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June 21, 2007
Sacramento, CA, USA: SunTechnics to Build 1.9 Megawatt Solar Farm. South San Joaquin Irrigation District (SSIJD) and SunTechnics Energy Systems Inc. have signed a contract to install one of the largest solar systems in the United States.
June 21, 2007
Toronto, ON, Canada: Ontario Launches $150M Home Retrofit Program and Solar Initiatives. A $150 million investment will help Ontario homeowners fight climate change, conserve energy and adopt green technologies, Premier McGuinty announced today.
June 21, 2007
Kapolei, HI, USA: Hoku Scientific and Solar-Fabrik Subsidiaries Sign Polysilicon Supply Agreement. Hoku Materials has signed a definitive contract for Hoku Materials' sale and delivery of polysilicon to Solar Fabrik's subsidiary, Global Expertise Wafer Division over a seven-year period beginning in the second half of calendar year 2009.
June 20, 2007
San Jose, CA, USA: SunPower Secures Morgan Stanley Financing Agreement. SunPower today announced that Morgan Stanley has agreed to own and finance solar electric power systems totaling more than four megawatts that SunPower will deploy on seven Wal-Mart facilities in California.
June 20, 2007
Heerlen, The Netherlands: Solland Solar Raises Cell Capacity to 170 Megawatts. Solar cell manufacturer, Solland Solar is planning its second expansion in the last 12 months. The shareholders of the solar cell producer have agreed to increase production capacity almost threefold.
June 20, 2007
San Francisco, CA, USA: Solarbuzz Reports United States and Spain in Close Race for "World Number 3" PV Market. Rapid growth in the Spanish photovoltaic (PV) market in 2007 will see this country challenge the United States as the world's third largest PV market this year. This is one of the conclusions evident from a comparison of two new PV Market reports issued by Solarbuzz LLC today.
June 20, 2007
Prenzlau, Germany: aleo Solar Increases Module Manufacturing Capacity. German module manufacturer, aleo solar AG is to expand its total module production capacity from 90 megawatts to 180 megawatts.
June 19, 2007
Tokyo, Japan: SANYO Electric Achieves 22% Solar Cell Efficiency in the Laboratory. SANYO Electric has broken its own record for what the company says is the world’s highest energy conversion efficiency in practical sized (100 cm2 or more) crystalline silicon-type solar cells, by achieving an efficiency of 22% at the research level.
June 19, 2007
Santa Cruz, CA, USA: Santa Cruz High to be County's First Sun-Powered School. Santa Cruz City Schools will be back at the leading edge of alternative energy use this week if trustees approve two major solar power initiatives Wednesday night.
June 19, 2007
Mountain View, CA, USA: Sharp Provides Solar Modules for 1.6 Megawatt System for Google. Sharp has provided solar modules for the largest commercial solar electricity system in the U.S. to date, recently installed at Google's corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.
June 18, 2007
San Diego, CA, USA: One Megawatt Installation at Farm ACW Goes On Line. Dr. William Arterberry never planned to be a gentleman farmer on the forefront of renewable energy generation.
June 18, 2007
Erfurt, Germany: IBC Solar Contracts for Cell Supplies with ersol Solar Energy. From 2008, solar cell manufacturer, ersol Solar Energy AG (ersol) will deliver silicon solar cells to the system integrator, IBC SOLAR AG, based in Bad Staffelstein, Germany.
June 15, 2007
Stockton, CA, USA: Caltrans Unveils Solar Photovoltaic System. Caltrans today unveiled a solar energy system with the deployment of a 251 kW photovoltaic system at Caltrans District 10 in Stockton.
June 15, 2007
Munich, Germany: Wacker to Expand Polysilicon Production Capacity at its Burghausen Site. WACKER plans to expand its annual polysilicon production capacity at its Burghausen site by an additional 7,000 metric tons to a total of 21,500 metric tons per year.
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