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Solar Energy — Clean Energy
• No greenhouse gases
• No air pollution
• No acid rain
• No soil, plant, animal damage
• No human respiratory
ailments
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Top Ten PV Companies - 2008
No. Name Technology Country Production (MW)
1 Q-Cells Si Germany 570
2 First Solar CdTe USA 504
3 Suntech Si China 498
4 Sharp Si Japan 473
5 Motech Si Taiwan 384
6 Kyocera Si Japan 290
7 BTY Si China 282
8 JA Solar Si China 277
9 SunPower Si USA 237
10 SolarWorld Si Germany 221
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Major Polysilicon Manufactures
• Wacker - Germany
• Hemlock - USA
• MEMC - USA
• REC Silicon - Norway
• Tokuyama - Japan
• Mitsubishi Materials - Japan
• Sumitomo Titanium - Japan
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Concentrator PV Technologies
• Technologies are ready to deliver
• High (200-1000x) and low (2-20x)
concentrations
• Systems may require some
maintenance, should only be deployed
in areas with adequate “direct” solar
resource
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Thin Film PV Companies – USA
•a-Si
•Uni-Solar – MI
•Applied Materials
– CA
•Power Films – IA
•Energy PV – NJ
•MV Systems –
CO
•XsunX – CA
•OptiSolar – CA
•Signet Solar –
CA
•Nano PV – NJ
•Xunlight – OH
•Proto Flex – CO
•New Solar
Ventures – NM
•CdTe
•First Solar –
OH
•Primestar Solar
– CO
•AVA Solar –
CO
•Calyxo – OH
•Canrom – NY
•Ascentool – CA
•Nuvo Solar
Energy – CO
•Zia Watt Solar
– TX
•Solexant – CA
•Sunovia
Energy – FL
• CIS
• Global
Solar – AZ
• Miasole –
CA
• Energy PV
– NJ
• Ascent
Solar – CO
• ISET – CA
• Daystar –
NY
• Nanosolar
– CA
• Heliovolt –
TX
• Solo Power
– CA
•Thin-Si
•Innovalight –
CA
•Nanogram –
CA
•Soltaix – CA
•Crystal Solar –
CA
•Parachete
Energy – SC
•Ampulse – TN
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Is There Enough Sunshine to
Energize America?
That’s right! This bright spot covers a circle of Nevada desert
about 100 miles across, that if covered with modern PV
arrays, would satisfy America’s entire electricity demand.
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1.8 MW – Thin Film CdTe Solar Roof
First Solar / Juwi Solar
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40 MW – Thin Film CdTe Solar Field
First Solar / Juwi Solar
Under Construction
Total Project Price: Euro – 130 Million
PV System Price: Euro – 3.25 / Watts
Completion Date: December 2008