Albuquerque, N.M.-based Emcore (Nasdaq: EMKR) said it received a $39 million follow-on order for solar cell receiver assemblies.

The company said the receivers would be deployed in South Australia-based Green and Gold Energy's SunCube concentrator photovoltaic systems.

"This highly differentiated product has gained broad industry acceptance and we see increasing demand from multiple customers around the world," said David Danzilio, VP and general manager of Emcore's photovoltaics division.

"We are currently expanding our production capacity for both solar cells and cell receiver assemblies at our Albuquerque factory, and we entered 2008 with a record firm order backlog exceeding 300 megawatts."

Emcore said the backlog for the receiver assemblies was approximately $86 million, which the company said it reported in its first quarter results for this year.

Emcore makes solar products for satellite and terrestrial applications, including high-efficiency compound semiconductor-based gallium arsenide solar cells, covered interconnect cells and fully integrated solar panels for satellite applications.

For terrestrial uses, the company makes concentrator photovoltaic systems for utility scale applications as well as solar cells and components for use in concentrator systems.