letter to the editor: Oerlikon Solar’s statement on stimulus package
Letter to the editor
A statement from Oerlikon Solar
on the United States’ stimulus package
Oerlikon Solar applauds the speed and effectiveness that the House, Senate and the Obama
administration have demonstrated in passing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
SOLARCON Korea 2009
January 20–22, 2009
As the global leader in silicon thin-film the U.S. by stimulating new investment in While this has been a difficult econom-
manufacturing equipment and factories, factories that produce thin-film solar pan- ic time for us all, it’s also an opportunity
Seoul, Korea
Oerlikon Solar can be a key participant in els to serve the largest and fastest-growing to renew, redefine and reinvent our world.
Introducing SOLARCON—
helping spur the manufacturing sector in market in the world for solar energy, the This stimulus package is a strong step in
SOLARCON China 2009
United States. helping accelerate Oerlikon Solar’s goal of
the world’s leading trade
In particular, the manufacturing tax making solar power economically viable, a
March 17–19, 2009
credit is an excellent first step to help gen- goal we believe will bring solar power to the
events for solar photovoltaic
erate some of the five million new green United States and the world on a scale that Shanghai, China
(PV) technology innovation
jobs President Obama has cited in his has never been seen before.
commitment to help transform our energy
SOLARCON Singapore 2009
and manufacturing.
infrastructure from fossil fuels imported Jeannine Sargent
from abroad to clean energy manufactured CEO, Oerlikon Solar
May 20–22, 2009
Presented by SEMI
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PV Group,
and produced in America. With the initial
$2 billion investment, our goal is to dem-
Singapore
SOLARCON expositions are the
onstrate the merits of continued support of
premier showcases for the complete
the manufacturing sector as a key driver of
PV supply chain—from equipment
economic recovery.
DON’T MISS THESE ADDITIONAL
Oerlikon Solar also commends the
and materials to cells and modules
vision and leadership of the DOE grant
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and everything in between.
provision to help investors and develop-
ers capture the value of the 30 percent PV Japan 2009 Connect with the people, products,
investment tax credit for renewable energy
projects. This provision will loosen gridlock
June 24–26, 2009
technologies, and trends driving
in the capital markets with funding for
Chiba, Japan
the explosive growth of solar
shovel-ready solar projects that have been
energy in the specific regions
on hold due to lack of available financing.
This provision will benefit the entire solar
Intersolar 2009
and markets where it’s all
industry as it can apply to projects of any
May 27–29, 2009 happening right now.
size.
Munich, Germany
www.pvgroup.org
SEMICON West/
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and renewable energy projects
Intersolar North America 2009
Carol Browner, “energy czar” of the Obama available to renewable energy, electric trans- bonus depreciation for property placed in July 14–16, 2009
administration, called the recently signed mission and leading-edge biofuel projects service in 2009.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that will be able to start construction by $400 million was also earmarked for
San Francisco, California
of 2009 “an amazing down payment” on September 30, 2011. the Advanced Research Projects Agency-
renewable energy and smart-grid technol- A a full, three-year extension written Energy (ARPA-E), a program established by
ogy. The Act includes US $16.8 billion for into the Act allows a wide range of PTC- U.S. Congress in 2007 that had not until
the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and eligible facilities to claim the 30-percent now received any federal funding. ARPA-E
Renewable Energy (EERE), the bulk of Energy Tax Credit, rather than the produc- will leverage the intellectual capital of the
which will go to support direct grants and tion tax credit. nation’s universities, commercial, indus-
rebates. It also allows facilities eligible for the trial, and investor communities, and the
The Act also includes $6 billion for the energy tax credit to instead claim a dollar- national labs to pursue high-risk, high-
DOE Loan Guarantee Program, expected for-dollar grant from the US Treasury if reward research that neither these entities
ENERGY
to guarantee as much as $60 billion in construction of the project can begin in nor DOE would pursue on their own.
loans for renewable energy and electric 2009 or 2010. Learn more about the American Recov-
transmission technologies/ The program is The Act also reinstates 50-percent ery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 online.
32 – Global Solar Technology – November/December 2008
www.globalsolartechnology.com
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