Uni Land has signed an agreement with EOS Energia for the construction of 10MW photovoltaic systems on greenhouses in Italy. EOS Energia will manage the design, procurement and construction of the greenhouses and will ensure that each plant is connected by the end of 2010.
O'Neal, the Greenville-based integrated design and construction firm, has formed a strategic partnership with Scheuten Solar USA. The two companies plan to offer turnkey PV solar systems for industrial, commercial, institutional, and utility-scale solar projects.
Using its bitumen-based roof covering, which is integrated with ECD’s Uni-Solar flexible a-Si thin-film laminates, Derbigum has installed approximately 3MW of BIPV commercial roofing systems at three logistics buildings for the supermarket chain Lidl in France. A 1.1MW system was installed at its Cambrai facility, a 1.1MW system in Vars, and 800kW at Les Arcs.
MCP Group, a specialty chemicals producer of thin-film metals such as indium, gallium, selenium, and tellurium, is combining manufacturing operations into Atlumin Energy to streamline operations and meet growing demand, especially from the thin-film PV industry. Copy-exact processes at its U.K. operations in Wellingborough are to be expanded to its Sunnyvale, CA, facilities.
Continually rising module efficiencies are finally making an impact in demand for Inventux Technologies tandem (a-Si/μc-Si) junction ‘micromorph’ thin-film modules, as the start-up says it is at full capacity in its 33MW plant near Berlin, Germany. Coupled to its professional sales network with direct customer access, Inventux says that it is producing a 132W module with 9.2%-plus stabilized efficiency, up from 8.9% in April 2009, and is currently sold out of modules during the winter months.
Ranier Aringhoff has been appointed as chief operating officer and management board member of the Desertec Industrial Initiative joint venture. The former president of Solar Millennium will be responsible for the conceptual preparation and planning of reference projects.
Honeywell will supply the process automation and control platform for Woongjin Polysilicon's new production plant in South Korea. The solar polysilicon manufacturer will use the supplier's Experion process knowledge system with Foundation Fieldbus solutions to help the Sangju factory produce an estimated 5000 tons of polysilicon annually.
Solar developer/financier Helio Micro Utility (Helio mU) has acquired Simple Energies, a renewable energy project development firm with a 50MW global pipeline. As part of the deal, Simple Energies CEO and industry veteran Ty Jagerson joins Helio mU's executive management team.
Phoenix Solar has completed the installation of a thin-film PV plant built on the new company operations centre of Applied Materials in Singapore. This project is the largest thin-film PV application in the city, with modules covering 5.7m2.
Dow Jones & Co. plans to build a 4.1MW solar photovoltaic power plant on the 200-acre campus of its corporate offices in South Brunswick, NJ. The design of the installation calls for more than 13,000 solar panels, covering nearly 230,000 square feet of parking space.
