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<p class=MsoFooter style="margin-bottom: 0"><b>As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2009.</b> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-right:-63.0pt;text-align:right; width: 733px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:-36.0pt;text-align:center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:-36.0pt;text-align:center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'><b>Washington,
D.C. 20549</b> </p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:-36.0pt;text-align:center; margin-top: 0;'><b>_________________________________________________________________________________&nbsp;</b></p>

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FORM S-8</b> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:-36.0pt;text-align:center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b><br>
<b><i>Under<br>
The Securities Act of 1933</i></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:-36.0pt;text-align:center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'><b>EVERGREEN SOLAR, INC.</b> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:-36.0pt;text-align:center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </p>

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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.6pt;text-align:center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'><b>Delaware<br>
  </b>(State or other jurisdiction of<br>
  incorporation or organization)</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'><b>138 Bartlett Street<br>
  Marlboro, Massachusetts 01752<br>
  </b>(Address of principal executive
  offices)</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'><b>04-3242254<br>
  </b>(I.R.S. Employer<br>
  Identification Number)</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:-36.0pt;text-align:center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'><b>___________________________________________________________________________________</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:-36.0pt;text-align:center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;'><b>Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option and Incentive
Plan<br>
</b>(Full title of the plans)</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:-36.0pt;text-align:center; margin-bottom: 0;'><b>Richard M. Feldt<br>
President and Chief Executive Officer<br>
Evergreen Solar, Inc.<br>
138 Bartlett Street<br>
Marlboro, Massachusetts 01752<br>
</b>(Name and address of agent for
service)</p>

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<b>&nbsp;(508)&nbsp;357-2221<br>
</b>(Telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)</p>

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text-autospace:none; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'>With a copy to:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:-36.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'><b>Christian M. Ehrbar, Esq.</b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:-36.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'><b>General Counsel</b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:-36.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:none; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'><b>Evergreen Solar, Inc.<br>
138 Bartlett Street<br>
Marlboro, Massachusetts 01752</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:-36.0pt;text-autospace:none; width: 756px;'>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a
large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a
smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &quot;large accelerated filer,&quot;
&quot;accelerated filer&quot; and &quot;smaller reporting company&quot; in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act:</p>

<p style='margin-right:-36.0pt;text-autospace:none; margin-left: 40px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
X<b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Accelerated Filer<b>
</b>
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if a smaller reporting company)<b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>Smaller Reporting
	Company </p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:-36.0pt; text-align: center;'><b>&nbsp;CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</b></p>


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				Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered</td>
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				Amount to be Registered (1)</td>
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				Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share</td>
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				Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2)</td>
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				Amount of Registration Fee</td>
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				Common Stock $0.01 par value, available for issuance under the
				Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan</td>
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				1,500,000 </td>
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				$1.13</td>
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				$1,695,000.00</td>
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				$95.00</td>
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	&nbsp;</p>
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	(1)This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
  shares of Common Stock of Evergreen Solar, Inc. (the &quot;Registrant&quot;) that
  become issuable under the Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
  recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
  consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding
  shares of the Common Stock of the Registrant.</p>
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	(2)Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose
  of calculating the registration fee based upon the price per share of $1.13,
  which was the average of the high and low price per share of the Common Stock
  of the Registrant as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on March 10, 2009.</p>
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<h3><a
name=000></a>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</h3>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &quot;Securities Act&quot;), with
respect to 1,500,000 additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock that
may be issued pursuant to the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2000 Stock
Option and Incentive Plan (the &quot;Plan&quot;). Accordingly, the Registration
Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&quot;SEC&quot;) on January&nbsp;8, 2001 (file number 333-53374), June&nbsp;9, 2003 (file
number 333-105963) and July 29, 2005 (file number 333-127025) are incorporated
herein by reference. </p>





<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a name=001></a><b>PART II</b> </p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a name=002></a><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b> </p>

<p class=MsoNormal><a name=003></a><b>Item&nbsp;3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</b>
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<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registrant incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the
following documents and information filed by the Registrant with the SEC: </p>



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  <p class=MsoNormal>The
  Registrant's Amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (file number 000-31687),
  filed March 5, 2009.</p>
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  <td width="3%" nowrap valign=top style='width:3.0%;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal>2.</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>The description
  of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration
  Statement on Form 8-A (file number 000-31687), filed October&nbsp;4, 2000.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&quot;Exchange Act&quot;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities registered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement. </p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><a name=005></a><b>Item&nbsp;5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</b>
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<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Legal
matters in connection with the validity of the common stock offered under the
Plan have been passed upon for the Registrant by Christian
M. Ehrbar, General Counsel of the Registrant. Mr. Ehrbar beneficially owns restricted
stock issued pursuant to the Plan and is eligible to participate in the Plan. </p>

<p class=MsoNormal><a name=006></a><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><a name=008></a><b>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</b> </p>



<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See
Exhibit Index.</p>

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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><a name=010></a>SIGNATURES </p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Marlboro, State of Massachusetts, on the 16th day of March
2009. </p>

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  <p class=MsoNormal>Evergreen Solar, Inc. <br>
  &nbsp;</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><u>/s/ Richard M. Feldt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </u></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Richard M. Feldt&nbsp;</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Chief Executive Officer,
  President and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b> </p>



<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Richard M. Feldt and Michael El-Hillow and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including
post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. </p>



<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:</p>



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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Name</b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Title</b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Date</b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><u>/s/ Richard M. Feldt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </u></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Richard M. Feldt</p>
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  height:19.5pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of
  the Board (Principal Executive Officer)</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>March 16, 2009</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><u>/s/ Michael El-Hillow&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </u></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Michael El-Hillow</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and
  Accounting Officer)</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>March 16, 2009</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><u>/s/ Allan H. Cohen&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </u></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Allan H. Cohen</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Director</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>March 16, 2009</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><u>/s/ Edward C. Grady&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </u></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Edward C. Grady</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Director</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>March 16, 2009</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><u>/s/ Dr. Peterr W. Cowden&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </u></p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Peter W. Cowden</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Director</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>March 16, 2009</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><u>/s/ Tommy Cadwell&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </u></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><u>/s/ Dr. Susan F. Tierney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </u></p>
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  height:8.25pt'>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>EVERGREEN SOLAR, INC.</b> </p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 </p>



<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a name=011></a><b>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</b> </p>

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  <p class=MsoNormal>Third Amended and Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2
  of the Registrant's Registration Statement filed on Form S-1/A (File No.
  333-43140), filed on October 3, 2000)</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>4.2</p>
  </td>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Certificate of Amendment of
  Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein
  by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
  (File No. 000-31687), filed on June 23, 2008)</p>
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  </td>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Certificate of the Powers,
  Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series A Convertible Preferred
  Stock of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of
  the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-105963),
  filed on June 9, 2003)</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>4.4</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Certificate of Designations
  of Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series B Preferred Stock of the
  Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the
  Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-143023), filed
  on May 16, 2007)</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Specimen Certificate for
  Shares of the Registrant's Common Stock (incorporated herein by reference to
  Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File
  No. 333-43140), filed on October 25, 2000)</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>4.6</p>
  </td>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Second Amended and Restated
  Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the Registrant's
  Registration Statement filed on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-43140), filed on
  October 3, 2000)</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>4.7</p>
  </td>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Amendment No. 1 to the
  Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to
  Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Current Report of Form 8-K (File No.
  000-31687), filed on February 5, 2009)</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>5.1</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Opinion of Christian M.
  Ehrbar, Esq., General Counsel to the Registrant</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>10.1</p>
  </td>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Amended and Restated 2000
  Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1
  of the Registrant's Current Report of Form 8-K (File No. 000-31687), filed on
  June 23, 2008)</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>10.2</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>First Amendment to Amended
  and Restated 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by
  reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant's Annual Report of Form&nbsp;10-K
  (File No. 000-31687), filed on March 2, 2009)</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Consent of Leipzig, Germany
  PricewaterhouseCoopers AG</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Consent of Counsel
  (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</p>
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Registration No
As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2009.
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
_________________________________________________________________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
___________________________________________________________________________________
EVERGREEN SOLAR, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
___________________________________________________________________________________
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
138 Bartlett Street
Marlboro, Massachusetts 01752
(Address of principal executive
  offices)
04-3242254
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
___________________________________________________________________________________
Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option and Incentive
Plan
(Full title of the plans)
___________________________________________________________________________________
Richard M. Feldt
President and Chief Executive Officer
Evergreen Solar, Inc.
138 Bartlett Street
Marlboro, Massachusetts 01752
(Name and address of agent for
service)
___________________________________________________________________________________
(508) 357-2221
(Telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
___________________________________________________________________________________
With a copy to:
Christian M. Ehrbar, Esq.
General Counsel
Evergreen Solar, Inc.
138 Bartlett Street
Marlboro, Massachusetts 01752
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a
large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a
smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer,"
"accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act:
Large accelerated filer   
X
Accelerated Filer
Non-accelerated filer
(do not check
if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller Reporting
	Company
___________________________________________________________________________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2)
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock $0.01 par value, available for issuance under the
				Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
1,500,000
$1.13
$1,695,000.00
$95.00
(1)
(1)This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
  shares of Common Stock of Evergreen Solar, Inc. (the "Registrant") that
  become issuable under the Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
  recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
  consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding
  shares of the Common Stock of the Registrant.
(2)
(2)Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose
  of calculating the registration fee based upon the price per share of $1.13,
  which was the average of the high and low price per share of the Common Stock
  of the Registrant as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on March 10, 2009.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This
Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with
respect to 1,500,000 additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock that
may be issued pursuant to the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2000 Stock
Option and Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Accordingly, the Registration
Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") on January 8, 2001 (file number 333-53374), June 9, 2003 (file
number 333-105963) and July 29, 2005 (file number 333-127025) are incorporated
herein by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
Registrant incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the
following documents and information filed by the Registrant with the SEC:
1.
The
  Registrant's Amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (file number 000-31687),
  filed March 5, 2009.
2.
The description
  of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration
  Statement on Form 8-A (file number 000-31687), filed October 4, 2000.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities registered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Legal
matters in connection with the validity of the common stock offered under the
Plan have been passed upon for the Registrant by Christian
M. Ehrbar, General Counsel of the Registrant. Mr. Ehrbar beneficially owns restricted
stock issued pursuant to the Plan and is eligible to participate in the Plan.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See
Exhibit Index.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Marlboro, State of Massachusetts, on the 16th day of March
2009.
Evergreen Solar, Inc.
By:
/s/ Richard M. Feldt
Richard M. Feldt
Chief Executive Officer,
  President and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Richard M. Feldt and Michael El-Hillow and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including
post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Richard M. Feldt
Richard M. Feldt
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of
  the Board (Principal Executive Officer)
March 16, 2009
/s/ Michael El-Hillow
Michael El-Hillow
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and
  Accounting Officer)
March 16, 2009
/s/ Allan H. Cohen
Allan H. Cohen
Director
March 16, 2009
/s/ Edward C. Grady
Edward C. Grady
Director
March 16, 2009
/s/ Dr. Peterr W. Cowden
Dr. Peter W. Cowden
Director
March 16, 2009
/s/ Tommy Cadwell
Tommy Cadwell
Director
March 16, 2009
/s/ Dr. Susan F. Tierney
Dr. Susan F. Tierney
Director
March 16, 2009
EVERGREEN SOLAR, INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Third Amended and Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2
  of the Registrant's Registration Statement filed on Form S-1/A (File No.
  333-43140), filed on October 3, 2000)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of
  Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein
  by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
  (File No. 000-31687), filed on June 23, 2008)
4.3
Certificate of the Powers,
  Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series A Convertible Preferred
  Stock of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of
  the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-105963),
  filed on June 9, 2003)
4.4
Certificate of Designations
  of Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series B Preferred Stock of the
  Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the
  Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-143023), filed
  on May 16, 2007)
4.5
Specimen Certificate for
  Shares of the Registrant's Common Stock (incorporated herein by reference to
  Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File
  No. 333-43140), filed on October 25, 2000)
4.6
Second Amended and Restated
  Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the Registrant's
  Registration Statement filed on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-43140), filed on
  October 3, 2000)
4.7
Amendment No. 1 to the
  Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to
  Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Current Report of Form 8-K (File No.
  000-31687), filed on February 5, 2009)
5.1
Opinion of Christian M.
  Ehrbar, Esq., General Counsel to the Registrant
10.1
Amended and Restated 2000
  Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1
  of the Registrant's Current Report of Form 8-K (File No. 000-31687), filed on
  June 23, 2008)
10.2
First Amendment to Amended
  and Restated 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by
  reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant's Annual Report of Form 10-K
  (File No. 000-31687), filed on March 2, 2009)
23.1
Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Leipzig, Germany
  PricewaterhouseCoopers AG
23.2
Consent of Counsel
  (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included
  on the signature page).