The Saint Charles International fruit and vegetable distribution centre in Perpignan, France is now the site of the world’s largest building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) system, after 97,000 Solaire France Sunstyle PV roofing tiles were installed on its roof.
Belgian rail network operator Infrabel has opened its new Paris to Amsterdam high-speed rail link tunnel, which features 16,000 solar panels on its 3.4km rooftop.
Gloucester Marine Terminal has enlisted the help of SunPower to build North America’s largest rooftop solar installation on its refrigerated warehouse near the Walt Whitman Bridge in New Jersey.
Conergy has broken new ground by completing work on its maiden North American solar installation in Hawaii. The 320kW system is housed on the roof of Fujifilm’s regional office in Oahu and was developed in partnership with local developer 21st Century.
Conergy has finished work on its 1.75MW rooftop PV system on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria. The system, situated on the roof of coffee roaster Emicela in Agüimes, took just two months to complete and will generate up to 2,600 MWh of electricity annually.
Solar Nation has installed and commissioned a 876kW solar power system on the rooftop of Sunham Home Fashions distribution center in New Providence, New Jersey.
Solar Rainbow Services will be installing a 1MW solar PV system at Omni Holdings’ South Plainfield, New Jersey facility. The first phase includes a 330kW system on 40,000 square feet of roof space.
Solar Rainbow Services and Carlisle Energy Services have joined forces to install a 2.3MW rooftop PV system on Jordache Enterprises’ New Jersey distribution center and warehouse.
Bisol has completed a 1MW rooftop solar power plant installation in the region of Koroška in northern Slovenia. Working with Intereuropa and Volksbank International the company connected the system to the grid in January 2011.
Martifer Solar has installed a 2.88MW rooftop facility in the Czech Republic’s capital city, Prague. The 67,816-square-metre array covers six separate buildings in an out-of-city industrial park and is operated by a third-party.