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Suntech Selects Arizona for First U.S. Manufacturing Plant

2009-11-16T16:17:18Z

BEIJING, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- From the U.S. China Green Tech Summit today, Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), announced that its first U.S. manufacturing plant for the growing North American market would be located in the Greater Phoenix, Arizona area. The plant will have an initial production capacity of 30 megawatts (MW) and is expected to begin production in the third quarter of 2010. The announcement makes Suntech the first Chinese cleantech leader to bring manufacturing jobs to America. Suntech selected the Greater Phoenix area for its plant because of Arizona's leadership in research through Arizona State University, and statewide renewable energy policies, particularly its Renewable Energy Standard and distributed generation set-aside, as well as a supportive local business climate represented by the Greater Phoenix Economic Council. The Suntech U.S. plant will employ over 75 full-time employees at launch and may double its staff within the year as the North American market develops. Initially starting with 30 MW of PV module production capacity, the Suntech plant is configured for growth to respond to the expected expansion of the U.S. solar market in the coming years. The U.S. market had 356MW of solar PV capacity installed during 2008 (source: Photon Magazine, Nov. 2009), and is expected to grow six-fold to more than 2GW by 2012 (source: Solarbuzz LLC, Mar. 2009). "Bringing manufacturing jobs to the U.S. is part of Suntech's vision to grow the solar market in every corner of the world," said Suntech's Chairman and CEO Dr. Zhengrong Shi. "We are eagerly watching growing markets and see the potential of bringing manufacturing capabilities to other markets where we see the combination of rapid local market growth and manufacturing cost competitiveness." Locating the plant close to Suntech's U.S. customers will reduce the time, costs, and emissions associated with long-distance shipping of Suntech panels. The plant, which will be approximately 80,000 to 100,000 square feet, will allow for long-term growth of manufacturing capabilities to meet increasing American demand for solar power. "Suntech has been a leader to watch for some time, and its decision to bring manufacturing here to the U.S. is a great sign of the increasingly important collaboration between Chinese and American leaders in the renewable energy industry, as well as the potential for growth of green jobs in countries that implement smart, supportive policies," said Dan Kammen, Professor in the Energy and Resources Group and Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Shi continued, "This is the first step in what I see as a long-term, strategic investment in the North American market. Over the last two years we have grown our U.S. team to over 60 employees. As a result of that effort, we have developed a network of over 200 solar dealers and integrators installing Suntech products and are actively involved with a number of large-scale solar project developers serving the utility market. We also have developed strong partnerships with U.S. companies such as MEMC of Pasadena, Texas, our largest supplier of silicon wafers used in our modules. The leadership shown by the US government in advancing renewable energy will only improve the environment for further investments in the coming years." Suntech plans to make a final decision on the specific location of the plant in the coming weeks.

About Suntech Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP) is the world's leading solar energy company as measured by production output of crystalline silicon solar modules. Suntech designs, develops, manufactures, and markets premium quality, high-output, cost-effective and environmentally friendly solar products for electric power applications in the residential, commercial, industrial, and public utility sectors. Suntech offers an extensive range of customer-centric innovations, including its patent-pending Pluto technology for crystalline silicon solar cells, which improves power output by up to 12% compared to conventional production methods, its Reliathon(TM) module and platform, the industry's first fully integrated utility-scale solar platform, and its broad range of building-integrated solar products. Suntech designs and delivers commercial and utility scale solar power systems in China and the United States. With regional headquarters in China, Switzerland and San Francisco and sales offices worldwide, Suntech is passionate about improving the environment we live in and dedicated to developing advanced solar solutions that enable sustainable development. For more information, please visit http://www.suntech-power.com .

Sanyo To Double Solar Panel Output Capacity At Shiga Plant Nikkei

2009-08-10T15:35:57Z

OSAKA (Nikkei)--Sanyo Electric Co. (6764.TO) plans to double solar panel production capacity at its factory in Shiga Prefecture amid surging demand created by the revival of government subsidies for homeowners, The Nikkei reported in its Friday morning edition.

The firm intends to construct a new building for about Y4.2 billion, including the costs for equipment. Construction will begin in April, with the facility slated to start operations by March 31, 2011.

The facility will be able to assemble 100,000kw of solar panels when it starts running at full capacity around July 2011, lifting the overall annual output capacity of the Shiga plant to 200,000kw. The increased output will allow the firm to supply panels for about 25,000 more homes a year.

Sanyo's worldwide solar panel production capacity will grow about 30% to 450, 000kw. The firm also assembles solar panels at its plant in Osaka.

The company produces cells - a key solar panel component that converts solar energy into electricity - at its Osaka plant and at subsidiary Shimane Sanyo Electric Co. These cells are shipped to the Shiga plant and other assembly facilities abroad where they are combined and attached to frames to produce solar panels.

Panels assembled at home are mostly sold in the domestic market while those assembled at its Hungary factory are shipped to the European market. Its Mexico assembly plant serves North America.

In June, Sanyo announced that it plans to boost annual cell production capacity at Shimane Sanyo to 220,000kw from 130,000kw by April 2010. In addition, the firm is constructing a new cell factory at its Osaka plant. Overall cell output capacity is expected to reach 600,000kw a year by the end of fiscal 2011.

In 2008, roughly two-thirds of Sanyo's solar panels were sold overseas. The third-ranked domestic solar panel manufacturer plans to expand its Shiga plant now that domestic demand is growing sharply in part because the government reinstated its subsidy program in January.

QuantaSol touts efficiency of single-junction solar cell

2009-07-06T15:30:12Z

John Walko
EE Times Europe

LONDON — QuantaSol Ltd., a developer quantum-well based photovoltaic technology and spinoff from Imperial College, London, has developed what it says is the most efficient single junction solar cell manufactured.

Developed in just two years, QuantaSol's single-junction device has been independently tested by Fraunhofer ISE as achieving 28.3 percent efficiency at greater than 500 suns.

"Our technology is the industry's best kept secret. This is the first time that anyone has successfully combined high efficiency with ease of manufacture, historically a bug-bear of the solar cell industry," said Kevin Arthur, QuantaSol's CEO. "We are now gearing up to provide multi-junction cells of even higher efficiencies as early as Q1 2010."

QuantaSol's approach combines several nanostructures, of two or more different alloys, in order to obtain synthetic crystals that overcome the problems associated with current solar cell designs. It also greatly enhances the photovoltaic conversion efficiency.

Last week, the company completed a £2 million second funding round and said it will now concentrate on cutting the cost of ownership of solar energy by moving to multi-junction devices.

Based in Kingston-upon-Thames, England and established in 2007, QuantaSol closed a £1.35 million (about $2.7 million) first round investment in 2007 from Imperial Innovations Group plc, the technology commercialization arm of Imperial College.

Imperial is featuring a QuantaSol device as part of its presence at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition in London this week.

Southern California Edison Launches 2009 Solicitation for Renewable Power

2009-07-06T15:27:22Z

Press Release
Source: Southern California Edison

ROSEMEAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Southern California Edison (SCE), the nation’s leading utility for renewable energy, has launched its annual call for more renewable contracts. Proposals for all renewable technologies in all locations are welcome. The utility is especially interested in solar generating facilities, which produce power on hot summer days when power is needed the most – that can connect to the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project in Kern County, Calif., and to the Sunrise Powerlink Project of Imperial and San Diego counties.

This solicitation will be SCE’s seventh open, competitive call for additional renewable power contracts since 2002. Previous solicitations have secured 48 renewable energy contracts with a maximum future annual power generation of 27.3 billion kilowatt-hours for SCE customers; enough electricity to serve approximately 4.1 million average homes for a year. Last year’s solicitation alone resulted in the signing of six contracts for a total of 6.6 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity.

SCE’s solicitation seeks out short-term and long-term contracts for projects powered by solar, wind, biomass, biogas, oceanic, and geothermal fuels. SCE is particularly looking for viable projects that will begin prior to January 2014. By seeking contracts in the Tehachapi and Sunrise transmission regions, SCE hopes to utilize the most of the untapped renewable potential the areas have to offer.

“As a company that encourages progress and excellent value for our customers, we anticipate seeing several innovative projects as a result of this solicitation,” said Stuart Hemphill, SCE vice president, Renewable and Alternative Power. “Every contract we execute for renewable power is good for the industry, our customers, and the environment.”

Proposals are due in August 2009 and SCE expects to submit completed contracts to the California Public Utilities Commission for approval by April 30, 2010. Conferences for interested parties will be hosted by SCE on July 9, 2009. To learn more about the sessions and to find out details about the request for proposals, please visit www.sce.com/renewrfp.

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House Passes Bill to Address Threat of Climate Change

2009-06-29T16:18:24Z

Source: The New Yoke Times

By JOHN M. BRODER
Published: June 26, 2009

WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation on Friday intended to address global warming and transform the way the nation produces and uses energy.

The vote was the first time either house of Congress had approved a bill meant to curb the heat-trapping gases scientists have linked to climate change. The legislation, which passed despite deep divisions among Democrats, could lead to profound changes in many sectors of the economy, including electric power generation, agriculture, manufacturing and construction.

The bill’s passage, by 219 to 212, with 44 Democrats voting against it, also established a marker for the United States when international negotiations on a new climate change treaty begin later this year.

At the heart of the legislation is a cap-and-trade system that sets a limit on overall emissions of heat-trapping gases while allowing utilities, manufacturers and other emitters to trade pollution permits, or allowances, among themselves. The cap would grow tighter over the years, pushing up the price of emissions and presumably driving industry to find cleaner ways of making energy.

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DoE puts out call for $3.9B in smart grid projects

2009-06-29T16:11:48Z

EE Times

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Department of Energy has released its final call for proposals for $3.9 billion in stimulus funds available for smart electric grid projects.

The so-called Funding Opportunity Announcements include $3.3 billion in cost-sharing grants for immediate deployments of existing smart-grid products and services. It also includes $615 million for demonstration projects showcasing next-generation technologies.

The final solicitations provide cost-sharing grants of up to $200 million for product deployments and awards up to $100 million for the next-generation demonstration projects.

The call for proposals has been in a draft stage since mid-April. The DoE received more than 600 comments on its draft.

"These investments will be used to develop a smart, strong and secure electrical grid that will help integrate renewable resources onto the grid, deliver power more reliably and effectively with less environmental impact, and create new jobs across the country," said U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu in a prepared statement. "By investing in updating the grid now, we will lower utility bills for American families and businesses, lessen our dependence on oil, and help advance a clean energy future for the nation," he added

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Nano & Green technologies at 2009 Chem Show

2009-06-17T14:59:41Z

source: http://www.powderandbulk.com/

Westport, CT -- Bridging the gap between science, technology and commercialization will be the focal point for the Nano and Green Technology Conference and Symposium during the 2009 Chem Show at New York’s Javits Convention Center, November 17-19.

Created specifically for the Chem Show by Innovative Research and Products (iRAP) and designed to help CPI professionals around the world better understand the benefits of the emerging technologies, the Nano and Green Conference & Symposium will provide unique insights into nanotechnology and its impact on green ‘processing’.

"Nanotechnology is being increasingly used to benefit the new generation green technologies including fuel cells, batteries, solar cells, new generation coatings to prevent heat losses, more efficient chemical processing techniques including filtration and catalysis, and less electronic devices that consume less power," said Dr. Thomas Abraham, President of Innovative Research and Products and Chairman of the symposium.

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NanoBusiness Alliance Announces Keynote Presentations for 2nd Annual Nano Renewable Energy Summit, Returning to Denver, CO, June 22 – 23, 2009

2009-05-12T14:58:41Z

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The NanoBusiness Alliance, the world’s leading nanotechnology trade association, and the Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance today announced the keynote lineup for the 2nd annual Nano Renewable Energy Summit, which will return to the University of Denver, CO, from June 22 – 23, 2009. http://www.nanoenergysummit.org/

The Nano Renewable Energy Summit is a gathering of world-renowned experts at the intersection of renewable energy and nanotechnology, with a specific focus on the business, commercialization, and economic development potential of emerging technologies in the renewable energy and sustainability sectors.

"We are very excited to return to Denver for the 2nd Annual Summit. Based upon the success of our first year, with over 250 attendees, we have determined that Denver is the perfect city for Nanotechnology as it relates to renewable energy and more specifically to solar energy, which will be a focal point of this year’s event," said Vincent Caprio, NanoBusiness Alliance Vice President and Event Director. "2008 was the year of change in America with the election of President Obama, and solar energy is a critically important issue, being discussed both at home and in corporate board rooms."

The event will feature keynote presentations from the following thought leaders in the area of nanotechnology-based renewable energy:
Dr. Dan Arvizu – Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Jack Uldrich – Global Futurist and Best-Selling Author
David C. Craig – President and CEO, Citizenre
Scott M. Livingston – CEO, Livingston Securities LLC
Michael Holman – Research Director, Lux Research Inc.
Dr. Mohan S. Misra – Founder and CEO, Ascent Solar

"The solar sector is having a breakout year. The latest business developments in solar and the other key renewable energy markets will be in the spotlight at this year’s international summit," said Griffith Kundahl, Director, Global Programs, University of Denver.

The Nano Renewable Energy Summit is presented in conjunction with the Golden, Colorado based National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). For information on sponsoring or exhibiting at the Nano Renewable Energy Summit in Colorado, please contact Vincent Caprio at vincentcaprio@nanoenergysummit.org.

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Phoenix, AZ, USA: Science Foundation Arizona Launches Five Solar Technology Initiatives

2009-05-06T15:30:04Z

solarbuzz.com

In a collaborative effort, Solar Technology Institute (STI) is deploying Arizona's significant solar resources with industry and the research strengths of the University of Arizona and Arizona State University to grow the state's global leadership in renewable energy. STI is being led by two pioneers in the solar field, Richard Powell and Robert Annan who serve as co-directors. The Stardust Foundation is assisting in the financial support of the investments.

"With STI's combined expertise, we can leverage our financial and brainpower capital toward the best solar initiatives and breakthroughs in new solar products and technologies," said William C. Harris, president and CEO, Science Foundation Arizona. "These returns on investment can significantly impact Arizona's emerging prominence in solar and position the state to benefit from upcoming federal competitions."

"Arizona Corporation Commission's Renewable Energy Standards require 15 percent of all regulated electric utilities to generate 15 percent of their energy from renewable resources by 2025," said Kristin Mayes, chairman, Arizona Corporation Commission. "The Solar Technology Institute is an important step in this process and we applaud Science Foundation Arizona for its vision and significant impact in helping achieve our renewable energy goals."

"The industry collaboration being encouraged by Science Foundation Arizona through the Solar Technology Institute is significant for Arizona in strengthening our core competitive advantage," said Don Brandt, CEO, Arizona Public Service. "This synergy will not only push Arizona to the forefront of solar technology, it will increase the number of highly skilled, high-paying jobs in the state."

The Solar Technology Institute will catalyze solar technology advances and the commercialization of products and services that foster new industry growth through five solar investments.

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SolFocus Cuts Ribbon on Expanded Glassworks Factory in Mesa, Arizona

2009-04-24T14:45:37Z

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SolFocus, the leading developer of Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) systems, announced today the completion of its expanded solar glass reflector manufacturing factory in Mesa, Ariz. With over a 175 percent increase in manufacturing floor space and a new line of advanced manufacturing equipment, the SolFocus Glassworks facility will have the capacity to produce 2 million concentrating reflectors annually for 30 MW of solar power generation – over 15 times the plant’s capacity in 2008.

The facility makes the city of Mesa one of the first municipal examples in the U.S. of the “new energy economy” as envisioned by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). With a projected growth to over 150 full-time employees by the end of 2009 – a 200 percent increase over 2008 – the expansion demonstrates the combined value of local economic development and global investment in sustainable energy. As an advanced energy technology producer, SolFocus plans to utilize the 30 percent manufacturing investment tax credit, as set forth in ARRA. From a demand perspective, ARRA provides the municipality of Mesa access to funds for investment in innovative solar energy generation technology, which will create even more jobs and economic benefit to the city.

“Mesa is an example of a town poised to become the living and breathing paradigm of a vibrant green economy,” said Jason Ellsworth, vice president and general manager of the SolFocus Glassworks facility. “In addition to providing green collar jobs in the factory, Mesa is positioned to create additional long-term, high-skilled jobs, through the deployment, operation and maintenance of solar installations, which is expected to create approximately 80-90 working man-years for each megawatt of solar energy put into operation.”

The proprietary, convex mirrors manufactured at the facility serve as a critical component within the SolFocus CPV system design. As part of a full CPV system, the mirrors reflect the sun’s rays 500 times onto a solar cell, which enables the system to produce solar power with industry-leading panel conversion efficiency levels of 25 percent. From an industry perspective, the demand that drove this expansion signals the transition of CPV from the research and development stage to commercialization.

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First Solar to Build 48 Megawatt Photovoltaic Power Plant for Sempra Generation in Nevada

2009-04-15T20:42:51Z

TEMPE, Ariz., Apr 15, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has executed an agreement to build a 48 megawatt (MW) AC ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) power plant for Sempra Generation. This project would expand the 10MW AC power plant First Solar completed for Sempra Generation in 2008, which is located near Boulder City, Nev.

First Solar will design, engineer and construct the PV power plant. The Company expects to begin construction in 2009. Once construction is completed in 2010, the combined 58MW AC project is expected to be the largest PV power plant in North America.

"We are pleased to have the opportunity to expand this 10MW project to 58MW--more than five times its original size, advancing our mission of providing clean, affordable solar electricity," said John Carrington, First Solar executive vice president of marketing and business development. "Sempra Generation's decision to use First Solar in expanding the El Dorado solar plant demonstrates our ability to provide a cost-effective energy solution for utility scale projects."

As is the case with the original 10MW AC solar plant, the 48MW AC project will be constructed adjacent to Sempra Generation's existing 480MW El Dorado Energy power plant, located about 40 miles southeast of Las Vegas. Sempra Generation will own and operate the PV power plant. The agreement is conditioned upon Sempra Generation executing a power purchase agreement with a utility customer for the electricity generated by the PV power plant and applicable state and local regulatory approvals.

Intel's solar spinoff heads to New York

2009-04-09T15:13:42Z

Mark LaPedus
EE Times

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- SpectraWatt Inc.--the solar-cell spinoff of Intel Corp.--has moved its operations from Oregon and will establish the company's first factory and its new headquarters at the Hudson Valley Research Park in Hopewell Junction, N.Y.

SpectraWatt will also move into a plant that was owned by IBM Corp. The solar startup will reportedly retrofit IBM's Building 334 on the IBM campus in that area, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal.

The move would initially create over 100 jobs in the New York region within the first year of operation. The company, which is in the process of moving from their previous location in Oregon, reportedly had trouble finding and funding a suitable site in that state.

Instead, it will set up shop in New York. The company aims to be in production early in 2010. SpectraWatt's first factory line will have an initial manufacturing capacity of 60 megawatts (MW); additional lines are already being planned with site capacity exceeding 120-MW within the first two years of operation.

Last year, Intel said it was spinning off key assets of a start-up business effort inside its New Business Initiatives group to form an independent company called SpectraWatt. Intel Capital, Intel's investment organization, led a $50 million investment round in SpectraWatt and was joined by Cogentrix Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., PCG Clean Energy and Technology Fund and Solon AG.

Venture Capital Investment in Renewable Energy Exceeds $836.1M in Q1 2009

2009-04-01T15:18:57Z

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Greentech Media Inc., the industry-leading online media company covering green technology news and analysis, released the most recent quarterly data showing that venture capital investment in green technologies totaled $836.1 million in 59 deals in the first quarter of 2009. The numbers are approximately back to 2007 levels.

Ira Ehrenpreis, General Partner at greentech investment firm, Technology Partners, remarked, “It’s important to put these numbers in perspective. The $800 million of investment this quarter is more capital than has been invested annually for most of the years that we’ve been investing in the cleantech sector. We still see a lot of money flowing into the sector, but investors are getting more discerning and are concentrating investments into the best companies.”

“Despite the slump, VC investors remain optimistic about the greentech sector and eventual exits in this space,” said Eric Wesoff, analyst at GTM Research and author of the Greentech Innovations Report, a monthly guide to investments and technology trends in greentech.

Solar continues to be the leading sector in terms of dollars and deals at $356.6 million in 14 deals, followed by energy storage with $121.5 million, and biofuels with $94.15 million. While smart grid and energy-efficiency investments have not jumped, as the billions of dollars of stimulus funding for the smart grid percolates into the market, an uptick is expected in this sector.

At least 14 of the 59 deals in the first quarter of 2009 were early stage, either seed or Round A. Round A and seed investments dominated the automotive and transportation sectors, with seven of the nine rounds being early stage.

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Solar panel market growth in 2009

2009-03-19T15:54:15Z

Peter Clarke
EE Times Europe

LONDON — Sales of solar energy panels amounted to 5.6-Gwatts in 2008, up 48 percent on 2007, according to The Information Network market research company (New Tripoli, Pennsylvania). However, the global economic crisis will result in newly installed solar capacity reaching only 7.1-GW in 2009, equivalent to a global growth rate of 26 percent, before the strong growth resumes in 2010.

Production of those panels is predominantly done in Asia, the firm said. In 2008 3.3-GW or 60 percent was produced in Asia, 1.5-GW produced in Europe and just 750-MW produced in the United States.

However, while production has grown the downturn has affected the take up of alternative energy and manufacturing capacity utilization is below 50 percent, and similar to the semiconductor-for-IT industry.

Similarly polysilicon, which was in shortage for many years, is now in oversupply pushing prices of crystalline wafers below $5 which is impacting sales of much lower efficiency amorphous silicon panels

The solar panel market is expected to pick up again in 2010, growing 48 percent to 10.5-GW of newly installed photovoltaic systems. The thin-film sector, which includes amorphous silicon, CdTe, and CIGS, will represent less than 20 percent of the market in 2010. Plagued by low optical conversion efficiencies, in the region of 7 to 12 percent, this sector is still compensated by low manufacturing costs, the research firm said

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Veeco Enters Into Strategic Partnership with Daiyang Metal Co. of Korea to Provide CIGS Solar Cell Equipment

2009-03-05T15:50:35Z

PLAINVIEW, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Daiyang Metal Co., Ltd. of Korea, a leader in the production of cold rolled stainless steel, to be its supplier of equipment to manufacture CIGS (copper, indium, gallium, selenium) solar cells. As a first milestone in this relationship, Daiyang has placed an initial multi-million dollar purchase order with Veeco for its complement of FastFlex™ Web Coating Systems to build a thin-film CIGS solar cell production line in Yesan, Korea. This complement of tools is comprised of one Mo (Molybdenum) deposition system, one TCO (Transparent Conductive Oxide) deposition system and two CIGS deposition systems. Veeco currently expects to ship these systems during the fourth quarter of 2009, after which it expects to firm up a follow-on order with Daiyang.

Chan Ku Kang, Chief Executive Officer of Daiyang, commented, “Daiyang Metal has an aggressive multi-year, multi-site plan to become a leading worldwide manufacturer of CIGS solar cells. Our short term goal is to aggressively ramp to 200MW capacity during 2010 and 2011, which will entail the purchase of additional Veeco systems. Ultimately it is our goal to achieve one gigawatt of CIGS production capacity by 2013. We spent a lot of time researching and surveying the suppliers of CIGS manufacturing tools, and were very impressed with the level of process support and collaboration we received from Veeco during that period. We chose Veeco because they are best prepared to meet our manufacturing and technology needs today and in the future.”

John R. Peeler, Veeco’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are pleased to be selected by Daiyang as they enter the CIGS solar cell market. This partnership is especially important to us because together, with Daiyang as the substrate manufacturer and Veeco as the production equipment supplier, we can accelerate the solar industry’s efficiency roadmap. CIGS is emerging as the next generation solar technology, offering combined benefits of higher efficiencies and lower costs when compared with silicon.”

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