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Applications & Installations
Tenesol completes 100 kW rooftop system on Sicilian organic farm International photovoltaic manufacturer and installer Tenesol has completed a rooftop solar power system on an organic farm using 432 modules manufactured in France, which is its first turnkey photovoltaic project in Italy.
Jonathan Gifford
Jun 05, 2011
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Applications & Installations
Solar Frontier and HopSol sign deal to move into southern Africa German and Swiss photovoltaic companies sign three year deal to work on solar projects in southern Africa in the “double digit megawatt range”.
Jonathan Gifford
Jun 05, 2011
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Markets & Policy
UK: Solar Trade Association challenges government in new report Industry body takes the fight for a solar UK to government, claiming 360,000 jobs can be created by 2020.
Jonathan Gifford
Jun 02, 2011
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Applications & Installations
T-Solar forms partnership to move into Indian PV market Spanish solar power producer and installer T-Solar has announced a partnership with India’s Astonfield Renewables to build five MW solar plant.
Jonathan Gifford
Jun 02, 2011
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Applications & Installations
Australia: FIT changes may lead to dangerous installations Consumer protection body enters the debate over safety of solar panel installations in the Australian state of New South Wales.
Jonathan Gifford
Jun 02, 2011
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Applications & Installations
2.4 MW solar installation at Pearl Harbor Naval Base DRI Energy and Niking Corp. install SolarWorld photovoltaic panels on five key buildings at the historic US Naval Base.
Jonathan Gifford
Jun 02, 2011
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Martifer Solar move into India with 25 MW solar plant Spanish photovoltaic company Martifer Solar has announced it will work in India for the first time, with local firm Louroux Bio Energies Ltd. to install a solar plant worth 25 megawatt (MW).
Jonathan Gifford
May 31, 2011
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Applications & Installations
China: Canadian Solar announces second manufacturing facility in Jiangsu Province Canadian Solar announced today that it will build a 600 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic cell production factory in China, only one day after announcing its intention to build a 600 MW wafer manufacturing plant in the country.
Jonathan Gifford
May 31, 2011
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Applications & Installations
Martifer Solar moves into India with 25 MW solar plant Portuguese photovoltaic company Martifer Solar has announced it will work in India for the first time, with local firm Louroux Bio Energies Ltd., to install a solar plant worth 25 megawatts (MW).
Jonathan Gifford
May 31, 2011