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Hopes are rising that the Cancun climate change summit could deliver some form of agreement on how to measure, report and verify countries' greenhouse gas emissions, after the EU and India both set out new proposals for an international reporting mechanism.
In what could prove a significant breakthrough India is reportedly proposing that all large economies, including developing nations such as India and China, would report on their greenhouse gas emissions, while industrialised nations would also report on the amount of climate aid they are providing.
The EU similarly set out proposals that would see developing nations face international verification of their reported emission, although the inspection regime would not have the power to issue any form of penalties.
India's plan in particular represents a major breakthrough for the negotiations after measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) emerged as one of the main areas of contention at last year's Copenhagen Summit.
The US has consistently demanded that any international climate change deal must include an independent MRV mechanism to check that developing countries are making good on commitments to curb greenhouse gas emissions. But at last year's summit China and a number of other developing nations rejected proposals for any form of MRV, arguing inspections would represent an infringement of national sovereignty.
However, reports this week suggested China may be willing to soften its position, with one of the country's lead negotiators telling the China Dialogue web site that the country would be more transparent about the actions it is taking to tackle climate change.
In a sign of this pledged increase in transparency, China's top climate change official told state media that the country has met its 2010 target for cutting emissions of key pollutants and would meet its energy efficiency goal for the year.
According to reports in the People's Daily, Xie Zhenhua said emissions of major pollutants had fallen 10 per cent, while the country was on track to improve its energy intensity – the use of energy per unit of GDP – by 20 per cent compared to 2005 levels.
In addition, the US delegation has confirmed that it has been making good progress in recent bilateral talks with China on a number of issues where the two superpowers disagree, including MRV.
Observers expressed optimism that any agreement on MRV would help to bolster confidence in the negotiations and could drive progress on a number of other fronts, including efforts to agree binding emissions targets and increase climate aid for developing countries.
However, senior US diplomats have also warned there will be no significant progress on individual areas of the negotiations, including MRV, if progress is not made on contentious issues such as emissions targets and the structure of any new treaty.
There were little signs of progress on either front yesterday, with the alliance of 43 island states insisting that with several low lying states facing the "end of history" as a result of rising sea levels their demands for more ambitious emission reduction targets that limit average global temperature rises to just 1.5C represent a "red line" in the negotiations.
Meanwhile, the debate surrounding the legal status of last year's Copenhagen Accord and how best to structure an agreement to succeed the current phase of the Kyoto Protocol continued to rage.
The EU has signalled that it is willing to sign up to a second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol, provided a number of reforms are made to the agreement and it is accompanied by a parallel second treaty that covers those countries that currently have no legal obligations under Kyoto.
However, Japan's chief cabinet secretary Yoshito Sengoku told reporters yesterday it would "sternly oppose debate for extending the Kyoto Protocol into a second phase which is unfair and ineffective".
The comments are likely to enrage many developing countries who are fiercely protective of the Kyoto Protocol, regarding it as the only legal mechanism for curbing emissions from industrialised nations.
In contrast, Japan and the US as well as a number of other industrialised nations want to see the agreement killed off and replaced with an entirely new deal that imposes some degree of legal requirements on all economies.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Isra-Mart srl:Japanese solar giants promise bumper green investment
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Japan's renewable energy market received a major boost today after both Sharp and Eurus Energy said they would invest billions of dollars in increasing solar and wind energy generation.
The head of Eurus Energy, which is owned by Tokyo Electric Power, told Bloomberg in an interview yesterday that Eurus is considering investing up to 100bn yen ($1.2bn) to expand its wind and solar energy generation by about 50 per cent in the next five years.
Tetsuro Nagata, president and chief executive of Eurus, said he wants to build 1GW of renewable energy projects in addition to the near 2GW the company already owns.
Solar power will account for about 10 per cent of the increase while the rest will be generated from wind power, he said.
Eurus will focus its expansion in Asia and Europe, but also investigate the US market, following president Barack Obama's call for increased investment in renewable energy.
Nagata told Bloomberg he is especially interested in building wind farms in windier states such as Texas, Oregon, Washington, Oklahoma and Colorado.
Meanwhile, Sharp today increased its solar panel range, launching a new single crystalline solar cell that the company says boasts improved conversion efficiency. The single cells have electrodes connected on the back of the panel to increase the light-receiving area on the front, the company said.
Sharp plans to start mass producing the cells and modules of the new technology before the end of this financial year from its Osaka-based plant, targeting an annual production capacity of 200MW.
According to Reuters reports, the company is also planning to spend 15bn yen on increasing solar panel production as it attempts to wrest market share from rivals First Solar and Suntech Power.
Sharp has also launched a new alignment technology designed to reduce the connection resistance between adjacent cells, which Sharp hopes will be used in a broad range of applications, including residential and commercial projects.
The news follows Sharp's recent acquisition of US solar developer Recurrent Energy, which is intended to establish the company as a "one-stop shop" for photovoltaic solar technologies.
The news of the investments came as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said its Asia Solar Energy Initiative, launched in May this year, will increase the amount of solar power generated in the Asia and Pacific region six-fold to 3GW by mid-2013.
ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda urged governments in Asia and the Pacific to invest in solar energy to help ensure environmentally sustainable growth. He said Asia and the Pacific's high economic growth rates, continuing population growth, and current and projected energy demand gap provide a huge market opportunity and potential for solar energy development.
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Japan's renewable energy market received a major boost today after both Sharp and Eurus Energy said they would invest billions of dollars in increasing solar and wind energy generation.
The head of Eurus Energy, which is owned by Tokyo Electric Power, told Bloomberg in an interview yesterday that Eurus is considering investing up to 100bn yen ($1.2bn) to expand its wind and solar energy generation by about 50 per cent in the next five years.
Tetsuro Nagata, president and chief executive of Eurus, said he wants to build 1GW of renewable energy projects in addition to the near 2GW the company already owns.
Solar power will account for about 10 per cent of the increase while the rest will be generated from wind power, he said.
Eurus will focus its expansion in Asia and Europe, but also investigate the US market, following president Barack Obama's call for increased investment in renewable energy.
Nagata told Bloomberg he is especially interested in building wind farms in windier states such as Texas, Oregon, Washington, Oklahoma and Colorado.
Meanwhile, Sharp today increased its solar panel range, launching a new single crystalline solar cell that the company says boasts improved conversion efficiency. The single cells have electrodes connected on the back of the panel to increase the light-receiving area on the front, the company said.
Sharp plans to start mass producing the cells and modules of the new technology before the end of this financial year from its Osaka-based plant, targeting an annual production capacity of 200MW.
According to Reuters reports, the company is also planning to spend 15bn yen on increasing solar panel production as it attempts to wrest market share from rivals First Solar and Suntech Power.
Sharp has also launched a new alignment technology designed to reduce the connection resistance between adjacent cells, which Sharp hopes will be used in a broad range of applications, including residential and commercial projects.
The news follows Sharp's recent acquisition of US solar developer Recurrent Energy, which is intended to establish the company as a "one-stop shop" for photovoltaic solar technologies.
The news of the investments came as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said its Asia Solar Energy Initiative, launched in May this year, will increase the amount of solar power generated in the Asia and Pacific region six-fold to 3GW by mid-2013.
ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda urged governments in Asia and the Pacific to invest in solar energy to help ensure environmentally sustainable growth. He said Asia and the Pacific's high economic growth rates, continuing population growth, and current and projected energy demand gap provide a huge market opportunity and potential for solar energy development.
Isra-Mart srl:Lufthansa prepares biofuels for take-off
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Lufthansa will pilot the first commercial flights using renewable jet fuel from April next year after signing a landmark deal with Finnish refiners Neste Oil.
Neste's NExBTL fuel, produced from raw materials such as vegetable oil and animal fat, will be used in aircraft flying between Frankfurt and Hamburg for a six-month trial period.
The planes will use a 50-50 blend of NExBTL fuel and conventional jet fuel in one engine, and solely conventional fuel in the other, as Lufthansa looks to examine the effect of biofuel on engine maintenance.
Lufthansa said it expects to save around 1,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions during the trial period, based on Neste's predictions that over its entire life cycle NExBTL's greenhouse gas emissions are between 40 and 80 per cent lower than those of conventional fuels.
"Lufthansa and Neste Oil are leading the field in moving towards greener aviation," said Joachim Buse, Lufthansa's vice president of aviation biofuel. "In addition to a smaller carbon footprint, renewable jet fuel will also reduce emissions of pollutants such as SOx (sulphur oxide)."
Official approval from the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) will be required before the German airline can use the fuel, but this is expected to be granted early next year.
Neste's president and chief executive Matti Lievonen expressed confidence that the NExBTL fuel would meet industry requirements.
"We're very proud of the fact that our NExBTL technology is capable of meeting aviation needs," he said. "Aviation fuels are covered by very strict quality standards, and our NExBTL technology has proved that it can produce a fuel meeting these standards. Being a pioneer in this area is very positive for us, as it could open up major business opportunities in the future."
Lufthansa is by no means the only airline investigating biofuels, as airlines across the globe scrabble to reduce emissions before flights to and from all EU destinations are incorporated into the bloc's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in 2012.
Targets agreed in October by industry body the International Air Transport Association (IATA) will also put a voluntary cap on emissions from 2020, further fuelling interest in alternative fuels.
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Lufthansa will pilot the first commercial flights using renewable jet fuel from April next year after signing a landmark deal with Finnish refiners Neste Oil.
Neste's NExBTL fuel, produced from raw materials such as vegetable oil and animal fat, will be used in aircraft flying between Frankfurt and Hamburg for a six-month trial period.
The planes will use a 50-50 blend of NExBTL fuel and conventional jet fuel in one engine, and solely conventional fuel in the other, as Lufthansa looks to examine the effect of biofuel on engine maintenance.
Lufthansa said it expects to save around 1,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions during the trial period, based on Neste's predictions that over its entire life cycle NExBTL's greenhouse gas emissions are between 40 and 80 per cent lower than those of conventional fuels.
"Lufthansa and Neste Oil are leading the field in moving towards greener aviation," said Joachim Buse, Lufthansa's vice president of aviation biofuel. "In addition to a smaller carbon footprint, renewable jet fuel will also reduce emissions of pollutants such as SOx (sulphur oxide)."
Official approval from the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) will be required before the German airline can use the fuel, but this is expected to be granted early next year.
Neste's president and chief executive Matti Lievonen expressed confidence that the NExBTL fuel would meet industry requirements.
"We're very proud of the fact that our NExBTL technology is capable of meeting aviation needs," he said. "Aviation fuels are covered by very strict quality standards, and our NExBTL technology has proved that it can produce a fuel meeting these standards. Being a pioneer in this area is very positive for us, as it could open up major business opportunities in the future."
Lufthansa is by no means the only airline investigating biofuels, as airlines across the globe scrabble to reduce emissions before flights to and from all EU destinations are incorporated into the bloc's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in 2012.
Targets agreed in October by industry body the International Air Transport Association (IATA) will also put a voluntary cap on emissions from 2020, further fuelling interest in alternative fuels.
Isra-Mart srl:GE expands smart grid efforts to include home energy management
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GE launched a new energy management business today aimed at helping consumers use smart grid technologies to reduce their household energy use.
GE's new Home Energy Management (HEM) unit brings together a range of smart energy products under one umbrella in anticipation of widespread smart grid technology deployment in the coming years.
Already the company has rolled out several smart grid-ready products, including a water heater, refrigerator, and dishwasher. They are meant to complement a home energy management system called the Nucleus, which acts as a data storage and communication hub linking these appliances to the electric grid.
All are designed using open protocols to encourage interoperability with other smart gadgets from different vendors, Dave McCalpin, HEM general manager, said in a phone interview Tuesday. "We very much believe that open protocols are the way to go. We're not naive enough to believe we can control the world."
Still, the move sends a signal to the market that GE is determined to be a major smart grid player. Other companies, including big names like Google and Microsoft, have introduced applications to help consumers track household energy use in recent years, but they don't produce the appliances that tap into the network.
"From our perspective, we think that part of the reason we're headed down this road and committed to being a leader in this space is because GE is uniquely positioned," McCalpin said, noting the company's experience both on the utility side of power generation and transmission, to the consumer-facing appliance side of the business.
"We bring that consumer voice to the table," he said. "We bring the power and potential of the smart grid into consumers' hands."
The Nucleus Energy Manager will debut early next year in the $149-$199 range, essentially a small computer that links to in-home smart meter, smart appliances, and wireless network within the home. It displays on a PC or smart phone, where consumers can monitor energy use and track electricity rates, set thermostat controls remotely, and program appliances to operate at times when electricity rates are at their lowest.
Current smart grid-ready products include a refrigerator, clothes washer and dryer, hot water heater, ranges, microwaves, and dishwasher, with plans for more. In addition to some general smart grid advertising campaigns and participating in consumer-facing electronics forums, the company is also laying the groundwork for "when the time is right for a broader-based consumer education campaign," McCalpin said.
GE is also focusing on educating public officials and utilities, helping them to visualize the potential impact of smart grid technologies on the residential market. Utilities, McCalpin said, now largely represent the front line in introducing the smart grid to consumers.
"A lot of it is in their hands, in terms of how fast the market is going to evolve here," McCalpin said. "As utilities roll out residential smart meters and start to connect homes to the smart grid, the utilities are going to be at the forefront of helping consumer become aware of what that means for them.
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GE launched a new energy management business today aimed at helping consumers use smart grid technologies to reduce their household energy use.
GE's new Home Energy Management (HEM) unit brings together a range of smart energy products under one umbrella in anticipation of widespread smart grid technology deployment in the coming years.
Already the company has rolled out several smart grid-ready products, including a water heater, refrigerator, and dishwasher. They are meant to complement a home energy management system called the Nucleus, which acts as a data storage and communication hub linking these appliances to the electric grid.
All are designed using open protocols to encourage interoperability with other smart gadgets from different vendors, Dave McCalpin, HEM general manager, said in a phone interview Tuesday. "We very much believe that open protocols are the way to go. We're not naive enough to believe we can control the world."
Still, the move sends a signal to the market that GE is determined to be a major smart grid player. Other companies, including big names like Google and Microsoft, have introduced applications to help consumers track household energy use in recent years, but they don't produce the appliances that tap into the network.
"From our perspective, we think that part of the reason we're headed down this road and committed to being a leader in this space is because GE is uniquely positioned," McCalpin said, noting the company's experience both on the utility side of power generation and transmission, to the consumer-facing appliance side of the business.
"We bring that consumer voice to the table," he said. "We bring the power and potential of the smart grid into consumers' hands."
The Nucleus Energy Manager will debut early next year in the $149-$199 range, essentially a small computer that links to in-home smart meter, smart appliances, and wireless network within the home. It displays on a PC or smart phone, where consumers can monitor energy use and track electricity rates, set thermostat controls remotely, and program appliances to operate at times when electricity rates are at their lowest.
Current smart grid-ready products include a refrigerator, clothes washer and dryer, hot water heater, ranges, microwaves, and dishwasher, with plans for more. In addition to some general smart grid advertising campaigns and participating in consumer-facing electronics forums, the company is also laying the groundwork for "when the time is right for a broader-based consumer education campaign," McCalpin said.
GE is also focusing on educating public officials and utilities, helping them to visualize the potential impact of smart grid technologies on the residential market. Utilities, McCalpin said, now largely represent the front line in introducing the smart grid to consumers.
"A lot of it is in their hands, in terms of how fast the market is going to evolve here," McCalpin said. "As utilities roll out residential smart meters and start to connect homes to the smart grid, the utilities are going to be at the forefront of helping consumer become aware of what that means for them.
Isra-Mart srl:World Bank and UN debut new climate finance portal
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The World Bank and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) yesterday launched a new website designed to make it easier for developing countries to access the myriad of grants, funds and loans intended to support climate change projects.
Unveiled on the sidelines of the Cancun climate change summit, the new Climate Finance Options aims to make it easier for policymakers and entrepreneurs to navigate the growing number of different financing mechanisms that have emerged as industrialised nations attempt to make good on their pledge to provide $30bn of climate financing over the next three years.
"Accessing finance from the growing number of climate funds - all with different criteria and requirements - is a complex and time-consuming business for many developing countries," said Andrew Steer, World Bank Group special envoy for climate change, in a statement. "This website disentangles the spaghetti, providing user-friendly information that will help officials, NGOs and entrepreneurs to tap into finance with a minimum of fuss."
The new service came as the EU negotiating team in Cancun released a report detailing how it provided €2.2bn of extra climate aid in 2010 and is on track to deliver the €7.2bn the bloc promised to provide between 2010 and 2012 as part of the fast start finance commitments made in last year's Copenhagen Accord.
The report revealed that the total funding provided in 2010 will fall just shy of the €2.4bn that had been planned as a result of a shortfall from Italy. It also confirmed that 52 per cent of the funding was provided in the form of loans or equity investments with the remainder delivered as grants.
Artur Runge-Metzger, the head of the European Commission team in Cancun, defended the use of loans insisting that they were a more effective means of funding energy efficiency projects than grants.
"It is a revolving fund," he said. "You insulate your house and you save the money and then the fund can be lent to someone else."
However, some developing countries remain wary of climate funding initiatives that would require repayments and are demanding that the bulk of the money promised by industrialised nations should be provided as grants. Questions are also being asked about the extent to which the $30bn promised by industrialised nations represents additional funding or a repurposing of existing development budgets.
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The World Bank and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) yesterday launched a new website designed to make it easier for developing countries to access the myriad of grants, funds and loans intended to support climate change projects.
Unveiled on the sidelines of the Cancun climate change summit, the new Climate Finance Options aims to make it easier for policymakers and entrepreneurs to navigate the growing number of different financing mechanisms that have emerged as industrialised nations attempt to make good on their pledge to provide $30bn of climate financing over the next three years.
"Accessing finance from the growing number of climate funds - all with different criteria and requirements - is a complex and time-consuming business for many developing countries," said Andrew Steer, World Bank Group special envoy for climate change, in a statement. "This website disentangles the spaghetti, providing user-friendly information that will help officials, NGOs and entrepreneurs to tap into finance with a minimum of fuss."
The new service came as the EU negotiating team in Cancun released a report detailing how it provided €2.2bn of extra climate aid in 2010 and is on track to deliver the €7.2bn the bloc promised to provide between 2010 and 2012 as part of the fast start finance commitments made in last year's Copenhagen Accord.
The report revealed that the total funding provided in 2010 will fall just shy of the €2.4bn that had been planned as a result of a shortfall from Italy. It also confirmed that 52 per cent of the funding was provided in the form of loans or equity investments with the remainder delivered as grants.
Artur Runge-Metzger, the head of the European Commission team in Cancun, defended the use of loans insisting that they were a more effective means of funding energy efficiency projects than grants.
"It is a revolving fund," he said. "You insulate your house and you save the money and then the fund can be lent to someone else."
However, some developing countries remain wary of climate funding initiatives that would require repayments and are demanding that the bulk of the money promised by industrialised nations should be provided as grants. Questions are also being asked about the extent to which the $30bn promised by industrialised nations represents additional funding or a repurposing of existing development budgets.
Isra-Mart srl:Report: German grid could handle up to one million EVs
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Concerns the grid will not be able to support mass adoption of electric vehicles are largely unfounded, according to a new analysis of Germany's grid resilience that concluded it could support up to one million electric cars by 2020.
The report from Siemens and E.ON, which was presented yesterday to the German Federal government, argued that only "isolated segments" were likely to need upgrading in areas where there is a locally high density of EVs.
They said a national smart charging infrastructure capable of supporting huge numbers of electric vehicles will not be needed in the near future.
"It would be a mistake to set the technology bar too high for charging stations," said Klaus-Dieter Maubach, co-chair of the working group and an E.ON board member. "What we need right now are pragmatic, cost-effective solutions that will make e-mobility viable in the marketplace."
The report also expressed confidence the entire national fleet of electric vehicles could be powered by renewable sources, stating that the country's expected renewable electricity output by 2020 of approximately 100 billion kilowatt-hours would be 50 times larger than the amount needed to supply one million EVs.
The authors expect cable-free inductive charging and higher-voltage direct-current charging to be in place by 2020, encouraging EV take-up by making charging faster and more convenient for motorists.
However, suitable investment would be needed to integrate this new smart infrastructure and enable automatic charging at times when renewables output exceeds system demand.
"Deploying smart controls across the network is necessary, in part to ensure that electric vehicles can be powered by green electricity. Smart-grid technology is already available today," said Wolfgang Dehen, chief executive of Siemens Energy Sector and co-chair of the working group. "Germany must rapidly lay the groundwork for deploying a smart grid."
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Concerns the grid will not be able to support mass adoption of electric vehicles are largely unfounded, according to a new analysis of Germany's grid resilience that concluded it could support up to one million electric cars by 2020.
The report from Siemens and E.ON, which was presented yesterday to the German Federal government, argued that only "isolated segments" were likely to need upgrading in areas where there is a locally high density of EVs.
They said a national smart charging infrastructure capable of supporting huge numbers of electric vehicles will not be needed in the near future.
"It would be a mistake to set the technology bar too high for charging stations," said Klaus-Dieter Maubach, co-chair of the working group and an E.ON board member. "What we need right now are pragmatic, cost-effective solutions that will make e-mobility viable in the marketplace."
The report also expressed confidence the entire national fleet of electric vehicles could be powered by renewable sources, stating that the country's expected renewable electricity output by 2020 of approximately 100 billion kilowatt-hours would be 50 times larger than the amount needed to supply one million EVs.
The authors expect cable-free inductive charging and higher-voltage direct-current charging to be in place by 2020, encouraging EV take-up by making charging faster and more convenient for motorists.
However, suitable investment would be needed to integrate this new smart infrastructure and enable automatic charging at times when renewables output exceeds system demand.
"Deploying smart controls across the network is necessary, in part to ensure that electric vehicles can be powered by green electricity. Smart-grid technology is already available today," said Wolfgang Dehen, chief executive of Siemens Energy Sector and co-chair of the working group. "Germany must rapidly lay the groundwork for deploying a smart grid."
Isra-Mart srl:Phoenix Solar AG baut zwei Solarkraftwerke mit insgesamt 8,9 Megawatt im Piemont und in Apulien
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Die Phoenix Solar AG errichtet in Italien zwei Solarkraftwerke mit insgesamt 8,9 Megawatt Spitzenleistung (MWp). Auftraggeber sind zwei Projektgesellschaften der E.ON Climate & Renewables.
Die Phoenix Solar AG ist bei beiden Projekten, in der Nähe von Taranto in Apulien (6,1 MWp) und in der Nähe von Alessandria im Piemont (2,8 MWp) für Planung und Bau der Photovoltaikanlagen verantwortlich. Eingesetzt werden kristalline Solarmodule, die von E.ON beigestellt werden. Der Baubeginn für beide Projekte war im Oktober 2010. Die Fertigstellung ist noch vor Jahresende geplant.
"Wir freuen uns sehr, dass wir nach einem ersten erfolgreichen Projekt in Frankreich nun auch in Italien für E.ON tätig werden können", so Ulrich Reidenbach, Vertriebsvorstand der Phoenix Solar AG. "Italien ist ein vielversprechender Zukunftsmarkt, in dem wir auch 2011 weitere Projekte umsetzen werden."
"Solarenergie spielt eine immer wichtigere Rolle in unserem Erneuerbaren Energie Mix. Deswegen freuen wir uns besonders, dass wir mit der Phoenix Solar AG einen flexiblen und verlässlichen Partner gefunden haben, der über langjährige Erfahrung und Know-how in der Planung und im Bau von großen Solarkraftwerken verfügt", so Christophe Jurczak, Leiter der Solarsparte von E.ON Climate & Renewables.
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Die Phoenix Solar AG errichtet in Italien zwei Solarkraftwerke mit insgesamt 8,9 Megawatt Spitzenleistung (MWp). Auftraggeber sind zwei Projektgesellschaften der E.ON Climate & Renewables.
Die Phoenix Solar AG ist bei beiden Projekten, in der Nähe von Taranto in Apulien (6,1 MWp) und in der Nähe von Alessandria im Piemont (2,8 MWp) für Planung und Bau der Photovoltaikanlagen verantwortlich. Eingesetzt werden kristalline Solarmodule, die von E.ON beigestellt werden. Der Baubeginn für beide Projekte war im Oktober 2010. Die Fertigstellung ist noch vor Jahresende geplant.
"Wir freuen uns sehr, dass wir nach einem ersten erfolgreichen Projekt in Frankreich nun auch in Italien für E.ON tätig werden können", so Ulrich Reidenbach, Vertriebsvorstand der Phoenix Solar AG. "Italien ist ein vielversprechender Zukunftsmarkt, in dem wir auch 2011 weitere Projekte umsetzen werden."
"Solarenergie spielt eine immer wichtigere Rolle in unserem Erneuerbaren Energie Mix. Deswegen freuen wir uns besonders, dass wir mit der Phoenix Solar AG einen flexiblen und verlässlichen Partner gefunden haben, der über langjährige Erfahrung und Know-how in der Planung und im Bau von großen Solarkraftwerken verfügt", so Christophe Jurczak, Leiter der Solarsparte von E.ON Climate & Renewables.
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