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INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES
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November
6, 2009
Glasgow,
DE, USA: GE to Close Glasgow Solar Panel Plant.
GE will close its solar-panel manufacturing facility
in Glasgow because the facility can no longer produce
panels competitively, the company confirmed today.
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November
6, 2009
Venlo,
Netherlands: Scheuten Solar to Construct PV System
for Loveld NV. Scheuten
Solar has concluded a turnkey EPC contract and a photovoltaics
maintenance contract for the installation of nearly
3,500 solar panels with Loveld NV of Aalter, Belgium.
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November
6, 2009
Geneva,
Switzerland : Etrion Closes Financing on Four Solar
Projects. Etrion
Corporation has closed the financing for the construction
of four solar power plants in southern Italy with
an aggregate capacity of four megawatts.
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November
5, 2009
Berlin,
Germany: Solon Selected to Construct 11MW PV System.
SOLON
SE has been selected to build another turnkey, 11
MWp solar power plant in Spain. The contract was awarded
by Renewable Energies and Photovoltaics Spain S.L.
(REPS), a majority owned subsidiary of the Norwegian
energy company Statkraft AS.
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November
5, 2009
San
Luis Obsipo, CA, USA: Solar Power Company Drops Out
of Plans for Carrizo Plain.
A 177-megawatt solar thermal power plant proposed
for the Carrizo Plain will not be built. In a deal
announced Wednesday, First Solar purchased the one-square-mile
property upon which Ausra Inc. had proposed building
its solar thermal plant.
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November
4, 2009
San
Diego, CA, USA: Sanyo Opens Module Plant in Monterrey,
Mexico.
Sanyo Energy has officially opened and started production
in Monterrey. The plant, located in Nuevo Leon, Mexico,
will be assembling Sanyo’s patented HIT (Heterjunction
with Intrinsic Thin-layer) solar modules.
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November
4, 2009
Madrid,
Spain: Isofoton Supplies Modules to Chrysler Project
in Mexico. Isofoton
has participated in the installation of a new photovoltaic
power generation plant with an intelligent energy
management system that will supply the car factory
of Chrysler in Valle de Derramadero (Mexico).
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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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