Europe

The Energy Solutions division of German technology manufacturer Gildemeister has been awarded contracts worth €29.2 million (US$38.5 million) to deliver PV power plants and energy storage technology in Romania, Germany and Italy.

German PV project developer Conergy has built a 1MW PV system in Uckerland, Brandenburg in Germany in collaboration with its long-term partner SolEnergy.

Photovoltaic solutions company Scheuten Solar has completed a solar power system for supermarket Lidl in Weert, the Netherlands.

Regional utility firm Stadtwerke Heidelberg and PV project developer Conergy are collaborating to construct a 1.1MW PV array on a landfill site in Feilheck in Heidelberg, Germany.

Chinese manufacturer Suntech is to supply 25MW of polycrystalline solar modules to Italian EPC SunSystem for two PV projects in Romania.

German PV systems integrator Phoenix Solar has announced plans to build a 4.2MW solar park on a former military site in the district of Jerichower Land in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

UK-based solar wafer producer, PV Crystalox Solar will implement a significant reduction in its workforce, while discontinuing its polysilicon operations in Germany and heavily cut ingot production in the UK and wafer production in Germany.

MPrime, a subsidiary of Martifer Solar has received Italian UNI 9177 Fire Reaction certification, which was carried out by the LAPI laboratory.

French solar technology start-up company Solaire 2G has signed a partnership agreement with Belgian module producer Soltech.

Wacker Chemie, a Munich-based manufacturer of solar products, will see its current executive board member and personnel director, Wilhelm Sittenthaler, step down on 31 December 2012.