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Thursday, November 13, 2008 4:01 am | Edgar A. Gunther | 5 Comments »

Global Solar Energy 750 kiloWatt CIGS Solar Field Live?

Source claims it is up and running. After Intersolar North America 2008, the Chip Shots blog by Tom Cheyney at PV-tech.org reported in “Global Solar ready to install modules, flip switch on CIGS solar field within months”: The CIGS "modules are going on in August," noted Teich, "and the power will be turned on by November," although the switch could be flipped as soon as September, especially if an inverter they're waiting on shows up soon. Well, as you can see from the Picasa slideshow below, the apparent 98W (Watt) Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (

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Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:38 am | Edgar A. Gunther

SpectraWatt sources Wafers from PV Crystalox Solar

Intel spins SpectraWatt outside!

Earlier this week, Intel Spins off Solar Energy Technology; Intel Capital Invests in SpectraWatt was the press mill news of the day. In a chat with SpectraWatt CEO Andrew Wilson, the Tech giant Intel joins IBM and Applied in big solar bet post by Neal Dikeman at the CNET news.com Green Tech Blog or the Cleantech Blog foreshadowed the first silicon announcement:

According to Andrew, they have a significant supply of silicon secured, and while he cannot say who the vendors are, at least one of those vendors will likely be announcing soon, as the Spectrawatt contract is a material event for them.

Per the June 18, 2008, press release, PV Crystalox

Friday, June 22, 2007 3:00 pm | Edgar A. Gunther | 1 Comment »

Solar Light Flashes: Intersolar 2007

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Quick Photovoltaic News and Fun Tidbits from Intersolar 2007

Company News

SunPower (Stand No 10.2.83, NASDAQ:SPWR): SPR-315 delayed again!Since I posted Where is the SunPower SPR-315 Solar Module?, SPR-315 deliveries have been rescheduled for Fall 2007, almost one year since the product was announced at Solar Power 2006. A company spokesperson indicated the delay may be related to filling backlog for legacy SPR solar modules. I prefer the conspiracy theory that the new Gen 2 solar cells or the larger module form factor is the root cause. SunPower claims to be taking SPR-315… Read More >>