DGAP-News: SolarWorld Einstein Award 2007 goes to PV pioneer Martin Green

03.09.07 | 08:26 Uhr

SolarWorld AG / Miscellaneous

03.09.2007

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In recognition of outstanding services to the progress of solar energy
SolarWorld AG will be awarding for the third time the SolarWorld Einstein
Award founded by the company. The 2007 award will go to the Australian
scientist and photovoltaic pioneer Prof. Dr. Martin Green. The award winner
has been working for decades with great success on the development of new
technologies in the field of solar power technology. Thus, his renowned
research centre at the University of New South Wales has for years held the
world record of 24.7 per cent in the degree of efficiency of crystalline
solar silicon cells. Prof. Dr. Martin Green is the author of many books and
publications in periodicals. His ideas and research results have been used
in industry for many years. 'Prof. Dr. Martin Green is an outstanding
scientist who time and again shows us new horizons and who has
fundamentally advanced the photovoltaic science', says Dr. Holger Neuhaus,
Head of Research of the SolarWorld subsidiary Deutsche Cell GmbH in his
laudation.

The SolarWorld Einstein Award that carries a prize money of 10,000 EUR will
be presented on the occasion of the 22nd European Solar Energy Conference
in Milan. The award ceremony will take place on 03 September 2007.

Einstein Junior Award for fundamental material investigations

At the same time SolarWorld AG will honour outstanding work by junior
scientists. The 2007 Einstein Junior Award will go to three degree students
of the Hahn-Meitner Institute in Berlin for their work on the special
electrical properties of crystal grain boundaries. The jury specifically
praised the clear and exact approach as well as the scientific team spirit
reflected by the well coordinated pieces of work. The prize money amounting
to 5,000 EUR will be shared by Tobias Eisenbarth, Caspar Leendertz and Mark
Wimmer.

Solar industry attractive for specialists

For SolarWorld AG the bestowal and presentation of the Einstein Award is
part of its social commitment to the technical development of the
photovoltaic industry. With the Junior Award it wants to direct the
attention of students to the fascinating possibilities of solar power
technology. 'The solar industry needs young specialists who continuously
advance the photovoltaic development', says Dipl.-Ing. Frank H. Asbeck,
Chairman and CEO of SolarWorld AG. 'What makes SolarWorld AG and the entire
industry interesting for the experts is that in the solar industry they
will have a hand in actively designing a sustainable and peaceful future.
We sense that this possibility is crucial to many junior talents in
selecting their future careers.'


Solar racer presented internationally for the first time

On the occasion of the Milan award ceremony SolarWorld AG presented its
solar racing car SolarWorld No.1 to an international audience for the first
time. The racer propelled by the power of the sun was developed and
designed by engineering students of the Bochum University of Applied
Science. As the main sponsor SolarWorld AG again creates attractive
technological challenges for junior scientists with this project bringing
together different engineering skills like mechanical engineering,
mechatronics, computer science and electronics. The solar cells have been
integrated into the vehicle with the Gochermann technology tried and tested
in space technology. The unique know-how of Gochermann Solar Technology
which already guaranteed success in solar motor racing in the past will
make for maximum efficiency of the mobile solar system. The solar racer
mainly made of carbon fibers will go into the unofficial world
championships of solar motor sports, the Panasonic World Solar Challenge,
in Australia from 21 to 28 October 2007, with the explicit intention of
winning the race.

About SolarWorld AG: The SolarWorld Group (ISIN: DE0005108401) is among the
top trio of the solar power industry worldwide. The group is dedicated
exclusively to the core business of solar energy, combining all stages of
the solar value chain, from the raw material silicon to turn-key solar
power plants. The company operates production facilities in Germany, Sweden
and the USA. In California the largest production site in the USA for solar
modules and in Oregon the largest production site in the USA for solar
wafers and cells are being created. In Freiberg in Saxony the group
operates one of the world's most advanced integrated solar production
facilities. Among the currently most important sales markets are Germany,
the USA and in the rest of Europe especially Spain. Sales offices in
Germany, Spain, California, South Africa and Singapore service the
international solar markets. In addition to on-grid solar power products
the group increasingly distributes rural solar power solutions
internationally that can make an important contribution to the sustainable
economic development of rural regions.

After the IPO at the end of 1999, the company developed within a few years
into one of the largest fully integrated solar technology groups. At the
end of the second quarter of 2007 some 1,800 people were working for the
group. At the stock exchange SolarWorld AG is listed among others in the
technology index TecDAX, in the Öko-DAX, in the Dow Jones STOXX 600 as well
as the international MSCI Index and the sustainability indices DAXglobal
Alternative Energy and NAI.


Contact:
SolarWorld AG Investor Relations / Marketing Communications,
Tel.-No.: +49 228 55920 -470; Fax-No.: +49 228 55920-9470,
E-mail: placement@solarworld.de
Internet: www.solarworld.de



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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: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Düsseldorf;
Freiverkehr in Berlin, München, Hamburg, Stuttgart;
Terminbörse EUREX

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