SolarSummary: April 29 – May 5, 2003

by Kirsten Elder Companies in the news Atersa www.atersa.com BP Solar www.bpsolar.com Carmanah Technologies www.carmanah.com Evergreen Solar www.evergreensolar.com PowerLight www.powerlight.com RWE Schott Solar www.ase-international.com SolarGen Solutions www.solargen.bizNew Products Carmanah Technologies Corporation will celebrate the worldwide launch of its new i-SHELTER solar-powered illuminated bus shelter at the UITP Mobility & City Transport Exhibition in Madrid, Spain, May 5-8, 2003. The i-SHELTER is the company’s new solution for bus stop lighting: a completely self-contained, solar-powered bus shelter. (Solarbuzz.com, 05/05/03)Applications The first solar-powered road traffic signs in the UK are being installed in Swansea and Newport (South Wales) after being developed and supplied by SolarGen Solutions of Newport. (The Western Mail via Solarbuzz.com, 29/04/03) Atersa, the Spanish PV company owned by AstroPower, has recently installed 216 semi-transparent solar PV laminates that cover the facades of three office buildings in the Technological Park of Boecillo, in Valladolid. The installation corresponds to a power of 32.85 kWp. (Solarbuzz.com, 29/04/03) The Las Vegas Valley Water District plans to build two solar-power plants and install a leak detection system that could save 2.5 billion gallons of water in its first year under the agency’s proposed 2003-2004 budget. The solar-power facilities and leak detection system are among $34.2 […]

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