Boading, China: Yingli Green Energy Signs 285 MW Three-Year Framework Agreement. Yingli Green Energy has signed a three-year framework agreement with Gehrlicher Solar AG, one of the leading PV system integrators in Europe.

Dongying, China: CNPV Solar Power Receives 30 MW Module Order. CNPV Solar Power SA has entered into a long-term strategic partnership sales agreement with Photovoltaic Experts GmbH, a German developer of Photovoltaic Power Plants.

Burnaby, BC, USA: Day4 Energy Signs 10 Megawatt Frame Agreement. Day4 Energy has signed a frame agreement for 10 megawatts with SOLERA sunpower GmbH, in Southern Germany.

Nanjing, China: ET Solar Signs Module Supply Agreement with USE. ET Solar has signed a module sales agreement with Umwelt Sonne Energie GmbH ("USE") in Germany. Under the contract, ET Solar will deliver a total of 31 MW solar modules to USE in 2010.

Oldenburg, Germany: Aleo Solar Receives Mexican Order. Aleo solar signed a supply contract with the Mexican installation company Grupo Desmex S.A. last month.

Changzhou, China: Trina Solar Receives 40 MW Module Order. Trina Solar has entered into an agreement with ITEC (ITEC Solar GmbH) of Germany for a total of 40 MW of PV modules to be delivered during 2010.

Madrid, Spain: T-Solar and Global Ecopower Plan 120 MW of PV Projects. T-Solar Group, a leader in the south of Europe on photovoltaic electric power generation market in terms of installed capacity, has just sealed an agreement with French Global Ecopower company to jointly develop 120 MWp in France over the next three years.

Maastricht, Netherlands: Energiebau Signs Module Supply Agreement with BP Solar. BP Solar Deutschland GmbH and Energiebau solar power benelux bv have signed a three year supply contract.

Dongying, China: CNPV Signs Module Supply Agreement with Futech of Belgium. CNPV Solar Power has entered into a long-term strategic partnership sales agreement with Futech BvBa, a Belgian project development and distribution company.

Paris, France: Air Liquide Signs Supply Contracts with Thirteen Chinese Cell Manufacturers. Air Liquide has recently signed thirteen new contracts with crystalline-Silicon (c-Si) solar cell manufacturers in China.

Baoding, China: Yingli Green Energy Signs 130 MW Module Supply Contract. Yingli Green Energy has signed a sales agreement with German system integrator, IBC Solar AG. Under the terms of the agreement, Yingli Green Energy has agreed to supply 130 MW of PV modules to IBC Solar from the first quarter through the fourth quarter of 2010.

Madrid, Spain: Solaria Energía Receives 2.4 MW Module Order from Grupotec. Solaria Energía and Environment has closed an agreement with Grupotec for the supply of 2.4 MW of solar PV panels. The amount of the transaction exceeds €3.5 million.

Xinyu City, China: LDK Solar Signs Module Supply Contract With Enfinity. LDK Solar has signed a contract to supply solar modules to Belgium-based Enfinity. Under terms of the agreement, LDK Solar will deliver approximately 50 megawatts (MW) of solar modules to Enfinity in 2010.

Baoding, China: Yingli Receives 51MW Solar Module Order. Yingli Green Energy has signed a sales agreement with Payom Solar AG, a leading PV rooftop system specialist based in Germany.

Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany: Q Cells and LDK Solar Settle Wafer Contract Dispute. Q-Cells SE and LDK Solar jointly announced today that the two companies have reached an agreement to continue their supply contract for solar wafers from 2009 to 2018.

Thalheim, Germany: Sovello Receives 49 Megawatt Module Order. Eberswalde-based system integrator Mp-tec GmbH & Co. KG has signed a cooperation contract with Thalheim-based module manufacturer Sovello AG for the purchase of around 250,000 PV modules.

Honolulu, HI, USA: Hoku Materials and Jinko Solar Amend Polysilicon Agreement. Hoku Materials and Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. yesterday announced an amendment of the polysilicon supply agreement in effect between the two companies.

Fremont, CA, USA: Solyndra Receives $105M Module Order. Solyndra has signed a new multi-year framework agreement worth up to $105 million with solar integrator Sun System S.p.A., based in Milan, Italy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

London, United Kingdom: United Kingdom to Establish Feed in Tariffs. Households and communities who install generating technologies such as small wind turbines and solar panels will from April be entitled to claim payments for the low carbon electricity they produce.

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.

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.

Trubbach, Switzerland: Oerlikon Solar Expands Into Spanish Market. Oerlikon Solar today announced that Gadir Solar is using its amorphous thin film silicon PV technology at the solar fabrication plant located in the bay of Cadiz, Spain. Gadir Solar’s plant, one of the largest in Europe, began operation in October 2009.

Trubbach, Switzerland: Oerlikon Solar Expands Into Spanish Market. Oerlikon Solar today announced that Gadir Solar is using its amorphous thin film silicon PV technology at the solar fabrication plant located in the bay of Cadiz, Spain. Gadir Solar’s plant, one of the largest in Europe, began operation in October 2009.

Bordeaux, France: First Solar and EDF Close to Concluding Manufacturing Plant Negotiations. First Solar and EDF Energies Nouvelles have announced that they are in the final stages of exclusive negotiations with the town of Blanquefort, near the city of Bordeaux, to locate a new solar panel manufacturing plant.

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.

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.

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.

Milan, Italy: SunPower and K6 Partner on Two Solar Power Plants in Italy. SunPower Corporation and K6 S.a.S. today announced an agreement under which the companies are building two 1-megawatt photovoltaic solar power plants in the Puglia region, Italy.

Milan, Italy: Prothea S.r.l. Developing Three Photovoltaic Projects in Central and Southern Italy. Prothea is currently implementing the development of three solar photovoltaic projects totalling around 10MW in Central and Southern Italy.

Milan, Italy: Enerqos Group Starts Construction on Two Photovoltaic Roofs. The Enerqos Group has begun the construction of two photovoltaic roofs, with a maximum output power of 200kWp and 400kWp respectively, to cover the shopping centres of Nova Coop, one of the largest distribution chains in Piedmont.

Hamburg, Germany: Colexon Breaks Ground on 1 MW Plant in Imola. Hamburg based project developer and operator of solar power plant, Colexon Energy AG is starting to erect a solar power plant with a total capacity of 993.3 kilowatt peak (kWp) in the North Italian community Imola.

Boston, MA, USA: Satcon Selected for Twenty Five Greek Solar Installations. Satcon Technology has been selected by EasyPower S.A. to supply 2.5 megawatts of its PowerGate(R) Plus 100 kilowatt solar PV inverter solutions across 25 installations on the island of Rhodes, Greece.

Hamburg, Germany: Colexon Sells 1 MW PV System to tnp Mitteldeutsche Verwaltung & Treuhand. Colexon has sold a PV power plant in Sainte-Maxime, France to tnp Mitteldeutsche Verwaltung & Treuhand GmbH. The solar power plant was designed and realized by Colexon engineers.

Paris, France: GDF SUEZ to Build France's Largest Photovoltaic System. GDF SUEZ and its joint venture partners together with the Mayor of Curbans, Daniel Rolland, signed an agreement to build France’s largest photovoltaic solar power facility in Curbans (south east of France).

Biel, Switzerland: Slovenian Photovoltaic Plant Equipped with SolarMax Inverters. The Slovenian wholesaler Sonel has built the largest PV plant equipped with SolarMax inverter in the northern Slovenian town of Gornji Petrovci.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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