Turkey Orders 33 MW from Vestas

Vestas, the danish wind turbine company, got an order to supply 33 megawatts of wind turbines for a project in Turkey. Vestas has to deliver, transport and install 11 of its V90-3.0 MW wind turbine in addition to a five-year service and availability agreement. Delivery of the turbines is supposed to begin the second half of 2009 and the project is scheduled to be completed in early 2010.


The turbines will be constructed in the Mersin province, in southern Turkey on the Mediterranean coast. The estimated annual production of electric energy will be approximately 95 gigawatt-hours.

So far Vestas has installed 70 turbines in Turkey having a capacity of around 170 MW.

Source: Renewable Energy World
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JCPenney Going Solar

A 2 MW (megawatts) solar power system has been installed on fine JCPenney stores in New Jersey. The system was installed by Integrys Energy Services Inc., and Sunpower Corp. This is a step towards fullfilling JCPenney's commintement of installing 3.7 MW of solar power systems on its stores in California and New Jersey.


Each system in New Jersey is owned and operated by Integrys Energy Services Inc. under a SunPower Access power purchase agreement.

JCPenney is also doing some work on each of its stores to increase energy efficiency. The solar power system is expected to cover 25 percent of the energy demand of each store.

Source: Renewable Energy World
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White Owl Buys 1.7 MW Solar PV Project in Spain

White Owl Capital AG (WOC), has bought a 1.7-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV project in Spain. The plant started operation is September 2008. It is located about 350 kilometers southwest of Mardrid near the village Castuera. The plant contains 7,680 multicrystalline modules which where supplied by IBC Solar. An executive of White Owl Capital AG said that his company is thinking of buying more solar parks having a capacity of 80 MW and above. Read More......