Veeco Instruments announced its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30. The company's orders rose 86% sequentially, driven mainly by results from its LED and solar equipment unit.
Silicon Border, the science and technology park located in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, announces the formation of its advisory board comprised of seasoned political and industry leaders with experience in dealing with issues impacting the Mexico/California border.
While the state of Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is gearing up for what may be the world's largest highway-related solar power project, residents are criticising the measure as too expensive—in dollars and in history. Oregon transportation officials propose installing 14,000 to 17,000 solar panels on 15 acres to produce 3.2 million kW/hrs of power each year, or about one-sixth of ODOT's needs.
Siemens AG is currently working on an agreement to acquire 20% of Arava Power Company, one of the tope three solar integrators in Israel. Currently, Kibbutz Ketura owns 40% of the company and a group US investors led by Arava Power president Yosef Abramowitz own the other 60%.
TÜV Rheinland PTL has won a photovoltaic module testing and analysis contract with the U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories. The agreement makes TÜV Rheinland an industry partner of Sandia, allowing the company to learn and share the labs' PV testing and analysis expertise.
SunSi Energies has announced that Mr. Yifeng Song has joined the SunSi Energies team as Director of Business Development. Mr. Song's first directives will consist of assisting with the completion of the acquisition process, directly cooperating with the Trichlorosilane (TCS) production team in China, as well as providing support to clients and investors.
LDK Solar, manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, has provided an updated outlook for its second-quarter 2009 financial results. LDK expects to report between $225 million and $235 million in revenue, slightly above the recently announced estimated range, and wafer shipments between 230 and 240MW.
Q-Cells and MEMC Electronic Materials have revealed the formation of a joint venture to construct extremely large solar parks, in which each partner will have a 50% share. The first shared project will be a facility in Strasskirchen, Bavaria.
GreenWing Energy Managementand SolFocus have announced an agreement for SolFocus to supply high concentration photovoltaic (CPV) systems for GreenWing's large-scale solar power projects in the western United States.
Trina Solar Ltd., integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, has announced that it has began shipment under a long-term supplier agreement with PROINSO, distributor for solar photovoltaic equipments and a specialist in engineering services in Spain.
