Baoding, China: Yingli Green Energy Signs Additional Supply Agreement with DC Chemical. Yingli Green Energy has signed a third polysilicon supply agreement with DC Chemical Co., Ltd., a Korean chemicals producer.

Sunnyvale, CA, USA: Motech to Supply Cells to Solar Semiconductor. Motech is to supply PV cells to Solar Semiconductor, a module manufacturer. The multi-year strategic agreement is for the supply of approximately 120MW of cells.

Changzhou, China: Trina Solar Signs Long Term Supply Agreement with SILFAB S.p.A. Trina Solar, a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, founded in 1997, has signed a long-term polysilicon supply agreement with SILFAB S.p.A.

Jiashan, China: ReneSola Signs Six-Year Wafer Supply Agreements. ReneSola has signed six-year wafer supply contracts with Ningbo Solar Electric Power Co., Ltd. and Eoplly New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.

Xinyu City, China: LDK Solar Signs Ten Year Wafer Supply Agreement with Moser Baer. LDK Solar has signed a ten-year contract which is a blend of "Take or Pay" linked with market-based pricing to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to India-based Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Limited (MBPV), a subsidiary of Moser Baer India Limited.

Baoding, China: Yingli Green Energy Awarded Two Korean Solar Module Orders. Yingli Green Energy has signed sales contracts with two Korean companies: Korea Electric Power Industrial Development Corporation (“KEPID”) , a renewable energy company, and Kaycom Corporation (“Kaycom”), a distributor of electronic components and PV devices.

Changzhou, China: Trina Solar Signs Long Term Polysilicon Supply Agreement. Trina Solar, a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, has signed a long-term polysilicon supply agreement with a subsidiary of GCL Silicon Technology Holdings Ltd.

San Francisco, CA, USA: Nitol Solar and Suntech Expand Polysilicon Supply Agreement. Suntech Power and Nitol Solar, an independent polysilicon producer, today announced an expansion to the terms of their existing seven-year polysilicon supply agreement which runs from 2009 to 2015.

Beijing, China: Oerlikon Solar Receives Chinese Order for Thin Film Manufacturing Line. Oerlikon Solar and Baoding Tianwei have signed a contract for a turnkey thin film solar module production line. The initial production capacity will be 46.5 MWp (Megawatt peak) per year.

Bedford, MA, USA: Spire Receives Indian Module Manufacturing Line Order. Spire Corporation has received a contract from Alpex Exports Pvt. Ltd. to provide a photovoltaic module assembly line for that company’s operations in New Delhi, India.

Irvine, TX, USA: Fluor Awarded Contract for LDK Solar Polysilicon Plant. Fluor Corporation has been awarded a contract for engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services by LDK Solar for the world's largest new polysilicon facility in Xinyu City, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.

Changzhou, China: Trina Solar Discontinues Development of Polysilicon Production Facility. Trina Solar has decided to discontinue the development of its previously announced 10,000MT polysilicon production facility having a total estimated cost of $1 billion.

Bedford, MA, USA: Spire Receives Contract for Cell and Module Line in China. Spire Corporation has won a contract in China for a combined solar module and solar cell facility. This order includes a 25-megawatt (MW) module factory and an adjacent 25MW solar cell factory designed to produce high efficiency multi-crystalline cells.

Menlo Park, CA, USA: Signet Solar Expands Manufacturing Capacity with Indian Thin Film Plant. Signet Solar, a manufacturer of silicon thin film photovoltaic modules said this week, the company plans to locate its second manufacturing site in the Sriperembudur Special Economic Zone near Chennai, India.

Merrimack, NH, USA: GT Solar Secures $200 Million Contract With DC Chemical. GT Solar, a provider of a comprehensive range of equipment and turnkey manufacturing solutions to the solar power industry, has signed a follow-on contract valued at approximately $200 million to supply DC Chemical Co., Ltd. (DCC) of South Korea with polysilicon reactors.

Tokyo, Japan: Mitsubishi Electric to Raise Cell Capacity to 500MW by 2012. Mitsubishi Electric will invest a total of some 7 billion yen to expand annual production capacity of photovoltaic cells, at its Nakatsugawa Works Iida Factory (Nagano Prefecture), and modules, at its Nakatsugawa Works Kyoto Factory (Kyoto Prefecture).

Bedford, MA, USA: Spire Receives Contract for Korean Module Manufacturing Facility. Equipment manufacturer, Spire Corporation has received a contract from Dongyang Creditech Co. Ltd. located in South Korea to provide a photovoltaic module assembly line.