Press Releases

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd announced that its Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Chairman, Dr. Zhengrong Shi, has received an Engineering Excellence Award from the Sydney Division of Engineers Australia.

Canadian Solar Inc. provided the solar modules for one of Europe’s largest skiing halls.

The Heraeus Photovoltaics Business Unit has announced the opening of its newest manufacturing site in Taiwan. The facility will allow Heraeus PV to offer faster service and customized products for the Taiwanese market.

The Dutch subsidiary of IBC Solar AG has been showing its generous side: The solar company has donated a 14.4 kilowatt (kW) solar system to provide Lewa Children’s Home in Eldoret, Kenya, with clean solar power.

LDK Solar Co., Ltd announces at the 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Exhibition and Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, that LDK Solar modules have passed the potential-induced degradation (PID) tests performed at TUV Rheinland’s and PV Lab’s laboratories.

The sale of the valuable intellectual property assets of Energy Conversion Devices Inc. and its subsidiary Unisolar is set for October 8, 2012.

Dow Corning Corporation has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LG Electronics and Seowon University relating to innovative photovoltaic (PV) systems using LG Electronics modules made with Dow Corning silicone encapsulation technology for installation on Seowon University’s premises in South Korea.

Ikea today officially plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its Central Texas store in Round Rock – which will be the largest of all Ikea solar installations atop U.S. stores and, when combined with Ikea projects atop stores in Houston and Dallas-area Frisco, will make Ikea the state’s largest solar owner.

GT Advanced Technologies Inc. today announced plans to offer up to $175 million aggregate principal amount of its convertible senior notes due 2017 (the “Notes”) in an underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today.

At this week’s European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (27th EU PVSEC, 24/08-28/08), imec and SolarWorld will present ultra-thin (100µm), large-area (156x156mm2) PERC-type mono-silicon solar cells integrated in a 255Wp class A module.