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Gigawatt-Scale PV Power Project Initiated In Jordan
Amman, Jordan (SPX) Dec 08, 2008 The Al-Husseini Group and Amelio Solar have announced a joint venture to bring large-scale photovoltaic energy production capacity to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in cooperation with the government and the national utility. The joint venture has launched a multi-year project to construct a one-gigawatt (1GW) photovoltaic power generation plant in Jordan, including an integrated two hundred megawatt (200MW) thin-film photovoltaic module factory that will serve as a dedicated, low-cost source of Amelio Solar thin-film photovoltaic modules to supply the power plant. The joint venture first will deploy and operate a factory in Jordan to produce thin-film amorphous silicon, CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-diselenide) and related hybrid photovoltaic modules using a manufacturing platform created and installed by Amelio Solar. Over a three-year installation period, the factory will reach an annual photovoltaic module manufacturing capacity of two hundred megawatts (200MW), beginning with a twenty-two megawatt (22MW) manufacturing line to be completed in 2009. The photovoltaic modules produced by this factory will be used primarily in the construction of a photovoltaic power generation plant in Jordan designed by Amelio Solar which will reach a total power generation capacity of one gigawatt (1GW) by 2017. The factory also will supply photovoltaic modules for export to other Amelio Solar photovoltaic power generation projects around the world and for sale on the open market. "We are pleased to be introducing to our country this strategic technology and production platform, and we are grateful for the leadership and support of his Majesty King Abdullah and the cooperation of the Ministry of Energy in this important effort" stated Mr. Omar Al-Husseini, Chief Executive Officer of Al-Husseini Group. "Our joint venture is bringing this capability to Jordan on a scale that will provide a truly cost-competitive, renewable source of electricity for today and the future, as well as a foundation for industrial growth in the new energy economy." "This exciting project represents the largest implementation to date of our manufacturing-integrated platform for low-cost construction of photovoltaic power generation capacity; the market has come a long way in the 25 years since our team built one of the world's first thin-film photovoltaic module factory and power plant," added Dr. Zoltan Kiss, Chairman and founder of Amelio Solar. "We are pleased to be working with Al-Husseini Group and the Jordanian government on their visionary initiative. Jordan's progressive business environment, technical capabilities and vast solar resources are an ideal combination for a large-scale solar energy program using thin-film photovoltaics." Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Perpetual Energy Systems Launches 422 kW DC Solar Energy Project
Harrison NY (SPX) Dec 05, 2008Perpetual Energy Systems (PES) has announced the launch of its newest project hosted at the City of Willits Water Treatment Plant. The project guarantees a reduction in energy costs and has the capacity to generate approximately 530,000 kilowatt hours AC (kWh) per year to meet 100 percent of the plant's current power needs. |
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