SunPower wins 11 MW contract from TEP
SunPower will provide Tucson Electric Power (TEP) with 11 megawatts (MW) of solar power systems under a new contract. They will be used for the utility’s TEP Bright Roofs program.
Latin America to see largest CPV system installed
Skyline Solar has been selected for what it says is Latin Americas largest utility-scale concentrated PV (CPV) power plant. The company has also unveiled its new Skyline Solar X14 array.
UK: Wirsol Solar and Corby to create "solar city"
Wirsol Solar UK Ltd and Corby Borough Council have joined forces to install PV systems on “as many council owned properties as practicalities permit” in Corby, England.
Germany: 17 percent renewable electricity
Germanys conservative government has issued its annual report on the contribution of renewable energy to the German energy market in 2010. Wind turbines, hydroelectric plants, solar cells, and biogas digesters now provide nearly 17 percent of the country’s electricity.
Fukushima fallout could create 100 GW of newly installed PV
Following the nuclear disaster in Japan, Bank Sarasin believes the potential now exists to install an additional 100 gigawatts (GW) of PV by 2015.
SunPower to build 5 MW solar farm in Hawaii
SunPower Corporation is to build a five megawatt (MW) solar farm in West Oahu, Hawaii. The generated power will be sold to the Hawaiian Electric Company.
Phoenix Solar to build French PV plant
Phoenix Solar AG is to install a 1.7 megawatt (MW) PV power plant in Frances Haute-Loire department. When completed, it will reportedly be the largest installation of its kind in the department.
German 2010 PV installation figures increased
Since reporting that Germany installed 7,250 megawatts (MW) of PV in 2010, the German Federal Network Agency has altered its September figure, thus taking final newly installed capacity to 7,400 MW.
Suntech to install 10 MW Tibetan solar system
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. will develop a 10 megawatt (MW) solar installation in Tibet. When completed, it will reportedly be one of the highest positioned systems in the world, at 4,000 meters above sea level.
California: Low income families to benefit from new solar partnership
Yingli Green Energy Americas, Inc. has formed a partnership with GRID Alternatives to install one megawatt of solar energy systems for 400 low-income families in California.
