Shenzhen, China: DuPont Apollo Opens Thin Film PV Production Facility. DuPont Apollo has opened its silicon based thin-film PV module manufacturing facility in China. The 538,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility will have an annual capacity of up to 50 MW.

Tokyo, Japan: Sanyo Sets Out Manufacturing Capacity Plans. Sanyo Electric has completed its third factory building (Bldg. C) of Nishikinohama Factory (Kaizuka City, Osaka), already the "mother factory" for SANYO’s photovoltaic system business.

Charlotte, NC, USA: Q-Cells Selects Camstar For New Malaysian Mega-Factory. Q-Cells SE has selected Camstar’s SolarSuite™, configured for the Solar industry on the Camstar Enterprise Platform, to drive down cost per watt through improved process quality and cell efficiency.

Hyderabad, India: KSK Surya Photovoltaic Venture to Build 150MW Thin Film Manufacturing Plant. KSK Surya Photovoltaic Venture, Private Limited (KSK), a subsidiary of KSK Power Ventur plc, a leading independent power provider in India, has signed a contract with Applied Materials, Inc. to purchase two Applied SunFab™ Thin Film Lines.

Kuanyin Township, Taiwan: Green Energy Technology Expands Capacity in Taiwan and China. The Board of Taiwan-based solar wafer company Green Energy Technology (GET) has approved a plan to expand its production capacity.

Shanghai, China: JA Solar Developing Next Generation Solar Cells with Innovalight. JA Solar is working to commercialize a new generation of high-performance solar products using silicon ink technology from Innovalight, Inc.

Charlotte, NC, USA: Canadian Solar Selects Camstar to Improve Product Efficiency. Camstar Systems announced today that Canadian Solar has selected Camstar’s SolarSuite™, configured for the Solar industry on the Camstar Enterprise Platform, to help reduce cell and panel cost per watt.

Lehigh Valley, PA, USA: Air Products India JV Signs Two Photovoltaic Contracts. Air Products this week announced its joint venture in India, INOX Air Products Ltd., has recently signed two new contracts with leading Indian photovoltaic manufacturers for the company's SunSource™ Solutions gases and materials to support the burgeoning India PV market.

Wuhan, China: Evergreen Solar and Jiawei Solar Break Ground on 100MW Manufacturing Plant. In a ceremony today in Wuhan, China, Evergreen Solar and its contract manufacturing partner, Jiawei Solarchina Co., celebrated the groundbreaking for their new 100 megawatt manufacturing plants.

Baoding, China: Baoding Tianwei Starts Mass Production of Thin Film Solar Panels. Tianwei and Oerlikon Solar have completed of one of the mainland China’s largest thin film solar panel factories.

Blaubeuren, Germany: New Polysilicon Facility Starts Up in China. The silicon division of centrotherm photovoltaics AG has just marked up an additional success, namlye the company's one hundred percent subsidiary, centrotherm SiTec GmbH, has put a plant into operation to manufacture polysilicon at its customer Shaanxi Tianhong Silicon Industrial Corporation at Xian City in China.

Truebbach, Switzerland: Oerlikon Receives 120MW Thin Film Manufacturing Plant Order. Oerlikon Solar today announced that Nano Solar Technology Ltd. (NST), a newly formed Russian high-tech firm, has ordered a 120 MW end-to-end Micromorph® line for production of thin film solar modules.

Kuching, Malaysia: Tokuyama to Construct 6,000 Ton Polysilicon Facility. Tokuyama Corporation has decided to build a new factory in Sarawak, Malaysia, to manufacture polycrystalline silicon for solar cells. The new factory will be constructed at the Samalaju Industrial Park.

Valdelafuente, Spain: GT Solar Commissions Wafer Line for DC Wafers. GT Solar has received final acceptance for the design, installation and commissioning of one of the most technologically-advanced turnkey wafer fabrication lines in Spain.

San Francisco, CA, USA: BP Solar Announces Agreement with Jabil to Manufacture Solar Modules in Poland. BP Solar today announced an agreement with Jabil Circuit, Inc. to manufacture BP Solar modules for the European market in Jabil’s plant in Poland.

Lansing, MI, USA: Suniva to Invest $250M in Manufacturing Facility. Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced a significant addition to Michigan's burgeoning clean-energy industrial base as Georgia-based Suniva Inc. will invest $250 million in a new solar manufacturing facility in Saginaw County's Thomas Township.

Bonn, Germany: SolarWorld to Expand Module Capacity to 450 Megawatts. Solarworld AG is to expand its production capacity for solar power modules in Freiberg in Saxony. The capacity will be tripled to 450 megawatts by the end of 2010.

Sonnenbühl, Germany: Schiller Automation and Merck Co-Operate on Innovative Edge Isolation. Schiller Automation and Merck today announced the official start of construction of an innovative line for edge isolation of crystalline silicon wafers.

Pozzolo Formigaro, Italy: Lux to Commence Wafer Production. At the beginning of July, Lux signed an agreement with ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH for the supply of a type SCU400plus DSS (directional solidification system).

Sonderborg, Denmark: Danfoss Solar to Raise Inverter Production Capacity to 1 GW. Danfoss Solar says the demand for its grid-connected solar inverter range has increased significantly in 2009. As a result, Danfoss is now preparing for further growth in 2010 by increasing production capacity to 1 GW.

Beijing, China: Suntech Selects Arizona for Location of Module Assembly Plant. Suntech Power has selected the Greater Phoenix, Arizona area for the location of its first US module assembly plant to meet growing North America market demand.

Clarksville, TN, USA: Hemlock Semiconductor Starts Construction on Polysilicon Plant. Hemlock Semiconductor celebrated the beginning of construction at its recently developed site in Clarksville, Tennessee yesterday, and gave guests a glimpse of what the new facility will look like when completed in 2012.

San Diego, CA, USA: Sanyo Opens Module Plant in Monterrey, Mexico. Sanyo Energy has officially opened and started production in Monterrey. The plant, located in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, will be assembling Sanyo’s patented HIT (Heterjunction with Intrinsic Thin-layer) solar modules.

Salem, OR, USA: Sanyo Starts Production at Oregon Plant. Sanyo has officially opened it manufacturing plant for photovoltaic products in the Salem Energy and Technology Park and production has now started.

Millville, NJ, USA: MX Group Establishes 100MW Module Manufacturing Plant in New Jersey. MX USA Corporation, a new solar manufacturing company is to build a solar panel factory in Millville, New Jersey.

Pocatello, ID, USA: Hoku and JH Kelly Agree on Path Forward to Complete Construction of Polysilicon Plant. Hoku Materials has entered into a change order cost plus incentive agreement under its construction contract with JH Kelly, LLC, to confirm the plan for JH Kelly to complete construction of Hoku's planned 4,000 metric tons per year polysilicon production plant.

Wixom, MI, USA: Oerlikon Solar and Clairvoyant Energy Plan Thin Film Manufacturing Facility. A group of renewable energy companies has joined forces with Ford and the State of Michigan on a plan to convert the 320-acre Wixom Ford Motor Co. assembly plant outside Detroit into a renewable energy manufacturing park.