| Industry | Solar Power Products |
|---|---|
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Headquarters | , |
Centrosolar, based in Munich, Germany, was one of the leading stock exchange listed solar companies in Europe. The company produced photovoltaic systems for private houses and industrial properties. Centrosolar marketed standard grid-connected systems and non-grid-connected solar power generators. [1]
In 2008, following 10 months of construction, Centrosolar opened a 47,000 square-meter, 150 MW solar module factory in Wismar, Germany. The €23 million facility has created 250 new jobs in Wismar. [2]
In 2014 the company declared bankruptcy. The German production facility was purchased by CS Wismar. [3] Centrosolars subsidiaries in France and The Netherlands were acquired by the German solar producer Solarwatt and continued business as Solarwatt France SARL and Solarwatt BV. [4]
Solar power in Australia is a fast growing industry. As of December 2020, Australia's over 2.66 million solar PV installations had a combined capacity of 20,198 MW photovoltaic (PV) solar power, of which at least 3,906 MW were installed in the preceding 12 months. In 2019, 59 solar PV projects with a combined capacity of 2,881 MW were either under construction, constructed or due to start construction having reached financial closure. Solar accounted for 9.9% of Australia's total electrical energy production in 2020.
BP Solar was a manufacturer and installer of photovoltaic solar cells headquartered in Madrid, Spain, with production facilities in Frederick, MD, India and the People's Republic of China. It was a subsidiary of BP.
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Solar power is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV), indirectly using concentrated solar power, or a combination. Concentrated solar power systems use lenses or mirrors and solar tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. Photovoltaic cells convert light into an electric current using the photovoltaic effect.
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A photovoltaic power station, also known as a solar park, solar farm, or solar power plant is a large-scale photovoltaic system designed for the supply of merchant power into the electricity grid. They are differentiated from most building-mounted and other decentralised solar power applications because they supply power at the utility level, rather than to a local user or users. The generic expression utility-scale solar is sometimes used to describe this type of project.
Solar power in South Africa includes photovoltaics (PV) as well as concentrated solar power (CSP). In 2016, South Africa had 1,329 MW of installed solar power capacity. Installed capacity is expected to reach 8,400 MW by 2030.
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Grape Solar is a renewable energy company headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, which is dedicated to the manufacturing and marketing of solar photovoltaic modules. They manufacture solar power kits which are available from a number of retailers, including Home Depot, Costco, and Amazon. Grape solar was originally known as Centron Solar, but was forced to change its name after a lawsuit with German solar company Centrosolar.
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The Bison Solar Plant, also known as the Rawhide Flats Solar Plant, is a 30 megawatt (MWAC) photovoltaic power station in Larimer County, Colorado located about 10 miles (16 km) north of the town of Wellington. The plant is notable for being one of the first in the U.S. built to a 1500 Volt system specification. The electricity is being sold to the Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) under a 25-year power purchase agreement.
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