SOLON AG, one of Europe's biggest
manufacturers of solar modules and photovoltaic systems, has
been awarded a contract to equip several major power plants
in Spain.
In the second quarter of 2007,
the German-American solar technology company SolarWorld Group
increased sales and earnings in the double digit range. Group
sales rose to $247 (previous year: $138.5) million in the
second quarter and to $428.6 (previous year: $252.3) million
in the first half of the year. Earnings before interest and
tax (EBIT) went up by 32 percent to $67.9 (previous year:
$51.5) million from April through June and to $115.9 (previous
year: $88.2) million in the first half of the year.
Solarfun Power Holdings Co.,
Ltd., an established manufacturer of both photovoltaic (PV)
cells and modules in China, recently announced that it has
entered into an agreement to acquire a 52% equity interest
in Jiangsu Yangguang Solar Technology Co. Ltd. for approximately
US$8 million from Nanjing Linyang Electric Power Investment
Co., Ltd.
SCHOTT Solar, a subsidiary of
the worldwide SCHOTT group, and WACKER Chemie AG today signed
an agreement to set up two joint ventures to produce and
market silicon wafers for solar applications. Solar-wafer
production capacity is set to expand in stages, reaching
about one gigawatt/year by 2012.
SPX Corporation announced that
its Kayex business was awarded a contract to design and
manufacture state-of-the-art crystal growing equipment to
support the rapid growth of the silicon-based solar energy
market. The $40 million contract is with the Norwegian company,
NorSun AS, a producer of mono crystalline ingots and wafers
for the international solar industry.
Merrimack, NH (USA), July 31,
2007 - GT Solar Incorporated, one of the major providers
of manufacturing equipment and turnkey manufacturing solutions
to the photovoltaic (PV) industry, announced today that
it has signed a $171 million dollar contract with Glory
Silicon Energy Co., Ltd., of JiangSu, China for GT's new
and more efficient DSS450 furnaces for the production of
multi-crystalline silicon ingots. The contract is the largest
single DSS furnace contract in GT Solar's history and will
include deliveries over the next two years. The order will
equip what is projected to be one of the largest wafer factories
in the world – about 1500MW annually.
