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Inauguration of facility at the Cooperative’s headquarters in Modica, Sicily
The facility, with 200kWp of total power, was installed by Cerberus S.A. on the roof of the loading platform for this distribution centre, taking advantage of an area that was not being used by the warehouse.
The solar panels it uses are highly-efficient, Isofoton ISF-230 III-V modules, manufactured in the Research & Development Centre of Málaga. Conad Sicilia invested €1 million in these solar panels, in order to reduce its emissions by 30% compared to 2010 and to generate a yearly electrical energy production of 326,700 kWh.
Giorgio Ragusa, General Manager for Conad Sicilia declared: “This facility is the first step in an ambitious project that aims to protect the environment and to promote clean energy production using photovoltaic energy. We anticipate an overall reduction in carbon dioxide emissions of 103 tonnes, which translates into an environmental benefit equivalent to forest plantation covering 11 hectares.”
“This investment is closely aligned with our environmental sustainability policy. In fact, for quite a few years now we have been firmly committed to reducing our energy consumption by designing and building new, environmentally-friendly points of sale that take advantage of innovative technical solutions in energy savings and ecological processes. Ours is the first industrial area to have invested in clean energy production,” continued Ragusa.
Juan Manuel Antelo, Country Manager for Isofoton Italia, highlighted how important it was for Isofoton to be chosen by a strategic partner like Conad, not only for the prestige of the project and the possibility of continuing to develop photovoltaic systems for the cooperative’s supermarket chain, but also in stipulating public awareness of solar energy through “ad hoc” informational campaigns conducted within the actual supermarkets. Conad Sicilia will be soon launching its international campaign “Your Sun Your Energy,” dedicated to informing consumers on the benefits of solar photovoltaic energy.
Phoenix Solar stretches its wings in India
The Asia Pacific subsidiary of Germany-based Phoenix Solar AG will install two 1 MWp facilities in the states of Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. The systems will use MiaSolé CIGS modules and First Solar cadmium telluride modules.
Phoenix Solar Pte in Singapore has signed two contracts in the Asia Pacific region totalling 2 megawatts peak power (MWp).
India’s PV market grew by 57 percent to reach approximately 69 MWp in 2010 and the government plans 20 GW of installed photovoltaic capacity by 2022. “India is poised for expansion and offers immense market potential. The country’s high insolation (1,500 – 2,000 kWh/m²), combined with plentiful available land, strong demand and power purchase agreements (PPA) makes it an ideal location for solar PV”, said Christophe Inglin, Managing Director of Phoenix Solar Pte.
Phoenix Solar Singapore and local company Alectrona Energy Private have contracts to jointly supply and install a 1 MWp system in Tamil Nadu for Great Shine Holdings Pvt, a subsidiary of Zynergy Projects and Services Pvt.
The system uses CIGS modules from MiaSolé, and SMA inverters. Approximately 9,000 modules will cover an area of 1.8 hectares of flat land and feed over 1,600 MW hours a year into the National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC) grid. This project is funded under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), with a PPA of INR 18.45/kWh (approx. EUR 0.29/kWh) for 25 years.
Rohit Rabindernath, Zynergy’s CEO, commented, “We have big plans for India’s solar sector, and we are very pleased to partner with Phoenix Solar for this pilot project – the first of many to come”.
Phoenix Solar Singapore has also signed a 1 MWp 130
www.compoundsemiconductor.net August/September 2011
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