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California-Based Solar Company Focuses on International Sales Expansion

Tigo Energy, the solar company whose unique technology brings new levels of power output efficiency, management and control to photovoltaic solar installations, announced today the expansion of international sales efforts for the Tigo Energy Maximizer System in North Asia and across Europe.

4 Mar 2010

Kyocera to Begin Solar Cell Production in San Diego, California

Kyocera Solar, Inc. today announced plans to begin manufacturing solar modules in San Diego, Calif., to serve the U.S. market’s growing demand for clean energy.

4 Mar 2010

New 2.4 MW Solar Installations on ProLogis Buildings in Portland

ProLogis (NYSE: PLD), a leading global provider of distribution facilities, announced today a second solar project in Portland, totaling 2.4 megawatts (MW).

3 Mar 2010

Amtech's Solar Orders for Fiscal 2010 Surpass $80 Million

Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASYS), a global supplier of production and automation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells, semiconductors, and silicon wafers, today announced that its solar subsidiary, Tempress Systems, Inc., has received approximately $8.5 million in solar orders for its diffusion processing systems from two new customers in Asia and one new customer in Europe.

3 Mar 2010

KYOCERA to Increase Annual Solar Cell Production Targets by March 2013

Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) today announced that it will increase its annual solar cell production targets to meet the growing demand for solar energy products in the global market. New targets aim for an incremental increase to 1 gigawatt (GW) per year by March 2013 — 2.5 times more than the current fiscal year 2010 production volume of 400MW.

3 Mar 2010

Konarka and Konica Minolta Join Hands to Develop and Distribute Organic PV Panels

Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Konarka Power Plastic®, a material that converts light to energy, today announced the company has signed a comprehensive R&D collaboration and strategic investment agreement with Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. (Konica Minolta).

From Konica Minolta Sensing Americas 3 Mar 2010

KYOCERA Increases its Production Capacity with New Solar Cell Plant

Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) today announced that it has recently completed construction of a new solar cell manufacturing plant.

3 Mar 2010

SunPower to Supply 32 MW Solar Panels to Toshiba

SunPower Corp. ( SPWRA, SPWRB) announced today that, under a strategic supply agreement, Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) will order 32 megawatts of high-efficiency solar panels from SunPower in 2010. The SunPower panels will form the cornerstone of Toshiba's new residential solar offering in Japan, to be launched on April 1.

2 Mar 2010

Westover School Completes 158.60kW Solar System Installation

Westover School, a private girls’ high school in Middlebury, has completed a nation-wide Green Cup Challenge, aided by a 158.60 kW solar energy system on two campus rooftops.

2 Mar 2010

AUO to Exhibit Mono-and Multi-Crystalline PV Modules at PV EXPO in Japan

AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) will exhibit at PV EXPO 2010 in Tokyo Big Sight, Japan from March 3-5 to showcase its competitive edge in the solar industry value chain. High quality polysilicon, ingots and wafers produced by M.Setek and high-efficiency mono-crystalline and multi-crystalline PV modules from AUO will be on display.

2 Mar 2010