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year already match total annual sales of the previous year. At the same
time the group is expecting an impetus for the European markets in view of
the current legislation to fund renewable energies in Germany and the other
European countries. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Frank Asbeck: ´People want to generate
their own power in the future, solar power for self-consumption - clean and
cost-efficient with the power of the sun. To this end they need reliability
and quality. And that is precisely what we deliver to them - made in
Germany and made in the US´.

About SolarWorld AG: The SolarWorld AG Group (ISIN: DE0005108401) is a
worldwide leader in offering brand-name, high quality, crystalline solar
power technology. Its strength is its fully integrated solar production.
From silicon as the raw material through wafers, cells and modules all the
way to turn-key solar systems of all sizes, the group combines all stages
of the solar value chain. The central business activity is selling quality
modules into the installation and distribution trades and crystalline
wafers to the international solar cell industry. Group headquarters are
located in Bonn, Germany. The group´s largest production facilities operate
in Freiberg, Germany and Hillsboro in the U.S. State of Oregon.
Sustainability is the basis of the group strategy. Under the name
Solar2World, the group supports care projects using off-grid solar-power
solutions in developing countries, exemplifying sustainable economic
development. Worldwide, SolarWorld employs more than 3,600 people.
SolarWorld AG has been quoted on the stock exchange since 1999 and today is
listed on, among others, the TecDAX and ÖkoDAX as well as in the
sustainability index NAI.

Contact:
SolarWorld AG
Press Department
Tel: [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]

Investor Relations
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail];

Internet: www.solarworld.de

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Language:    English                                              
Company:     SolarWorld AG                                        
             Martin-Luther-King-Straße 24                         
             53175 Bonn                                           
             Deutschland                                          
Phone:       +49 (0)228 - 559 20 470                              
Fax:         +49 (0)228 - 559 20 9470                             
E-mail:      [e-mail]                              
Internet:    www.solarworld.de                                    
ISIN:        DE0005108401                                         
WKN:         510840                                               
Listed:      Regulierter Markt in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime    
             Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Hamburg, München,   
             Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX                         

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