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The Court of Justice of the European Communities backed Germany's Renewable Energy Law (REL) when it decided in a dispute between two German utilities that guaranteed minimum prices for electricity Blair speech lacks PV specifics, but offers £100 million for renewables Although UK Prime Minister Tony Blair failed to mention a hoped-for 70,000 solar roofs program during a major environmental policy speech on March 6, he did promise £100 million GPB ($144.5 million USD) to support renewable energy technologies for two years, starting in April 2002.
Austrian trade fair center may get 2 MW system A 2 MW solar system is being considered for installation on the Trade Fair Center in Wels, Austria, site of the annual World Sustainable Energy Conference and Global Energy Awards. New guidelines for 100,000 Roofs Program issued The revised guidelines for Germany's 100,000 Roofs Program were issued in the Bundesanzeiger, the federal register, on March 17 – about a month later than originally planned (see PI 3/2001, p. 14), since the Bundesrechnungshof, the federal court of auditors, had declared certain misgivings about the changes to the Ministry of Economics.
SolarWorld buys majority share in Bayer Solar The German company SolarWorld AG has bought a majority share in Bayer Solar GmbH, Europe’s largest manufacturer of silicon solar wafers, the basic material for nearly 90 percent of the world’s current solar cell production. 15,000 requests for the 100,000 Roofs Program are waiting for a budget An overwhelming run on Germany's zero interest loans for PV systems is inspired by the new REL conditions At the end of March, the German module manufacturer and system integrator Solon AG of Berlin bought 100 percent of the shares of the Swiss inverter manufacturer ASP AG of Laupen, Zurich. 28,000 square meter PV system in Holland? The Dutch energy supplier Nuon intends to install a PV system covering a 28,000 square meter roof of the exhibition center of the flower trade fair »Floriane« in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
ErSol opens second production line On April 28 Jürgen Hartwig, CEO of the solar cell production company ErSol of Erfurt, Germany, gave himself the biggest present at his 60th birthday party by opening the company’s second production line.
EU web site for renewables ready AGORES, the Greek word for »meeting place,« is now also the meeting place for web surfers seeking information on renewables.
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