Southwall Technologies, Inc., maker of energy-saving films and glass products, added to its string of increased sales and earnings reports today, with its announcement of third quarter 2008 results. Revenue for the quarter was $10.6 million, up 15% over third quarter 2007 figures. In addition, revenues were up a full 20% for the first nine months of 2008 over the same period last year.

California-based XsunX Inc. (XSNX.OB) is a thin-film photovoltaic company. The company has focused on the development of thin-film amorphous technologies and products due to the inherent advantages of amorphous silicon over other solar absorbers.

Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing USA Inc. (WEMU.OB) is an engineering-oriented firm specializing in PV panel, mechanical, electronics, and fiber optic products manufacturing. The company’s worldwide customer base includes the following industries: solar energy, wireless communications, aerospace, medical equipment, and automobiles.

Solar Thin Films, Inc. has received $3.6 million from Grupo Unisolar S.A., as part of a $12.3 million contract, to build a 5MW turnkey amorphous silicon (a-Si) module thin-film photovoltaic manufacturing plant in Spain. With this deposit, Solar Thin Films has moved beyond the planning stage and has begun to fulfill the contract.

Satcon’s PowerGate Plus 500 kW commercial solar photovoltaic inverters will provide 20MW for the European utility, Energy 21. Installations for large-scale plants in the Czech Republic and Slovakia are set to begin in Oct. 2008 and continue through the spring of 2009. The move is part of a new agreement with CE Solar, the project development arm of Energy 21.