COMPANYNEWS New French project
PHOENIX SOLAR signed an agreement with LHI Leasing GmbH (LHI) on the turnkey construction of a solar park in France with a peak power of around 1.7 megawatts (MWp). This makes the solar power plant the largest in the Haute-Loire department.
The solar park will be built at around 650 meters above sea level on a surface area of approximately 4.4 hectares which is about the size of six football pitches. An anticipated annual energy yield in excess of 2 million kilowatt hours can supply more than 500 French households with environmentally compatible electricity.
La Rouchouse Solar Park is the first project that Phoenix Solar has developed with a partner in the region. More solar projects with this project developer are at the preparation stage.
As general contractor, Phoenix Solar will be responsible for the planning, delivery and construction of the solar park. Construction work is due to start before the end of March, and completion has been scheduled for July. Phoenix Solar will then take over the maintenance and operation of the power plant. As all the necessary official approvals had been secured at an early stage, electricity fed into the grid will be compensated by energy utility EDF based on the feed-in tariffs valid in 2010, which is 33.91 euro
Inverter expansion
Solectria Renewables celeberated its 800MW manufacturing capacity expansion at its facility in Lawrence, MA. The celebration was attended by distinguished Commonwealth of Massachusetts officials including Niki Tsongas, Congresswoman, 5th District; Phil Giudice, Energy Undersecretary, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs; Mark Silvia, Commissioner, DOER; and Barry Finegold, State Senator.
“It is an honor to be a part of this celebration,” said Congresswoman Niki Tsongas. “Solectria’s expansion in Lawrence is creating clean energy jobs in our own backyard while promoting
reliable, domestically produced sources of energy.”
“This expansion brings more good news to the Massachusetts clean energy sector. The Commonwealth congratulates Solectria Renewables for creating and maintaining local manufacturing and professional jobs,” Energy
Undersecretary for the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Phil Giudice, said. “With the Patrick Administration’s unwavering support and the strongest framework for clean energy in the country, Massachusetts continues to emerge as a national center for clean energy technology development.”
Indian growth
CENTROTHERM PHOTOVOLTAICS AG is strengthening its presence in Asia with a subsidiary in Bangalore. This allows the supplier to to expand sales and service activities in the growth market of India. At a formal opening ceremony today, representatives from the business and political arenas paid tribute to the internationally leading photovoltaics specialist’s commitment within the region.
cent per kilowatt hour in this region. “We have the greatest confidence in the abilities of Phoenix Solar AG. The company’s experience of more than a decade in building large-scale photovoltaic power plants makes it the ideal partner for us. It worked very well in Germany and so we are pleased to be going to France together”, stated Franz Unterbichler, head of Renewable Energies at LHI.
“We are delighted that we now have the privilege of building a large-scale photovoltaic plant for LHI in France. We made a conscious decision for the French solar market by establishing our subsidiary in Lyon, and we will be operating in this market in both the components and systems and the power plant business”, commented Ulrich Reidenbach, Chief Sales Officer of Phoenix Solar AG.
India is regarded as an important growth market in the renewable energies area: the country aims to create solar electricity capacities of around 20 gigawatts by 2022 as part of its “National Solar Mission”. The “National Solar Mission” government initiative mandates that as of next year the crystalline solar cells destined for the domestic market must also be manufactured in India.
“This local content regulation will act as an additional growth driver. With our subsidiary in India we have taken a key step to tap these tremendous potentials by way of our local presence”, explained Dr. Thomas Riegler, CFO of centrotherm photovoltaics AG.
“Moreover, it is our declared aim to offer advanced, leading edge technology and excellent service by our closeness to customers. We have already been maintaining partnerships with our Indian customers over many years. And we are firmly convinced of the further, successful and sustained development of the Indian photovoltaics market.”
India is the latest growth area for centrotherm in the Asian economic region. The company has been present to date with subsidiaries in China, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.
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