Press Releases

The Meyer Burger Group has appointed a new chief executive officer at its subsidiary 3S Swiss Solar Systems Ltd in Lyss.

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. has announced that it has entered into a strategic multi-year supply agreement with MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. Under the agreement, JA Solar will provide high performance solar modules beginning in the third quarter of 2010 and going through 2012.

Atlantic Wind & Solar Inc. has signed an exclusive agreement with Rooftop Solar Developments Inc. (RSD) to expand the reach of Atlantic’s rooftop solar energy program.

A turnkey method for schools to save money while tapping the sun’s energy is underway in Ohio, the U.S.

Saxon Minister of State for environment and agriculture, Mr. Frank Kupfer has handed over the the official certificate of the admission in the Environmental Alliance of Saxony to Heckert Solar AG.

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum is to present its Univex research and experimental coating system along with its new Dryvac pump systems at the Intersolar North America trade show, set to be held from July 13 – 15 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, the U.S.

A new engineering and management association for engineers, managers and other professionals in the solar and related industries will hold its first general meeting in San Francisco, the U.S. on June 15.

The Division of Technological Research of CEA is launching Solar_Innovation 2010, an international Grand Challenge to promote scientific and technological research in photovoltaics (PV).

Hoku Materials, Inc., and Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. have announced that they have amended their polysilicon supply contract to remove all milestones, adjust the contract term, and reschedule the initial shipment date.

Premier Power Renewable Energy, Inc. has connected the second in a series of 1.0 megawatt (MW) solar power plants to the power grid in Italy.