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INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES
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November
21, 2008
Burghausen,
Germany: Polysilicon Facilities Start Up at Wacker's
Burghausen Site. Additional
polycrystalline-silicon production facilities officially
came on stream at Wacker Chemie AG’s Burghausen site
yesterday.
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November
20, 2008
San
Francisco, CA, USA: SunRun Secures Up to $105M for
2,000 Residential PV Systems. SunRun,
a distributed residential solar electricity provider,
has received an initial tax equity commitment from
an affiliate of U.S. Bancorp as part of the financing
for up to 2,000 residential solar facilities.
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November
20, 2008
Tokyo,
Japan: ProLogis to Install First Photovoltaic Project
in Japan. ProLogis will install its
first photovoltaic system in Japan, a one-megawatt
PV system at ProLogis Parc Zama I, a five-story distribution
facility totaling more than 1.2 million square feet.
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November
19, 2008
Philadelphia,
PA, USA: Conergy Group Completes 3 Megawatt Project.
Conergy
and its subsidiary EPURON have announced the completion
and sale of the Exelon-Conergy Solar Energy Center.
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November
19, 2008
Boston,
MA, USA: Satcon Signs Inverter Supply Agreement with
Samsung. Satcon
Technology Corporation , a provider of utility scale
distributed power solutions for the renewable energy
market, has entered into a three year, 180 megawatt
agreement with Samsung.
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November
19, 2008
Mainz,
Germany: SCHOTT Solar Signs Long-term Contract with
Enerpoint S.p.A. SCHOTT
Solar and Italy's Enerpoint S.p.A. have signed a long
term supply contract for the delivery of 35 megawatts
of modules.
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November
19, 2008
White
Plains, NY, USA: New York Power Authority Requests
Information for Purchases of Solar Power.
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has issued
a formal Request for Information (RFI) in connection
with its plans to purchase solar power on behalf of
the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and
its operating agencies.
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November
18, 2008
San
Francisco, CA, USA: The North Face Completes 1MW Solar
Energy System. The
North Face®, a supplier of authentic, innovative and
technically advanced outdoor apparel, equipment and
footwear, has completed construction of a 1MW solar
electricity system at its West Coast distribution
center located in Visalia, California.
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November
18, 2008
Sydney,
Australia: BP Solar to Close Cell Manufacturing Plant.
BP
Solar will cease the production of solar photovoltaic
power cells and panels from its manufacturing plant
in Sydney Olympic park (Australia) at the end of March
2009.
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November
17, 2008
Rockaway,
NJ, USA: The Solar Center Starts Installation of 96
kilowatt Solar Electric System. The
Solar Center is commencing installation of a 96 kilowatt
solar system for IDA-International of Derby, Connecticut,
its largest solar installation to date in that state.
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