SunEdison will double the size of its project pipeline by building 51 new PV systems in Thailand. Independent US Government agency Overseas Private Investment Corporation is contributing US$250 million towards the plaqnned portfolio, which will have a combined capacity of 520MW
SunEdison has secured a US$300 million credit facility from Deutsche Bank Securities and Rabobank to help fund its planned North American portfolio of utility and rooftop PV systems. The three-year non-recourse credit facility is one of the largest ever issued for solar projects.
German PV manufacturer Solarwatt has signalled its intention to move into the Scandinavian solar market by signing a distribution agreement with Danish firm Solarglas. The agreement will see Solarglas, which is based in Denmark’s second city, Aarhus, market Solarwatt’s modules and system solutions to its growing number of clients in the residential and business sectors.
Seraphim Solar System’s modules have passed the Italian Certification Authority’s ICIM (Istituto di Certificazione Industriale per la Meccanica) evaluation. ICIM’s assessment covered Seraphim’s entire management system and the certification will be a boon to the Changzhou-based firm’s hopes of establishing itself in Italy’s highly-competitive PV industry.
Voltaix has formed a sales and customer support office in Shanghai, China. The company’s Asian business manager, Yun Liu, will be responsible for running the office and also implementing the regional sales and marketing strategy.
KDC Solar has joined forces with SunDurance Energy and the County of Middlesex, New Jersey to build a 6.7MW solar array. The ground-mounted system will generate 8.45 million kWh of solar electricity a year, catering for all of the energy requirements of the Middlesex Apple Orchard Complex in North Brunswick where it is being built.
The US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has officially certified an aperture efficiency of 17.1% for a solar cell fabricated using Nanosolar's non-vacuum, flexible foil technology. The tests were carried out on September 1 under standard test conditions of 1000W/m2 at 25°C.
Martifer Solar has signed a contract to install a 22MW PV project in Portugal. The system, which will be the largest in Portugal when completed next year, is being commissioned by an unnamed client of BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners.
Q-Cells North America has chosen Satcon Technology to supply an additional 40MW of its Prism Platform solutions for its Starwood solar project in Sault St Marie, Ontario. Q-Cells will use a combination of eight 1.25MW Equinox Prism Platforms and 24 1.25MW Solstice Prism Platform solutions at the site.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dealt a blow to Germany’s flagging downstream sector by questioning its credibility as a commercially viable energy source and calling for a further cut to its feed-in tariff.
