Industry News
Hangzhou Amplesun Solar and ENN Solar produce poly-Si from sodium fluosilicate,
ICP Solar wins business in Africa
in China. As part of these new long-term a waste from producing fertilizer, the
ICP Solar Technologies Inc., a developer,
contracts, The Linde Group will be provid- company indicated.The production line
manufacturer and marketer of proprietary
ing ongoing delivery of bulk and specialty is yet to be in volume poduction, but Sun
solar panels and products, has signed an
gases essential to make thin film solar cells Materials said it will deliver poly-Si to Sino-
agreement worth $500,000 for off-grid
– including large volumes of silane and American Silicon Products, a Taiwan-based
modules in Africa. Deliveries are expected
hydrogen gas, used to deposit silicon light maker of silicon wafers, for trial produc-
to begin in January, 2009.The company
absorbing layers on large-area sheets of tion in January 2009.
will be providing proprietary modules for
glass used in solar panels.
www.linde.com
remote power generation in areas where,
Sharp and Enel to form 1 GW thin
given the lack of reliable electricity but
JA Solar, BP Alternative Energy film joint venture
continuous availability of sunshine, they
Holdings to market solar PV product Sharp Corporation and Italy’s largest
will make it possible for thousands of
portfolio power company, Enel SpA, will establish
individuals to use portable power products
China-based solar wafer maker JA Solar a joint venture in the spring of 2009 to
and operate critically-needed equipment.
Holdings Co., Ltd. and BP Alternative En- operate as an independent power producer
www.icpsolar.com
ergy Holdings Limited recently announced and will develop a number of photovoltaic
that they intend to jointly develop and power plants with a total capacity of 189
CTDC, CMZD and TSG sign
market their partial solar photovoltaic MW by the end of 2012. Sharp and Enel
agreement to co-develop the
product portfolio in upcoming five years. will work together in the future with the
Xiamen Bay Solar City
The cooperation will combine JA Solar’s goal of strategically expanding renewable
China Technology Development Group
cost-efficient production and efficient energy in Europe, including in the Medi-
Corporation (CTDC) signed the Frame-
implementation capacities, access to third terranean region.
www.sharp.co.jp
work Agreement on co-operation with
party silicon and/or wafer markets with
China Merchants Zhangzhou Development
BP’s access to self-owned silicon and/or Meyer Burger wins order from
Zone (CMZD) and Terra Solar Global
wafer supply, worldwide customer base as Wacker Schott Solar
Inc. (TSG), to co-develop the Xiamen
well as strong brand, sales and marketing Meyer Burger Ltd will provide wire and
Bay Solar City, about 115 acres located in
capacity in major markets, the Chinese ID/OD saws to the WACKER SCHOTT
CMZD. The three parties will work closely
company says.
www.jasolar.com,
www.bp.com Solar GmbH joint venture, which has its
to make the Solar City a leading thin film
main office in Jena, Germany, as part of
PV industrial park with the SnO2 TCO
Refex Energy partners with the latter’s expansion plans. The high-tech
base plate as the pioneering sector, which
IBC Solar slicing saws, with a total order value of
is to encompass the thin film technology
Refex Energy, a Chennai-based company, moderate double-digit amount in millions
R&D center, thin film modules or other
has partnered with IBC Solar, Germany Swiss Francs, will be delivered in stages,
PV products manufacturing plants, PV ap-
to address the utility-scale and stand- beginning with wire and cropping saws in
plications deployed buildings as well as PV
alone photovoltaic projects in India. This 2009. Additional deliveries will be made in
products logistics center.
www.chinactdc.com
business partnership will specialize in PV the following years.
www.meyerburger.ch
system integration that will include plan-
3S Swiss Solar Systems delivers
ning, engineering, implementation and Tokuyama Corporation plans its
first turnkey solar production line
maintenance of solar installations ranging second polycrystalline silicon
3S Swiss Solar Systems AG announced
from small scale systems to megawatt solar manufacturing plant in Malaysia
that it has handed over a semi-automatic
PV power plants.
www.ibc-solar.de, Tokuyama Corporation plans to build its
production line to Spanish company
second polycrystalline silicon manufactur-
Eurener Energia Solar. 3S Swiss Solar
PLG Power collaborates with ing base at the Samalaju Industrial Park in
Systems AG entered the semi-automatic
Spire Corporation Sarawak, Malaysia, and begun drafting the
solar production line business in March of
PLG Power has forayed into the solar basic design of these facilities aimed at ex-
this year. Eurener Energia Solar, has been
power industry. The energy division of Rs panding Tokuyama’s polycrystalline silicon
manufacturing since 2006 on a manual 3S
2,000 crore PLG Group has set up a solar business. The basic design is scheduled to
production line. In order to expand their
power project at Sinner in Maharashtra, In- be completed by the middle of 2009.
output, the company has now installed
dia, in technical and turnkey collaboration
www.tokuyama.co.jp
the semi-automatic 20-megawatt line
with US based Spire Corporation, to pro-
comprised of an automatic string soldering
duce 50 MW solar photovoltaic modules. Sunrise Solar expands footprint into
station from Somont, a laminating line
www.plgpower.com,
www.spirecorp.com Asia
from 3S Swiss Solar Systems and a module
Sunrise Solar Corp. has opened its first tester from Pasan. 3S said that its next line
Sun Materials starts construction permanent international office in Beijing,
will be delivered to a customer in India.
on Taiwan’s first solar-grade poly-Si China, which it will use to pursue solar
www.3-s.ch/en
plant energy projects throughout Asia. The
In November, Taiwan-based Sun Materi- company manufacturers solar power cells
als Technology held a groundbreaking and competes directly with Japanese and
ceremony for constructing the country’s U.S. companies like First Solar, Sanyo and
first solar-grade polycrystalline silicon Kyocera. The new China office is expected
(poly-Si) plant at the Letzer Industrial Park to open up opportunities for the company
in northeastern Taiwan. Sun Materials in the Asian market.
uses self-developed eco-friendly process to
www.sunrisesolarcorp.com
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