Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd., which makes solar products, received a contract from Belgium-based Enfinity Management BVBA to supply solar modules.
The agreement, financial terms of which were not disclosed, calls for China-based Yingli to supply 10 megawatts of solar modules, or packages of solar cells.
The contract, which runs from this month through the end [...]

Duke Energy Corp. said Wednesday it plans to buy all the power generated at a massive solar power plant to be built north of Charlotte.
The Charlotte-based utility is expected to purchase more than 16 megawatts of power from SunEdison LLC, a Maryland company that is one of the nation’s leading providers of solar-produced energy. The [...]

Calyon Securities analyst George Kotzias warned investors some clouds may be on the horizon for Chinese solar companies following the devastating earthquake in that country.
He noted that the epicenter of the 7.9 magnitude quake is near one of China’s main polysilicon production areas. Polysilicon is a crucial component for solar products. Kotzias says the plants [...]

Nothing but blue skies for shares of many solar products makers, as a Citi Investment Research analyst said prospects look good for continuation of government solar tax credits.
Analyst Timothy M. Arcuri said in a client note that his “contacts indicate the House Ways and Means Committee is likely to propose a new bill that will [...]

Global Solar Energy Inc. will move to larger quarters and add about 50 employees by 2008 to greatly expand production of its thin-film solar-power products.
The 10-year-old company, formerly a unit of Tucson Electric Power Co. parent UniSource Energy Corp., said it will spend $75 million on the expansion and move to a South Rita Road [...]

Amtech Systems, Inc., supplier of thermal processing and automation systems and related supplies for the semiconductor and solar cell industries, recently announced the company has received over $10M of solar orders since September 1, 2005, including a recent order totaling approximately $1.6M from the solar cell industry for thermal processing systems. This multi-tool order is [...]