Groundbreaking of United Solar Ovonic's Second State-of-the-Art 25-Megawatt Thin-Film Solar Cell Manufacturing Facility

Event: Groundbreaking ceremony for the second 25-MW solar cell manufacturing facility of United Solar Ovonic LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics)

  Who:    The Honorable Samuel W. Bodman, U.S. Secretary of Energy (Keynote
           Speaker)
          L. Brooks Patterson, Oakland County Executive
          Robert C. Stempel, Chairman and CEO, Energy Conversion Devices,
           Inc.
          Stanford R. Ovshinsky, President and CTO, Energy Conversion
           Devices, Inc.
          Subhendu Guha, President and Chief Operating officer, United Solar
           Ovonic

  When:   Thursday, July 14, 2005 at 8:30 a.m. (ET)

  Where:  United Solar Ovonic LLC
          Auburn Hills Commerce Park
          Just North of the Palace of Auburn Hills on M-24 - Lapeer Road
           (East side)
          Auburn Hills, MI 48326

  About United Solar Ovonic:

United Solar Ovonic, building on technology invented and pioneered by ECD Ovonics, is the world leader in thin-film amorphous photovoltaics. Its existing 25-megawatt production equipment is the world's largest and most advanced machine for the manufacture of thin-film amorphous silicon alloy solar cells and related products used for a variety of applications ranging from charging batteries for solar lanterns to large solar farms for utility- scale applications. UNI-SOLAR(R) solar cells are lightweight, rugged and flexible, and are ideal as building-integrated photovoltaic roofing systems for residential and industrial customers. ECD Ovonics and United Solar Ovonic hold the basic patents covering the continuous roll-to-roll manufacturing of thin-film amorphous silicon alloy multi-junction solar cells and related products. More information on United Solar Ovonic can be found at http://www.uni-solar.com .