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Sep 4th |
Seven Funds Known to Have Invested in Miasole's Latest Round |
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Miasole, the California based thin-film solar company, has secured finance from at least seven major institutions this summer, in its latest venture capital round.
The company, which specialises in copper indium gallium selenide technology, declined to comment on its funding efforts. However several press reports have said that Miasole is hoping to raise in total some $200 million.
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Sep 4th |
Solartech secures 110MW per annum multicrystalline wafer supply deal with LDK Solar |
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To meet its previously stated capacity ramp, Taiwan based, Solartech Energy Corp has secured a five-year contract with LDK Solar for multicrystalline wafers that equates to 110MW supply per annum. The deal starts in 2009 and extends through 2013.
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Sep 4th |
Canadian Solar, GCL ink long-term polysilicon, wafer supply deals |
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Canadian Solar (CSI) and GCL Silicon Technology have signed new long-term supply agreements, in which GCL will provide 510 metric tons of high-purity polysilicon feedstock over the next two years and approximately 1.8 GW of solar wafers from 2010-2015.
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Sep 4th |
Q-Cells venture Solibro ships first CIGS PV modules, plans capacity expansion |
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Solibro has begun to ship its copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules to customers. The German company, which is a joint venture between majority partner Q-Cells and Swedish firm Solibro, says that it has signed supply contracts for most of its production. Customers include Sunova, HaWi Energietechnik, thermovolt, Hecklogic, and Sunset Energietechnik.
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Sep 3rd |
MEMC remains cautious on polysilicon production ramp |
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MEMC Electronic Materials has said that it continues to add polysilicon capacity at its Pasadena, Texas facility after several unscheduled disruptions in recent months. The company said in a mid-quarter update that it expects revenues of $560 to $620 million for the quarter, which is in the upper half of its previous guidance.
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Sep 3rd |
Suntech signs new $750 million polysilicon supply agreement with DC Chemical |
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Suntech Power has signed a new seven-year polysilicon supply agreement with DC Chemical Co. Ltd., worth approximately $750 million from 2010 to 2016. In March, 2008, DC Chemical entered into its first polysilicon supply deal with Suntech, worth approximately $631 million with supply running from 2009 to 2016.
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Sep 3rd |
DC Chemical places $173 million polysilicon CVD reactor order with GT Solar |
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DC Chemical has placed an order with GT Solar worth $173 million with GT Solar for polysilicon CVD reactors as part of the aggressive production ramp of DC Chemical to meet long-term supply contracts. This is the third contract signed between the two companies.
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Sep 3rd |
DuPont to double |
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Due to the continued rapid growth of the photovoltaics industry, DuPont has said that it will more than double the production of its Tedlar films, which are used in backsheet applications. DuPont anticipates that the PV market will grow by more than 50 percent per annum over the next few years and expects its sales in the sector could exceed $1 billion within the next five years.
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Sep 3rd |
Air Products wins bulk gases contract at SCHOTT Solar |
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The new PV module and receiver production facility of SCHOTT Solar in Albuquerque, N.M., is to have bulk gases supplied by Air Products. The new 200,000 square foot facility was announced at the beginning of 2008, with production expected to start in the spring of 2009. Air Products is to supply liquid nitrogen, oxygen, argon and hydrogen to the facility under a long-term supply deal.
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Sep 3rd |
IMEC to develop organic multi-junction solar cells for Plextronics |
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IMEC and Plextronics, Inc. are to partner on the further development of Plextronics Plexcore branded materials and inks to boost the efficiency levels of its solar cells. IMEC aims to develop organic multi-junction solar cells with efficiency of 10 percent by 2012 with an average efficiency of 7 percent (+/- 0.5 percent) and solar cell lifetime of 5 years.
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