H.R. 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ready for President Obama to sign into law.
Solar provisions and implications of the $787 billion economic stimulus package.
Before the final United States House of Representatives and Senate votes on Friday, February 13, 2009, the SEIA (Solar Energy Industries Association) congratulated Congressional leaders for working out a compromise economic recovery bill with “Solar Industry Ready to Hire and Create Growth Opportunities with Economic Recovery Package” and said:
Three provisions in the bill are critical for solar:
Renewable Energy Grant Program: Offers Dept. of Energy grants equal to 30 percent of the cost of solar projects started in
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:52 pm | Edgar A. Gunther
German Opel “Bailout” targets Reconstruction to Green Automotive Group
“Automotive to Solar-motive”
With “SolarWorld AG is Planning Takeover Offer for German Opel Sites” (Deutsch), SolarWorld has telegraphed a planned bid to General Motors Corporation (NYSE:GM) for four German factories and the Rüsselsheim development center of Adam Opel GmbH.
SolarWorld AG (FRA:SWV) plans to offer €250 million cash and €750 million in bank credit
Thursday, August 14, 2008 4:51 am | Edgar A. Gunther
Securing silicon through long-term contracts, in-house production, and recycling. SolarWorld Secures Sustainable Solar-Grade Silicon Supplies Through In-House Production, Recycling and Long-Term Contracts with Renowned Manufacturers (Deutsch) was the news Tuesday, August 12, 2008. SolarWorld AG’s (FRA:SWV) wholly owned subsidiary, Deutsche Solar AG, secured an additional $580 million polysilicon contract with DC Chemical Co., Ltd. (SEO:010060) for delivery by 2016. At the same time, additional long-term wafer supply contracts worth over $350 million “were concluded with customers in Germany and China.”
SolarWorld plans for in-house solar grade silicon production are detailed in the above slide titled “Ramp up internal silicon capacity” from the
Monday, September 3, 2007 5:51 pm | Edgar A. Gunther
Italian Minister Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio opens the event
Professor Dr. Martin Green from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, led off the first Plenary session of Advanced Photovoltaics on Monday, September 3, 2007, at 8:30AM, but the official open of the 22nd EU PVSEC was left to Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio, Italian Minister for the Environment, Land, and Sea, at about 12:30PM.
The Opening Session was dominated by short, informative, and dynamic presentations from Conference leaders, politicians, and industry members (except for Alfonso González Finat, EU Commission who ran twice as long with an unemotional delivery). With Milano as the venue, Italy was well represented by Corrado Clini, Director General of the Italian Ministry for the
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