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Residential PV Installers

• (I)Akeena Solar-AKNS on NASDAQ since Sept 24, 2007. formerly on OTC.BB since IPO August 31, 2006, California based USA designer & installer of solar systems.
• Clear Skies Solar Inc.-CSKH on OTC, solar design + install in NJ, NY, and California.
• (I)Conergy AG- WKN 604002, symbol CGY on ETR, FSE, BER, MUN, STU, DUS, HAM;, ISIN DE0006040025; CEYHF on OTC, O19Q on AIM; world's largest solar company. home power systems. building large solar parks in Europe, solar PV and thermal systems, inverters. March 2005 IPO. distributor of Unisolar products. SunTechnics subsidiary has solar thermal systems. 2007 building factory for 2008 production of 300MW wafers, 275MW cells, 250MW modules at Frankfurt/Oder., 2007 bought ETI (Alberta design and installation co).
• (I)Real Goods Solar Inc.-RSOL on NASDAQ, February 2008 IPO, residential solar energy integrator, turnkey systems, subsidiary of see-Gaiam.
• SES Solar-SESI on OTCBB, Sept 2006 reverse takeover of Societe d'Energie of Switzerland, products based on intigrating unique architecture on commercially available PV panels and solar roof tiles, PV installer. analyst report at Dutton Associates.
• Solar2 AG-WKN AOHN45, symbol S2R, ISIN DE000AOHN453, on ETR,FSE,BER,MUN,STU; IPO June 2006, solar thermal + pv system design, installation, retailer.
• Solartron- SOLAR on SET Thailand, IPO March 30 2005, 30MW solar panel assembly line, 2007 jv with Grundflos of Denmark to install solar water pumps. Shell PV products dealer + assembler, BP contract, solar systems for phones, rural battery charging systems, water pumping. Also has two listings on markets in Germany- Solartron PCL Reg Shares (Foreign) BA 1- WKN A0D9V8, symbol TUUF, ISIN TH0831010010 on BER; and Solartron PCL Reg Shares (NVDRS) BA 1- WKN A0EAJ9, symbol TUU, ISIN TH0831010R16 also on BER. 3000 systems installed since 1986.
• SonnenEnergy Corp-PWR on TSX.V, built 2.5MW Solar Park Hausen project in Germany, operator of 7MW of solar parks, 200 residential PV systems installed. Germany based/operating company bought by a Canada based co. formerly Eminence Capital 1 Inc, a capital pool.
• Spire Corporation- SPIR on NASDAQ-NM, worlds leading supplier of manufacturing equipment for making pv modules, installation division. Note: confusingly similar is Spire Corp. code SINQF on OTC but this is not the same.
• (I)Ultima Networks plc-UTN on AIM, computers, distributor and installer of solar panels.
• Wainwright Bank- WAIN on NASDAQ, Green loan program for homeowners with solar energy projects.

Off Grid Systems

• Advanced Energy Systems- (different co with same name previously was AES on ASX- bought out in 2005 by XXX?), 09/2006 site says co is currently raising funds. off grid systems, inverters, wind diesel hybrids
• BHEL- 500103 on BSE, electronics division makes solar modules at Bangalore- 110Wp standalone PV systems.
• Canadian Tire-CTC.A on TSX, hardware store chain in Canada selling off-grid and on-grid-net-metering home solar systems.
• Carmanah Technologies Corporation-CMH on TSX, QCX on BER, FSE, has wireless airport runway lights, marine buoys, rail yards, bus stops, trafic signals. bought Soltek in 2005 and sold it in 2007.
• CBD Energy-CBD on ASX, thin film solar, solar park builder, remote area wind & solar power systems.
• Distributed Energy Systems Corp-DESC on NASDAQ, small + mid sized on and off grid wind & solar systems. also fuel cells. 2007 agreement with Morgan Stanley to finance projects. 3X100kW turbines to Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, 2 turbines in Malaysia.
• Entech Solar- ENSL on OTC.BB, name change from see-WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp. on January 29, 2009, Entech has 20X concentrator CPVThermal tech and 50MW project in Spain.
• Kenya Power + Light Corp-KPL on NBO Nairobi, small project to offset diesel generator facilities in Mpeketoni, jv with see e8. first Africa co to be listed on this website.
• Motorola-ticker on NYSE, large cellphone and electronics co. 2007 has developed and deployed a wind+solar system to operate a remote GSM cell site in Namibia.
• NEPC India Ltd-500301 on BSE, Solar Home Power stations, 500W and 1000W, 2006 spun off wind division into seperate co for shareholders.
• Ormat Industries Ltd-ORMT on TLV (web?), Israel co. off grid solar based Ormat Energy Converter.
• Solartron- SOLAR on SET Thailand, IPO March 30 2005, 30MW solar panel assembly line, 2007 jv with Grundflos of Denmark to install solar water pumps. Shell PV products dealer + assembler, BP contract, solar systems for phones, rural battery charging systems, water pumping. Also has two listings on markets in Germany- Solartron PCL Reg Shares (Foreign) BA 1- WKN A0D9V8, symbol TUUF, ISIN TH0831010010 on BER; and Solartron PCL Reg Shares (NVDRS) BA 1- WKN A0EAJ9, symbol TUU, ISIN TH0831010R16 also on BER. 3000 systems installed since 1986.
• Solco Ltd- SOO on ASX, formerly see-Solar Energy Systems. Solar Mill water pumps for the Outback, solar hot water systems.
• Solar Energy Systems Pty -formerly SES on ASX, now see-Solco, grid fed solar systems, Solar Mill water pumps, water purification systems.
• note-in USA-Solar Energy Systems Ltd, no web, SLRYF.PK, no news, included so as to note the difference with this co and the above listed co with confusingly similar names.
• Tata Power Co.- code 500400 on BSE, large power co, parent co of Tata BP Solar, Bangalore HQ, solar thermal and power. 2nd plant at Pune-only solar thermal-1600Mw capital outlay Rs 2 crore. Pune and Mumbai are close to making solar heating compulsory in their cities. of interest to Nepal tourists/trekkers-can thank Tata BP Solar Thermal units for the hot showers all along the trek (first one installed 1989, now everywhere). also has 1 windfarm.
• TBEA Co Ltd-code 600089 on Shanghai, Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co, transformers, high voltage aluminum foil, solar energy equipment- wafers, modules, 5-150kW standalone PV systems, solar lighting and pumps, XinJiang Silk Road Brightness Project, Village Electrification, off grid PV largest installation in China, Sun Oasis jv with Shell in 2001- 78,000 solar home systems over 5 years, and Sun Oasis jv with BP in 2005 for 25MW solar cell production at Xian.
• Toshiba-6502 on TSE, large nuclear and electronics firm, also is working with Echelon's LonWorks on smart cities projects, also, minor for a co this size but has a small 400 Watt VAWT/solar/battery micro-power generator combo "Wind Flower"
• Trina Solar Energy-TSL ADR on NYSE, IPO 5.3M ADRs Dec 06 @$18.50 one ADS=100 ord shares, China co, founded 1998, 60MW/yr solar modules, in 2002 built 40 solar power stations in Tibet for Chinese National Brightness Program, Mono-Crystalline Ingots, 30MW solar wafer, solar modules, PV systems.
• WorldWater & Solar Technologies- no longer with a market listing. April 2009 Mr. Quentin T. Kelly (former CEO of WWAT) purchases the Name and product line and technology of Mobile MaxPure(R) Solar Water Purification Systems. formerly was part of see-Entech Solar, ENSL onn OTC.BB, and before name change January 29, 2009, was WWAT.OB on OTC.BB. Solar water pump systems for remote and rural locations. proprietary tech can power a 1000Hp motor with solar.

Solar Water Pumping

• AeroVironment Inc-AVAV on Nasdaq, 2kW AND 5kW solar powered variable speed motor controllers with MPPT.
• Grundflos- not on markets.
• Shenzhen Topray Solar-002218 on SHE, February 2008 IPO, solar modules- monocrystalline and amorphous, chargers, water pumps, garden lights.
• Solco Ltd- SOO on ASX, formerly see-Solar Energy Systems. Solar Mill water pumps for the Outback, solar hot water systems.
• Sunline AG- WKN AOBMPO, symbol SU3, ISIN DE000A0BMP00, on ETR,FSE,BER,MUN,STU; October 2005 IPO. ((not AstroPower related- AstroPower had a line of products once called Sunline)) pv and solar thermal systems, garden,camping,RV panels, garden, streetlight, solar pumps.
• TBEA Co Ltd-code 600089 on Shanghai, Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Co, transformers, high voltage aluminum foil, solar energy equipment- wafers, modules, 5-150kW standalone PV systems, solar lighting and pumps, XinJiang Silk Road Brightness Project, Village Electrification, off grid PV largest installation in China, Sun Oasis jv with Shell in 2001- 78,000 solar home systems over 5 years, and Sun Oasis jv with BP in 2005 for 25MW solar cell production at Xian.
• WorldWater & Solar Technologies- no longer with a market listing. April 2009 Mr. Quentin T. Kelly (former CEO of WWAT) purchases the Name and product line and technology of Mobile MaxPure(R) Solar Water Purification Systems. formerly was part of see-Entech Solar, ENSL onn OTC.BB, and before name change January 29, 2009, was WWAT.OB on OTC.BB. Solar water pump systems for remote and rural locations. proprietary tech can power a 1000Hp motor with solar.

Solar Water Desalination

• AquaSolar AG- WKN 550297 Valora OTC, over the counter, desalination systems- wind/solar- 300-14,000 l/day, small German co with Sri Lanka production base.
• Millennium Electric T.O.U.-invest at site, system completed in Greece.
• Open Energy Corp- OEGY on NASDAQ OTCBB, sold O&G holdings in 2005, now has solar and water desalination, SolarSave BIPV roofing membrane. SunCone CSP tech, pre-commercial, concentrates sun to heat a fluid. Formerly see Barnabus Energy- BBSE on NASDAQ OTCBB.
• Solantis Energy- fresh water from salt water on Cap Verdes Islands. Can be found on Herr Merlin AG having trouble finding the Herr Merlin site lately..
• Universal Communications Systems Inc- UCSY.PK on NASDAQ OTCBB.PK, WKN917633, code UVC on ETR,FSE,BER,MUN; solar chargers for cell phones and consumer electronics, plans a solar community. also has AW1000M mobile Air to Water conversion units.