Trina Solar: 09 shipments to grow by at least 75% of the

Trina Solar CFO Terry Wang, said recently that since the recovery in demand by the third quarter, driven this year, shipments grow by at least 75%. He also said that if the demand will continue to grow next year, the company is expected when the annual production capacity from current 400MW to 850-950MW. In the August 17 release second-quarter results, Trina Solar's solar cells is expected in the third quarter will be between module shipments between the 90-110MW higher than the second quarter of 64MW; gross margins would be 23.5-26.5%. In addition, the company also expects full-year shipments will grow by 74-99% to 350-400MW.

Trina Solar Chairman Gao Jifan also said that solar energy industry, market confidence has started to increase, mainly because of government support and financing situation of the turn for the better. He noted that in the case of rising market demand, the company will expand production capacity by the end of 2009.

Sep. 11, 2009

Showa Shell Sekiyu KK will build largest solar-cell factory in Japan

Showa Shell Sekiyu KK 7 released press release announced that it will spend about 1,000 billion yen in Japan, Miyazaki Prefecture to build a new factory CIS thin film solar cells. Press release pointed out that the block the new plant a capacity of 900MW, and is expected to open in late 2011, the amount of production, produced by solar cells in Japan in addition to the family, industry and large-scale power generation purposes, the follow-up also plans to export to overseas .

Press release noted that in addition to the new plant, the Showa Shell now has two annual capacity of 20MW and 60MW respectively, of the CIS solar battery plant, so the amount of new plant to be post-partum, Showa Shell Sekiyu KK overall annual production capacity of solar cells to reach 1GW (1,000 MW) in size; Showa Shell Sekiyu KK solar cell plant in the block size would be beyond the capacity of Sharp's Katsuragi in Nara Prefecture plant (annual capacity of 710MW) to become Japan's largest solar-cell factory.

Sep. 8, 2009