Tool Order: Ascent Solar selects 8 roll-to-roll wet-chemical coating machines from STANGL - 18 August 2008
Suntech Power guides 2010 capacity target - 20 August 2008
Solarfun sets 2009 cell/module capacity ramp - 27 August 2008
First Solar to expand Ohio production site - 19 August 2008
While First Solar keeps on trucking, others in CdTe thin-film PV pack keep on muddling - 20 August 2008
Magma’s Oberai explains partnership with Pegasus to bring yield management software to solar PV fabs - 29 August 2008
DC Chemical wins 488 bln-won polysilicon order - 29 August 2008
Optony: where thin film and concentrating solar meet - 29 August 2008
LCD panel makers gear up thin-film solar deployment - 29 August 2008
Smit Ovens passes 2 Gigawatt peak milestone - 29 August 2008
Evergreen
Solar has said that two recently signed long-term sales contracts have
resulted in an order backlog above $1 billion. Evergreen Solar has
signed a deal with Ralos Vertriebs GmbH for approximately $750 million
for PV modules to be supplied from July 2008 through 2013 and another
deal with a U.S.-based installer. The new contracts equate to
approximately 35 percent of the expected 160MW of annual production
capacity at Evergreen Solar’s Devens production plant through 2013.
“We offer our customers a long-term value proposition because our string ribbon technology consumes less than half of the polysilicon as compared to the industry average, which enables us to provide a unique combination of cost and cell conversion efficiency," said Richard M. Feldt, Evergreen Solar's President and CEO. “We will enter into selective long-term supply agreements with additional companies that also bring differentiated value to their customers and serve markets that are at the forefront of solar growth.”
Evergreen Solar has six other customer contracts with a current total backlog of approximately $850 million, which will primarily be supplied by EverQ, its Germany-based joint venture.
