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Industry News— Targray moves to larger corporate
RUSNANO, has approved the
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corporation’s participation in a project
Following a consistent annual growth
Singapore awards first projects
to produce solar modules using thin-film
rate of over 45% since 2001, Targray
under solar capability scheme
technology.
Technology International has relocated
The Clean Energy Program Office
“We are talking about creating the
its corporate headquarters to a larger
(CEPO) has awarded the first five private
largest base in Russia for the production
facility at 18105 Transcanada in Kirkland,
sector projects under the S$20 million
of solar modules,” said RUSNANO
Quebec. Targray supplies materials and
Solar Capability Scheme (SCS) with the
CEO Anatoly Chubais. “This is the most
consumables to the Optical Media industry
Solar Pioneer Award. The projects are
significant investment in alternative
and silicon, raw materials and cutting edge
City Developments Limited’s Tampines
energy on the territory of the Russian
products to the photovoltaic industry.
Grande, Lend Lease Retail’s 313@
Federation.”
The new facilities—which also inaugurate
Somerset, Robert Bosch’s regional
A new company is to be established
Targray’s 20th year in business—provide a
headquarters building, Lonza Biologics’
under the project at Khimprom’s industrial
significantly expanded and upgraded office
manufacturing facility, and Applied
park in the city of Novocheboksarsk in
space, a larger warehousing capacity, a
Materials’ manufacturing facility. CEPO
the Chuvash Republic. The company
100-person auditorium, an on-site serviced
also announced the second wave of public
will realize the entire cycle of production
cafeteria and a fully-equipped gym.
sector projects under its S$17 million
for solar modules. Its planned capacity
www.targray.com
Clean Energy Research and Test-bedding
is to be one million solar modules, the
(CERT) program. These are Ngee Ann
equivalent of 120 MW, per year. The core
cookson and Strip Tinning in solar
Polytechnic, Changi Airport Budget
participants in the project are RUSNANO
cooperation
Terminal, National Environment Agency’s
and RENOVA Group. The project is
Cookson Electronics Assembly Materials
Meteorological Station and Khoo Teck
scheduled to start in the third quarter of
has signed a joint commercial and
Puat Hospital. With these new public
2009 and reach the planned capacity in the
technical strategic collaboration agreement
and private sector projects, Singapore’s
fourth quarter of 2011.
en.rusano.com, www.
with Strip Tinning Ltd, of Birmingham
cumulative installed base of solar systems
renova.ru
UK, manufacturer of coated, conductive,
will increase from just 200kW in mid-2008
copper foils used to interconnect PV cells
applied energy Systems acquires
to about 5MW.
in the assembly of solar modules. Under
SeMI-gaS® gas cabinet product
the terms of the agreement, Cookson will
DeK Solar adds another bright
line from Matheson Tri-gas
provide technical input on the selection
spark to its global alternative ener-
Applied Energy Systems, Inc. signed an
and utilisation of the lead-free alloys that
gies team
agreement to acquire the SEMI-GAS®
are increasingly being demanded by solar
Robin Bancroft is the latest to join the
gas cabinet product line from Matheson
module assemblers. Cookson will also be
DEK Solar team. Newly appointed as
Tri-Gas, Inc. The acquired product
instrumental in the further development
Alternative Energies Business Development
line will become part of the Applied
of pre-fluxed solar ribbon for which the
Manager for Western Europe, Robin’s
Energy Systems organization and will
company has a patent pending.
extensive experience will reinforce DEK’s
operate as its own separate business unit
www.alphametals.com
proven photovoltaic expertise as it meets
focusing primarily on the semiconductor
the fast-growing demand for its services
and related industries. The transfer of
Solyndra signs sales contract with
in this region. Robin joins DEK on the
technology, materials and staff will occur
eBITSchenergietechnik
back of a highly successful career to date
gradually over the next few months
Solyndra, Inc., has signed a new
selling capital equipment to the electronics
to allow for a seamless transition of
long-term sales contract with solar
industry, where he most recently worked as
manufacturing and engineering functions
integrator EBITSCHenergietechnik,
the European Agent for Baccini’s solar and
that will ensure customer orders will be
based in Zapfendorf, Germany. The
thick film products.
www.deksolar.com
delivered on-time and to the same high
Euro-based contract, worth up to $115
quality that customers expect and demand.
million, extends through 2013 and
rimas to supply five turn-key pV
www.appliedenergysystems.com
brings Solyndra’s contractual backlog
solar module manufacturing lines to
to approximately $1.8 billion. The
pSc Industries
abound Solar signs pV module
solar panels for these contracts will be
PSC Industries Ltd and Rimas B.V. have
supply agreement with Wirsol, Juwi
manufactured at Solyndra’s facilities
agreed on the supply of five turnkey PV
Solar
in Fremont and Milpitas, California.
solar module manufacturing lines. It is
Cadmium telluride thin-film photovoltaics
Solyndra’s cylindrical, thin film PV systems
anticipated that PSC Industries will start
manufacturer Abound Solar has signed
are designed to generate more electricity
producing solar modules in Nigeria by
long-term sales agreements with two
on an annual basis from typical low-slope
December 2009 or early 2010. A total of
German systems integrators, Wirsol
commercial rooftops, which Solyndra says
five manufacturing plants of 10MWp each
Solar and juwi solar. The TFPV company
uniquely provide much lower installation
has been concluded upon and will all be
(formerly known as AVA Solar) is
costs than conventional PV flat panel
operational by end of 2010. Discussions
beginning production on its initial 70-MW
technologies.
www.solyndra.com
are underway for additional manufacturing
line at its recently commissioned facility
plants in Ghana and Gambia slated for
in Longmont, CO. The financial terms
ruSNaNo and reNoVa plan thin
2011. The manufactured solar panels will
and duration of the two contracts were
film cell production
be sold mainly for the West Africa Market.
not disclosed. Juwi also uses CdTe TFPV
The Supervisory Council of the Russian
www.rimas.nl
modules from First Solar, and the two
Corporation of Nanotechnologies,
companies recently said they had received
32 – Global Solar Technology – July/August 2009
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