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INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES
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March
16, 2010
Bangkok,
Thailand: BKK Power Plans Solar Farm.
Bangkok Solar Power, a leading producer of electricity from
solar energy, will spend Bt100 million to build a large
solar farm in Lop Buri province this year.
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March
16, 2010
Tempe,
AZ, USA: First Solar Sells 30 Megawatt Solar Photovoltaic
Power Project. First Solar has sold a 30
megawatt (AC) photovoltaic solar power project to Southern
Company and Turner Renewable Energy.
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March
15, 2010
San
Francisco, CA, USA: Solarbuzz Reports World Solar Photovoltaic
Market Grew to 6.43 Gigawatt in 2009. World
solar photovoltaic (PV) market installations reached a record
high of 6.43 gigawatt (GW) in 2009, representing growth
of 6% over the previous year, according to the annual PV
market report issued today by Solarbuzz.
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March
15, 2010
Zurich,
Switzerland: ABB Awarded $30 MW Solar Contract.
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group,
has won a $30 million order from GA Solar, part of the Gestamp
Corporation, to deliver a 13 megawatt photovoltaic power
plant in northern Spain.
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March
15, 2010
Rome,
Italy: Statkraft Opens Its First Solar Power Plant in Italy.
Norwegian
power generator Statkraft opens its first solar power plant,
Casale in Aprilia, Italy. Statkraft has also signed an agreement
with Siemens Energy to build more solar power plants in
Italy.
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March
12, 2010
West
Sacramento, CA, USA: Port of Sacramento Now Operating on
Solar Power. The Port of West Sacramento
today unveiled a newly installed solar power system that
will provide all of its electricity needs over the next
25 years.
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March
12, 2010
Bend,
OR, USA: PV Powered Supplies Inverters to Largest Rooftop
Solar Installation in Pacific Northwest. PV
Powered's commercial inverters are being installed in a
new 2.4 MW project in Portland, Ore., the largest rooftop
solar project in the Pacific Northwest.
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March
12, 2010
Niestetal,
Germany: SMA Plans Ontario Manufacturing Facility.
Inverter
manufacturer, SMA Solar Technology AG is to strengthen its
presence in North America with the foundation of a subsidiary
in Canada. The site will be selected during the course of
the first half of 2010.
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March
12, 2010
Tainan,
Taiwan: Applied Materials Expands Solar Equipment, Display
Manufacturing Capability in Taiwan. Applied
Materials has opened its newly expanded Tainan Manufacturing
Center in Tainan, Taiwan. The nearly 15,000 square meter
facility will enhance Applied’s capability to serve its
FPD and thin film solar PV customers in Asia.
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March
11, 2010
San
Jose, CA, USA: Chevron Energy Solutions to Build 3.7MW Solar
Project. Chevron Energy Solutions and East
Side Union High School District in San José, California,
today announced the start of construction on a 3.7-megawatt
solar project.
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March
11, 2010
Rovigo,
Italy: SunEdison to Build 72 MW PV System. SunEdison
has received final approval from the Italian government
to develop and construct a 72 Megawatt photovoltaic solar
power plant in Northeastern Italy, near the town of Rovigo.
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March
11, 2010
Berlin,
Germany: SOLON SE Signs 20 MW Framework Agreement.
SOLON
SE has closed a framework agreement for the supply of solar
modules over several years with the solar distributor entrason
from northern Hesse.
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March
10, 2010
Changzhou,
China: Trina Solar Signs Sales Agreement with US Distributor
Essco. Trina
Solar's subsidiary, Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd.,
has signed a sales agreement with Essco Wholesale Electric,
Inc., the southwest US company of Sonepar USA.
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March
10, 2010
Hsinchu,
Taiwan: DelSolar to Proceed with 900 MW Cell and Module
Manufacturing Plant. The
Board of DelSolar has approved the construction of a new
manufacturing plant in Jhunan, Taiwan.
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March
10, 2010
Rosemead,
CA, USA: SunPower Awarded 200 MW Contract. SunPower
Corporation has won a contract from Southern California
Edison to provide solar technology for generating up to
200 megawatts, or 80 percent, of the solar power capacity
needed for the utility’s large solar photovoltaic installation
program.
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