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Hillsboro, OR, April 19, 2008. SolarWorld, the largest maker of solar PV products in the USA, is presenting specially designed Sunkits for Oregon homeowners during this weekend’s Northwest Solar Expo at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. Widely used throughout Europe and California, SolarWorld’s Sunkit product is a factory-designed solar PV system that electrical contractors can install as an appliance. The Sunkit designs have been optimized for Oregon’s unique incentive and regulatory requirements. Dozens of electrical contractors in Oregon have already been trained to install Sunkits and are getting registered with the incentive programs during the Expo. Contractor trainings have been held, additional events are being planned for Salem and Eugene this summer.
SolarWorld is a proud sponsor of the NW Solar Expo, which in less than three years has become the largest and most important solar show in the Pacific Northwest. “With our new 500 MW factory in Hillsboro, we are very happy to have such an important industry event nearby,” says Boris Klebensberger, COO of SolarWorld and President of SolarWorld Industries America. SolarWorld’s booth is open to the general public on Saturday April 19th from 10 AM to 6 PM and Sunday April 20th from 10 AM to 4 PM.
In addition to unveiling Oregon Sunkits, SolarWorld plans to conduct a recruiting campaign at the NW Solar Expo for the Hillsboro factory, which will employ several hundred new people by the end of the year. SolarWorld recruiters will be collecting resumes during the entire event.
SolarWorld’s PV cell factory in Hillsboro will be fully on-line this fall. A date for the big grand opening celebration will be announced soon.
About SolarWorld Group: The SolarWorld AG group of companies (ISIN: DE0005108401) is a world leader in high quality solar power technology. The company is involved at all levels of the solar value chain and combines all activities of the solar industry from silicon as the raw material to turn-key solar power system. SolarWorld AG is represented in all the world’s solar growth markets. The group is exclusively dedicated to its core business of photovoltaic power generation operating production facilities in Germany and the USA. They in turn supply the SolarWorld AG sales offices in Germany, Spain, USA, South Africa and Singapore. In South Korea SolarWorld AG is currently building up a solar module production facility in order to be able to serve the growing demand in Asia on the spot in the future. The central element of the business in addition to the sale of turn-key solar systems and solar modules to the trade is the distribution of solar silicon wafers to the international solar cell industry. Apart from grid-coupled (on-grid) products the SolarWorld Group also sells off-grid solar power solutions that make an important contribution to the sustainable economic development of threshold and developing countries. Under the name Solar2World the group has pooled its ethical commitment to solar power especially in developing countries. SolarWorld AG employs more than 2,000 people worldwide. At the stock market the company is listed among others 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 information:
Anne Schneider
SolarWorld Group
PR & Marketing
25300 Evergreen Road
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Mobile: +1 805 4447425
Office: +1 503 8443417
a.schneider(at)solarworld-usa.com
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