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total production capacity of Shimane
auria Solar ramps up 60 MW Micro-
Corporation, Sanyo, SCHOTT Solar, Solar
SANYO up to 220MW. The company will
morph® end-to-end line in record
Power Industries, SolarWorld and Suniva.
invest 7,872 million yen on the expansion.
time
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jp.sanyo.com
Auria Solar (Taiwan) unveiled the world’s
first end-to-end solar manufacturing line
Trina Solar secures $57 million
general plasma appoints JuST
using Oerlikon Solar’s high-performance
credit facilities
VacuuM as european sales rep
Micromorph® technology. Oerlikon
Trina Solar has secured from Standard
General Plasma Inc. has recently appointed
Solar’s advanced process integration
Chartered Bank (China) Limited new
JUST VACUUM as the company’s
technology and on-site customer
credit facilities totaling approximately $57
European Advanced Sources sales
support helped Auria Solar reach the
million, consisting of trade financing and
representative. JUST VACUUM brings 16
mass production stage, and attain IEC
defensive hedging products. The facilities
years of vacuum engineering to the GPI
certification from TÜV Rheinland, in
are aimed to provide financial support to
team as the company expands its footprint
record time.
Trina Solar’s raw material procurement and
in the European market. GPI’s product line
Oerlikon Solar and Auria Solar ramped
product sales while helping Trina Solar to
has been distributed in Germany, Austria,
up the entire 60 MW Tainan facility and
mitigate foreign exchange risks associated
Switzerland, and Liechtenstein exclusively
brought it to mass production in less than
with market volatilities.
www.trinasolar.com
by JUST VACUUM since May of 2009.
eight months after the move-in of equip-
JUST VACUUM represents the full
ment.
www.auriasolar.com,
www.oerlikon.com
china Nuvo Solar energy acquires
product range including Moving Magnet additional photovoltaic intellectual
Planar Magnetrons, Rotary Magnetrons
helioSphera inaugurates thin film
property
and Linear Ion Sources.
manufacturing plant
China Nuvo Solar Energy, Inc.
www.generalplasma.com,
www.justvacuum.com
HelioSphera (formally known as Next
announced today that it has acquired
Solar) officially inaugurated its state-of-the-
from Photovoltaics, Inc. a variety of solar
gcl-poly energy acquires
art plant in Tripoli. The plant is specialized
technologies/inventions consisting of six
polysilicon manufacturer
in producing thin-film photovoltaic panels,
provisional or utility patents. This newly
GCL-Poly Energy will acquire 100% equity
using Oeriklon’s Micromorph technology
acquired intellectual property relates
interest in Jiangsu Zhongneng Polysilicon
and is the largest in Europe in its kind.
to enhancements of currently available
Technology Development Co., Ltd., oa
The main activity of HelioSphera is the
technologies ranging from increases
supplier of polysilicon and wafers for use
production of thin-film photovoltaic
in output and efficiency to the use of
in the solar industry, for a consideration
panels with an annual capacity of 60 MW.
lower cost newly discovered photovoltaic
of HK$26.35 billion ($3.4bn). Jiangsu
The 185 million euro investment, one
materials and processes. The company
Zhongneng is the main operating entity of
of the biggest private investments in this
believes that each of the technologies have
GCL Solar Energy Technology Holdings
country of the past decade, is subsidized by
the potential, when commercialized, of
Inc. in the PRC. The consideration
29.879.500 euros as it was included in the
reducing the cost per kilowatt hour of solar
represents a valuation of approximately
Developmental Bill that was voted into law
energy thereby making it more competitive
10.4 times the audited consolidated net
by the plenary of the Greek Parliament.
with other energy sources. China Nuvo is
profit of RMB2,233 million of GCL Solar
This state-of-the-art plant covers an
in the process of finalizing utility patents
for the year ended December 31, 2008.
area of 27.000 m
2
, with the production
for those that are currently provisional.
www.gcl-poly.com.hk,
www.gclsolarenergy.com
area taking up 17.000 m
2
. In addition, the
The company’s plans regarding a business
fully automated Clean Room of 1.500 m
2
model to fully exploit the value of these
applied Materials and Dainippon
constitutes one of Europe’s largest and by
newly acquired technologies is presently
Screen revise ownership structure
far the biggest in Greece. Production is
under development and will be announced
of Sokudo
entirely eco-friendly as no toxic dangerous
when fully developed. China Nuvo Solar
Applied Materials, Inc. and Dainippon
elements for the environment are used.
Energy, Inc. is a nominally capitalized early
Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Screen) have signed
www.heliosphera.com
stage company that owns a unique patent
an agreement to revise the ownership pending solar technology and is working
structure of their joint venture company,
Dow corning & leading solar energy
to develop a commercially viable higher
Sokudo Co., Ltd. Under the agreement,
co. call for policies to make america
efficiency stacked photovoltaic solar cell.
Screen will own 81% of the coat/develop
a 21st century Solar power
track system company and operate it as
Representatives of Dow Corning, a
VioSolar signs MoU to purchase an
a subsidiary, and Applied Materials will
leading producer of silicon-based materials
operating photovoltaic solar company in
retain a 19% interest, down from its
used in solar energy technologies, and
Greece
original 48% interest. This new structure
representatives of America’s top solar
VioSolar Inc. signed an irrevocable
will more accurately reflect the ongoing
energy companies visited Washington
memorandum of understanding (MOU)
contributions from both shareholders.
D.C. to call for new federal policies to
with a privately held Greek corporation
In response to the significantly weak-
encourage the growth of a domestic
(‘target company’) to purchase eighty-five
ened market for semiconductor equipment,
solar energy industry that will promote
percent of its shares. The target company
Sokudo’s global sales and service opera-
economic growth, create jobs and help
has 100 kilowatts of production and
tions will be streamlined to be more ef-
meet greenhouse gas emissions goals.
licenses to build an additional 1 megawatt,
ficient in this business environment. www.
Dow Corning was joined by nine of
with 200 kilowatts in the construction
screen.co.jp,
www.appliedmaterials.com
its customers representing the solar
phase.
www.viosolar.com
energy value chain: Abengoa Solar, BP
Solar, Kyocera, National Semiconductor
www.globalsolartechnology.com
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