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| January
29, 2010 |
Japan |
Kyoto,
Japan: Kyocera to Supply Kyushu Electric Power Solar Plant.
Kyocera will supply 3 megawatts of solar modules for the Omuta
mega solar power plant (Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) planned by
Kyushu Electric
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| January
15, 2010 |
United
States/China |
Boston,
MA, USA: Satcon Supplies 23 MW of Inverters to China.
Satcon Technology has delivered 23 megawatts of its PowerGate®
Plus 500kW solar PV inverters to GCL Solar Limited for its 20
megawatt Jiming Hill Xunzhou solar plant and its 3 megawatt Yancheng
Guoneng rooftop installation.
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| January
14, 2010 |
China |
Shanghai,
China: Suntech Powers Shanghai World Expo with 3MW Solar Systems.
Suntech Power has complete the grid connection of two solar
systems on the China Pavilion and the Theme Pavilion of the 2010
Shanghai World Expo.
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| January
4, 2010 |
India |
Gujarat,
India: Topsun Plans 5 MW PV Power Plant in Gujarat.
Topsun Energy Ltd., a solar modules manufacturer and turnkey
SPV power plant solution provider company is planning to set up
a 5 MW grid connected power plant in state of Gujarat, India.
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| January
1, 2010 |
China |
Hong
Kong, China: GCL-Poly Completes Construction of 20 MW Photovoltaic
Power Station. GCL-Poly Energy has announced that
its wholly-owned 2 0MW photovoltaic power station, operating as
the Xuzhou GCL Solar Energy Company Limited, has completed construction
and successfully connected to the grid.
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| December
15, 2009 |
India |
Hyderabad,
India: Azure Power Commissions Photovoltaic Project.
The first privately operated, utility scale, solar power plant
in India was today inaugurated by Dr. Farooq Abdulla, Honorable
Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Govt of India in Awan
(Punjab).
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| December
15, 2009 |
Japan |
Kyoto,
Japan: Kyocera Solar to Supply 13 MW of Modules to TEPCO Project.
Kyocera will provide approximately 13 megawatts of solar modules
for the Ohgishima Solar Power Plant "Mega Solar System," planned
by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO).
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| December
7, 2009 |
Australia |
Alice
Springs, Australia: Alice Springs Shops Nationally for Bulk Solar
Deals. Bulk
rooftop solar packages are being sought from across Australia
by Alice Solar City, to cater for more than 400 Alice Springs
residents who have expressed interest in installing a rooftop
solar system.
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| December
4, 2009 |
China |
Shanghai,
China: Solarfun Signs Agreement to Build 100MW PV System.
Solarfun
Power has signed an agreement with the government of Jiayuguan
City, Gansu Province, under which Solarfun agreed to build a 100MW
solar power plant.
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| November
30, 2009 |
Japan |
Tokyo,
Japan: Hitachi Wins Order For 13MW PV System. Hitachi
said Monday that it has won a contract to build what would be
Japan's largest photovoltaic system, with this to be the centerpiece
of a huge power plant planned by Tokyo Electric Power.
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| November
30, 2009 |
Japan |
Tokyo, Japan:
TEPCO Awards 7MW Photovoltaic System Contract.
Toshiba Corporation has won a major contract to
develop a mega solar power generation project for Tokyo Electric
Power Company (TEPCO).
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| November
24, 2009 |
United
States/India |
Norcross,
GA, USA: Suniva Technology Powers 1MW Indian Solar PV Project.
Suniva, a US manufacturer of high-efficiency monocrystalline
silicon solar cells and supplier of Suniva-branded solar modules,
has completed its collaborative project with Titan Energy Systems.
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| November
20, 2009 |
China |
Hong
Kong, China: Jiawei to Supply Modules to 3.5MW of Golden Sun Projects.
Jiawei has announced that their modules have been chosen for
China’s Golden Sun Project. 3.5 megawatts of Jiawei solar modules
will be supplied to two electrification projects in Wuhan.
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| November
19, 2009 |
China |
Hong
Kong, China: Solargiga Energy Awarded 13.5MW Pilot Project.
Solargiga Energy has been granted a tender for 13.5MW photovoltaic
power generation pilot project under the "Golden Sun programs
to be implemented by the Chinese government.
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| November
17, 2009 |
China |
Beijing,
China: First Solar 2GW Chinese Project Takes Next Step Forward.
First Solar today announced a Cooperation Framework Agreement
with the Chinese government that takes another critical step towards
the realization of the world’s largest solar power plant in the
autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, China.
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| November
12, 2009 |
Italy |
San
Polo D’Enza, Italy: Greenvision Ambiente and the Marseglia Group
Plan 13MW Solar Park. Greenvision
ambiente and the Marseglia Group have, through their respective
subsidiaries, Greenvision ambiente Photo-Solar and KM Energy,
signed a letter of intent for the construction of a 13 MW photovoltaic
park in Calabria.
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| November
12, 2009 |
China |
Hong
Kong, China: Solargiga 300kW Photovoltaic Pilot Project Commences
Power Generation. China monocrystalline silicon
solar ingots and wafer manufacturer, Solargiga Energy announced
that its 300kW photovoltaic pilot project has commenced power
generation successfully.
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| October
19, 2009 |
United
States/Israel |
Reno,
NV, USA: Ormat Signs Joint Venture Agreement for 36MW in Israel.
Ormat Technologies, Inc. , announced today that its Israeli
subsidiary, Ormat Systems Ltd., has signed a Joint Venture Agreement
with Sunday Energy Ltd., an Israeli private company to develop,
construct and operate solar-photovoltaic energy systems in Israel
with a total capacity of 36 MW.
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| October
15, 2009 |
China |
Wuxi,
China: Suntech Collaborates with AEDB to Deliver Solar to Pakistan.
Suntech
Power has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with
Pakistan's Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) to work
towards the widespread use of solar energy technologies to meet
the energy shortage in Pakistan.
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| Europe |
| January
27, 2010 |
Italy |
Rome,
Italy: ENEL to Install 4 MW PV System. Enel Green
Power and the Marcegaglia Group have signed an agreement for the
installation of a photovoltaic system with a capacity of more
than 4 MW on the roof-tops of the industrial facilities of the
Marcegaglia Group.
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| January
26, 2010 |
Italy |
Lecce,
Italy: Green Energy Solution Inaugurates Two MW of PV Tracking
Plants. Green
Energy Solution Inaugurates 2 MW of photovoltaic mono-axis trackers
system plants in Sanarica and San Cassiano Green Energy Solution
s.r.l.
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| January
25, 2010 |
Italy |
Correggio,
Italy: Kerself Inaugurates 9 MW of Photovoltaic Projects in San
Severo. KERSelf S.p.A., a company listed on the
Italian Stock Exchange’s STAR segment and a leading player in
Italy’s photovoltaic industry, has opened three 3 MWp photovoltaic
solar fields in San Severo (in the Italian region of Puglia).
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| January
25, 2010 |
Germany |
Freiburg,
Germany: S.A.G. Solarstrom Concludes Financing for 4.6 MW PV System.
Freiburg
based, S.A.G. Solarstrom AG has now included a 4.6 MWp system
the company installed on the roof of the Dehner Garden Center
in Rain am Lech in their own financing portfolio.
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| January
22, 2010 |
Germany |
Hamburg,
Germany: Berlin's Mayor Inaugurates PV System.
Yesterday, Berlin's acting mayor Klaus Wowereit officially put
into service the solar system on the roof of the Max-Schmeling-hall
in Berlin.
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| January
21, 2010 |
United
Kingdom |
London,
United Kingdom: NextPower 1 Connects Two Solar Power Plants to
the Italian Grid. Zouk ventures and NextEnergy
Capital have announced that their joint company NextPower 1 (“NP1”)
has completed two power plants of 1MWp each, in Puglia - Southern
Italy.
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| January
20, 2010 |
Italy |
Catania,
Italy: Broosha Solar to Install Three Thin Film PV Systems.
Today, AmpleSun and its Italian partner Broosha Solar Italia
have reached an agreement with R.&T.I.A. srl (Research and Technological
Innovation Agency), a system integrator, for the supply of 500KWp
of thin-film modules ASF Series.
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| January
18, 2010 |
Germany |
Freiburg,
Germany: Solar-Fabrik Inaugurates 3.45 MW Solar Plant.
The largest solar power plant in Schleswig-Holstein set up
through community involvement was inaugurated last week in Nindorf
(near Meldorf), Germany.
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| January
18, 2010 |
Canada/Germany |
Burnaby,
BC, Canada: Day4 Energy Completes 2.4 Megawatt Solar Electric
Power Plant. Day4 Energy has completed the delivery
of a turnkey 2.4 megawatt roof-mounted photovoltaic power plant
for Gunther Heiss Solar Gmbh & Co. KG in Germany.
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| January
14, 2010 |
Spain/Italy |
Valencia,
Spain: Siliken to Build One of Largest Photovoltaic Plants in
Italy. Siliken has reached an agreement with the
Italian company Alerion Cleanpower to set up a photovoltaic plant
of 14 MW in the Italian town of Castellaneta (Taranto, Puglia).
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| January
13, 2010 |
Netherlands |
Rotterdam,
The Netherlands: Uni-Invest Makes 240 Roofs Available for Solar
Installations. Uni-Invest, owner and lessor of
some 240 office buildings in the Netherlands, will make the roofs
of its buildings available for installing solar panels.
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| January
8, 2010 |
China/Germany |
Nanjing,
China: ET Solar Completes 1.48 MW PV Power Plant. ET
Solar, a Nanjing-based PV system turnkey solution service provider
and integrated manufacturer of downstream PV products announced
completion and grid connection of a 1.48MW ground mounted PV power
plant.
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| January
6, 2010 |
Germany |
Freiburg,
Germany: S.A.G. Solarstrom Secures €20 million Toward 13.6 MW
Czech Project. S.A.G.
Solarstrom AG received a bridging loan of €20 million for their
13.65 MWp photovoltaic project in Stribro, Czech Republic at the
end of 2009 via their project company Solar Stribro s.r.o.
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| January
4, 2010 |
Spain |
Fustiñana,
Spain: OPDE Secures €100 Million in Project Financing.
Spanish multinational OPDE, dedicated to the promotion, development,
construction, operation and maintenance of solar photovoltaic
plants, has just signed one the largest project finance deals
in Spain for solar photovoltaic projects.
|
| December
29, 2009 |
Czech
Republic |
Prague,
Czech Republic: Photon Energy Connects 2.66 MW of PV Systems to
the Grid. Photon Energy a.s., has successfully
constructed four photovoltaic plants across the Czech Republic
and has connected them to the electricity grid this month.
|
| December
29, 2009 |
Germany |
Braunschweig,
Germany: Frontier Renewables Completes 1.1 MW Solar PV Rooftop
Plant. Frontier
Renewables, a German-American independent power provider, completed
a 1.1 MWp solar PV plant in Braunschweig, Germany.
|
| December
22, 2009 |
Germany |
Hamburg,
Germany: Colexon Energy Hands Over 2.4 MW of Solar Power Plants.
Colexon
has commissioned three solar power plants on the rooftops of 'BMG
Baugruppen-und Modulfertigung GmbH Glauchau'. The total capacity
of systems is 2.4 MWp.
|
| December
22, 2009 |
Germany |
Freiburg,
Germany: S.A.G. Solarstrom AG Implements 9.7 MW Project for GPR
Global Power Resources. S.A.G. Solarstrom, Freiburg,
is installing altogether 10 photovoltaic systems with a total
output of 9.7 MWp in the South Italian province of Brindisi for
GPR Global Power Resources.
|
| December
21, 2009 |
Switzerland |
Biel,
Switzerland: Sputnik Commissions 8.6 Megawatt Plant.
The Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering has commissioned
its largest PV plant to date in Germany in the town of Gerwisch
near Magdeburg.
|
| December
18, 2009 |
Japan/Spain |
Kyoto,
Japan: Kyocera Modules Installed in Two Spanish PV Projects.
Kyocera
Corporation has supplied around 190,000 solar modules, equivalent
to approximately 40 megawatts for two newly completed large-scale
solar power plants in Spain.
|
| December
17, 2009 |
China/Belgium |
Changzhou, China:
Trina Solar and Invictus Inaugurate 40 MW Roof Top System.
Trina Solar today announced the inauguration of the largest
rooftop solar system in Europe with a capacity of 40 MW.
|
| December
17, 2009 |
France |
Paris,
France: EDF Energies Nouvelles and European Investment Bank Sign
€500M MOU for First Solar Projects. EDF Energies
Nouvelles (EDF EN) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed
a memorandum of understanding to set up an innovative financing
structure for a solar photovoltaic projects portfolio of EDF EN
in France and Italy. |
| December
17, 2009 |
Germany |
Bad
Staffelstein, Germany: IBC Solar Connects 8 MW Solar Power Plant
in Neustrelitz to the Grid. German system integrator,
IBC Solar has put its solar park in Neustrelitz in Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania into operation.
|
| December
16, 2009 |
Italy |
Rome,
Italy: SunRay Renewable and SunPower Connect 24 MW PV System.
SunRay Renewable Energy, a leading independent solar power
producer, and SunPower Corporation today announced that the Montalto
di Castro solar photovoltaic power plant
|
| December
16, 2009 |
China/Italy |
Xinyu
City, China: LDK Solar Partners with Uni Land S.p.A. to Develop
and Construct PV Plants in Italy. LDK Solar has
signed an agreement with Uni Land S.p.A., an Italian company listed
on the Italian Stock Market with operations in land banking, real
estate development and renewable energies, to develop and construct
PV plants totaling 20 megawatts in 2010 and 2011.
|
| December
15, 2009 |
Germany |
Sulzemoos,
Germany: Phoenix Solar Constructs Photovoltaic Carport at Police
Department. Phoenix Solar has been building Germany's
largest photovoltaic power plant on a carport in Berlin over the
last weeks. Moreover, this is currently Berlin's largest photovoltaic
power plant.
|
| December
14, 2009 |
United
States/Spain |
Rochester
Hills, MI, USA: Energy Conversion Devices Announces 3 MW Rooftop
Solar Project in Spain. Energy Conversion Devices
has signed an agreement with Endesa in Spain to install 3.0 MWp
of UNI-SOLAR® photovoltaic (PV) laminates on the rooftops of two
Coca-Cola Company buildings.
|
| December
14, 2009 |
Germany |
Hörup,
Germany: Conergy Inaugurates 4.2 MW Solar Park. Conergy
Germany GmbH last week, together with Jost de Jager, Minister
for Science, Economics and Transport in Schleswig-Holstein, opened
a 4.2 megawatt solar park in Hörup near Flensburg, the largest
solar park in northern Germany.
|
| December
14, 2009 |
Italy |
Prato
di Correggio, Italy: Kerself Connects Another 5 MW of Photovoltaic
Systems. Italian system integrator, Kerself S.p.A.,
says its Saem subsidiary has connected an additional 5 MW of photovoltaic
fields in the region of Puglia: 4 MW for Italian municipal utility
Acea and 1 MW for Avelar Energy.
|
| December
10, 2009 |
Italy |
Rome,
Italy: Enel Awarded Contract for 25MW Thin Film Photovoltaic Roof.
Enel Green Power, Centro Ingrosso Sviluppo Campania (CIS)
and Interporto Campano today signed an agreement for the installation,
in Campania, of a 25 MW photovoltaic plan
|
| December
9, 2009 |
Germany |
Bitterfeld-Wolfen,
Germany: Q-Cells Celebrates Topping Out of 5.4 MW Solar Park.
Q-Cells
SE is celebrating the topping-out of its 5.4 MWp (megawatts peak)
solar power park in Bitterfeld-Wolfen.
|
| December
8, 2009 |
Netherlands |
Schimmert,
The Netherlands: New Energy Systems and Scheuten Solar to Construct
300kW PV System. New
Energy Systems, a photovoltaic system design and installation
company, and Scheuten Solar, a global player in the area of photovoltaic
solar module design, manufacture and installation, have been commissioned
to build one of the Netherlands’ largest PV facilities
|
| December
3, 2009 |
Italy/Cyprus |
Milan,
Italy: Anel Group and Enerqos Awarded Construction of 1.3MW PV
System in Cyprus. The EU tender commission has
awarded a joint venture between Anel Group and Enerqos spa the
construction of a 1.3 MW photovoltaic plant in the Turkish part
of Cyprus
|
| December
3, 2009 |
Czech |
Prague,
Czech Republic: Photon Energy Completes Financing for 795kW PV
Project. Photon Energy a.s., an integrated solar
power development company, has signed a framework agreement with
Photon SPV 3 s.r.o. (“SPV 3”) and Raiffeisen - Leasing Real Estate,
s.r.o. (“RLRE”)
|
| November
27, 2009 |
Italy |
Vicenza, Italy:
Silfab Inaugurates Five New Solar Farms. Earlier
this month, Silfab opened the first five next-generation solar
farms near Bari and Taranto.
|
| November
26, 2009 |
Spain/Czech |
Barcelona,
Spain: Sustainable Energy Technologies Supplies Inverters to 1.8MW
Czech Project. Sustainable Energy Technologies
has begun deliveries of its solar power inverters to Tejados Industriales
de Fotovoltaica, S.L., ("TIF") a leading Spanish EPC company for
a 1.8 MW solar power plant located in the Blizkovice region of
the Czech Republic.
|
| November
25, 2009 |
Spain |
Madrid,
Spain: Isofoton Provides 1MW PV System for Reis Robotics.
Isofoton has installed a one megawatt of photovoltaic modules
at the headquarters of Reis Robotics based in Obernburg am Main.
|
| November
25, 2009 |
Czech
Republic |
Brno,
Czech Republic: Nobility Solar Commissions 3.2 Megawatt Project
in Czech Republic. By the end of 2010, Nobility
Solar Projects plans to more than double the amount of PV output
it has already installed in the Czech Republic.
|
| November
25, 2009 |
Spain |
Madrid,
Spain: Abengoa Solar and E.ON Partner on Two 50MW CSP Plants.
Abengoa
Solar and E.ON Climate & Renewables have today formed a partnership
that will see them jointly own and operate two 50MW Concentrating
Solar Power (CSP) plants.
|
| November
24, 2009 |
Germany |
Hamburg,
Germany: Centrosolar Inaugurates Photovoltaic System On Its Own
Factory Roof. Centrosolar
Group AG has installed a photovoltaic system with a peak capacity
of 300 kWp on the roof of the solar power plant Sonnenstromfabrik
in Wismar.
|
| November
23, 2009 |
United
States |
El
Dorado Hills, CA, USA: Premier Power Breaks Ground on 1MW Project
in Southern Italy. Premier
Power Renewable Energy has broken ground on an additional 1.0
megawatt solar project in Italy. The project is located in the
Puglia region of southern Italy and is part of the series of solar
projects, valued in excess of $100 million.
|
| November
19, 2009 |
United
States/Italy |
San
Jose, CA, USA: SunPower Signs Contract for 4MW of Italian PV Installations.
Geneva, Switzerland based energy company Etrion Corporation
and SunPower Corporation have agreed to build four solar power
plants, totaling four megawatts, in the Puglia region of southern
Italy.
|
| November
19, 2009 |
Italy |
Puglia,
Italy: Soltec Completes Tracking PV System in Puglia.
Soltec Renovables has announced the recent completion of its latest
photovoltaic plant.
|
| November
19, 2009 |
Germany |
Erfurt,
Germany: Bosch Solar Energy Enters Partnership with Allianz Climate
Solutions. Bosch Solar Energy AG and Allianz Climate
Solutions GmbH have entered into a partnership for the planning,
financing, and turnkey construction of photovoltaic power stations.
|
| November
19, 2009 |
China/Czech |
Dongying,
China: CNPV Signs 100MW Module Supply Contract with Czech's STAND-BY
Europe. CNPV, a solar company that produces ingots,
wafers, cells & solar modules has entered into a long-term strategic
partnership sales agreement with STAND-BY Europe, a well-known
Czech Project development and distribution company.
|
| November
18, 2009 |
Japan/Italy |
Tokyo,
Japan: Mitsubishi Electric Supplies Solar Panels to 3MW Roof Top
Installation. Mitsubishi Electric has completed
a 2,906-kilowatt photovoltaic installation for Coop's new CNNA-Prato
logistic center in Prato, Italy.
|
| November
16, 2009 |
Spain |
Martorell,
Spain: Car Manufacturer to Proceed with 10 MW Photovoltaic System.
Early next year, Spanish car manufacturer, SEAT will initiate
the ‘SEAT al Sol’ project, generating clean electric power at
the company's Martorell factory.
|
| November
17, 2009 |
Spain |
Madrid,
Spain: European Investment Bank Provides €80M Loan for Concentrated
Solar Power Project. The European Investment Bank
(EIB) is providing a €80 million loan to GEMASOLAR 2006 SAU to
finance the construction and commissioning of a concentrated solar
power (CSP) plant in Fuentes de Andalucía.
|
| November
6, 2009 |
Netherlands |
Venlo,
Netherlands: Scheuten Solar to Construct PV System for Loveld
NV. Scheuten
Solar has concluded a turnkey EPC contract and a photovoltaics
maintenance contract for the installation of nearly 3,500 solar
panels with Loveld NV of Aalter, Belgium.
|
| November
6, 2009 |
Switzerland |
Geneva,
Switzerland : Etrion Closes Financing on Four Solar Projects.
Etrion
Corporation has closed the financing for the construction of four
solar power plants in southern Italy with an aggregate capacity
of four megawatts.
|
| November
5, 2009 |
Germany |
Berlin,
Germany: Solon Selected to Construct 11MW PV System.
SOLON SE has been selected to build another turnkey, 11 MWp
solar power plant in Spain. The contract was awarded by Renewable
Energies and Photovoltaics Spain S.L. (REPS), a majority owned
subsidiary of the Norwegian energy company Statkraft AS.
|
| North
America |
| February
2, 2010 |
United
States |
Bend,
OR, USA: PV Powered Selected for 5 MW Project in Oregon.
Inverter
manufacturer, PV Powered announced today that its PowerVault DC-to-medium
voltage turnkey inverter platform has been selected for use in
the Northwest’s largest utility-scale project to date.
|
| February
2, 2010 |
United
States |
San
Francisco, CA, USA: Recurrent Energy to Build 50 MW of PV Systems.
Recurrent Energy has signed agreements with Southern California
Edison (SCE).
|
| February
2, 2010 |
United
States |
Minneapolis,
MN, USA: 600kW Roof Solar System to be Installed at Minneapolis
Convention Center. Minnesota-based Best Power Int’l,
LLC has been awarded the Minneapolis Convention Center 600kW rooftop
PV solar project.
|
| January
26, 2010 |
United
States |
Atlanta,
GA, USA: Southern Company and Ted Turner Join Forces to Explore
Renewable Energy Projects. Southern Company CEO
David Ratcliffe and visionary business leader and environmentalist
Ted Turner today announced a strategic alliance to pursue development
of renewable energy projects in the United States.
|
| January
25, 2010 |
United
States |
Charlotte,
NC, USA: Duke Energy Acquires 16 MW Solar Power Project.
Duke
Energy is adding solar power to its commercial renewable energy
portfolio through the acquisition of a large-scale solar photovoltaic
project under development in San Antonio, Texas.
|
| January
25, 2010 |
United
States |
Princeton,
NJ, USA: SunEdison and Developers Diversified Realty Activate
Five PV Systems. SunEdison and Developers Diversified
Realty, the owner, manager and developer of an international portfolio
of shopping centers, have activated five solar power projects.
|
| January
22, 2010 |
Canada |
Toronto,
ON, Canada: Samsung and KEPCO Sign Major Renewables Agreement
with Ontario Government. The McGuinty government
has signed an agreement with a consortium led by Samsung C&T Corporation
and the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) will invest $7
billion to generate 2,500 megawatts of wind and solar power.
|
| January
21, 2010 |
United
States |
Rocklin,
CA, USA: Sierra College to Seek Power Purchase Agreement for Two
PV Systems. Sierra
College is moving forward with plans for photovoltaic systems
at the Rocklin and Nevada County campuses in order to reduce energy
costs at those two locations.
|
| January
13, 2010 |
United
States |
Manasquan,
NJ, USA: Norkus Enterprises Goes Solar. Solis Partners
LLC, a full-service integrator of commercial solar power systems,
and one of New Jersey’s providers of renewable energy solutions,
today announced the completion of the fourth of six installations
for Norkus Enterprises.
|
| January
13, 2010 |
United
States |
Bend,
OR, USA: PV Powered Announces Two Megawatt Commercial Projects.
Inverter manufacturer, PV Powered has been selected by SPG
Solar of Novato, California for two large-scale installations
in California.
|
| January
13, 2010 |
United
States |
Hughson,
CA, USA: Pohl & Holmes Unveils 504kW Solar PV System.
Pohl & Holmes, a turn-key almond hulling and shelling service
company unveiled the commissioning of its large 504kW solar photovoltaic
power system. |
| January
7, 2010 |
United
States |
Greenwich,
CT, USA: Starwood Energy Closes Financing for 20 Megawatt Solar
Power Generation. Starwood
Energy Group Global, LLC, a private investment firm focused on
energy infrastructure projects, today announced that its affiliate,
Starwood SSM1 Canada Incorporated has completed agreements to
finance and construct a 20 megawatt solar photovoltaic project
in the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
|
| January
7, 2010 |
Canada |
Burnaby,
BC, Canada: Day4 Energy Expands Contract for Solar Electric Projects
in Ontario. Day4
Energy has entered into a supply contract to provide a total of
5.1 megawatts or 23,000 modules to Ontario's Hybridyne Power Systems
Canada Inc.
|
| January
7, 2010 |
United
States |
Newark,
NJ, USA: PSE&G Selects Sites and Developers for 12 MW of Solar
Projects. Utility PSE&G has selected four sites
and developers for over $50 million in investments in 12 megawatts
of grid-connected solar energy. PSE&G hopes to start construction
at its sites in Edison, Hamilton, Linden and Trenton this spring,
with projects completed this summer and fall.
|
| January
5, 2010 |
United
States |
Kingston,
NY, USA: SunWize Awarded $7.8 Million in Federal Contracts.
SunWize Commercial Power Systems has been awarded solar power
contracts exceeding $7.8 million by the Department of Veteran
Affairs (VA).
|
| December
29, 2009 |
United
States |
Santa
Fe, NM, USA: SunEdison Signs 55 MW Solar Contract.
SunEdison
has signed a deal for five photovoltaic solar installations in
New Mexico that will total 50 megawatts (MW) in generation capacity.
|
| December
21, 2009 |
United
States |
Princeton,
NJ, USA: First Solar and NRG Energy Open Largest Solar PV Power
Plant in California. First Solar and NRG Energy
have started of commercial operation of the largest photovoltaic
solar system in California.
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| December
17, 2009 |
United
States |
Uniondale,
NY, USA: Long Island Power Authority Approves 50 MW of PV Projects.
Long Island Power Authority President and CEO, Kevin S. Law
today announced that the LIPA Board of Trustees approved power
purchase agreements (PPAs) with BP Solar and enXco Development
Corp. thereby creating the state’s largest source of solar power
on Long Island.
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| December
16, 2009 |
United
States |
San
Francisco, CA, USA: One Block Off The Grid Extends Residential
Solar Program; Reduces Prices. One Block Off The
Grid (1BOG), the solar group purchasing company, has extended
its current Bay Area 1BOG campaign to coincide with a pilot green
jobs partnership.
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| December
15, 2009 |
United
States |
Tampa,
FL, USA: Florida Commission Approves 25 MW Solar Contract.
Tampa Electric today announced that the Florida Public Service
Commission (FPSC) approved its contract to purchase solar power
supplied by Energy 5.0’s Florida Solar I project.
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| December
15, 2009 |
United
States |
Boulder,
CO, USA: Juwi Solar Embarks on Construction of 27 MW of PV Installations.
Juwi Solar (JSI) has begun construction on two larger free-field
photovoltaic installations in Ohio and Florida.
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| December
14, 2009 |
United
States |
Bend,
OR, USA: PV Powered Inverters Selected for 600 New Solar Homes.
PV
Powered's residential inverters have been selected for use in
a large residential project in Monterey, California. The project
is being managed under the auspices of the US Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) and the Housing Authority of the County
of Monterey.
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| December
11, 2009 |
United
States |
Kona,
HI, USA: Sopogy Inaugurates Solar Thermal Plant. Natural
Energy Laboratory of Hawaii – Sopogy, Inc. inaugurated a MicroCSP™
Solar Thermal Plant today at the Natural Energy Laboratory of
Hawaii.
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| December
10, 2009 |
United
States |
Bend,
OR, USA: PV Trackers Receives Additional Order from Granite Bay
Energy. PV Trackers®, provider of solar tracking
systems, has expanded their contracts with Granite Bay Energy
to supply an additional megawatt (1MW) of equipment.
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| December
9, 2009 |
United
States |
San
Francisco, CA, USA: One Block Off the Grid (1BOG) Pilots Solar
Community Reward Program for Los Angeles Community.
One Block Off the Grid (1BOG), the nation’s largest solar
buying collective, today announced a brand new pilot community
reward program and partnership with SunWize Technologies to coincide
with the launch of the new Los Angeles 1BOG campaign.
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| December
9, 2009 |
United
States |
Baltimore,
MD, USA: Constellation Energy to Develop Maryland's Largest Solar
Photovoltaic Power System. Constellation Energy
has been selected by the state of Maryland to develop an approximately
15.9 megawatt DC (13.5 MW/AC) solar photovoltaic power installation
under the state's Generating Clean Horizons initiative.
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| December
8, 2009 |
Canada |
Calgary,
Canada: Enbridge and First Solar Expand PV Project Size to 80
Megawatts. Enbridge
and First Solar have entered into an agreement to expand the Sarnia
Solar Project from 20 megawatts of capacity to 80 megawatts (MW),
with a total system cost of approximately CDN $300 million for
the expansion.
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| December
7, 2009 |
United
States |
Lafayette,
CA, USA: Lafayette School District Unveils Four New Solar Systems.
The Lafayette School District unveiled four new solar electric
systems at the Burton Valley, Lafayette Elementary, Stanley Middle
and Springhill schools, at a ceremony today with Lafayette Mayor
Don Tatzin.
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| December
2, 2009 |
United
States |
Philadelphia,
PA: Springside School Unveils Solar Array. Springside
School, a Pre-K-12 school for girls committed to educating enlightened
leaders for the 21st century, unveiled the largest solar array
in Philadelphia at the end of last month.
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| December
2, 2009 |
United
States |
Cleveland,
OH, USA: Governor Strickland Announces $13 Million in Grants for
Green Projects. Governor Ted Strickland today announced
$13 Million in grant money going towards 25 green projects throughout
the Buckeye State. Wind, solar, and thermal projects are being
lined up throughout the state.
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| December
2, 2009 |
United
States |
San Rafael,
CA, USA: Real Goods Solar to Install Solar Energy at Bay Area
Affordable Housing Communities. Real Goods Solar
has signed a multi-site contract to design and install 790 kW
DC of solar electricity affordable housing across four separate
communities.
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| December
2, 2009 |
Canada |
Toronto, ON,
Canada: Atlantic Wind and Solar Signs LOIs for Rooftop Solar Systems.
An LOI signed by AWSL and a pharmaceutical manufacturing company
covering the prospective sales and installation of two 250 kW
rooftop solar systems located in a suburb east of Toronto.
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| December
1, 2009 |
United
States |
Silver Spring,
MD, USA: CPV REC Plans 10MW Photovoltaic Project.
CPV Renewable Energy Company (CPV REC) is planning a 10 megawatt
solar farm in southern Maryland to be co-located with the proposed
natural gas combined-cycle CPV St. Charles Energy Center.
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| November
30, 2009 |
United
States |
San Luis Obispo,
CA, USA: REC Solar Receives Order for Four PV Systems.
REC Solar has signed an agreement to build 1.7 megawatts of
solar power systems on federal facilities in California, Arizona
and Nevada.
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| November
26, 2009 |
United
States |
Seal
Beach, CA, USA: Stimulus Funding Helps US Navy Facility Go Solar.
Stimulus
Funding is supporting green projects at the US Navy's Seal Beach
facility. In July and September Stronghold Engineering was awarded
contracts totaling $4.4 million to repair the roofs of two large
administrative buildings and construct a crane canopy. In the
process, each structure will be fitted with photovoltaic arrays.
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| November
23, 2009 |
United
States |
Tempe,
AZ, USA: First Solar Sells California Solar Power Project to NRG.
First Solar today announced the sale of the 21 megawatt (MW)
AC solar energy project it has developed and constructed in Blythe,
Calif., to NRG Energy, Inc.
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| November
19, 2009 |
United
States |
Mineola,
NY, USA: Clear Skies Signs PV System Contract With Microdyne Plastics.
Clear Skies Solar, a provider of turnkey solar electricity
installations and renewable energy solutions today announced the
signing of a contract to install a $4.8 million 875 kW solar energy
system on the roof of the Microdyne building in Colton, CA.
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| November
11, 2009 |
United
States |
Newark,
NJ, USA: PSE&G Receives Approval for 51MW Expansion of Solar Loan
Program. Public Service Electric and Gas Company
(PSE&G) today received approval from state regulators to expand
its innovative solar loan program by approximately $143 million
to finance the installation of an additional 51 megawatts of solar
energy systems.
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| November
11, 2009 |
United
States |
Oxnard,
CA, USA: Procter & Gamble and SunEdison Activate Solar 1.1 MW
PV System. SunEdison
and Procter & Gamble yesterday celebrated the activation of a
1.1 solar photovoltaic system at Proctor & Gamble's paper products
manufacturing megawatt plant in Oxnard, California.
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| November
11, 2009 |
United
States |
Bend,
OR, USA: PV Trackers and Granite Bay Energy Announce Contracts
for 1MW of Solar Arrays. PV Trackers®, is to supply
over 1MW of trackers to Granite Bay Energy for three projects
in the greater Sacramento area.
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| November
11, 2009 |
United
States |
Sacramento,
CA, USA: Aerojet Project to be Expanded to Six Megawatts.
Aerojet
and Solar Power, Inc. announced jointly today that the companies
have entered into agreement to add an additional 2.4 megawatts
to the single-axis tracker photovoltaic solar system currently
installed at Aerojet’s Sacramento, Calif. site.
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| November
4, 2009 |
Mexico |
Madrid,
Spain: Isofoton Supplies Modules to Chrysler Project in Mexico.
Isofoton
has participated in the installation of a new photovoltaic power
generation plant with an intelligent energy management system
that will supply the car factory of Chrysler in Valle de Derramadero
(Mexico).
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| November
3, 2009 |
United
States |
Vacaville,
CA, USA: Novartis Champions Renewable Energy with New Vacaville
Solar Array. Novartis has completed a 1 megawatt
solar array near its Vacaville biopharmaceutical site.
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| South
America |
| Oct
24, 2008 |
United
States |
Madrid, Spain:
Isofoton to Electrify 165 Schools in Guatemala and El Salvador.
Spain's Isofoton has won the tender for the rural electrification
of 165 schools in Guatemala and El Salvador, which will permit
10,000 persons in a rural environment access to education.
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