Siemens Solar ramps up at Chatsworth

The development

fight-emoting polymer development centre in UK

Department

Display Tec~olo~

completed

its new 1,750

emitting

polymer

in the UK has

m* facility for light

technology

with start of operations

Los Angeles

The room

$25m

centre

a 600

m2 clean

fabricated

first displays

mm glass substrates,

on 350

x 350

using spin coat deposition

CDT

has installed

been

approximately Initial

completed,

$18.5m

equipment

resulting

in

of

tests have

first

display

fabrication.

Located within

Transfer

of CDT’s

Cambridge

intellectual

six-inch

and general

up of manufacturing

operations

line in

its recently

(Pleasanton,

acquired

the

resolution

capability

monochrome

machines Litrex

half of 2002,

to

fabricate

and

built

by

facilities

(and

factory

to 15-20

solar PV roofing

optimized

Chet

for flat and roof tiles will

high-efficiency

single

Far&,

Solar’s

Siemens

VP and chief operating with PowerLight,

goals of making

roof

roof tiles are a lightweight

Siemens’

executive

as

up to 6 MW, and can MW of solar electric

assembly,

cells.

‘By teaming

is

line is reported

roofs. The PowerGuard

incorporate

incentive,

at Chatsworth

production

zapable of manufacturing

low-sloped

now PowerLight)

for the highest

offtcer,

said:

we can further

solar electricity

our

mainstream.

processes

subsidiary

CA) in the second

it

as

of the new line.

will install four inkjet printing

giving

know-

research

to the new pilot line has begun,

well as scaling

from

existing

the current

(LAMCs)

the Los Angeles city limits.

The Chatsworth

crystalline

how from

CDT

the Siemens

tiles per year. The

equipment.

Credits equipment

manufacturing

Solar

will qualify

oe expanded

techniques.

capiral

Siemens

equipment

of class 1000 and class 100 areas and has

already

PV

(LADWP) and offered

inside the city boundaries.

>ecause

includes

Manufacturing

with

Only

a month ahead of schedule.

Power

program

solar photovoltaic

:ompanics

development,

in budget, and almost

and

.evised its solar incentive

:owards Cambridge

came after the Los Angeles

of Water

high-

full colour

LEP

For more information contact: PowerLight Corp., 2954 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA94702, USA, Tel: +1510 5400550. Fax: +1510 5400552. Orcontad: Siemens Solar Industries, PO Box 6023, 4650 Adohr Lane, Camarillo, CA 93011, USA. Tel: +I 805 388 6205, www.solarpv.com

displays. The facility to

broad

emphasizes

scope

technology

in displays,

photovoltaic CDT

partnerships

use

the

new

LEP and

implementing

who

product

markets,

to Delta

Displays, Osram, have either

of production

their manufacturing

The Long

Philips

announced

or are actively

Siemens Solar ramps up at Chatsworth Siemens Solar Industries has capitahied unique manufacturing [see

Pbotovokaics

Under

the

utility’s

with an agreement Light’s PV roof tiles.

March 2002

February,

to manufacture

clean

energy

initiative.

30

solar

existing

rooftop rebates

systems,

01

as well as increase

for customers

who

install

PV

systems. Raffle capable

winners

Corporation

rooftop

systems

600 W or 10% of average

for an installation

cost of $5,000.

with Community

LIPA

Development

of Long Island to install PV system:

on 20 homes increased

will receive

of generating

of low-income

rebate

residents.

LIPA’s

of $6 per watt has a maximum

rebate of $GO,OOO for a system of up to 10 kW.

Slicing up the silicon wafer market

on its

facility at Chatsworth

Bulletin

in New

subsidy fox

LIPA will hold a raffle for the free installation

will also partner For more inflation contab: Cambridge Display Technology, Greenwich House, Madingley Rise, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 oTX, UK. Tel: +44 1223 723555, Email: enquiries@cdt Itd.co.uk

Power Authority

solar PV systems from $3 to $6 per watt.

demand,

strategies.

Island

York is to increase its residential

industrial,

have been granted

DuPont

start

displays

Fyfe.

Seiko-Epson,

imminent

medical,

electronic

To date, licenses Optoelectronics,

of LEP

to produce

The $6 subsidy ceiling spreads

joint

strategic

development

consumer,

David

for

and

to accelerate

and other

says CEO

of lighting

facility

It plans eventually

for specialized

and

general

co-development

materials.

commitment

applications.

wifl

venture,

military

CDT’s

commercialization

p.31 Power-

Japanese-based

Sumitomo

Metal Industries.

which owns the subsidiary Sumitomo Phoenix Mitsubishi

has

completed Materials

its

merger

Corporation,

Sitix oj with anC

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