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		<title>Sweden gives green light for huge wind farm with more than 1100 wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/03/12/sweden-gives-green-light-for-huge-wind-farm-with-more-than-1100-wind-turbines.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Swedish government has recently given the go-ahead to Markbygden Vind AB, a Swedish wind energy company, to build 1101 wind turbines with a height of no more than 200 meters, to be used at a wind farm (comprised of interconnected smaller wind farms) in the Piteå Municipality (northeast of Sweden). The wind farm will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phase one of offshore Belwind wind farm completed</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/03/12/phase-one-of-offshore-belwind-wind-farm-completed.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.renewbl.com/?p=4234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Van Oord announced last week the completion of the first phase in the construction of the offshore Belwind wind farm, off the coast of Belgium. The wind farm now has the foundations for each wind turbine installed. The foundations, consisting of a monopile and a tower platform (TP), weigh from 410-660 tons each, with each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statkraft opens first solar park in Italy; Announces deal with Siemens Energy for further solar plant developments</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/03/11/statkraft-opens-first-solar-park-in-italy-announces-deal-with-siemens-energy-for-further-solar-plant-developments.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dusan</dc:creator>
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Norwegian power generator Statkraft opened its first solar power plant Casale in Aprilia, Italy. At the same time, the company announced an agreement with Siemens Energy to build more solar power plants in Italy.
The new plant has a capacity of 3.3 MW and an annual power production of 4.5 GWh, which is enough for energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trina Solar signs 25 + 4 MW sales agreement with U.S. wholesale distributor Essco</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/03/11/trina-solar-signs-25-4-mw-sales-agreement-with-u-s-wholesale-distributor-essco.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dusan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trina Solar&#039;s subsidiary, Changzhou Trina Solar, signed a sales agreement with Essco Wholesale Electric, the southwest US company of Sonepar USA, for supply of approximately 25 MW of PV modules and an additional 4 MW at the option of Essco, to be delivered during 2010.
With this agreements, Trina has now secured a total of approximately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern California Edison orders 200 MW of SunPower panels its large-scale project</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/03/11/southern-california-edison-orders-200-mw-of-sunpower-panels-its-large-scale-project.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dusan</dc:creator>
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SunPower has won a contract to provide solar technology for generating up to 200 MW or 80% of the solar power capacity needed for Southern California Edison&#039;s (SCE) large solar PV installation program.
During the next five years, the utility plans to install, own and operate 250 MW of solar generating capacity, most of it on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acciona to build three wind farms in Mexico &#8211; totalling 306 MW of capacity</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/03/11/acciona-to-build-three-wind-farms-in-mexico-totalling-306-mw-of-capacity.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mexico will be getting 306 MW of new wind energy capacity.
Three new wind farms will be built, with 1.5 MW wind turbines to be supplied by Acciona, under a supply contract awarded to the company by the Mexican government. Acciona won the tender against three other companies, all from Spain &#8211; Iberdrola Renovables, Recursos Eólicos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nordex launching new Gamma generation wind turbine</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/03/11/nordex-launching-new-gamma-generation-wind-turbine.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/03/11/nordex-launching-new-gamma-generation-wind-turbine.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nordex announced the launch of its new generation Gamma wind turbine. The new turbine has 2.5 MW of capacity, and it will be unveiled at the European Wind Energy Conference (EWEC) in Warsaw, April 20-23, 2010.
The Gamma generation brings new technological advancements to the existing N80, N90 and N100 wind power systems, resulting from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SunPower and K6 to build two 1 MW solar PV plants in Casamassima and Conversano, Italy</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/03/10/sunpower-and-k6-to-build-two-1-mw-solar-pv-plants-in-casamassima-and-conversano-italy.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dusan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.renewbl.com/?p=4208</guid>
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SunPower and K6 have signed an agreement to build two 1 MW PV solar power plants in Casamassima and Conversano, Puglia region, Italy.
The plants will be completed by August 2010, when the producing electricity will be provided locally, and contribute to Italy&#039;s national electric grid.
SunPower will install SunPower panels along with its SunPower T20 Tracker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Solar signs contract with PG&amp;E for 300 MW PV solar power project</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/03/10/first-solar-signs-contract-with-pge-for-300-mw-pv-solar-power-project.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dusan</dc:creator>
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First Solar announced a power purchase agreement to supply Pacific Gas and Electric Company with electricity from a 300 MW (AC) utility-scale PV solar power facility that First Solar is developing in Southern California.
The Desert Sunlight project, to be located near Desert Center in eastern Riverside County, will have a total capacity of 550 MW, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bergamo Acquisition announces $500 million solar project for Lebanon</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/03/09/bergamo-acquisition-announces-500-million-solar-project-for-lebanon.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.renewbl.com/2010/03/09/bergamo-acquisition-announces-500-million-solar-project-for-lebanon.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dusan</dc:creator>
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Bergamo Acquisition announced a new solar power project for the Republic of Lebanon. The company&#039;s key management will travel to the country to conclude the Letter of Intent (&#034;LOI&#034;) with the Government of Lebanon.
The total cost for the project will be $500 million, with Lebanese government providing 100% of the total finance package. Bergamo E [...]]]></description>
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