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Solar electricity News for January 2012
Nur Energie and its Tunisian partners, led by Top Oilfield Services, plan a 2 GW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in Tunisia, which will export solar power to Europe
27 January, 2012
Torresol Energy, a joint venture between Masdar and SENER, has commissioned the Valle 1 and Valle 2, 50 MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in Cadiz, Spain.
26 January, 2012
Eight19 Ltd., the developer of the IndiGo pay-as-you-go solar power system and SunnyMoney, a social enterprise distributing solar lamps in East Africa owned by SolarAid, have launched the KickStart Sustainable Energy Fund for off-grid solar lighting in East Africa.
25 January, 2012
Masdar PV has completed a 11.7 MWp thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) farm in Gotha, Thuringia, in Germany.
20 January, 2012
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has made provisions for a 3 March 2012 deadline for the reduced solar feed-in tariff should it lose a court appeal regarding its original December cut-off date.
20 January, 2012
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19 January, 2012
PSEG Solar Source has bought the 25.2 MW DC (19 MW AC) Queen Creek Solar Farm to be developed by juwi solar Inc in Arizona, USA, for US$75 million.
13 January, 2012
Dubai is planning a 1 GW solar project using both solar photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) technology in Seih Al Dahal near Dubai-Al Ain road.
12 January, 2012
First Solar is to be the 'Official Solar Provider' of the 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open Tournament in golf.
10 January, 2012
The European solar market remains hot despite the financial crisis and subsidy cuts, according to analyst Lux Research.
09 January, 2012
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Solar Alliance have merged in the US to present a unified solar industry voice in all advocacy efforts at the state level.
06 January, 2012
UK Energy Minister Greg Barker has announced via Twitter that the Government will try to appeal a ruling that its solar feed-in tariff cuts are illegal.
06 January, 2012
The Nile Basin Discourse (NBD) has proposed to include wind and solar in addition to hydropower into the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), to ensure greater access to electricity.
05 January, 2012
The US Department of the Interior (DoI) has approved a solar plant in California and a wind farm in Oregon.
04 January, 2012
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking comments on its plans for establishing an efficient, competitive process for issuing right-of-way (ROW) leases for solar and wind energy development on public lands.
04 January, 2012
German solar produced over 18 TWh in 2011, up 60% from 2010, according to the Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (BSW-Solar).
04 January, 2012