SolarWorld AG / Miscellaneous
01.09.2008
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By conferring the SolarWorld Einstein Award SolarWorld AG again pays
tribute in 2008 to trail-blazing achievements around the development of
solar power technology. The solar technology group bestows this solar award
carrying the highest prize money in the photovoltaic industry upon people
who have acquired special merits in the development of photovoltaic
technology. The award ceremony will take place on 1 September 2008 on the
occasion of the 23rd European Photovoltaic Conference in Valencia.
'Commitment, independent thinking and innovative strength are crucial
qualities needed to advance photovoltaic technology and thus
climate-friendly power generation worldwide', says Dipl.-Ing. Frank H.
Asbeck, Chairman and CEO of SolarWorld AG. 'With the SolarWorld Einstein
Award we want to alert people to this fact'. The SolarWorld Senior Einstein
Award for outstanding lifetime achievements is being presented for the
fourth time; the SolarWorld Junior Einstein Award for young generation
scientists for the third time.
SolarWorld Senior Einstein Award goes to Professor Luque Lopez of Madrid
University
Professor Antonio Luque Lopez of the Institute for Solar Energy at Madrid
University is the winner of the SolarWorld Senior Einstein Award 2008. The
67-year-old Spaniard is among the leading international pioneers in
photovoltaic technology and has rendered great services to the development
of new concepts for solar cells. Thus, Antonio Luque Lopez started
developing the double-sided solar cell in 1976 that can, for example,
convert light reflected from the ground into electrical energy. The
scientist who is currently among other things coordinating a Europe-wide
research project for new solar cell concepts has received numerous awards
including the Becquerel Prize awarded by the European Union. In addition,
he is a member of the Academia de la Ingeniería de España and has seats on
many scientific advisory boards of research institutes, scientific journals
and organizations.
As Head of the Institute for Solar Energy at Madrid University Antonio
Luque Lopez has also made a major contribution since 1979 to the
development of young generation scientists.
SolarWorld Junior Einstein Award Winner: Bram Hoex of Eindhoven University
One such young generation scientist is the Dutchman Bram Hoex, the
recipient of this years SolarWorld Junior Einstein Award. In his doctoral
thesis the physicist who started his academic career at the Technical
University of Eindhoven investigates alternative coating technologies for
the production of silicon-based solar cells. By using aluminum oxide
instead of silicon nitride for the passivation of the surface it was
possible to reduce the electrical losses which could then be translated
into an improvement of the overall efficiency of the solar cell to 23.2 per
cent in cooperation with some research institutes. It is true that the
positive properties of aluminum oxide have been known for a long time, but
Bram Hoex was the first to succeed in creating such layers and in putting
this idea into industrial practice. It is another step towards making solar
power more competitive. The jurors considered this to be worthy of an
award.
About SolarWorld AG: The SolarWorld AG group of companies (ISIN:
DE0005108401) is a world leader in providing high quality solar power
technology. The company is represented at all the stages of the solar value
chain combining as it does all industrial activities from the raw material
silicon to turn-key solar power plants. SolarWorld AG is represented in all
the solar growth markets of the world. The group which is exclusively
active in its core business of photovoltaic technology operates production
facilities in Germany and in the USA. These supply the sales offices of
SolarWorld AG in Germany, Spain, the USA, South Africa and Singapore. In
South Korea SolarWorld AG is currently in the process of building up a
solar module production in order to be able to service the growing demand
from Asia on the spot in the future. The central element of the business in
addition to the distribution of turn-key solar power plants and solar
modules to the trade is the sale of solar silicon wafers to the
international solar industry. Next to grid-coupled (On-Grid) products the
SolarWorld Group also distributes grid-independent (Off-Grid) solar power
solutions that make an important contribution to the economic development
of threshold and developing countries. Under the umbrella of Solar2World
the group has pooled its ethical commitment to solar technology especially
in the developing countries.
SolarWorld AG employs some 2,000 people worldwide. The company is listed at
the stock exchange in the technology index TecDAX, in the ÖkoDAX, in the
Dow Jones STOXX 600, in the international MSCI Index as well as in the
sustainability indices DAXglobal Alternative Energy and NAI.
Contact:
SolarWorld AG Investor Relations / Marketing Communications,
Tel.-No.: 0228/55920-470; Fax-No.: 0228/55920-9470,
E-Mail: placement@solarworld.de
Internet: www.solarworld.de
DGAP 01.09.2008
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Language: English
Issuer: SolarWorld AG
Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 12-14
53113 Bonn
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)228 - 559 20 470
Fax: +49 (0)228 - 559 20 99
E-mail: placement@solarworld.de
Internet: www.solarworld.de
ISIN: DE0005108401
WKN: 510840
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Düsseldorf;
Freiverkehr in Berlin, München, Hamburg, Stuttgart;
Terminbörse EUREX
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