Baoding, China: Yingli Green Energy Signs Module Supply Contract with S.A.G. Solarstrom. Yingli Green Energy has entered into a sales contract with S.A.G. Solarstrom AG, one of the leading manufacturers, independent developers and system integrators in the solar power and solar investment market in Europe.

Nanjing, China: China Sunergy Enters into Cell Agreement. Nanjing based China Sunergy has entered into a seven year sales agreement with Wuxi Guofei Green Energy Source Co., Ltd., a Chinese solar energy company.

Pocatello, ID, USA: Hoku Announces Customer Realignment of Polysilicon Capacity. Hoku Materials and Wealthy Rise International, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Solargiga Energy have signed a definitive contract for Hoku's sale and delivery of polysilicon to Solargiga over a ten-year period beginning in early 2010.

Xinyu City, China: LDK Solar Signs Wafer Supply Agreement with Solartech Energy. LDK Solar has signed a five-year contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Taiwan-based Solartech Energy Corp. (Solartech).

Wuxi, China: Suntech Signs Second Polysilicon Supply Agreement with DC Chemical. Suntech Power has signed a definitive seven-year polysilicon supply agreement with DC Chemical Co. Ltd., a leading multinational chemicals producer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Xinyu City, China: LDK Solar Signs Wafer Supply Agreement With Hyundai Heavy. LDK Solar has signed a seven-year contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Republic of Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd (HHI).

Shanghai, China: Solarfun Signs Letter of Intent for Supply Agreement with Q-Cells. Solarfun Power has entered into a letter-of-intent for a three-year supply agreement with Q-Cells International, a 100% subsidiary of Q-Cells AG, the world’s largest independent manufacturer of solar cells.

Wuxi, China: Suntech Signs Polysilicon and Wafer Supply Agreements with GCL Silicon. Suntech Power has signed new supply agreements with GCL Silicon Technology. Under the terms of the supply agreements, GCL Silicon will supply Suntech with 9,420 MT of polysilicon and 1.1 GW of silicon wafers from 2008 to 2012.

Taipei, Taiwan: Motech Expands Polysilicon Agreements with DC Chemical. Motech Industries, the largest manufacturer of solar cells in Taiwan, has signed additional polysilicon purchase agreements with DC Chemical, one of the leading chemical companies in Korea.

Changzhou, China: Trina Solar Expands Polysilicon Purchase Contract with GCL Silicon. Trina Solar today announced that its subsidiary, Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd., has signed a supplemental agreement to the long-term polysilicon supply agreement with a subsidiary of GCL Silicon Technology.

Atlanta, GA, USA: Suniva Enters Cell Supply Agreement with Titan Energy Systems. Crystalline solar cell manufacturer, Suniva Inc has entered into a long-term supply contract with Titan Energy Systems Ltd, one of India’s largest and longest-standing manufacturers of solar modules and specialty photovoltaic products.

Xinyu City, China: LDK Signs Five-Year Wafer Supply Agreement with XL Telecom & Energy. LDK Solar, a manufacturer of solar wafers, has signed a five-year contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to India-based XL Telecom & Energy Limited.

St Peters, MO, USA: MEMC Receives $3 billion Wafer Order. MEMC Electronic Materials and Tainergy Tech Co., Ltd. of Taiwan have executed a definitive agreement for MEMC to supply solar wafers to Tainergy.

Jiangsu, China: Canadian Solar Signs Sales Agreements in Italy and the Czech Republic. Canadian Solar has signed five new sales agreements in Italy and the Czech Republic in the past three weeks.

Tokyo, Japan: Nippon Oil and Sanyo to Establish Thin Film Joint Venture. Nippon Oil Corporation and SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. have reached a basic agreement to explore the possibility of establishing a joint company to handle the expected expansion and development of the thin-film solar cell market.

Bedford, MA, USA: Spire to Provide Turnkey Solar Module Manufacturing Line in India. Spire Corporation has received a contract from GreenBrilliance to provide a turnkey photovoltaic module assembly line for that company's operation in India.

Isseroda, Germany: Asola in Korean Manufacturing Joint Venture. Asola has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a joint venture manufacturing plant in South Korea, to enable production and distribution of high quality, German-designed solar modules in South Korea.

Xinyu City, China: LDK Solar Signs Polysilicon Reactor Agreement. LDK Solar has signed a new agreement with GT Solar to purchase polysilicon CVD reactors for installation in LDK Solar's manufacturing facilities in Xinyu City, Peoples Republic of China.

Taoyuan, Taiwan: Sunwell Starts Thin Film Production. Sunwell, a wholly owned subsidiary of CMC Magnetics (Taiwan), has started mass production at its Taiwan based thin film PV plant. In the past month more than 10,000 solar panels were produced with an Oerlikon Solar end-to-end fabrication solution.

Merrimack, NH, USA: GT Solar Signs $173 Million Contract With DC Chemical. GT Solar has signed a $173 million contract with DC Chemical. Under the terms of the agreement, GT Solar will provide DC Chemical with polysilicon CVD reactors, which are used to manufacture polysilicon, a key raw material utilized to produce solar cells.

Tokyo, Japan: Mitsubishi Electric to Raise Cell Production Capacity to 600 Megawatts. Mitsubishi Electric said today that the company is planning to construct a new photovoltaic cell production facility, the PV Cell Plant #2, at its Nakatsugawa Works Iida Factory in Nagano Prefecture.

Xinyu City, China: LDK Solar Reaches 1GW Wafer Production Capacity. LDK Solar held a ceremony this week-end celebrated its wafer plant reaching the milestone of 1.0 GW annualized capacity. This event was hosted by Mr. Xiaofeng Peng, Founder, Chairman and CEO in Xinyu, China.

Xinyu City, China: LDK Solar Awards $220M Contract to Applied Materials. LDK Solar has awarded a $220 million contract to Applied Materials to provide precision wafering systems to support its next phase of production expansion.

Venlo, Netherlands: Scheuten Announces Strategic Alliance with Taiwan's Ritek. Scheuten has announced a strategic alliance with Taiwanese disc manufacturer Ritek. By combining the knowledge which Ritek has gained over the years in the Optical Media and OLED industry and Scheuten's Solar knowledge, Scheuten says this strong combination will bring solar developments to a higher platform.

Xinyu City, China: LDK Signs Contract to Purchase JYT Furnaces. LDK Solar, a manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, has signed a contract to purchase production equipment from China-based JYT Corporation.

Kedah, Malaysia: First Solar Inaugurates its First Malaysian Manufacturing Plant. First Solar announced that the first of its four solar module manufacturing plants being constructed at the Kulim Hi Tech Park in Kedah, Malaysia was formally inaugurated this week.

Tainan, Taiwan: Applied Materials Breaks Ground for Taiwanese Manufacturing Center. Applied Materials held a groundbreaking for an expansion project of its Tainan Manufacturing Center yesterday.

Nanjing, China: ET Solar Supplies 500kW of Solar Modules to South Korea. ET Solar Group has signed a module sales agreement with Techwin Co Ltd., a Korean company in plant engineering and environmental technology development.

Xinyu City, China: LDK Provides Update on Polysilicon Plant Construction Progress. LDK Solar, a manufacturer of multi- crystalline solar wafers, held an equipment installation celebration ceremony today for its 1,000 metric ton (MT) annualized capacity polysilicon plant in Xinyu, China.

Belmont, WA, Australia: SunPower and Invest North Partner on Roof Mounted Solar System. SunPower Corporation has signed an agreement to build a 305-kilowatt SunPower solar power system atop the roof of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

Baoding, China: Yingli Green Energy Plans PV System in China. Yingli Green Energy has entered into a framework agreement with the local government of a county in Beijing regarding the proposed construction of a 10 MW solar power plant.

Seria, Brunei: Mitsubishi Corporation Signs MOU for PV Demonstration Project. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Energy Division, Prime Minister's Office (EDPMO) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) to jointly carry out a large-scale PV demonstration project in Brunei Darussalam.

Hamburg, Germany: Conergy Completes Construction of Korean PV System. Conergy has successfully completed the construction of what is currently Asia’s largest photovoltaic plant.

Nanjing, China: ET Solar Supplies 500kW of Solar Modules to South Korea. ET Solar Group has signed a module sales agreement with Techwin Co Ltd., a Korean company in plant engineering and environmental technology development.