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| AKNS | Akeena Solar, Inc. | Chart | Opinion | Profile | Building Materials Wholesale |
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Excerpt from Akeena Solar, Inc. SEC Filing dated December 14, 2007
About Akeena Solar, Inc. Akeena Solar is a leading designer and integrator of solar power systems. We market, sell, design and install systems for residential and small commercial customers, sourcing components (such as solar modules and inverters) from manufacturers such as Kyocera, Sharp, SunPower and Suntech. We currently service customers in California, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. According to data compiled by the California Energy Commission and the New Jersey Clean Energy Program, over the past three years Akeena Solar has been one of the largest national integrators of residential and small commercial solar power systems in the United States. To date, we have installed over 1,000 solar power systems. |
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| AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. | Chart | Opinion | Profile | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials |
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Excerpt from Applied Materials, Inc. SEC Filing dated December 14, 2006
Organized in 1967, Applied, a Delaware corporation, develops, manufactures, markets and services fabrication equipment for the worldwide semiconductor and semiconductor-related industries. Customers for these products include manufacturers of semiconductor chips and wafers, flat panel displays, and other electronic devices such as solar photovoltaic (PV) cells. These customers use what they manufacture in their own products or sell them to other companies for use in advanced electronic components. |
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| ASTI | Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. | Chart | Opinion | Profile | Semiconductor - Specialized |
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Excerpt from Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. SEC Filing dated March 30, 2007
Ascent Solar is a development stage company that was formed in October 2005 to commercialize certain photovoltaic ("PV") technology developed by ITN Energy Systems, Inc. ("ITN") for extraterrestrial, terrestrial, and near-space applications. Ascent Solar intends to be the first company to manufacture large, roll format, PV modules in commercial quantities that use a highly efficient thin-film Copper-Indium-Gallium-diSelenide ("CIGS") absorbing layer on a flexible high-temperature plastic substrate. |
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| CSIQ | Canadian Solar, Inc. | Chart | Opinion | Profile | Semiconductor - Specialized |
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Excerpt from Canadian Solar, Inc. SEC Filing dated November 8, 2006
We design, manufacture and sell solar module products that convert sunlight into electricity for a variety of uses. We are incorporated in Canada and conduct all of our manufacturing operations in China. Our products include a range of standard solar modules built to general specifications for use in a wide range of residential, commercial and industrial solar power generation systems. We also design and produce specialty solar modules and products based on our customers’ requirements. Specialty solar modules and products consist of customized modules that our customers incorporate into their own products, such as solar-powered bus stop lighting, and complete specialty products, such as solar-powered car battery chargers. Our products are sold primarily under our own brand name and also produced on an original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, basis for our customers. We also implement solar power development projects, primarily in conjunction with government organizations to provide solar power generation in rural areas of China. |
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| CSUN | China Sunergy Co., Ltd. | Chart | Opinion | Profile | Semiconductor - Integrated Circuits |
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Excerpt from China Sunergy Co., Ltd. SEC Filing dated May 17, 2007
Overview We are a leading manufacturer of solar cell products in China as measured by production capacity. We manufacture our solar cells from silicon wafers utilizing crystalline silicon solar cell technology to convert sunlight directly into electricity through a process known as the photovoltaic effect. We sell our solar cell products to Chinese and overseas module manufacturers and system integrators, who assemble our solar cells into solar modules and solar power systems for use in various markets. Since we commenced business operations in August 2004, our management’s operational expertise and execution capability, coupled with our strong research and development capabilities, have allowed us to rapidly install five solar cell manufacturing lines and expand our annual manufacturing capacity by 160 megawatts, or MW, in 2006. As of December 2006, we had six solar cell manufacturing lines with an aggregate production capacity of 192 MW per year, assuming the use of 156-millimeter monocrystalline silicon wafers. We plan to increase our annual production capacity to approximately 390 MW by the second quarter of 2008, with twelve manufacturing lines in total. Our research and development team is led by three solar power researchers, each with over 10 years of experience and established credentials in the solar power industry. Our research and development efforts focus on continually enhancing our solar cell conversion efficiencies, which measure the ability of solar power products to convert sunlight into electricity, and improving our manufacturing operations. We are currently developing selective emitter cells, an improved version of the P-type solar cells that most solar cell manufacturers produce. Using our experimental manufacturing line, we have manufactured selective emitter cells with an average conversion efficiency rate of 17.6% on a trial basis, and we expect to commence commercial production in 2007. In addition, we are focusing on the development of advanced process technologies for manufacturing new products, such as N-type solar cells, which generally have higher conversion efficiencies than those of P-type solar cells. We also plan to develop passivated emitter and rear cells in the future... Our Industry We operate in the solar power industry. Solar power systems generate electricity from sunlight through a process known as the photovoltaic effect. Solar power systems are comprised of solar modules, which are interconnected and laminated solar cells, and related power electronics and components. Solar power systems are used in residential, commercial and industrial markets. |
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| CY | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation | Chart | Opinion | Profile | Semiconductor - Broad Line |
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Excerpt from Cypress Semiconductor Corporation SEC Filing dated March 1, 2007
Our mission is to transform Cypress Semiconductor Corporation ("Cypress") from a traditional, broad-line semiconductor company to a leading supplier of programmable system solutions. We deliver high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and system value. Our offerings include the programmable system-on-chip ("PSoC") products, universal serial bus ("USB") controllers, general-purpose programmable clocks and memories. Cypress also offers wired and wireless connectivity solutions that enhance connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial and, through our majority-owned subsidiary SunPower Corporation ("SunPower"), solar power. SunPower designs, develops, manufactures, markets and sells solar electric power products, systems and services. SunPower's products are based on its proprietary processes and technologies. It has spent more than 15 years developing high performance solar cells, which are semiconductor devices that directly convert sunlight into electricity. SunPower believes its solar cells have the highest conversion efficiency, a measurement of the amount of sunlight converted by the solar cell into electricity, available for the mass market. |
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| DSTI | DayStar Technologies, Inc. | Chart | Opinion | Profile | Semiconductor - Specialized |
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Excerpt from DayStar Technologies, Inc. SEC Filing dated March 17, 2006
DayStar Technologies, Inc. is engaged in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of photovoltaic (“PV”) products that convert sunlight directly into electricity (the "PV" effect). Specifically, we have developed a thin-film solar cell based upon the copper-indium-gallium-selenide semiconductor material system, commonly known as CIGS. DayStar's CIGS solar cell is differentiated from a majority of the competition by its mechanical flexibility and durability. Our intellectual property, including issued patents, patent applications, and trade secrets, resides in both the solar cell design and the method and equipment for its manufacture. Our intention is to develop and manufacture this product such that it is competitive or superior to the competition in performance, cost, and durability. Additionally, we are developing a PV packaging technology that concentrates sunlight onto solar cells. Concentrating PV is considered a cost reduction strategy for producing electricity from the sun. |
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