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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.