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INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES
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December
3, 2008
Wuxi,
China: Suntech Announces Accident at Production Facilities.
Suntech
Power has experienced an accident in its module production
facilities. On November 28, 2008, seven Suntech employees
were injured as a result of an accident that occurred
due to the malfunction of a piece of module lamination
equipment.
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December
3, 2008
Tucson,
AZ, USA: World’s Largest CIGS Thin Film Solar Array
Goes Live. Global Solar Energy, a manufacturer
of Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) thin-film
solar cells, today announced the full operation of
the largest solar electric array worldwide using CIGS
photovoltaic technology
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December
3, 2008
Vacaville,
CA, USA: groSolar Shines Light on Fruit Packing Co.
For
more than a hundred years the Mariani Packing Company
has relied on the sun to nurture the plums, apricots,
blueberries, apples and other fruit that made its
products popular on grocery shelves throughout the
world.
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December
2, 2008
Wismar,
Germany: Centrosolar Opens New Module Facility.
After
just ten months in construction, Centrosolar Group
AG has officially opened one of the largest German
solar module factories in Wismar.
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December
2, 2008
Grossroehrsdorf,
Germany: Sunfilm AG Holds Topping-Out Ceremony for
Module Plant. Sunfilm AG celebrated
today, almost exactly one year after Sunfilm’s first
building, the “Topping-Out Ceremony” (Richtfest) for
its second photovoltaic module production facility.
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December
2, 2008
Lehigh
Valley, PA, USA: Air Products Signs Contract with
China's Best Solar. Air Products has
signed a turnkey gas supply contract to provide on-site
gases, liquid bulk gases, specialty gases and gas
equipment to China's Best Solar Hi Tech Co., Ltd
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December
2, 2008
Indiantown,
FL, USA: FPL Breaks Ground on Hybrid Solar Thermal
Electric Plant. Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp
and local community leaders joined officials of Florida
Power & Light Company here today to break ground on
FPL’s Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center,
which will be the world’s first hybrid solar energy
plant.
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December
1, 2008
El
Dorado, CA, USA: Premier Power Constructs PV Tracking
Project for West County Wastewater District.
Premier Power has reached the halfway point on
the installation of its “Meca Trackers” project being
constructed at the West County Wastewater District
in Richmond, California.
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December
1, 2008
Tempe,
AZ, USA: First Solar Completes 2MW Solar Power Plant
for Southern California Edison. First
Solar has completed a 2 megawatt solar photovoltaic
power plant for Southern California Edison’s (SCE).
It has been installed on the rooftop of a commercial
building in Fontana, California.
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December
1, 2008
Thun,
Switzerland: Meyer Burger Wins Order from Wacker Schott
Solar. Meyer Burger Technology Ltd
announced today that the Meyer Burger Ltd will provide
wire and ID/OD saws to the WACKER SCHOTT Solar GmbH
joint venture, which has its main office in Jena,
Germany, as part of the latter’s expansion plans.
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