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term sales contract worth up to $320M ceremony of India-Switzerland Friendship companies have expanded their success-
with Carlisle Energy Services, a newly Treaty. The plane, according to him, aims ful cooperation that started last year. The
formed division of Carlisle Construc- to demonstrate the “immense potential” of contract between SCHOTT Solar and En-
tion Materials, a leading manufacturer of renewable energy by flying day and night erpoint covers a steadily increasing supply
energy-efficient single-ply roofing systems. using no fuel and creating no pollution. of polycrystalline silicon modules, expected
The multi-year sales contract adds to Solyn- The undersides of the wings are covered to represent a total power output of 35
dra’s previously announced order backlog. with flexible film and the upper surface megawatts in coming years. Through this
The solar panels for these contracts will with a skin of encapsulated solar cells. major contract, Enerpoint becomes the
be manufactured at Solyndra’s facilities in It has a 61 metre wingspan for improved official dealer for SCHOTT Solar modules
Fremont and Milpitas, California. aerodynamics.
www.solarimpulse.com in Italy.
www.schott.com,
www.enerpoint.net
www.solyndra.com
SCHOTT Solar signs long-term Solar panel overcapacity expected
Foresight’s solar fund to invest in contract with Enerpoint S.p.A. in 2009, says The Information
Italian and Greek PV projects SCHOTT Solar and Italy’s Enerpoint Network
Foresight Group’s European new Solar S.p.A. have signed a long term supply While solar energy panel sales have and
Fund is to invest in solar photovoltaic contract for the delivery of 35 megawatts will continue to grow at a rate of about
opportunities in Italy and Greece, with the of modules. By closing this deal, the 40% per year, market research firm The
intention of expanding to other Southern
European markets in the future. Foresight
is looking to take advantage of the long
term government backed incentives, in the
form of feed-in tariffs, and asset-backed
projects using established technologies, to
build a dedicated portfolio of projects in
this fast growing renewable energy sector.
The fund aims to generate returns for in-
vestors in the form of annual distributions
and capital gains on the sale of assets.
www.foresightgroup.eu
Suzlon Energy to make foray into
solar power
Leading wind power equipment maker
Suzlon Energy on Monday announced its
plans to venture into the solar energy sec-
tor. Chairman and managing director Tulsi
R. Tanti said this would be in addition
to the plans for tapping the wind power
potential in the country. The company, he
said, had already identified sites in Rajast-
han and Gujarat for setting up solar energy
power plants stating that only 10 acres of
land was required for one MW of solar
power generation. However, Mr. Tanti
refused to spell out any financial details of
the company for investment in this sector.
The current order book of Suzlon Energy
stands at US$ 3 billion (Rs. 15,000 crore)
for projects worth 2,500 MW.
www.suzlon.com
Solar plane to take off in April
‘Solarimpulse,’ a solar plane, dubbed
a revolutionary project in the field of
aviation, will have its first test flight
Switzerland this April, according to an
officer associated with the project. The
microlight-like plane is also scheduled to
take off for a round-the-world flight in
May 2011. The pollution-free plane would
fly with zero fuel on the strength of solar
power both day and night, whose prototype
was displayed at Jaipur as part of the 60th
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