Goldbeck completes UKs largest PV rooftop system
The Goldbeck Group has announced the completion of a 515 kilowatt peak (kWp) photovoltaics rooftop system in Bradford, the UK. It is said to be the largest installation of its kind in the country.
Germany: SolarWorld opens 600 MW PV module factory
SolarWorld AG has opened Germanys largest photovoltaic module manufacturing facility. The capacity expansion takes the companys annual production from 170 megawatts (MW) to 600. Over 250 extra jobs are also expected to be created.
SDG&E and Soitec sign CPV contracts worth 125 MW
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and subsidiaries of Soitec Solar Development, LLC have signed two 25-year solar contracts worth a total of 125 megawatts (MW) to be generated in the utilitys service territory.
Work begins on 11 MWp German PV park
IBC Solar has officially begun construction on an over 11 megawatt peak (MWp) photovoltaics park in the German state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. Scheduled for completion in August, it is expected to be one of the largest installations in the region.
Solon to build large scale UK PV park
Solon has started construction on a 408 kilowatt photovoltaic park in the UK. It is expected to be one of the few large-scale solar parks built before the proposed feed-in tariff changes come into play in August.
4 MW PV system part of USs biggest Zero Net Energy development
As part of the largest planned Zero Net Energy development in the U.S., SunPower is designing and building a four megawatt photovoltaic installation. The project will comprise both rooftop systems and parking canopies.
Scheuten supplys solar panels to Netherlands BIPV project
Scheuten Solar has announced it will provide over 3,000 solar panels to Rotterdams central train station in the Netherlands. The integrated glass-glass panels will reportedly constitute the countrys largest building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) project.
Hundreds protest against Australian solar tariff reductions
Angry solar panel owners in Australia have protested across the state of New South Wales today after the new coalition government decided to alter the funding for solar installations, including dropping the feed-in tariff from 60 to 40 cents (45 to 30 euro cents) per kilowatt-hour on already existing contracts.
Canada: Schmid sells 60 MW PV module line to Magnum Pv
Marking its entry into the North American market, Schmid has sold a 60 megawatt photovoltaic module line to Ontario-based Magnum Pv.
GCL-Poly begins construction on 5 MW San Diego project
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Limited has begun construction on a five megawatt photovoltaics project, located in the U.S.s San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD).
