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SunEdison has received final approval from the Italian government to develop and construct what will be the largest solar power plant in Europe. The 72MW project will be based in Northeastern Italy, near the town of Rovigo.

PV Technologies India Limited (PVTIL), a subsidiary of Moser Baer India Limited (MBIL), has successfully completed the testing and validation of a process that will enhance the stable efficiency of its single-junction amorphous-silicon thin-film module from 6% to 7.3%.

A senior government delegation visited Yingli Green Energy's headquarters in Baoding on March 5 and 6, 2010. Attendees included Jiang Zemin, former president of China, Zeng Peiyan, former vice premier of China, and Zhang Guobao, director of the National Energy Administration of China.

PV Powered commercial inverters have been installed in a new office-building project in Lakewood, New Jersey.  Premier Power Renewable Energy completed the design, engineering and installation of the project, which also features new high-density CIGS thin-film cylindrical solar panels by Solyndra.

Phaesun, along with its partner Ikratos Africa, is constructing 10 solar power plants in Koudougou Region in Burkina Faso, which is one of the poorest regions in the world. The plants are due to be completed at the end of March 2010 and will provide renewable electricity for telecommunications plants.

Proinso has been awarded the supply of various solar PV farms in Greece, which will all together amount to more than 3.2MW of installed capacity.

Tribridge, the U.S-based IT services and business consulting firm, has entered into a contract with SpectraWatt to provide software and services to deploy an ERP system for the start-up company's new production facility and administrative offices in Fishkill, N.Y.

Kyocera has announced that it will significantly increase its annual solar cell production targets to meet the growing demand for solar energy products in the global market. New targets aim for an increase to 1GW annually by March 2013, which is more than 2.5 times the current fiscal year 2010 production volume of 400MW.

Since the release of the feed-in tariff rates for the UK, Sharp Energy Solutions Europe has announced that it plans to significantly expand its resources in the region as the company expects a large amount of PV uptake within the next couple of years.

Colexon Energy has begun the construction of a solar power plant with a total capacity of almost 1MWp in the North Italian community Imola. The plant will benefit from the feed-in tariff in Italy, which is set for 20 years.