COMPANYNEWS Dupont attains US LEED
DUPONT, through its wholly owned subsidiary DuPont Apollo, announced that its Shenzhen, China, production facility has received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification for Existing Buildings, Operations and Maintenance (EB: O&M) from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). According to USGBC records, the facility is the first LEED certified thin- film photovoltaic module production facility and the first LEED-EB certified photovoltaic module manufacturing plant in the world to receive this accreditation. The gold certification is the latest recognition for DuPont Apollo’s environmental initiatives and is consistent with the DuPont goal to help reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. DuPont Apollo specializes in silicon-based thin film photovoltaic solar modules.
One key feature enables DuPont Apollo to win the LEED gold rating - their 1.3MW solar rooftop installation made up of the plant’s produced amorphous silicon PV modules.
we hope this is one of a number of actions by DuPont Apollo that sets an important example for other businesses.
Thinking globally and acting locally to affect positive environmental change helps create a healthier working environment for our employees and the larger community, and becomes a principle that is key to continued, sustainable growth and to reducing dependence on fossil fuels.”
LEED gold certification represents one of the highest levels of environmental achievement within the LEED program, an internationally recognized green building certification system to evaluate the environmental performance of a building or a neighborhood development.
“We believe that DuPont Apollo thin-film solar modules should come from a facility designed with environmental responsibility in mind,” said David Chu, chief executive officer, DuPont Apollo. “We are very pleased to know that our efforts to maximize energy efficiencies in the daily operation of our production facility were recognized by USGBC, and
Moroccan deal for Soitec
SOITEC and Schneider Electric have announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding with Masen (Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy), lead player in the Moroccan Solar Plan, on an integrated partnership on Concentrix technology in Morocco. Completion of the project will create a CPV segment serving domestic needs and generating exports of electricity and power plants, thereby contributing to a strategy of controlled energy costs over the long term for Morocco and to the achievement of a plan to build a manufacturing facility in the country. The Franco-Moroccan initiative marks the first utility-scale project under the
Mediterranean Solar Plan in one of the 43 member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), a partnership uniting Europe with countries in the Mediterranean Basin.
The MOU between Soitec, Schneider Electric and Masen is part of the Moroccan Solar Plan. It is supported jointly by the Moroccan and French governments. It has four key components.
The two pilot projects, under study, total 10 MW and will proceed as follows. The first, scheduled for completion in early 2012, involves development, on the technology platform at Masen’s Ouarzazate site, of a 5 MW demonstration unit twinned with Soitec and Schneider Electric facilities in France. A joint basis for research & development will thus be established, facilitating a strategy of knowledge sharing between the partners. The second project involves construction of another 5 MW section using next- generation modules at a site to be approved by the partners.
“This multidimensional pilot partnership on CPV, a promising solar power technology, fits in perfectly with Masen’s vision on integrated development of the Moroccan Solar Plan. This kind of project will undoubtedly be having a positive impact on the sector, and on regional integration, which we’re eager to participate in, alongside organisations like Soitec and Schneider Electric, which share our aims,” remarked Masen chairman Mustapha Bakkoury.
The DuPont Apollo manufacturing facility in Guangming New District, Shenzhen, has a number of environmentally advanced features which enabled the company to win the LEED gold rating. The most notable of all is on its rooftop, a 1.3MW solar installation made up of amorphous silicon photovoltaic modules produced by the plant, which generates approximately 1.5 million kilowatt hours.
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“We are delighted to be working together with Schneider Electric and Masen on this major initiative in the Mediterranean Basin and France as part of this program to develop the production of solar-generated electricity. We are working very closely alongside Masen on rollout of solar power plants in Morocco”, commented André- Jacques Auberton-Hervé, Soitec’s chairman and chief executive officer.
“Schneider Electric has a sixty-year history of working in Morocco, and is delighted to be contributing to the Moroccan Solar Plan. We’ll be working jointly with Soitec to address the needs expressed by Masen,” noted Laurent Bataille, Schneider Electric’s renewable energies director. “Schneider Electric will be harnessing its international expertise to ensure that this project is a success.”
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