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SolarWorld Sponsors LA Project to Demonstrate Powers of Disabled Veterans, Temporary Housing, Solar Energy

City, nonprofit Prevent Hate, veterans erect ADA-compliant home in one        day

Veterans with disabilities resulting from military conflicts such as        those in Iraq and Afghanistan demonstrated their abilities in rapidly        erecting a temporary home featuring high-performance SolarWorld        solar panels this week on Los Angeles City Hall's south lawn.

The project to build a universally accessible house in a matter of hours        was one element of a 20th anniversary celebration of the Americans with        Disabilities Act, which recognizes and protects the rights of Americans        with disabilities to participate in U.S. work, commerce and community        life.

The LA Department of Disability, the nonprofit group Prevent Hate and        veterans from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Long Beach        Healthcare System staged the home project to demonstrate a joint        training program to foster empowerment in at-risk and marginalized        populations. The dwelling exemplified an ADA-compliant structure that        can be quickly deployed during emergencies, used to reduce homelessness        and constructed easily by people with disabilities. SolarWorld        Sunmodules were placed, but not installed, on the roof. Prevent Hate        promotes community empowerment and intergroup relations.

SolarWorld,        the largest and most experienced crystalline solar technology        manufacturer in the Americas, was premier sponsor of the temporary home        project on July 26. The company recognizes the destabilizing and        military effects of the world's overdependence on fossil fuels and the        need for veterans returned to their home countries to find sustainable        employment. SolarWorld also advocates the unique strengths of its solar        technology in generating electricity in remote locations and emergency        situations.

In the USA, SolarWorld has joined sponsors of four Oregon job fairs for        soldiers returning from the two Mideast conflicts. The company is        culminating an expansion to 500 MW of annual capacity and 1,000 people        in Hillsboro,        Ore., and is seeking employees with a high mechanical aptitude and        work ethic. Moreover, the company has made three rounds of donations of        solar panels - including a gift announced July 13 for 100        kilowatts - for health clinics or water-pumping stations in        earthquake-torn Haiti.

"We need to embrace suitable job        candidates among our returning military for redeployment on a new,        green mission for America: marshaling our own manufacturing prowess to        diversify our energy base to include reliable, clean, undiminishing        energy from the sun," said Kevin Kilkelly, SolarWorld's president of        U.S. sales. "We also need to spread that technology in countless regions        that, due to disaster, war or poverty, lack electricity to care for        themselves according to basic health and life standards."

About SolarWorld (www.SolarWorld-USA.com):        The SolarWorld 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, including recycling, 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. Production sites are to be        found in Germany, the United States and South Korea. 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 emerging economies and developing        countries, exemplifying sustainable economic development. Worldwide,        SolarWorld employs more than 2,700 people. SolarWorld AG has been quoted        on the stock exchange since 1999 and today is listed on, among others,        the TecDAX, ÖkoDAX, Dow Jones STOXX 600 as well as in the sustainability        indices DAXglobal Alternative Energy and NAI.

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Contacts:

SolarWorld Industries America Inc.
Ben Santarris
Public        affairs manager
Mobile: 503-927-9858
Office: 503-693-5189
ben.santarris@solarworld-usa.com