Canadian Solar to ship 30-40MW of metallurgical grade silicon modules in 2008 - 13 May 2008
Metallurgical solar-grade silicon could reshape PV industry, says PHOTON Consulting - 09 May 2008
Sunovia claims lab breakthrough for commercialization of single crystalline epitaxial CdTe/Si - 12 May 2008
SunPower claims new 23.4 percent solar cell efficiency record - 12 May 2008
SunPower to build 1GW scale fab in Malaysia - 19 May 2008
Evergreen Solar passes $1 billion in order backlog from two new supply deals - 22 May 2008
Spire wins another PV module line order from Russia - 22 May 2008
Applied Materials names new head of Strategic Operations - 22 May 2008
Praxair to supply bulk gases to XsunX - 21 May 2008
Photon Consulting starts solar grade silicon price index - 20 May 2008
China's
largest energy group, XinAo is to install and test EMCORE’s
concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system at a coal gasification project
in Langfang, China with the possibility that the project would require
more than 60MW of CPV systems. XinAo will undertake reliability and
performance testing on a 50 kilowatt (kW) pilot project.
EMCORE also said that XinAo intends to build a manufacturing plant in China, jointly owned with EMCORE, to manufacture CPV systems for the Chinese market.
"We are pleased to be recognized as a leading supplier of CPV systems for cost-effective electric power generation for XinAo's innovative energy synthesis applications for zero carbon emission,” commented Earl Fuller, Vice President and General Manager of EMCORE's Solar Power Division. “This kind of distributed energy application is a strategic focus for EMCORE. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary, EMCORE China, located in the same city as XinAo, we will be able to form an efficient and cost-effective manufacturing capability to serve XinAo and other demands in the Chinese market."
EMCORE did not disclose associated costs of the joint venture manufacturing plant or details regarding ownership.
