Featured in Testing the waters – 07-2011

White elephant

Portugal: Despite its status as “Project of National Interest” and approved public funding totaling 128 million euros, businessman Alexandre Alves’s PV factory project, RPP Solar, is battling financing and payment problems.
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“The sun is our DNA.” This was the motto greeting readers of RPP Solar’s glossy brochure at the EU PVSEC exhibition in Valencia in September 2010. All over the orange-and-white walls of the Portuguese solar manufacturer’s exhibit booth, one word stood out: “ahead.” A clear marketing message: the RPP Solar project wants to stay one …

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