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deal with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. to chael Roman as vice president and general a project to develop ‘third-generation’
supply polysilicon. Under the deal, KMA manager of the new division.
www.3m.com thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules with
will provide the essential raw material for energy conversion rates of at least 10%, has
solar cells to the world’s top shipbuilder eneos, sanyo form solar cell JV, set aside an initial budget of NT $5 billion
between 2010 and 2015. KMA is a joint plan 1gW production in 2015 (US $150 million) for the new business, ac-
venture that was set up by Hyundai Heavy Nippon Oil Corp. (Eneos) and Sanyo cording to industry sources. AUO has not
and KCC Corp., South Korea’s leading Electric Co Ltd established Sanyo Eneos defined its “third-generation” thin-film PV
paint maker, to produce polysilicon. Hyun- Solar Co Ltd, a joint company for produc- technology.
www.auo.com
dai Heavy clinched on Jan. 19 a deal with ing amorphous Si thin-film solar cells and
Woongjin Polysilicon, a unit of Woongjin marketing power generation systems. The solar power, inc. receives follow-on
Holdings Co., to buy polysilicon worth investment ratio is 50:50. Panasonic Corp, order from german solar integrator
$508 million between 2011 and 2015. which became the parent company of Solar Power, Inc., received an additional
Sanyo, has not made any direct investment order from a German solar integrator for
Trina solar signs sales agreement at this point. For the joint company, Sanyo the company’s 200-watt solar modules. On
with ga solar will take charge of the development of January 6th, SPI announced that an initial
Trina Solar’s subsidiary Changzhou Trina manufacturing technologies for thin-film supply of the modules was shipped to the
Solar Energy Co., Ltd., has entered into solar cells as well as the production of cells integrator during December 2008. The
a sales agreement with Spanish customer and modules. Eneos will be responsible initial product supply was well received
Gestamp Asetym Solar, S.L. Under the for the construction of large-scale power from a quality and performance perspec-
terms of this agreement, Trina Solar will generation systems using the modules as tive, forming the basis for the order now in
supply GA Solar between 20 to 36 MW of well as the distribution and sale of the place
www.solarpowerinc.net
PV modules for one year at pre-determined products. Eneos will also provide material
prices. Shipments under this agreement technologies for gases (eg, hydrogen gas) ritek corp. is TuV certified for solar
have recently been initiated. www.trinasolar. required in the cell production. cells
com,
www.ga-solar.com www.eneos.us,
www.sanyo.com Taiwan’s Ritek Corp. recently announced
winning the TUV certificate for its solar
sopogy technology to be used in nanchang to expand lDK research cells, an edge expected to help pave the
california project center way for its entry into the European market.
Honolulu-based solar energy company Sop- Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi province, The company’s executives noted that the
ogy Inc. will be part of a California demon- plans to expand the research center built technology had been developed with assis-
stration project that aims to showcase six jointly by LDK Solar and Nanchang Uni- tance from its strategic partner, Scheuten
new solar technologies. Nine of Sopogy’s versity in 2006 into a nationwide silicon Solar Technology GmbH, Germany, add-
patented solar concentrators, which the material and solar cell project research cen- ing that Ritek acquired the certificate in
company designs, engineers and manu- ter, reports
nc.gov.cn. The city says it will only one quarter, starting from the day it
factures in Hawaii, will be used to run air house one photovoltaic company with sales delivered the application, shorter than half
conditioning units on a 45,000 square-foot revenue exceeding RMB 100 billion, two a year most manufacturers usually need.
building in Downey, Calif.
www.sopogy.com companies with sales revenue exceeding
www.ritek.com
RMB 50 billion and six to eight companies
carlisle energy services and energy with sales revenue exceeding RMB 10 e-Ton lands 132 MWp in orders
conversion Devices sign supply billion by 2010. A 3,000MW polysilicon in a week
agreement
wafer project is also under planning, said E-Ton Solar Tech, a Taiwan-based maker of
Carlisle Energy Services, a newly formed
the report. crystalline silicon solar cells, on February
division of Carlisle Construction Materi- 5 announced it had obtained an order
als, and Energy Conversion Devices have sontor’s thin film ramp up on for 82MWp of solar cells with shipments
reached a multi-year agreement for ECD schedule spanning 2009-2012. However, E-Ton did
to supply its UNI-SOLAR® laminates to The ramp-up of Sontor’s first production not release any further information on the
Carlisle Energy Services.
www.uni-solar.com, facility for micromorph silicon thin-film deal. Earlier in the week week E-Ton Solar
www.carlisle-syntec.com modules in Solar Valley Thalheim is Tech had announced that it has obtained
proceeding on schedule. Sontor GmbH is an order for 50MWp of solar cells from an
3M forms renewable energy a wholly-owned subsidiary of Q-Cells SE, existing client, with shipments scheduled
division; names executive to lead
founded in 2006 and currently employ- during the year of 2009.
www.e-tonsolar.com
the business
ing 156 people. Last year, the company
3M has announced the formation of its
produced and sold 3.6 Megawatt peak of solargiga energy foresees de-
new Renewable Energy Division. This
modules. Sontor’s plans for 2009 are to creased gross margin in 2008
organization will enable 3M to maximize
further improve the utilization of the 24 China-based Solargiga Energy, Wafer
the company’s technologies, products and
MWp production capacity. Additionally, Works’ subsidiary maker of solar-grade
responsiveness to the fast-changing renew-
Sontor plans to increase the research and monocrystalline silicon ingots/wafers
able energy industry. The products within
development activities in Bitterfeld-Wolfen. in China, has estimated its overall gross
the new division will include products
www.sontor.com margin for 2008 at 18-19%, dropping from
currently sold to the industry, new-to-the- the 31.8% posted in 2007, according to a
world products invented for the renewable
Taiwan’s auo to initially invest nT company filing with the Hong Kong Stock
energy market, and products adapted from $5 billion in thin-film pV modules Exchange.
www.solargiga.com
existing technologies. 3M appointed Mi- AU Optronics (AUO), having announced
34 – Global Solar Technology – March/April 2009
www.globalsolartechnology.com
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