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Abound Solar and Solar Integration Systems India (Solarsis) revealed that they had commissioned a 1MW solar PV plant in Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh, India on January 14. The project was commissioned under the Rooftop and Other Small Solar Power Generation Plant (RPSSGP) scheme managed by IREDA under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). It is the first project in the state of Andhra Pradesh to use Abound’s CdTe thin-film modules.
Borrego Solar Systems and Bentek Solar have entered a 25MW supply agreement, which will see Bentek Solar provide various large-scale combiners, re-combiners, disconnect safety systems and accessories to Borrego Solar. Bentek’s technology will be used in Borrego Solar PV solar systems.
REC Solar, in partnership with the primary contractor for this project, AECOM Technology Corporation, has unveiled a 1.16MW installation at California State University, US. The three systems feature 4,956 REC peak energy series panels. REC Solar has installed three solar systems: two on CSU buildings at the Fullerton campus and one on a parking structure carport. The installation also includes a solar-powered electric vehicle charging stations.
Following a successful trial project in 2010, Brussels Airport has now installed 7,220 monocrystalline solar panels to its logistics building at Brucargo West. With a total capacity of 1.7MWp and an annual energy production of 1,500MWh, this output is comparable to the annual energy consumption of about 450 families. The energy produced is injected straight into the airport’s power grid and will cover about 1% of the annual consumption of the airport.
Suntrix has revealed that it completed a 700kW high-concentrated PV (HCPV) plant Golmud, Qinghai at the end of last year. The project, the date of completion of which was not revealed, is owned by GD Solar. The developer chose the area for its aridity, which is in the region of around 32% relative humidity.
Claimed to be one of the largest solar farms in the state, this 28-acre plot on Dixon Dairy Road, North Carolina, US, is now on the grid, using a total of 22,000 panels to power 600 homes in the area.
BlueChip Energy has announced that the Commission of the City of Eustis, Lake County, US, authorized the mayor to execute a commercial lease with the company for 300 acres of land to be developed into a 60MW solar farm. The property, owned by the city, was use for as a wastewater spray field and is no longer needed.
A 11.7 MWp PV power plant, completed late last year by Masdar PV in Thuringia, Germany, used dual-junction ‘micromorph’ silicon technology and amorphous technology with over half being full sized modules.
For the second consecutive year after autumn 2009, preliminary estimates of electricity demand in Italy last year shows a 0.6% growth on 2010. The total energy demand in 2011 amounted to 332.3 billion kWh. PV accounted for 2.8% out of 64.7% of domestic production. However, the net national production (289.2 billion kWh) is a decrease of 0.5% compared to 2010.
Solar industry business people are continuing to investment in the Middle East. Terra Nex, a wealth management company specializing in Middle East investment and Germany-based Middle East Best Select (MEBS) plan a US$2 billion integrated project to develop 400MW of solar technology in the oil and gas exporting country, including facilities to manufacture solar panels for Oman and for export.
