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A Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) is a legal contract between an electricity generator and a purchaser of energy or capacity (power or ancillary services). Such agreements play a key role in the financing of electricity generating assets. Under the terms of a PPA, the PPA provider typically assumes the risks and responsibilities of ownership when it purchases, operates, and maintains the turn-key facility. By clearly defining the output of a generating asset and the credit of its associated revenue streams, a PPA can be used by the owner of the asset to raise non-recourse financing [1] from a bank or other financing counterparty. [2] [3] Commercial PPA Providers such as SunEdison , MMA Renewable Ventures , Solar Power Partners , and Recurrent Energy are enabling businesses, schools, governments, and utilities to benefit from predictable, renewable energy through a PPA. Other Solar Electricity Providers include SunRun , Solar City , Tioga Energy . Source Wikipedia

October 29th, 2008 Today, thin-film solar company First Solar and residential solar installer SolarCity made two announcements : The two companies have entered into a five-year agreement in which First Solar will supply 100 MW (megawatts) of its thin film solar modules to SolarCity. First Solar will begin delivering modules to SolarCity in Q1 2009. This agreement represents First Solar’s initial activity in the U.S. residential market. First Solar will make a $25 million equity investment in SolarCity. This is part of a $30 million round of financing that will support SolarCity’s continued U.S. expansion. SolarCity currently serves markets in California, Arizona and Oregon “The combination of First Solar’s modules with SolarCity’s innovative approach to designing, financing and maintaining complete solar solutions enables homeowners and small business owners to lower their electricity costs while reducing air pollution and the effects of global warming,” said Mike Ahearn, First Solar

Source - Puerified Energy Source WIKI ( PESWIKI ) Amonix Amonix - High Concentration Photovoltaic (HCPV) power generation systems for large commercial and utility scale applications offer significant cost savings by using inexpensive flat, plastic Fresnel lenses to concentrate sunlight approximately 500 times. The Amonix high-concentration silicon solar cell holds the world record for the performance of a cell manufactured in a commercial environment (26.5% efficiency). Concentrix Concentrix Solar GmbH - FLATCON®, uses concentrator PV modules to focus sunlight on high-performance solar cells, which then directly convert solar energy into electricity. Fresnel lenses focus direct sunlight through a 2mm-diameter focal x`point, concentrating the sunlight by a factor of 500. Green and Gold Energy SunCube SolarCube™ by Green and Gold Energy - Award-winning solar technology uses Fresnel lenses to focus sun's energy onto photovoltaic cells. 5.8 cents per kWh. Commercial product release

Inverter Specialists specializing in Third aworld and devleoping Countries, now moving into larger scale inverters, specialize in off-grid. Outback

Companies that Sell Hydrogen Production Equipment for Home, Small Business, and Refueling Stations Avalence, LLC STUART ENERGY (Canada) Pasadena , California Office Stuart Energy, USA 3360 East Foothill Blvd. Pasadena, CA , USA 91107-3111 Phone: 626-440-1962 Fax: 626-440-1963 Email: info@stuartenergy.com RRC Kurchatov Institute Tel: (095) 196 9997 Fax: (095) 196 7262 Email: epv@ITERcoun.msk.SU Hamilton Sundstrand (a United Technologies Company) www.hsssi.com/Applications/Echem/Hydrogen/Metal.html Southern Technology Applications Center (STAC) One Progress Blvd, Suite 24 Alachua, Fl 32615 Phone: (904) 462-3913 Fax: (904) 462-3898 Email: esander@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu Fuji Electric Corporate Research and Development, Ltd. 2-2-1, Nagasaka, Yokosuka City 240-01, Japan

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The thin-film variants heading for the photovoltaic market Ever new thin-film technologies are moving out of the laboratories into factories. But which one has the most promising future? The amorphous silicon cell, which as yet has by far the highest market share of all thin-film cells? Or the CIS cell of cadmium indium diselenide , favoured by the media in the past ten years? Or maybe the CIGS cell of copper, indium, gallium and selenide, whose conversion efficiency promises to be the highest? Optionally also in the CIGSSe variant with sulphide? Or the micromorphous silicon cell, which is claimed to better the amorphous silicon in efficiency, but is based on the practically infinitely available silicon? At least one thing is clear, and that is that in the thin-film sector, too, silicon will play a large part as a raw material. But with the small quantities of silicon thin-film modules need, the present scarcity is no serious problem. And the fact that silicon is a harmless substance m

aleo solar AG today announced its successful expansion into Asia, where it now operates a third production location. The company celebrated the inauguration of the solar module production at avim solar production Co. Ltd . in the Chinese city of Gaomi (Shandong province ). Both aleo solar AG and the Chinese Sunvim Group Co. Ltd . hold an interest of 50 percent each in the joint venture. The first of four production lines in Gaomi is already manufacturing aleo modules. In mid-2009, a production capacity of at least 50 megawatts will be available. Together with the parent factory in Prenzlau (Brandenburg) and the Spanish production facility near Barcelona, this will bring the total capacity of aleo solar AG to 250 megawatts in 2009. Certified by VDE Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik e.V. (VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies), all three production plants manufacture aleo modules in the highest quality. avim solar producti

Aleo solar AG has very quickly become one of the largest manufacturers of solar modules in Europe. The success story of this company, and its marketing subsidiary aleo solar Deutschland GmbH, is reflected in the constant expansion of production capacities. With the construction of a second facility, which was built beside the already existing production halls, aleo solar increases its capacity to 90MW. Thus, the company which had already in 2004 increased its production to 35MW, continues its course of expansion, and is well positioned for the rapidly growing photovoltaic market. With the expansion of production capacities, the number of employees has also continued to increase. At the end of 2003, the company already had 107 staff; one year later there were 179. By the end of 2006, the number of employees at aleo solar AG and its marketing subsidiaries had increased to approx. 320. In Spain, in September 2005, aleo solar España SL and the marketing subsidiary aleo solar España distrib

According the The Johanna Solar Website , the owners of the technology: Thin film solar modules are based – as the name suggests – on a wafer-thin semi-conducting absorber layer. Our unique semiconductor made of copper, indium , gallium, sulphur and selenium is just 3 µm thick – half the thickness of a hair and almost one hundred times thinner than a silicon cell. This saves on raw materials. But thin film solar modules also offer further advantages: The conversion of a broader light spectrum means that electricity is generated even under low light conditions. Due to the construction of the cells comparatively high yields can be obtained even under conditions of partial shadow. Due to improved temperature coefficients – which means lower loss of performance at high temperatures – thin film modules are especially suited to temperatures over 25 degrees Celsius. Integrated production – from glass pane to solar moduleIn the first production step, a wafer-thin layer of molybdenum is a

Johanna Solar Technology of Germany is licensing distribution rights for up to 80% of its CIGSSe (copper indium gallium sulfur selenide) thin-film solar modules to aleo solar [ed. all-lowercase correct], also of Germany. Both firms will cooperate in the product launch: aleo will be responsible for product branding, while Johanna Solar will be responsible for technology branding (products will bear the label “made by Johanna”). The agreement is for at least five years. “This agreement opens up excellent sales perspectives for us, so that we can concentrate fully on the imminent start of production,” said JST’s managing director Jeroen Haberland. aleo is to introduce the prototype of the new module in September at the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference in Milan . “We acquired an interest of 19% in Johanna Solar Technology early on [in 2006] in order to ensure our access to this thin film technology,” said Jakobus Smit, chairman of aleo’s management board. Formed in 2001,

This came out in February of 2006 A few days ago an article appeared in the Cape Argus of South Africa, proclaiming a breakthrough in solar power technology. We could not find a great deal of correlating reports, so will simply relay what what we found from just a few sources. Apparently the technology resulted from over 10 years of research, led by Professor Vivian Alberts of the University of Johannesburg. He and his team seem to have developed a flexible, thin, metal alloy that is “photo-responsive”. This alloy is said to result in panels with are only 5 micron thick (compared to a human hair at 20 microns, and silicon photovoltaic cells at 350 microns.) \ Earlier reports (in 2004) indicated the alloy was copper-indium(gallium)-diselenide (CIGS), with another article inferring the panels would have a useful life of about 20 years, with the energy in fabricating them recovered within the first 1-2 years of operation. And that the materials used could all be later recycled to ma

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SunTech listed on the New York Stock Exchange . It has four production sites at Wuxi , Luoyang , Qinghai and Shanghai and 4000 global employees. Research & Development Suntech's innovative R&D program is constantly driving improvements to increase solar efficiencies and provide a sound crystalline technology road map. Innovation will continue to be a major part of Suntech's strategy in continually delivering customers better products. Clear road map to increase efficiencies to 20%. Consistency of Power output. Development of Thin Film Silicon PV Cell Technologies. Improving Encapsulation Technologies extending module life. Improving module power output. Suntech's MSK Design Line of Building Integrated PhotoVoltaic products enables you to create visually stunning building designs and deliver cost-effective, sustainable solar energy to the tenants. Suntech's MSK Design modules are not add-ons, but are in integral part of the building's skin. They are used ju

Phoenix Solar AG is a leading international photovoltaic systems integrator. (German Based) Until June 2007, the company went by the name of Phönix Sonnen Strom AG. Phoenix Solar AG plans, builds and operates large photovoltaic plants and is a specialist wholesaler for complete power plants, solar modules and accessories.

Solar Power Inc US. based, SPI designs, and manufactures its own line of high-quality solar modules and mounting and balancing systems. We also design and install complete systems featuring our unique brand of components that have been engineered to work optimally with together in a variety of system types. All SPI systems are seamless solutions designed to meet the most demanding requirements while delivering highly efficient electric output and a lifetime of superior performance. In addition to advanced designs in photovoltaic solar power components and systems, SPI offers a lifetime of support for each system it produces. From financing options to design and installation services , maintenance programs and repair services , SPI is a vertically integrated , turnkey solar solutions provider to a large base of U.S. commercial customers SPI owns and operates its own ISO 9001 manufacturing facility in Shenzhen, China

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Solyndra, Inc. Soyndra designs and manufactures photovoltaic systems, comprised of panels and mounting hardware, for the commercial rooftop market. Solyndra employs high volume manufacturing based on proven technologies and processes to meet the needs of the global solar market. Using proprietary cylindrical modules and thin-film technology , Solyndra systems are designed to provide the lowest installed cost per system and the highest solar electrical energy output for typical low slope commercial rooftops. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Fremont, California, Solyndra operates a state-of-the-art 300,000 square foot fully-automated manufacturing complex. Solyndra currently sells its systems to leading photovoltaic system integrators in the US and Europe. We intend to serve a broad range of customer types. Solyndra is proud to have long-term commercial agreements announced with Phoenix Solar and Solar Power Inc. Solyndra has more than 10 active installations with customers in No

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The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has compiled the following list of U.S. manufacturers and suppliers of wind turbines for use in residential, farm, and commercial/industrial applications. Many have Web sites or are accessible through E-mail links. Links are also provided to the company listings on the AWEA Industry Member Directory. Abundant Renewable Energy http://www.abundantre.com/ ARE110 (2.5KW), ARE442 (10KW) AeroVironment http://www.avinc.com/wind AVX-1000 (1kW system) Bergey Windpower Co. http://www.bergey.com/ BWC XL.1 (1 kW),BWC EXCEL (10 kW) Energy Maintenance Service http://www.energyms.com/ E15 (35 kW or 65 kW) Entegrity Wind Systems http://www.entegritywind.com/ EW50 (50 kW) Gaia-Wind Ltd http://www.gaia-wind.com/ 11kW Northern Power http://www.northernpower.com/ NPS 100 (100 kW) Proven Energy, Ltd. http://www.provenenergy.co.uk/ Proven 2.5 (2.5kW), Proven 6 (6kW), Proven 15 (15kW) Southwest Windpower Co. http://www.windenergy.com/ AIRX (400 W), Whisper 100 (90

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