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This feed contains WORLD news articles selected by the Prometheus staff.
Solar Cell Efficiency Increased with Popcorn Ball Design | NDN
Researchers from the University of Washington in the U.S. have developed dye-sensitized solar cells with a nanoscale âpopcorn-ball designâ that can better manipulate light and convert solar energy to electricity with double the...
Conergy expects Frankfurt (Oder) fab to be at full capacity by 2H09 - Solar News
Conergy has said that its initial ramp of its new â¬250 million integrated solar cell fab in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, now has approximately 90 percent of the production tools installed and is qualified for production.
Trina Solar Discontinues Development of Polysilicon Production Facility
CHANGZHOU, China, April 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trina Solar Limited ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the...
ReneSola signs six-year deals to supply two Chinese companies with solar wafers
LONDON, Apr. 15, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- ReneSola Ltd. (OOTC:RESLF) (NYSE:SOL) said it has signed six-year solar wafer supply contracts with Ningbo Solar Electric Power Co. Ltd. and Eoplly New Energy Technology Co....
Fluor receives contract from LDK Solar
Fluor Corp. said Tuesday it received a contract from LDK Solar Co. to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for a new polysilicon plant in China.
Meinl International Power buys solar power plants from Solon for 87 mln euros
VIENNA, Apr. 15, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- German solar module producer Solon AG. said it has sold large-scale solar power (OTCBB:SOPW) plants at four locations in Spain to Meinl International Power Ltd. in a...
Conergy Plans Sales of Over 1 Billion Euro in 2008 (Apr 9, 2008)
Five months after the start of its restructuring program, Conergy AG says that the company is significantly more tightly and efficiently organised and is making good progress with its strategic repositioning. In 2007 the company increased...
LDK Solar Prices US$400 Million Convertible Senior Notes
XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK), announced today the pricing of $400 million of 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 pursuant to Rule 144A under the United...
China Nuvo Solar Energy Announces Plans to Use Thin Film CIGS in Its Pilot Production Project
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--China Nuvo Solar Energy, Inc. (the âCompanyâ or âChina Nuvoâ) (OTCBB: CNUV) announced today that it will be developing a low-cost solar cell based on thin-film CIGS technology...
GT Solar Signs $91 Million Contract with The Silicon Mine B.V. of the Netherlands
MERRIMACK, N.H. - (Business Wire) GT Solar Incorporated, a key global provider of a comprehensive range of equipment, services and technology solutions to the solar power industry, announced today that it has entered into a contract to...
Dalu Group and Kunical International Sign Long-Term Polysilicon Supply Contract (Apr 1, 2008)
Dalu Group and their marketing partner, Kunical International Group, Ltd., have signed a long-term polysilicon supply contract with Space Energy Corporation.
LDK Solar to supply wafers to Moser Baer | Cleantech.com
Xinyu, China-based LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK) signed an agreement to supply solar wafers to Moser Baer Photo Voltaic, a subsidiary of Moser Baer India.
JAPAN'S SUMCO TO ACCELERATE SOLAR CELL WAFER PRODUCTION - April 3, 2008 Thursday 3:15 PM EST - Semiconductor International
Sumco Corp. (TSE:3436), the world's second-largest silicon wafer producer, is expanding production of wafers for solar cells.
Praxair ups silane prices by as much as 30 percent - Solar News
Praxair has followed Air Liquide in raising silane (monosilane, SiH4) prices by between 20 and 30 percent, effective immediately.
LDK Solar Signs Three Supply Deals - Forbes.com
EW YORK - Chinese solar wafer maker LDK Solar Co. Ltd. said Friday it signed two wafer supply agreements and one polysilicon sourcing deal.
Solar Thin Films, Inc. Acquires Equity Interest in CG Solar of China
Solar Thin Films, Inc. (OTCBB: SLTN) today announced that it has acquired a 15% equity interest in China-based CG Solar (previously Weihai BlueStar Photovoltaic Co. Ltd.) in exchange for $1,500,000. As noted in Solar Thin Film's 8-K filing...
Trina Solar Signs Long Term Polysilicon Supply Agreement (Apr 2, 2008)
Trina Solar, a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, has signed a long-term polysilicon supply agreement with a subsidiary of GCL Silicon Technology...
Phoenix Solar - Phoenix Solar
Sulzemoos, 2 April 2008 / Under partial utilisation of the Approved Capital 2006 and to the exclusion of shareholder subscription rights, Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93) has placed 607,500 new no-par bearer shares with qualified...
Nitol Solar and Suntech Expand Polysilicon Supply Agreement (Apr 1, 2008)
Suntech Power and Nitol Solar, an independent polysilicon producer, today announced an expansion to the terms of their existing seven-year polysilicon supply agreement which runs from 2009 to 2015. Under the expanded agreement, Nitol has...