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Texas: Phase 1 of 400 MW San Antonio solar scheme under way
04. March 2013 | Applications & Installations, Industry & Suppliers | By: Max Hall
OCI Solar Power will tomorrow (Tuesday March 5) officially break ground on construction of the first phase of its 400 MW San Antonio project – the largest solar development in Texas.
The 41 MW Alamo I solar farm covers 445 acres and is the first stage of the larger scheme, which will supply electricity through a PPA with CPS Energy.
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http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/deta...way_100010440/
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California: 266 MW PV farm to be finished in early 2014
04. March 2013 | Applications & Installations, Industry & Suppliers, Investor news | By: Max Hall
AES Solar is expected to complete construction of the first phase of one of the world’s largest photovoltaic developments, located in Antelope Valley, California, in early 2014.
Construction began on the 266 MW Mount Signal Solar Farm in Imperial County in November. Pre-construction development partner 8minutenergy has now handed over the project for AES Solar to perform the remaining construction and operation works on the US$636 million scheme.
Mount Signal is the first part of the three-phase 800 MW Antelope Valley development and is expected to generate 1,000 construction jobs across the 1,963-acre project.
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http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/deta...014_100010434/
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France installed over 4GW of PV in 2012
By Nilima Choudhury - 04 March 2013, 13:54
In News, Power Generation
France added 1.08GW of PV capacity in 2012, represented by over 34,500 plants, according to the country’s Ministry of Energy, Ecology and Sustainable Development.
The majority of this capacity, 763MW, was added in the first half of 2012. However, in Q4, the French market was at its lowest since 2008 at 75MW.
Furthermore, this is a 39% decrease of installations compared to 2011 but France has another 2.84GW of PV projects awaiting approval. This has increased France’s cumulative capacity by 37% to over 4GW.
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http://www.pv-tech.org/news/france_i..._of_pv_in_2012
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