Baoding, China: Yingli Green Energy Signs New Sales Contracts with IBC Solar AG. Yingli Green Energy has entered into two sales contracts with IBC Solar AG, one of the leading specialists in PV systems worldwide, to supply a total of 91 MW of PV modules to IBC Solar.

Freiburg, Germany: Solar-Fabrik AG Signs Agreement with JA Solar. Solar-Fabrik AG has entered into an agreement with JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd of China for the supply of 30 megawatts of solar cells.

Mainz, Germany: SCHOTT Solar Signs Long-term Contract with Enerpoint S.p.A. SCHOTT Solar and Italy's Enerpoint S.p.A. have signed a long term supply contract for the delivery of 35 megawatts of modules.

San Jose, CA, USA: SunPower and Ecoware Sign 130 Megawatt Agreement. SunPower Corporation has signed a customer contract with Italian solar plant integrator Ecoware, S.p.A.

Paris, France : EDF Energies Nouvelles Orders Additional 75 MW from First Solar. EDF Energies Nouvelles is continuing its strategy of purchasing photovoltaic panels by signing an order for a further 75 MWp in capacity from First Solar due for delivery in 2009 and 2010.

Mountain View, CA, USA: SolFocus and EMPE Solar Sign 10+MW CPV Project. SolFocus has signed a $103 million (euro 80M) agreement with EMPE Solar to install over 10 megawatts of CPV solar energy projects in several sites across southern Spain by the end of 2010.

Constance, Germany : Sunways AG Enters into Contract with Swiss Wafers AG. Sunways AG has entered into a contract with Swiss Wafers AG, for the supply of silicon wafers.

Fremont, CA, USA: Solyndra Signs Sales Contract with GeckoLogic. Solyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of proprietary photovoltaic systems designed to optimize solar electricity production on commercial rooftops, has signed a new long-term sales contract with solar integrator GeckoLogic GmbH.

Xinyu City, China: LDK Solar Signs Seven-Year Wafer Supply Contract. LDK Solar, a manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, has signed a seven-year contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Italy-based Helios Technology.

Cittaducale, Italy: Solsonica Signs Multi-Year Module Supply Contract with TerniEnergia. Italian cell and module manufacturer, Solsonica S.p.A. has entered into a 3-year sales contract with TerniEnergia, a company active in the renewable energy industry sector.

Hsinchu, Taiwan: Neo Solar Power and Solarday Sign 5 Year Cell Contract. Taiwanese cell manufacturer, Neo Solar Power has entered into a 5-year sales contract with Italian module manufacturer, Solarday for a total value of $210 million (NT$6.7 billion).

Toronto, Canada: Canadian Solar Signs 2009 Sales Contract with Iliotec. Chinese manufacturer, Canadian Solar (CSI) has signed two sales contracts with Iliotec Solar GmbH and Iliotec Solar International.

Baoding, China: En-Neo Neue Energien Exercises Module Supply Option with Yingli. Yingli Green Energy has entered into a supplementary contract to the sales contract disclosed on June 5, 2008 with EN-NEO NEUE ENERGIEN GmbH, a specialist in PV energy projects worldwide.

New Delhi, India: Moser Baer Secures $500M of Solar Module Orders. Moser Baer India has entered into definitive agreements to supply solar modules to major European solar system integrators.

Prenzlau, Germany: aleo solar AG Signs New Italian Contracts. aleo solar AG is continuing to expand its business in Italy following the signing two supply contracts for a total of 5.5 megwatts with the Italian project developer ERIC Group S.p.a.

Erfurt, Germany: ersol Solar Energy to Triple Cell Production Capacity. Together with ersol Solar Energy AG, the Bosch Group intends to expand its manufacturing capacity for crystalline solar cells and modules in Arnstadt, Germany.

Freiburg, Germany: Concentrix Solar Inaugurates Concentrator PV Manufacturing Plant. Concentrix Solar today officially inaugurated its new concentrator PV manufacturing plant. Concentrix Solar GmbH was founded in February 2005 as a spin-off company of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE.

Tubbach, Switzerland: Oerlikon Solar Brings Micromorph® to Mass Production. Oerlikon Solar said today that Inventux Technologies AG is now the world’s first manufacturer to implement Oerlikon’s micromorph® technology for the mass-production of thin-film silicon solar modules.

Lyss, Switzerland: 3S Swiss Solar Systems Delivers its First Turnkey, Semi-Automatic Production Line. 3S Swiss Solar Systems AG, a supplier of production equipment for the manufacture of solar modules, has handed over a semi-automatic production line to the Spanish company Eurener Energia Solar.

Beijing, China: Linde to Supply Gases to Three Thin Film Manufacturing Plants. Technology company, The Linde Group, has been awarded new multi-million US-dollar contracts from three thin film manufacturers in China.

Burghausen, Germany: Polysilicon Facilities Start Up at Wacker's Burghausen Site. Additional polycrystalline-silicon production facilities officially came on stream at Wacker Chemie AG’s Burghausen site yesterday.

Munich, Germany: Wacker to Raise Polysilicon Capacity. Wacker Chemie AG is planning to construct a new polysilicon production plant at its Nünchritz site (Saxony, Germany) with a nominal annual capacity of 10,000 metric tons.

Budapest, Hungary: Energosolar Delivers Equipment for Bulgarian Thin-film Factory. Energosolar has started to ship the first production equipment for Solar Pro’s new amorphous silicon (aSi) thin-film PV module manufacturing plant in Bulgaria.

Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany: Solibro to Build Thin Film Manufacturing Facility. Solibro GmbH is to build its new manufacturing plant for photovoltaic modules, with a production capacity of 90 MWp, in Solar Valley Thalheim in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany.

New York, NY, USA: Solar Thin Films Schedules Equipment Delivery for Thin Film Manufacturing Plant. Solar Thin Films, Inc, a manufacturer of equipment for the production of amorphous silicon (a-Si) photovoltaic modules, has received $3.6 million from Grupo Unisolar, S.A.

Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany: Solibro Starts Shipments of CIGS Modules. Solibro GmbH has started shipments to customers of its CIGS thin film solar modules.

Moura, Portugal: ACCIONA Puts 46MW PV Project in to Service. ACCIONA Energy has put into service its 46 megawatt photovoltaic power plant in Amareleja (Moura, Portugal), the largest of its kind in the world.

Freiburg, Germany: S.A.G. Solarstrom Completes 1.1 MW Photovoltaic System. Freiburg based, S.A.G. Solarstrom AG, has completed the construction of a 1.1 MW rooftop photovoltaic system in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Asti, Italy: Photovoltaic System Installed at Italian Vineyard. Canadian Solar (CSI) has announced that one of its Italian customers, Arco Energy, has completed its first project with CSI modules.

Brandis/Koethen, Germany: Juwi Finishes Waldpolenz and Koethen Photovoltaic Projects. Woerrstadt-based system integrator, juwi Group has connected to the grid the company's largest solar projects to date at the Energy Park, "Waldpolenz" in Brandis near Leipzig (Saxony) as well as in Koethen (Saxony-Anhalt).

Erlangen, Germany: Siemens Installs Photovoltaic System at Healthcare Facility. Siemens Energy has installed a turnkey photovoltaic plant on the roof of the Siemens Healthcare x-ray systems manufacturing plant in Forchheim.

Sulzemoos, Germany: Phoenix Solar Completes 5.6MW PV System. Phoenix Solar has completed construction of its final photovotlaic project of 2008. It is a ground mounted system with a peak output of 5.6 MW in Hasborn in Rhineland-Palatinate

Narbonne, France: EDF Commissions 7MW Photovoltaic System. EDF Energies Nouvelles has commissioned the La Narbonnaise photovoltaic solar power plant in the Aude region of France.

Trier, Germany: Conergy Connects 8.4 MW Thin Film Project. After only six months of construction, Conergy has completed work on a 8.4 MW solar park in Trier (Rhineland-Palatinate) on behalf of Stadtwerke Trier (SWT).

Mountain View, CA, USA: SolFocus to Deploy CPV Systems in Greece. SolFocus has reached agreement with Concept, a division of the Samaras Group, to jointly develop the first commercial installation of Concentrator Photovoltaic solar technology in Greece.

Biel, Switzerland: SolarMax Inverters Installed in Four Spanish Projects. On 28 November, Spanish company Vasolar 2006 S.L. and its Portuguese business partner Cavalum SGPS, S.A. inaugurated four solar parks with a total output of eight megawatts in the autonomous Spanish region of Extremadura.

Wuxi, China: Suntech and a+f Complete Two Spanish Solar Power Plants. Suntech Power has recently completed two solar power plants in Spain in collaboration with Wuerzburg, Germany based a+f GmbH, a subsidiary of the GILDEMEISTER group, whose high performance SunCarrier single axis tracker is a market leader.

Rome, Italy: Photovoltaic System Inaugurated at the Vatican. SolarWorld AG has completed the first solar power plant for the Vatican right next to St. Peter’s Cathedral.

Madrid, Spain: SunPower Completes 18-Megawatt Project. SunPower has completed the 18-megawatt Olivenza solar electric power plant in Badajoz, Spain.

Mértola, Portugal: Jayme da Costa Commissions OLVA Photovoltaic Plant. Jayme da Costa, Mecânica e Electricidade, S.A. has announced the final commissioning of the Olva Photovoltaic Plant.

San Jose, CA, USA: San Jose Tech Museum Dedicates 185 kilowatt Solar System. SunPower Corporation, Helio Micro Utility and the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation, today joined with San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and other local officials to dedicate a 185-kilowatt solar-electric system.

London, United Kingdom: Foresight's Solar Fund to Invest in Italian and Greek PV Projects. Foresight Group’s European new Solar Fund is to invest in solar photovoltaic opportunities in Italy and Greece, with the intention of expanding to other Southern European markets in the future.

Venda do Pinheiro, Portugal: Donauer Starts Up 1.4 MW plant Photovoltaic Power. Donauer Solartechnik's first large photovoltaic project in Spain has been successfully connected to the grid.

Hamburg, Germany: Conergy Sells Two Thin Film Projects. Conergy AG has sold photovoltaic plants “Igling-Buchloe” and “Neuhaus” to a German "Emissionshaus" (similar to a Merchant Bank).

Hamburg, Germany: Conergy Finances Three Spanish Megawatt Photovoltaic Projects. With the successful conclusion of the financing for the Spanish major projects Manzanares, Herrera and Chinchilla by the HSH Nordbank, the Conergy Group has now financed all the major projects realized in 2008 in Spain via its subsidiary EPURON.

Bad Staffelstein, Germany: IBC Solar to Seek Investors for 38 Megawatt PV Project. Bad Staffelstein based system integrator, IBC Solar has secured ground in the north Italian region Friaul, on which photovoltaic power projects with a nominal power of 38 megawatt are to be built.

Ulm, Germany: Phoenix Solar Builds 2.3 megawatt Photovoltaic Power Plant. On behalf of SWU Energie, system integrator, Phoenix Solar AG is currently building a roof-mounted photovoltaic system with a peak power output of 2.3 megawatt on the roofs of EvoBus GmbH in Neu-Ulm.

Biel, Switzerland: Pitched Roof Thin Film System Goes into Operation. Germany's largest thin-film pitched roof system has been producing environmentally friendly solar power in Moers near Duisburg since mid October.

Weingarten/Ravensburg, Germany: Solpower AG Subsidiary Opens Solar Park "Fuentesol". Last week, the Spanish subsidiary of Solpower AG, together with numerous guests celebrated the start of its largest solar park to date, "Fuentesol" in Andalusia, Spain.

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