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Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. (SNRY) has signed a letter of intent to install USD$16 million worth of photovoltaics (PV) systems on government buildings in Pennsylvania, the U.S.

The Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University has been crowned this year’s winner of the Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 competition for its Lumenhaus submission.

Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries has said it is looking to hit a production capacity of one gigawatt (GW) and sales of one trillion by 2012, in a bid to become a world leader in solar power production.

Australia is set to see its largest flat panel solar facility installed at the University of Queensland (UQ).

The Shunk Group has quadrupled its production capacity in the high temperatures material sector through a series of new facilities and plant expansions.

Japan-based Kaneka Solartech Co., Ltd. has completed the expansion of its thin film photovoltaics facilities by 80 megawatts (MW), thus bringing its annual production total to 150 MW. Meanwhile, the company says it is looking to further expand its solar energy operations.

Q-Cells has said it is handing over two solar energy systems with a total capacity of 11 megawatt peak (MWp) to the Berlin-based MCG Management Capital Group.

Universal Solar Technology Inc. has signed a sales contract for USD$32.6 million with the CEZ Group, part of the largest electricity producer in the Czech Republic.

Pacific Blue Energy Corp. (PBEC) has announced its intentions to partner with Siliken Renewable Energy to build a 15 megawatt (MW) solar farm in Arizona, the U.S.

Signalling its interest in the El Salvadorian solar market, Milenio Solar has signed a contract for a parabolic through power plant feasibility study with Inversiones Energéticas S.A. de C.V.