SolarWorld AG / Miscellaneous
16.02.2009
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'Roof Top Savings Bank' with Top Yield
SolarWorld AG came first in the most recent quality study of the Photon
trade journal. In a long-term test the solar power modules made by
SolarWorld AG produced more electricity than all competitive products and
thus came out top in the test. 'This confirms our focus on quality and
efficiency', says Dipl.-Ing. Frank H. Asbeck, the delighted Chairman and
CEO of the test winner. 'Our customers can rely on the fact that with the
SolarWorld AG products the yield from their solar roof is right. Especially
at times of a financial crisis such a savings bank on the roof is a sound
and sustainable capital investment.'
Efficiency for schools
According to the plans of the company efficient solar power technology is
to be brought into schools. As a back-up to the governments economic
stimulus package SolarWorld AG is offering schools a solar construction
bonus of 2,500 EUR for the installation of a solar power plant. In
addition, the company will make available to the schools demonstration
displays and teaching materials on photovoltaic technology free of charge.
'The funds from the economic stimulus plan must be invested in a
future-oriented way', demands Frank H. Asbeck. 'To this end education and
energy generation are the ideal combination'. The solar construction bonus
will be granted to fitters/plumbers who after being awarded a tender by a
school install a SolarWorld system with an output of at least 10 Kilowatt
peak.
The SolarWorld products are not only among the most efficient ones but also
among the most sustainable ones in the industry. At the end of last year
the SolarWorld Group received the German Sustainability Award 2008 for the
most sustainable production in Germany.
About SolarWorld AG: 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 systems. SolarWorld AG is represented in all the
worlds solar growth markets. The group is exclusively dedicated to its
core business of photovoltaic power generation operating production
facilities in Germany, USA and South Korea. They in turn supply the
SolarWorld AG sales offices in Germany, Spain, USA, South Africa and
Singapore. 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 2,498 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.
SolarWorld AG
Contact Investor Relations: Tel.-No.: +49(0)228/55920-470
Contact Press: Tel.-No.: +49(0)228/55920-459
Fax-No.: +49(0)228/55920-9470
E-Mail: placement@solarworld.de; Internet: www.solarworld.de
DGAP 16.02.2009
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Language: English
Issuer: SolarWorld AG
Martin-Luther-King-Straße 24
53175 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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