Good Info on Spherical Solar Cells

I am starting to use Treehugger as an excellent information source. Here is a good article on Clean Venture 21's spherical solar technology:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/07/spherical_solar.php

Spherical Silicon Solar Power Units for Urumqi

Japan's Clean Venture 21 is planning to build two 5KW spherical silicon solar power generation units at Dabancheng District, Urumqi City, Xinjiang, starting in May, 2009. The company announced the plans at a promotion meeting of high-energy & low-consumption spherical silicon solar cells on Mar 18, 2009.

Suntech, 3rd Rock Team Up for US Solar Systems

SAN FRANCISCO: Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE:STP), and 3rd Rock Systems and Technologies Inc., a solar project developer based in San Francisco, have established a strategic alliance in connection with the development of an initial 7.2 MW of solar systems in the United States.

3rd Rock will act as project developer and leverage existing relationships to raise project financing. For projects developed under the alliance, Suntech will be both the preferred supplier of solar modules and provide engineering, procurement and construction services through its wholly owned subsidiary Suntech Energy Solutions.

"This alliance creates an excellent opportunity to leverage 3rd Rock's expertise in monetizing a broad variety of tax credits, loans and other incentives, which are particularly appealing to schools and other non-profit organizations, with Suntech's engineering expertise and access to solar panels," said Steven Chan, Suntech's chief strategy officer and president of Global Sales and Marketing. "Combined with our existing pipeline of traditional commercial and utility projects and our growing network of residential installers, this will enable us to directly serve the full breadth of solar customers in the US."


(energycurrent.com, Mar 12, 2009)