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Iosil Secures $13.5 Million Fund to Construct Pilot PV Plant

Iosil Energy Corporation ("Iosil"), an innovator in the production of high-purity solar grade polysilicon for the photovoltaic industry, announced today that it has secured $13.5 million in equity financing in an oversubscribed round.

18 Mar 2010

Yolo County to be Powered by SunPower Solar Panels

Yolo County, SunPower Corp. ( SPWRA, SPWRB) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) today announced that SunPower will design and construct a 1-megawatt solar power system at the Yolo County Justice Center in Woodland, Calif.

18 Mar 2010

Report Shows Global Solar PV Installations Rise 6% in 2009

Worldwide solar photovoltaic (PV) installations reached a record high of 6.43 gigawatt (GW) in 2009 — a 6% Y/Y growth, according to the latest Marketbuzz® 2010 Report from Solarbuzz®, an international solar energy market research and consulting company, and a division of The NPD Group.

18 Mar 2010

P.S.T. and DEI Partnership Delivers Integrated Solutions to Polysilicon Industry

Dynamic Engineering (DEI), a leading engineering firm in chemical production technologies for chlorosilane, polysilicon and silane, announced their strategic alliance with Polycrystalline Silicon Technology Corporation (P.S.T.).

17 Mar 2010

Taiwan Power Company Selects Suntech Modules for Largest Solar Plant

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest producer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules, will supply solar panels for what will be the biggest solar power plant in Taiwan.

17 Mar 2010

Titan Energy Systems Deploys Suniva's Solar Cells in India

Suniva®, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon solar cells and modules, today announced the commissioning of its largest solar power installation with Titan Energy Systems Ltd. (“Titan”), located in Karnataka, India.

17 Mar 2010

NJIT Receives $1.5 Million Grant for New Solar Research Center

NJIT received today from Apollo Solar Energy, Inc. a three-year, $1.5 million grant to establish a solar research center.

17 Mar 2010

SPI Receives 1.75 MW Solar Installation Contract from Temescal Canyon

Solar Power, Inc. (“SPI”) (OTCBB:SOPW) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Temescal Canyon RV, LLC to design and build an elevated Recreational Vehicle (RV) parking structure which will incorporate a 1.75 megawatt DC solar system utilizing SPI’s top-ranked solar modules.

16 Mar 2010

RF Micro Devices Manufactures First PV Cell Using GaAs Machinery

RF Micro Devices, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, today announced it has successfully manufactured the industry's first photovoltaic cell using high-volume six-inch gallium arsenide (GaAs) machinery.

16 Mar 2010

Sinatis Europe and CNPV Solar Power Enter Sales Agreement

CNPV Solar Power SA, a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules that designs, manufactures and supplies highly efficient and cost effective crystalline solar photovoltaic modules, today announced that it has entered into a long-term strategic partnership sales agreement with Sinatis Europe, a well-known French project development and distribution company.

16 Mar 2010

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