January 8, 2009
Arlington, VA, USA: AES Solar Closes €70 million for Spanish PV Projects. AES Solar Energy, a joint venture between The AES Corporation and Riverstone Holdings LLC, has closed a €70 million non-recourse debt facility for five of its photovoltaic projects in Spain.

January 7, 2009
Beltsville, MD, USA: SunEdison Partners with Developers Diversified Realty on Shopping Center PV Deployment. SunEdison today announced a solar distributed generation program with Developers Diversified Realty, a Cleveland-based real estate investment trust (REIT) actively engaged in the development and management of shopping centers.

January 7, 2009
Woodland Hills, CA, USA: Perpetual Energy Systems Activates Four PV Installations. Perpetual Energy Systems (PES), a financier and developer of solar powered renewable energy systems, and Foster’s Wine Estates Americas, a subsidiary of Foster’s Group in Australia, has activated four solar installations.

January 7, 2009
Elk Grove Village, IL, USA: REC Solar Gives IDEC Corporation an Energy Makeover. Lime Energy and REC Solar, Inc., together with IDEC Corporation today announced the completion of a 162 kilowatt (DC) solar electric system and new efficient warehouse lighting system

January 7, 2009
Erfurt, Germany: Masdar PV Signs Letter of Intent with Parabel AG. Masdar PV GmbH, producer of large-scale PV modules, has signed a letter of intent for the delivery of silicon based thin-film modules with Parabel AG

January 6, 2009
Lana'i City, HI, USA: Castle & Cooke and SunPower Dedicate Hawai'i's Largest Solar Power System. Castle & Cooke Hawai'i and SunPower Corporation dedicate today the 1.2-megawatt La Ola Solar Farm on Lana'i in Hawai'i. La Ola, which is translated from Hawaiian as "sun that gives life".

January 5, 2009
Baoding, China: Yingli Green Energy Signs Sales Contract with GOLDBECK Solar. Yingli Green Energy has entered into a sales contract with GOLDBECK Solar GmbH, a leading German PV system specialist company for PV applications on industrial buildings.

January 5, 2009
Valley Center, CA, USA: Water District Deploys 1.1 MW Array. WorldWater & Solar Technologies has completed installation of a 1.1 MW solar power system for the Valley Center Municipal Water District (VCMWD) of Valley Center, California.

January 5, 2009
Roseville, CA, USA: Solar Power, Inc. and JA Solar Sign Cell Agreement. Solar Power, Inc. (SPI) has entered into a one-year supply agreement with JA Solar. JA Solar has committed to supply up to 60 megawatts of its 6” polycrystalline photovoltaic cells based on monthly requirements from SPI.

January 2, 2009
Hong Kong, China: CTDC to Build 30MW On-Grid Solar Power Station. China Technology Development Group Corporation and Qinghai New Energy Group Co., Ltd have signed an agreement with local government of Qinghai Haixi Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Region to build a 30MW on-grid solar power station in Qaidam Basin of northwestern China.