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Satcon Technology Corporation announced today the availability of the 1 MW PowerGate® Plus PV inverter, offering the largest power rating in the industry.

Amtech Systems, Inc. today announced that the Company’s solar subsidiary, Tempress Systems, will exhibit at Intersolar 2009 trade fair taking place May 27–29, 2009 in Munich, Germany.

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. announced that it will be exhibiting at booth number A1.147 during the upcoming Intersolar 2009 trade fair on May 27–29, 2009, in Munich, Germany.

The 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (September 21–25, 2009) and Exhibition (September 21–24, 2009) in Hamburg, Germany will once again be the world’s largest business–to–business and business–to–science event for the specialised PV solar sector with more than 780 exhibitors already signed up and more than 1,000 plenary oral and visual presentations.

Evergreen Solar, Inc., a manufacturer of String Ribbon™ solar power products with its proprietary, low–cost silicon wafer technology, will introduce its new black–framed ES–A Series String Ribbon solar panels at its booth during Solar Expo 2009 in Verona, Italy, May 7–9.

The next Atlas Technical Conference on Ageing and Evaluation (ATCAE) will take place December 8 – 9, 2009, at the Point Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Phoenix, Arizona.

Amtech Systems, Inc. announces that the Company’s solar subsidiary, TEMPRESS SYSTEMS, will exhibit at the SNEC 2009 International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference and Exhibition taking place May 6–8, 2009 in Shanghai, China.

Spire Corporation today announced that members of its senior management will attend the SNEC PV Power Expo from May 6–8, 2009 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, Shanghai, China.

In partnership with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (http://svlg.net), SolarTech, an initiative of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (www.solartech.org) and the California Solar Energy Industries Association (www.calseia.org) announce the participation of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as an honorary guest speaker at their inaugural Summit to be held May 7, 2009, hosted by eBay in San Jose, California, home to the city’s largest commercial solar installation.

DEK is showing its next generation solar metallization line solutions at the SNEC PV Power Expo 2009 event in Pudong, Shanghai from the 6th to 8th May.

SEMI and ECS said the annual China Semiconductor Technology International Conference (CSTIC), held on 19–20 March 2009 was a great success.

The industry's largest solar training event helps solar businesses and contractors enhance technical skills and find new revenue streams in high–growth solar energy market.

The once separated industries of industrial semiconductor production and photovoltaic production are growing together.

Audio podcasts of talks and slide presentations are available at SPIE's website.

Reynolds E. Jenkins, EPV SOLAR's VP of Marketing and Business Development, will be presenting at the Thin–Film Solar Summit to be held in San Francisco, December 2nd and 3rd.

The objective of the 3rd Energy–Photovoltaic Exhibition, which takes place November 20–23, is to present and promote PV technologies, equipment, products and services.

Solar 2009 in San Diego was a major success this year. Global Solar Technology's editor–in–chief, Trevor Galbraith, brings you this report.