Multi-megawatt systems in Europe
September, 2010: 22,704 modules for Greece


Energy provider builds 8 MW system
August, 2010: F&S Solar Concept GmbH, acting as the general contractor, is also building an 8 MW system in Glandorf-Schwege, Germany.


Pop goes the bubble?
August, 2010: June 22, 2010 was not a good day for PV in France. Michelle Bellon, the president of Électricité Réseau Distribution France (ErDF), a transmission line subsidiary of the country’s huge utility, EDF, stood before the French Union of Electricity in Paris.


Shades of Spain?
August, 2010: The autumn of 2010 is shaping up to be a critical season for the future of PV in the Czech Republic. That is when the country’s parliament is expected to vote on a comprehensive energy bill.


Life-or-death negotiations
August, 2010: The Spanish Ministry of Industry’s intentions are clear – it’s looking to reduce the payments received by renewable energy producers and, in particular, the tariffs paid to operators of PV installations.


Holding pattern
August, 2010: The German government’s draft changes to the country’s Renewable Energy Law (EEG) tripped just short of the finish line.


Multi-megawatt systems in Europe
July, 2010: 20 MW by the end of 2010: Eleca SpA is currently constructing a series of PV systems with 1 MW each in the southern Italian region of Apulia.


North Rhine-Westphalia’s installation growth ahead of Baden-Wurttemberg
July, 2010: At the start of the year, investors in PV systems were operating at full-throttle in Germany: in February 2010, Germany’s Federal Network Agency reported more than 6,500 systems were registered – that’s about five times as many PV systems as in February 2009.


Multi-megawatt systems in Europe
July, 2010: 26 MW solar park in the works: A 26 MW park will be built on a former Berliner Wasserbetriebe site in Eiche, near the German capital.


Speculators, beware
June, 2010: With 6 GW of PV reservations, the Czech Renewable Energy Agency pushes for a big cut in generous feed-in tariffs to curb speculation



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