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Solarhybrid to purchase 2.25 GW of solar capacity
Germany’s Solar Millennium AG will sell its 2 solar power projects to Solarhybrid AG planned to be built in the United States for an unknown sum. The solar parks of 2.24 GW and 1GW capacity will be based in the United States.
read more... 10/10/2011
Largest solar bridge in the world to be built in UK
The Blackfriars Railway Bridge of London, which is spanning the River Thames, will soon see a massive reconstruction, with 4,400 individual solar panels to be installed, becoming thus the largest solar bridge in the world.
read more... 07/10/2011
First Solar receive 455.7 million dollars guarantee
U.S. Export-Import Bank approved the largest guarantee for the biggest American producer of thin-film solar modules, First Solar Inc., worth 455.7 million dollars for 18 years refund period. The loan will be used for the construction of two power projects in Canada.
read more... 04/10/2011
A 900% growth in British solar capacity
A 900% increase in the development of the British solar power was registered in just 18 months notwithstanding of a forecasted recession in the British economy. In line with the discharged figures by AEA, a British energy and environmental consultancy firm, solar panels capacity represents about 75% of the renewable installations in the UK, while wind energy and hydropower installations have doubled since the entering into force of the feed- in tariff system.
read more... 27/09/2011
U.S. PV Solar Installations Sharply Increased in Q2 2011
U.S. grid-connected installations of photovoltaic solar panels increased by 69% in Q2 2011 year-over-year, reaching 314 MW, and by 17% quarter-over-quarter mainly due to nonresidential and utility-scale projects which overshadowed a weaker residential solar market as recently published in a report released by industry trade group the Solar Energy Industries Association and research firm GTM Research, U.S. Solar Market Insight.
read more... 21/09/2011