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INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES
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November
3, 2009
Escondido,
CA, USA: enXco Enters into Module Supply Agreement
with Suntech. enXco has entered into
a sales agreement with Suntech Power to supply up
to 115 megawatts of photovoltaic modules in 2010.
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November
3, 2009
Cambridge,
MA, USA: Total Signs Research Agreement for Solar
Power Storage. Total
has signed a research agreement with the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop new stationary
batteries that are designed to enable the storage
of solar power.
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November
3, 2009
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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November
3, 2009
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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November
2, 2009
Salem,
OR, USA: Sanyo Starts Production at Oregon Plant.
Sanyo
has officially opened it manufacturing plant for photovoltaic
products in the Salem Energy and Technology Park and
production has now started.
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October
30, 2009
San
Jose, CA, USA: Cupertino Electric Installs Solar System
at Orchard School. Cupertino
Electric's Energy Alternatives Division (CEI-EA) has
completed installation of the solar photovoltaic system
for the Orchard School District located in San Jose,
Calif.
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October
30, 2009
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
30, 2009
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
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October
29, 2009
San
Francisco, CA, USA: BP Solar and Petra Solar Co-operate
on Solar AC Systems for Utilities. BP
Solar and Petra Solar, Inc. today announced plans
to cooperate in the development of Alternating Current
(AC) solar module products, initially targeting distributed
utility-scale projects.
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October
29, 2009
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
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
28, 2009
Denver,
CO, USA: Xcel Energy to Add More Solar Power in Colorado.
Xcel Energy Inc. has added more than 257 megawatts
of solar power to its plan for meeting Colorado's
renewable energy standard by 2020.
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October
28, 2009
Fremont,
CA, USA: Satcon Selected for 5 Megawatt CalRENEW-1
Solar Farm. Satcon Technology has been
selected for the CalRENEW-1 installation, the first
utility-scale photovoltaic solar farm to be approved
by the California Public Utilities Commission under
the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard program.
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