Recurrent Energy entered into an 180MW supply agreement with Celestica for the delivery of its crystalline-silicon PV modules to 19 of Recurrent’s Ontario-based solar power projects. The solar projects are part of the Ontario FIT program and will have the Celestica-manufactured solar panels delivered under a multiyear agreement. No financial details were revealed, although full production is expected by this summer.
Parity Solar has installed a built-in photovoltaics (BIPV) system at the New Area Court House complex in Zhenjiang, China. The crystalline and thin-film modules are being installed over the skylight on the complex’s roof and will have a power generation capacity of 200kW.
Pro-Tech Energy Solutions has appointed Richard Cooper as its new president. Cooper will be charged with helping Pro-Tech reach its goal of becoming Northeast America’s biggest developer of turnkey solar projects.
Kyocera has become the latest beneficiary of the Japanese government’s School New Deal initiative, after it was chosen to install more than 1,200 PV systems in schools across the country.
Solar power is coming back to Adrano, home of the one of the first CSP systems. Enel Green Power is starting construction on a new 9MW photovoltaic power plant on the Sicilian site where the historic Eurelios CSP array once operated.
9REN has obtained a new order from Helios to develop, build, and manage a 1MW PV power plant of 1MW in Buseto Palizzolo in the Italian province of Trapani.The location of the new project is close to a 1.9MW system previously contracted with Helios and already under construction.
Despite the confusion over the GSE’s PV installation figures for 2010, Barclays Capital PV analyst Vishal Shah said in an investors note that no matter what the actual installation figure will be for 2010, it is increasingly likely that the Italian government would have to pay for 6GW worth of subsidies at the 2010 FiT rate.
Enecsys has become the first company in the world to receive UL certification for a micro inverter without electrolytic capacitors. The 240-watt inverter has also been certified for use in Europe, thus helping Enecsys to establish itself as one of the few truly global inverter manufacturers.
Scheuten Solar has signed 10MW of new contracts for its turnkey projects in Belgium. The contracts relate to mostly large-scale PV systems on industrial rooftops and include the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) along with operation and maintenance on the systems.
GE Capital, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips have jointly committed US$300 million in capital for a new joint venture: Energy Technology Ventures. The JV will fund around 30 venture-and growth-stage companies over the next four years, including the next generation photovoltaics developer Alta Devices. Although details about financial details of the JV and the initial investments have not been disclosed, the JV will focus early investments in companies developing “game-changing” technologies.
