PHOTON International The Photovoltaic Magazine

8 No new date set after latest delay on Moroccan bid for 37,000 SHS

Regional shows planned for Kenya as PV standards go unratified

9 ticker
    +++ SunPower Corporation +++ Topsil Semiconductor Materials A/S.
    +++ BP +++

    S.A.G. takes over One World-One Energy stock

    S.A.G. Solarstrom closes PV investment fund

Topsil Semiconductor Materials A/S

10 Siemens reaches 5-percent efficiency for organic solar cells

New European module standard defines three weather conditions

11 UK boosts PV funding while London‘s mayor pushes new solar homes

European 20 percent renewables goal by 2020 includes 35 GW of PV

12 German PV industry demandsincreased R&D budget

BP Solar plans 6 MW PV power plant

French minister gives no support to increased PV feed-in tariff

13 Shell lowers value of its PV assets in year-end financial report

Shell Solar and Geosol to build 5 MW PV park

EPIA‘s viewpoint: European PV industry needs appropriate feed-in-tariffs
in Europe

    germany
14 German utilities pulled in hundreds of millions of euros with inflated cost
    of renewables

    italy
16 taly‘s feed-in tariff is assured, but not the amount or period of payment

spain
20 Needed revisions to Spain‘s flawed feed-in tariff could be imminent

    germany
24 Important discussions and interesting products at Cloister Banz

28 ticker
    +++ Renewable Hawaii Inc. +++ St. Francis Winery +++ PowerLight
    Corp. +++ Arise Technologies Corp. +++ Canadian Solar Industries
    Association +++

    Bankrupt AstroPower may sell assets to GE Energy

    Sale of UniSource not expected to affect Global Solar or TEP

29 Spire gets old ticker back with filing of delayed report

    CIGS start up DayStar closes IPO with proceeds of $8.8 million

30 ticker
+++ California Energy Commission +++ Konarka Technologies Inc. +++
Nevada Power Co. and Sierra Pacific Power Co. +++

Solar-friendly RPS passes legislative hurdle in Colorado

Evergreen‘s four-string furnace to remain prototype for now

31 Worldwater and Sandi enter Iraq jointly

Solaicx hits financing mark on way to October wafer production

Ebara successor is one of few PV awardees in Pennsylvania

US SEIA`s viewpoint: Treading water won‘t win the race

ATS publishes two sides of the coin for solar subsidiaries in third quarter
report

    Start up wants to license process for semi-transparent cells

34 ticker
    +++ Shell Solar Japan Ltd. +++ Japanese Residential PV System
    Dissemination Program +++

    Sanyo targets second place in Japan with 133 MW cell production

    Japan‘s first megawatt PV system under construction

    No final decision on whether Honda plans to enter the solar business

    australia
36 How well will a PV roadmap mesh with Australia‘s renewable energy
     targets?

26 On-grid inverter from Kyocera

Biohaus‘ roof-integrated modules with laminates from MSK and Solon

27 Alwitra‘s largest solar roofing membranes yet

    Screw-in foundations for systems on undeveloped areas

39 ticker
    +++ Donald Fitzmaurice +++ Justin Adams +++ Bob Johnson +++

    Kyocera names Steven C. Hill president for US solar unit

__ ppvx
38 Good start to the new year

    market survey
40 Market survey on deposition systems for silicon nitride

__ market survey
46 Survey on world solar cell production 2003

__ another perspective
64 A vision of solar certainty in California