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| November
3, 2009 |
Spain |
Benissa,
Spain: Signet Solar to Ship 10MW of Thin Film Modules.
Signet Solar and Spanish Tejados Fotovoltaica de Industriales
(TIF) Group, an EPC company based in Benissa, Spain have executed
a definitive agreement for supply module to supply Signet TIF
to a minimum of 10MW of single junction silicon thin film module.
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| October
30, 2009 |
Spain |
Almussafes,
Spain: Prosolia and Atersa Sign Module Supply Agreement.
Prosolia
and Atersa have signed an agreement for the purchase of 14 MW
of photovoltaic modules.
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| October
22, 2009 |
China/Europe |
Changzhou,
China: Trina Solar Announces New Sales Agreement with PROINSO.
Trina
Solar has entered into a sales agreement with PROINSO ("Proyectos
Integrales Solares S.L."), a leading distributor of solar photovoltaic
equipment and a specialist in engineering services in Europe.
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| October
1, 2009 |
China |
Changzhou,
China: Trina Solar Receives 73 Megawatt Module Order.
Trina Solar has entered into a sales agreement with Italy's
Kerself S.p.A, a photovoltaic solar plant engineering, development,
production, installation and distribution company.
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| July
23, 2009 |
China |
Changzhou,
China: Trina Solar Signs Sales Agreement with PROINSO.
Trina Solar it has commenced shipment under a long-term supplier
agreement with PROINSO (''Proyectos Integrales Solares S.L.''),
a distributor for solar photovoltaic equipment and a specialist
in engineering services in Spain.
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| July
20, 2009 |
Germany |
Hamburg,
Germany: Meridian Neue Energien and BP Solar Sign Module Supply
Agreement. Meridian Neue Energien GmbH and BP Solar
Deutschland GmbH have signed a 5 megawatt contract for module
supplies.
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| July
7, 2009 |
United
States/Germany |
Fremont,
CA, USA: Solyndra Receives $238 Million Order. Solyndra
has signed a new long-term sales contract with solar integrator
Umwelt-Sonne-Energie GmbH (USE), based in Holzgerlingen, Germany.
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| Governments/Funding |
| June
8, 2009 |
Greece |
Athens,
Greece: Greece Introduces New Incentives for Small Rooftop PV.
A
new incentive program for small rooftop PV was introduced in Greece
late last week.
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| Jan
20, 2009 |
Greece |
Athens,
Greece: Greek Parliament Gives Green Light to a New PV Law.
A
new PV law was introduced in Greece on January 15th 2009, amending
the legislation originally voted in mid-2006.
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| Manufacturing |
| October
27, 2009 |
Spain |
Valdelafuente,
Spain: GT Solar Commissions Wafer Line for DC Wafers.
GT
Solar has received final acceptance for the design, installation
and commissioning of one of the most technologically-advanced
turnkey wafer fabrication lines in Spain.
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| October
16, 2009 |
United
States/Poland |
San
Francisco, CA, USA: BP Solar Announces Agreement with Jabil to
Manufacture Solar Modules in Poland. BP Solar today
announced an agreement with Jabil Circuit, Inc. to manufacture
BP Solar modules for the European market in Jabil’s plant in Poland.
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| October
6, 2009 |
United
States |
Lansing,
MI, USA: Suniva to Invest $250M in Manufacturing Facility.
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced a significant
addition to Michigan's burgeoning clean-energy industrial base
as Georgia-based Suniva Inc. will invest $250 million in a new
solar manufacturing facility in Saginaw County's Thomas Township.
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| September
21, 2009 |
Germany |
Bonn,
Germany: SolarWorld to Expand Module Capacity to 450 Megawatts.
Solarworld
AG is to expand its production capacity for solar power modules
in Freiberg in Saxony. The capacity will be tripled to 450 megawatts
by the end of 2010.
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| September
21, 2009 |
Germany |
Sonnenbühl,
Germany: Schiller Automation and Merck Co-Operate on Innovative
Edge Isolation. Schiller
Automation and Merck today announced the official start of construction
of an innovative line for edge isolation of crystalline silicon
wafers.
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| September
15, 2009 |
Italy |
Pozzolo
Formigaro, Italy: Lux to Commence Wafer Production.
At
the beginning of July, Lux signed an agreement with ALD Vacuum
Technologies GmbH for the supply of a type SCU400plus DSS (directional
solidification system).
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| September
10, 2009 |
Denmark |
Sonderborg,
Denmark: Danfoss Solar to Raise Inverter Production Capacity to
1 GW. Danfoss
Solar
says the demand for its grid-connected solar inverter
range has increased significantly in 2009. As a result, Danfoss
is now preparing for further growth in 2010 by increasing production
capacity to 1 GW.
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| Solar
Projects/Green Power |
| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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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
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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| October
30, 2009 |
Germany |
Aldersbach, Germany: Terra Mundus Breaks Ground
on 5.67MW PV System. Terra Mundus Sueddeutschland
GmbH has succeeded in launching the large-scale photovoltaic plant,
project “Koeching II”, a 5.67 MW free standing renewable energy
plant in the municipality of Aldersbach in Lower Bavaria. |
| October
29, 2009 |
Spain |
Golmayo,
Spain: Solarig Breaks Ground on Eight PV Projects in Italy.
Solarig
Group began construction this month on eight photovoltaic parks
in the regions of Puglia and Piedmont in Italy, a country that
offers attractive legislation for this type of project.
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| October
29, 2009 |
Canada/Germany |
Burnaby,
BC, Canada: Day4 Energy to Deliver 2.4MW PV System.
Day4
Energy has executed an agreement to deliver a turnkey 2.4 megawatt
roof-mounted turnkey photovoltaic power plant for Gunther Heiss
Solar Gmbh & Co. KG in Germany.
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| October
21, 2009 |
Germany |
Mochau,
Germany: Signet Solar and BSC-Solar to Build 1.8 MW Solar Farm
in the Czech Republic. Signet
Solar and BSC-Solar today announced that they are jointly developing
a solar power plant in the Czech Republic, located in the Blížkovice
region, South Moravia near the Austrian border.
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| October
21, 2009 |
Germany |
Oldenburg,
Germany: Aleo Solar AG Supplies 10,000 Modules for Italian Solar
Farm. aleo solar has supplied solar modules for
a 2.3 MW solar farm in Corinaldo, Italy. Around 10,000 aleo S_18
modules have now been installed in this farm in Italy's Marche
region.
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| October
21, 2009 |
Germany |
Holzkirchen,
Germany: Carpevigo AG Starts Construction on PV Plant in Lower
Bavaria. Carpevigo AG has commenced the construction
of another PV solar power plant in Southern Germany.
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| October
19, 2009 |
United
States/Germany |
Roseville,
CA, USA: Solar Power Inc Receives 1.5MW Module Order.
Solar Power, Inc. has executed a second supply agreement with
Bayer and Raach, a German solar installation company serving the
residential and commercial market segments throughout Germany
and Southern Europe.
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| October
14, 2009 |
Germany |
Sulzemoos,
Germany: Phoenix Solar to Develop Bulgarian Project.
German
system integrator, Phoenix Solar has today signed a project development
contract with a Bulgarian subsidiary of the Krass Capital Group
AG, a company headquartered in Gräfelfing.
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| October
14, 2009 |
Canada/Germany |
Waterloo,
ON, Canada: ARISE Receives LOI from North Rhine-Westphalia for
New Technology Centre. ARISE Technologies Corporation
which is dedicated to becoming a leader in high-performance, high-quality,
cost-effective solar technology, today announced that it has received
a Letter of Intent (LOI) for €9.54 million of funding from the
government of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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| October
13, 2009 |
Spain |
Tudela,
Spain: Proinso to Supply 3 Megawatt Belgian Project.
The Spanish company PROINSO, specialists in engineering and
supply of photovoltaic solar plants, has signed a collaboration
agreement with the Belgian engineering company Nizet.
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| October
12, 2009 |
Italy |
Vicenza,
Italy: Conergy Signs Agreement for 1.7MW Photovoltaic System.
Conergy Italy has initially an agreement with Fiere di Parma
Spa for a 1.7 MW photovoltaic system fully integrated on to the
roof of the Parma Trade Fair building.
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| October
6, 2009 |
Germany |
Berlin,
Germany: Solon Awarded Contract by DSG Deutsche Solargesellschaft
mbH. SOLON SE has contracted with the DSG Deutsche
Solargesellschaft mbH for the construction of turnkey solar power
plants and the supply of solar modules with a total capacity of
around 8 MWp.
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| October
5, 2009 |
United
States/Spain |
Rochester
Hills, MI, USA: Energy Conversion Devices Selected to Supply 4.8MW
Project. Energy Conversion Devices has been selected
by Recurrent Energy to deliver 4.8MWp of solar generating systems
for eight separate building rooftops at ProLogis Park Sant Boi
in Barcelona and ProLogis Park Alcala in Madrid, Spain.
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| October
5, 2009 |
Spain |
El
Dorado Hills, CA, USA: Premier Power Signs Contract for Rooftop
Solar System in Spain. Premier Power Renewable
Energy, a designer and installer of solar power systems for commercial,
government and utility markets in the U.S., Spain and Italy, has
signed a contract for the sale of a 600 kilowatt rooftop solar
system in Spain.
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| Products |
| October
1, 2009 |
Belgium |
Brussels,
Belgium: PV CYCLE Members to Initiate PV Module Take-back and
Recycling Program. The
members of PV CYCLE agreed at their Extraordinary General Assembly,
held in Hamburg last week, to initiate photovoltaic module take-back
and recycling in 2010.
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