New Delhi, India: Moser Baer Secures $500M of Solar Module Orders. Moser Baer India has entered into definitive agreements to supply solar modules to major European solar system integrators.

Prenzlau, Germany: aleo solar AG Signs New Italian Contracts. aleo solar AG is continuing to expand its business in Italy following the signing two supply contracts for a total of 5.5 megwatts with the Italian project developer ERIC Group S.p.a.

Sandvika, Norway: REC Secures Wafer Sales Contract. REC has signed a long-term agreement with Neo Solar Power in Taiwan for the supply of wafers.

Freiburg, Germany: Solar-Fabrik Signs Long Term Wafer Contract. Solar-Fabrik AG, through its subsidiary Global Expertise Wafer Division Ltd, has signed a $120.7 million wafer raw material contract with South Korean based Smart Applications Co. Ltd.

Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany: Q-Cells AG Signs Agreements with LDK Solar. Q-Cells AG has signed an agreement on the processing of upgraded metallurgical silicon (umg-Si) into solar wafers with LDK Solar.

Baoding, China: Yingli Green Energy Receives 16 MW Module Order. Yingli Green Energy has entered into a sales contract with Fire Energy, S.L., a Spanish PV system integrator and PV products distributor.

Valencia, Spain: Advent Solar Receives 250 Megawatt in Module Orders. Advent Solar has reached a key milestone in the company's rapid growth strategy. Enerpoint, MHH Solartechnik and SunConnex have agreed to purchase and distribute Advent Solar Ventura™ Technology.

Boston, MA, USA: Satcon Receives 20 Megawatt Inverter Order. Satcon, a provider of utility scale distributed power solutions for the renewable energy market, will deliver 20MW of the company's 500 kilowatt PowerGate Plus™ grid -tie commercial photovoltaic inverters as part of a new agreement with European utility, Energy 21.

Sulzemoos, Germany: Phoenix Solar Signs Supply Agreement with Solyndra. Phoenix Solar AG today signed a framework supply contract with Solyndra Inc., a Fremont, California-based manufacturer of CIGS (copper indium gallium diselenide) thin-film modules.

Madrid, Spain: Ibersolar Signs a-Si Supply Agreement with NexPower. Ibersolar, a leading photovoltaic system integrator, has signed a supply agreement with the large Taiwanese PV module manufacturer, NexPower.

Hamburg, Germany: MEMC and Conergy Amend Solar Wafer Supply Contract. MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. and Conergy have amended their 10-year wafer supply contract. The sales volume of the contract has been adjusted to approximately $ 4 billion compared to $ 7-8 billion in the original agreement.

Calgary, Canada: Sustainable Signs Distribution Agreement for Greece. Inverter manufacturer, Sustainable Energy Technologies has signed a Distribution Agreement with a.c.e. Power Electronics S.A, (“ACEP”) of Athens, Greece, under which ACEP has the non-exclusive right to distribute Sustainable’s products and services.

Berlin, Germany: Parties Reach Agreement in Principle on New EEG Tariffs. The German government coalition between CDU/CSU (Christian Democratic Union / Christian Social Union) and SPD (Social Democratic Party) reached agreement in principle on the new funding terms for photovoltaics.

Berlin, Germany: CDU/CSU Calls for 25% Reduction in German Solar Funding. The Conservative CDU/CSU alliance in the German Bundestag (Lower House of Parliament) has announced that they want to see a decrease in solar funding by 2010 of over 25 percent.

New York, NY, USA: Solar Thin Films Schedules Equipment Delivery for Thin Film Manufacturing Plant. Solar Thin Films, Inc, a manufacturer of equipment for the production of amorphous silicon (a-Si) photovoltaic modules, has received $3.6 million from Grupo Unisolar, S.A.

Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany: Solibro Starts Shipments of CIGS Modules. Solibro GmbH has started shipments to customers of its CIGS thin film solar modules.

Munich, Germany: Linde Nippon Sanso to Power Spain's First Thin Film Solar Plant. Linde Nippon Sanso has been awarded the exclusive contract to supply high purity gases to Spain's first thin film solar cell manufacturing plant set up by T-Solar S.A. in Ourense, Galicia, Spain.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Masdar Breaks Ground on Thin Film Manufacturing Plant. Less than three months after announcing a strategic investment into thin-film photovoltaics, Masdar, the Abu Dhabi renewable energy company, yesterday broke ground on its first photovoltaic production plant in Ichtershausen, Germany.

San Jose, CA, USA: Silicon Genesis and REC ASA Sign Collaboration and Equipment Supply Agreement. Silicon Genesis Corporation (SiGen) has signed a collaboration and equipment supply agreement with Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) of Oslo, Norway.

Zürich, Switzerland: New Polysilicon and Cell Plants Planned in Italy. Solar Industries AG, a portfolio company of New Value AG (SWX: NEWN), api nòva energia S.r.l. and Silicio Engineering S.r.l. are joining forces to set up a plant for the production of highly pure silicon (polysilicon) for photovoltaic applications.

Aragona, Italy: Moncada to Manufacture Thin Film Modules. The Moncada Energy Group s.r.l., a private producer of renewable energy in Italy, has awarded Applied Materials, Inc. a contract to establish what will be Moncada’s first photovoltaic (PV) module production facility and Applied’s first SunFab™ line in Italy.

Blaubeuren, Germany: Centrosolar to Construct Portuguese Cell Plant. The recently formed joint-venture between QIMONDA and the CENTROSOLAR Group is planning to construct a production facility for Itarion Solar Lda for silicon-based solar cells at Vila do Conde in Portugal.

Golmayo, Spain: Solarig Connects 3 MW Solar Project. SOLARIG recently connected to the grid its innovative solar plant incorporating solar tracking technology to obtain the best energy output.

Madrid, Spain: Fotowatio Invests in Four More Photovoltaic Projects. Within just two months of announcing a €225 million investment from GE Energy Financial Services and Grupo Corporativo Landon, Fotowatio, one of Spain’s largest and most successful solar companies, has acquired four solar photovoltaic power plants.

Changzhou, China: Trina Solar and Gestamp Asetym Inaugurate 26 MW PV Project. Trina Solar recently inaugurated a 26 MW PV project in Fuente Alamo, Murcia, in the south-east of Spain, which uses primarily PV modules manufactured by Trina Solar.

London, United Kingdom: Solar Integrated Wins its First Project in Czech Republic. Solar Integrated Technologies has been awarded a contract by KOROWATT s.r.o., a pioneer in bringing photovoltaics to the Czech market.

Biel, Switzerland: Sputnik and Würth Solergy Start Up 3 Megawatt Thin Film Project. Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering AG and the systems supplier Würth Solergy have started up the world’s largest-area solar electricity unit with modules made of copper-indium-diselinide (CIS) in Albacete, Spain.

London, United Kingdom: Platina Provides Finance for Two Spanish Solar PV Projects. Platina Partners LLP, a London and Paris-based private equity fund manager specializing in renewable energy investments, has today announced finance closings for two major Spanish solar projects in Andalucía, Spain.

Frankfurt, Germany: KfW IPEX-Bank Finances two Spanish Photovoltaic Projects. KfW IPEX-Bank as Mandated Lead Arranger and Sole Underwriter closed the project finance for the San Clemente and Villanueva de la Jara photovoltaic facilities in Castilla-La Mancha/Spain in August.

Toledo, Spain: Bank of Scotland Finances 8 Megawatt Solar Project. The Energy & Environmental Finance team at Bank of Scotland Corporate has completed a deal worth €63 million with Santander Investment for the construction and operation of an 8MW solar farm (Madridejos) in Toledo, South Spain.

Madrid, Spain: FCC Acquires Two Photovoltaic Systems in Cordoba. FCC has acquired two photovoltaic systems in Espejo, Cordoba, Spain, with an installed capacity of 20 MW, from Sky Global Solar.

Burnaby, BC, Canada: Day4 Energy to Supply 2.5MW Solar Electric System in Italy. Day4 Energy is launching its turnkey solar power project business following an agreement to deliver a 2.5 megawatt power generation system to be installed by the company's Italian channel partner Ing Gaeta Sistemi Elettrici SrL.

Nanjing, China: ET Solar Group to Provide 50MW of Turnkey Systems for Wattner AG. Nanjing based, ET Solar announced today a master agreement for the turn-key construction of solar power plants for Wattner Group of Cologne, a German initiator of closed-end energy and infrastructure funds.

New York, NY, USA: Clear Skies Solar Awarded Greek PV System Contract. Clear Skies Solar, a developer and provider of solar power solutions has been awarded a 150kW solar contract through its newly established partnership in Greece with Larissa-based, Aspen Energy.

Madrid, Spain: Abengoa Solar Completes Financing for New Solar Projects. Abengoa Solar has completed the financing of the new Solnova 4 Concentrating Solar Power plant and three new photovoltaic plants worth more than €210 million and €70 million respectively.

Changzhou, China: Trina Solar in Marketing Collaboration Agreement with Spanish Premier League Soccer Team. Trina Solar has reached an agreement to supply photovoltaic modules for a new stadium being built by the Spanish Premier League football team Real Club Deportivo Espanyol de Barcelona ("Espanyol").

Pontoiraklia, Greece: Largest Greek Photovoltaic Power Plant Completed by Phoenix Solar AG. The largest photovoltaic power plant in Greece up until the present, built by Phoenix Solar AG, was today connected to the grid in Pontoiraklia, near Thessaloniki.

Paris, France: EDF Energies Nouvelles Secures Building Permits for two Solar Power Plants. EDF Energies Nouvelles has been awarded building permits for two photovoltaic power plants with a total of 15.3 MWp in capacity in Sainte-Rose, Reunion.

Freiburg, Germany: Solar-Fabrik Completes Greek PV System. Solar modules manufactured by Solar-Fabrik AG have been installed in what is currently the largest solar installation in Greece.

Gorgona, Italy: Mitsubishi Electric Supplies Panels to Prison Solar System. Mitsubishi Electric has supplied its photovoltaic modules to the prison on the island of Gorgona, the smallest and most southerly of the islands in the Tuscany archipelago National Park.

Rochester Hills, MI, USA: UNI-SOLAR Laminates to Power World's Largest Rooftop Solar System. Energy Conversion Devices' UNI-SOLAR(R) thin-film flexible solar laminates area to power the world's largest rooftop solar power system.

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Bitterfeld/Wolfen, Germany: Q-Cells and Singulus Co-operate on Solar Cell Coating Technology. Bitterfeld-Wolfen based, Q-Cells AG and Singulus Technologies AG of Kahl/Main have agreed to jointly develop a novel system for coating of solar cells with anti-reflection structures.