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LDK Solar has said that with existing wafer supply contract obligations it is very close to a sell-out situation for 2008 and has sold more than 90 percent of its expected capacity for 2009. Read more >>

Pending approval from both company Boards, Trina Solar and GT Solar have signed a supply agreement for the latter to supply primary converter and reactor systems to the value of approximately $49 million, payable over a period of 12 to 18 months. 
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With silane (monosilane, SiH₄) demand growing by more than 25 percent per annum due to its ubiquitous use across electronics and photovoltaic industries, Air Liquide is to further expand production from 500 tons per year to 2,000 tons per year via a new production plant being built and expected to be operational in 2010. Read more >>

Silfab SpA, a start-up solar grade polysilicon producer, currently planning its first plant in Borgofranco d’Ivrea, Italy has awarded the bulk gas supply and services contract for the plant to Rivoira SpA, the Italian subsidiary of Praxair. 
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Canadian Solar (CSI) has signed solar wafer supply contracts with four suppliers, including Jiangsu Shunda, giving CSI 12MW of wafers before the summer of 2008. Shunda is expected to supply approximately 4MW of that total amount. Read more >>

China-based Canadian Solar believes that polysilicon production expansions in the country have become overheated and that the cost of electricity in the country is too high to remain cost competitive with other countries that have lower electricity costs such as Canada, USA and Australia. Read more >>

Rapid expansion in the use of thin film and organic materials used in photovoltaics is expected to lead to a value of $3.8 billion for the market by 2015, according to a new study by NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm. By 2015, amorphous silicon PV will use more than $900 million in silane gas and other silicon-based materials. Read more >>

Yingli Green Energy has signed two polysilicon supply agreements with DC Chemical of Korea for the supply of polysilicon under two separate contracts. The first contract sees DC Chemical supply polysilicon with a value of approximately $27 million to Yingli Green Energy in 2008.  Read more >>

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will be supplied with 450MW of multicrystalline solar wafers from LDK Solar in an eight-year "Take or Pay" contract, the companies have announced. The supply deal will start later in 2008 through 2015. Read more >>

China Sunergy is increasing the supply of its high-efficiency selective emitter (SE) cell under a previous solar wafer supply deal with aleo solar AG. The total shipment volume under the new Agreement will remain at 30MW for 2008 but will now comprise of 7MW supplied in the form of SE cells. 
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