Martifer Solar will construct two PV plants in Southern Italy producing a combined total of 6MW a year. A local company controlled by Infrastructure will manage the two facilities.
Kyocera will supply 3MW of solar modules to the Omuta solar power plant in Japan, designed by Kyushu Electric Power and constructed by Nishinippon Plant Engineering and Construction (NPC).
Jim Pape has joined SunPower as president of the residential and commercial business group. The company has also established a business group profit and loss (P&L) organizational structure to align its sales, engineering, construction, and customer service teams. Howard Wenger will now serve as president of the utilities and power plants business group.
SMG Indium Resources has closed a private placement for total gross proceeds of US$5,818,000. Rodman & Renshaw acted as placement agent for the offering. SMG plans to use the net proceeds to purchase and stockpile processed and mined indium ingots and for general corporate and working capital purposes.
JA Solar Holdings has appointed Dr. Peng Fang as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Fang will work alongside Baofang Jin who will remain in his role as executive chairman.
Advanced Energy has partnered with AMEC to provide SiteGuard services for Colorado State University's 2MW PV solar power plant located in Fort Collins, Colorado under a multi-year agreement. The new solar facility started producing power in December 2009 and will be fully commissioned in early 2010.
General Plasma (GPI) has appointed Dr. Troy Shangguan as its chief technology officer (CTO). Shangguan comes to GPI from Applied Materials, where he worked at the director of advanced technology.
Xslent Energy Technologies has received UL 1741 approval for the XPX A1000 smart grid micro PV inverter. The XPX A1000 is targeted to the residential and commercial markets and will be licensed and distributed under the Powered by XETTM label.
AmpleSun and partner Broosha Solar Italia have reached an agreement with the Research and Technological Innovation Agency (R&TIA) for the supply of 500KWp of amorphous-silicon thin-film modules ASF Series.
