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Plans
for 10 MW PV park in Germany
PowerLight and K & S Consulting have plans for installations equal
to 10 MW in Bavaria, Germany.
Broad
acceptance for German PV bill
The lower house of German parliament's adoption of new solar
electricity tariffs is a double victory for the PV branch: on the one
hand, the law duly eliminates the threat of a short-term drop in sales.
But even more importantly, the conservatives agreed to it, which
appears to set a stable long-term political framework for the PV
business.
BP
Solar plans 6 MW PV power plant
On the site of a former Addinol oil refinery in Krumpa, Germany, a
division of Deutsche BP AG in Hamburg plans to build a 6 MW PV power
plant.
Romag to start
BIPV production in UK with BP Solar cells
Romag Ltd., a UK glass processor for the architectural and
bulletproof-glass markets, plans to start production of BIPV
glass-glass modules in the second quarter 2004 as part of a £2.5
million ($4.2 million) expansion of facilities at its Newcastle site.
RWE
installs 2 MW solar power plant in Germany
In November, the electric utility Pfalzwerke AG and PV company RWE
Schott Solar GmbH began construction of a 2 MW PV plant in Neustadt an
der Weinstrasse, Germany. The nearly €8 million ($9.6 million)
system should have come on line by the end of 2003.
Sharp
officially announces module production in Wales
Sharp Corp. officially has announced plans to start UK module
production, not in Manchester as earlier rumored (see PI 10/2003, p.
8), but at its Welsh manufacturing division in Wrexham. This is the
second time the Japanese world PV leader has gone for solar production
outside its home country; Sharp started US module production in
Tennessee in October.
French
PV lobby group calls for quadrupling of feed-in tariff
French PV proponents held a press conference on Sept. 24 pushing for a
quadrupling of a small national feed-in tariff to 60 euro cents (70¢)
per kWh as part of a 150,000 PV roofs program. The French Alliance for
Photovoltaics (FAP), a lobby group set up in May by French PV
producers, wants parliament to include specific language for PV in a
national energy law expected to be passed early next year. Eric
Laborde, general manager of French wafer, cell, and module
manufacturer Photowatt International S.A., says the alliance's goal is
150 MW installed by 2007, doubling to 300 MW by 2010 through the
feed-in tariff, which would be paid out for 20 years.
Sharp plans UK
PV factory in 2004
Sharp Electronics Corp. will start PV module production in the UK in
the second quarter of 2004.
German
Ministry of the Environment publishes its draft for Renewable Energy
Law revision
On Aug. 13, the German Federal Ministry of the Environment completed
the draft for the revision of the Renewable Energy Law (EEG). On the
same day, the various government departments were asked for their
opinions on the 15-page document. The solar lobbyists already have
provided the first comments: their first impression is satisfaction,
though they still see room for improvement, especially when it comes
to the subject of systems on undeveloped areas.
Tauber Solar
seeks investors for 5 MW system
Since July, Tauberbischofsheim-based Tauber Solar GmbH has been trying
to attract investors for a 5 MW system in Bürstadt, near Worms,
Germany, touted as »the world's largest PV project on a building yet.«
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