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08.12.2009
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First Football for Hope Center equipped with Sun-TV Station
SolarWorld AG is dedicating its efforts in Africa to the social development
of young people and has just equipped the first 'Football for Hope Center'
in the community of Khayelitsha which is part of Cape Town/South Africa
with a Sun-TV Station in the run-up to the Football World Cup. This station
was now handed over to the operator of the center, the Grassroots Soccer
organization. The 'Football for Hope' movement was initiated by the
streetfootballworld organization in cooperation with FIFA and is part of
the official FIFA campaign '20 Centers for 2010' within the framework of
which 20 health, education and football centers are to be built in Africa.
Sun-TV: Football and education for Africa
'We are delighted that we have been able to equip the first 'Football for
Hope Center' with our media and education station powered by the sun', says
Gregor Küpper, head of SolarWorld Africa (Pty) Ltd. 'In these centers young
people cannot only play football with each other and jointly watch the
World Cup games but they can also improve their education beyond sports.'
Major topics at the 'Football for Hope Centers' are informal educational
offers, HIV/Aids information, literacy, equal rights as well as the
integration of mentally handicapped young people.
Solar power for television, light and laptops
The Sun-TV Station provided free of charge by SolarWorld AG consists of
twelve solar power modules with a total peak output of 2.64 Kilowatt, all
additional electronic components required for operation as well as a
battery to store the solar power. A television set with a satellite
receiver and a DVD player are also part of the equipment. The energy
generated by the SolarWorld solar power system is sufficient to operate not
only the television media equipment but also twelve laptops and to provide
lighting for the training room of the hours. By the start of the Football
World Cup next summer SolarWorld AG wants to install additional Sun-TV
Stations in southern Africa. 'Football makes the barriers between people
disappear. Since many Africans will not be able to afford tickets to the
World Cup games we want to promote access to the games with our Sun-TV
Stations', says Gregor Küpper. 'At the same time we can demonstrate the
multiple applications of this modern and sustainable technology.'
For more information about the organizations Grassroot Soccer and
streetfootballworld as well as the 'Football for Hope Centers' please go
to www.grassrootsoccer.org and www.streetfootballworld.org.
About SolarWorld AG
The SolarWorld AG group of companies (ISIN: DE0005108401) is a world leader
in high-quality solar power technology. The company is exclusively
dedicated to its core business of photovoltaic power generation and
combines all activities of the solar industry from silicon as the raw
material to turn-key solar power systems including recycling. SolarWorld is
represented in all the world's solar growth markets and predominantly
produces in Germany and the USA. Its largest sites are located in Freiberg,
Saxony, and Hillsboro, USA. The central group office is in Bonn. Worldwide
sales of solar modules are secured by five 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 sells off-grid solar power solutions. Under the name
Solar2World the Group takes its ethical commitment to fair development also
to emerging economies and developing countries, promoting in particular
off-grid solar power solutions exemplary of sustainable economic
development.
Sustainability is an integral element of SolarWorld's corporate strategy.
The corporate management is committed to sustainable, economically,
ecologically and socially compatible growth. SolarWorld AG employs more
than 2,700 people worldwide. The company is listed at the stock market,
among others in the technology index TecDAX, in the ÃkoDAX, in the Dow
Jones STOXX 600, in the international MSCI-Index and in the sustainability
indices DAXglobal Alternative Energy and NAI.
Contact Press: Phone: +49 228/55920-400, E-Mail: press@solarworld.de
Contact Investor Relations: Phone: +49 228/55920-470, E-Mail:
placement@solarworld.de
Fax: 0228/55920-9470
Internet: www.solarworld.de
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Language: English
Company: SolarWorld AG
Martin-Luther-King-StraÃe 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;
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