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Trina Solar has announced two new executive appointments to its team.Anthony Chia joins the company as Vice President of quality, while DaveSeburn has been named as Vice President of polysilicon.

Trina Solar, a fully integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaicproducts, is to supply EniPower of Italy with 1MW of PV modules. Thesigned deal also allows for a further 5MWs to be supplied during thecontract period, the length of which was not disclosed.

Solar Semiconductor, a solar photovoltaic module producer, has awardedersol Solar Energy AG a contract worth $170 million to supply 156mmmono and multi-crystalline solar cells. These solar cells will be usedfor solar module production in Solar Semiconductor’s new PV modulemanufacturing plant in Hyderabad, India.

centrotherm photovoltaics AG, supplier of turnkey production lines and key equipment such as PECVD systems and diffusion furnaces, is to proceed with an initial public offering with a listing on the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the company said. A date has not been set for the IPO.

China Nuvo Solar Energy has teamed with Pioneer Materials to establisha pilot development and manufacturing operation in PMI’s Chengdu,Sichuan, China facility located in Chengdu’s West High Tech developmentzone.

A group of industrial partners have said that they have developed apulling process resulting in silicon crystals with a diameter of 300mm.The process, specifically for applications within the solar cell andmodule market, can reduce energy consumption in the pulling processcompared to smaller sizes and allow the energy recoup time per W (peak)to be faster.

Green and Gold Energy (GGE) has placed a follow-on order for 3 millionconcentrator solar cell units, equivalent to 105MW of energy fromEMCORE Corporation. The 105 MW purchase order is valued at $24 millionand is claimed to be the largest procurement of concentrator solarcells in the industry to date. All hardware ordered under this contractis to be shipped by the end of 2008, according to EMCORE.

A number of key appointments and promotions were announced for Suntechrecently, including appointments to Chief Strategy Officer, InvestmentDirector and Senior Director of Business Development for the U.S. Specific appointments are set out below.

SunPower’s Global Quality and Customer Satisfaction division hasreceived a new Vice President in the form of Surinder Bedi, announcedcompany CEO Tom Werner (pictured).  This role will see him implementand drive the company’s improvement and quality programs and overseeingcustomer services.

Surfect Technologies has announced its move to start selling itssingle-cell electroplating tool and processes to the solar cellmanufacturing industry, following other semiconductor equipmentsuppliers into this rapidly expanding market.