World leader and pioneer in solar power will exhibit at event, and take
            part on panel to debate 'so-called' silicon shortage

    SAN DIEGO, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- SolarWorld, a world leader in high
quality solar power technology, today announced it will exhibit at this
year's Solar Power International event -- the United States' largest and
most prestigious solar conference and exhibition. SolarWorld is located in
booth #1613 and will be sharing information on its expansions in
production, green jobs and safe investments in solar installations here in
the Americas.

    The show takes place in San Diego, California October 13 - 16, 2008.

    SolarWorld Chief Operating Officer Boris Klebensberger will take part
in a panel titled "The Great Crystalline Silicon Debate" on Tuesday,
October 14, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. PT in Room 20A. The panelists will share
their perspectives on the dynamics of crystalline silicon module costs and
near-term developments. The panel will spend a significant amount of time
talking about the impact of what some consider the silicon shortage.

    SolarWorld will wrap the week up with the Grand Opening of its
Hillsboro, Oregon facility, which will be North America's largest solar
cell manufacturing plant. The Grand Opening will take place Friday, October
17, 2008.

    "Solar Power International gives us an opportunity to share our
cutting-edge manufacturing process for developing solar cells for today's
burgeoning global market," said Boris Klebensberger, Chief Operating
Officer at SolarWorld. "By focusing in on economies of scale with
investments in high capacity facilities, we can help bring down the cost of
solar and meet the promise of real energy alternatives."

    Solar power is increasingly considered the most promising energy
alternative because of advances in technology and high-production
manufacturing. Facilities like the one SolarWorld is pioneering in
Hillsboro, Oregon will reduce the costs of solar power, accelerating
commercial and residential installations of solar panels.

    About SolarWorld Group

    The SolarWorld AG group of companies (ISIN: DE0005108401) is a world
leader in high quality solar power technology. The company is involved at
all levels of the solar value chain and combines all activities of the
solar industry from silicon as the raw material to turn-key solar power
system. SolarWorld AG is represented in all the world's solar growth
markets. The group is exclusively dedicated to its core business of
photovoltaic power generation operating production facilities in Germany
and the USA. They in turn supply the SolarWorld AG sales offices in
Germany, Spain, USA, South Africa and Singapore. In South Korea SolarWorld
AG is currently building up a solar module production facility in order to
be able to serve the growing demand in Asia on the spot in the future. 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 also sells off-grid solar power
solutions that make an important contribution to the sustainable economic
development of threshold and developing countries. Under the name
Solar2World the group has pooled its ethical commitment to solar power
especially in developing countries. SolarWorld AG employs more than 2,000
people worldwide. At the stock market the company is listed among others in
the technology index TecDAX, in the OkoDAX, in the Dow Jones STOXX 600, in
the international MSCI index as well as in the sustainability indices
DAXglobal Alternative Energy and NAI.



     Media Contacts
     Anne Schneider
     SolarWorld Group
     PR & Marketing
     25300 Evergreen Road
     Hillsboro, OR 97124
     Mobile: +1 805 4447425
     Office: +1 503 8443417
     anne.schneider@solarworld-usa.com

     Jennifer Cloer
     Page One PR for SolarWorld
     Mobile: +1 503-867-2304
     Office: +1 503-746-7577
     Jennifer@pageonepr.com

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