Solar accounted for 1.3% of electricity demand in 2011 across the European territories covered by umbrella grid operator body ENTSO-E, figures published by the organisation reveal.
German development bank KfW has signed off a €100 million loan to Morocco’s solar energy agency MASEN to build a CSP plant in the south-central area of the country.
Shipments of both polysilicon and solar wafers at GCL-Poly, China’s largest producer, fell significantly in the third quarter of 201 underlining the overall weakness in demand from major tier 1 module manufacturing customers based in China.
Megalim Solar Power, a company established by BrightSource Energy and Alstom, has won the bid to build a 121MW solar thermal power plant in Israel. The construction contract was awarded by Israel’s inter-ministerial Tender Committee.
System supplier Conergy provided 324 modules to the Yaowawit School and Lodge, a home for orphans and disadvantaged children in Kapong in Phang Nga Province in southern Thailand.
Specialty metal and chemical products producer 5N Plus has opened a new recycling facility within the Kulim High Technology Park in Malaysia, completed under budget.
Product manufacturer Isofoton has signed an agreement worth approximately US$100 million with the National Electricity Council of Ecuador, CONELEC, to construct a 50MW PV plant in the country.
Power-One, an inverter manufacturer, and module manufacturer Phono Solar signed a strategic alliance to market and sell PV systems using their respective technologies.
German renewable energy specialist juwi has constructed its first project in Egypt — an off-grid hybrid system which consists of a 50kW PV system, four small wind turbines and a battery storage unit.
