Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Location: Turkey
Operator: Ministry of Culture
Configuration: 20 kWp
Operation: 2010
System supplier: Kyocera
EPC: Ezinc AS
Quick facts: The Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross is on the
uninhabited island of Akdamar in Lake Van, the largest lake in Turkey. It
was built ca 915-921 and served as the focal point of a monastic complex
until around 1915. It is now a museum and cultural center. The PV
installation includes 145 modules that supply an average energy yield of
25,000 kilowatt-hours per year. Solar electricity replaced power from a
diesel generator.
Photograph courtesy of Kyocera Corp
Posted 5 Jan 2011 |
KAUST Solar
Location: Saudi Arabia
Operator: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Configuration: 2 MW
Operation: 2010
System supplier: Conergy
EPC: Conergy, National Solar Systems
Quick facts: In May 2010, Conergy and NSS completed a 2-MW solar rooftop
installation at KAUST at Thuwal, near Jeddah. The installation includes two 1-MW arrays, one each on the north and
south laboratories of the university. The power system has 9,300 solar modules with Conergy Suntop III mounting systems
and Conergy 280K central inverters. The photovoltaic plant occupies 11,577m˛. The university was established by
Saudi Aramco and the new KAUST campus is Saudi Arabia’s first LEED-certified complex.
Photograph courtesy of constructionweekonline.com
Posted 29 Sep 2010 |
Mount Jali
Location: Rwanda
Operator: Estab Public Prod Trans et Dist d'Electricite (Electrogaz)
Configuration: 250 kWp
Operation: 2007
System supplier: First Solar
EPC: juwi
Quick facts: This solar power station has 4,000 thin-film modules
installed at an altitude of 2,000m on the outskirts of Kigali. Annual
production is expected to be about 325 MWh. The project was commissioned
by Stadtwerke Mainz AG, a continuation of a 25yr partnership between the
German state of Rheinland-Pfalz and Rwanda.
Photograph courtesy of juwi GmbH
Posted 25 Aug 2007 |
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Ilha do Sal
Location: Cape Verde
Operator: Martifer Solar
Configuration: 2.5 MWp
Operation: 2010
System supplier: Martifer
EPC: Martifer
Quick facts: On 10 May 2010, the Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Dr José Maria das
Neves, inaugurated the first of two solar parks contracted in January to Martifer Solar.
This is jointly-owned by Martifer SGPS and the Ministry of Economy, Growth and Competitiveness of
Cape Verde (MECC). Installed on fixed structures on a 9.75ha plot, this
turnkey project uses PV panels produced in the Martifer plant in Oliveira
de Frades, Portugal. At the time, this was the largest PV power station in Africa.
Photograph courtesy of Martifer
Posted 14 Nov 2010 |
Perfetti Istanbul
Location: Turkey
Operator: Perfetti Van Melle
Configuration: 31 kWp
Operation: 2010
System supplier: CentroSolar AG, United Solar
EPC: CentroSolar, Form Teniz AS
Quick facts: This rooftop system on a Turkish candy factory west
of Istanbul was the largest thin-film installation in the country at
completion.
Photograph courtesy of CentroSolar
Posted 19 Mar 2011 |
Sarnia
Location: Canada
Operator: Enbridge Inc
Configuration: 23.4 MWp
Operation: 2009
System supplier: First Solar
EPC: First Solar, Black & Veatch
Quick facts: This PV plant is on a 365ha site near Sarnia on the
southern end of Lake Huron. The scheme was originally developed by Opti-Solar
under a Standard Offer Contract with Ontario Power Authority The project
was acquired by Enbridge in Oct 2009 and completed on 7 Dec 2009.
Photograph courtesy of First Solar
Posted 9 Jan 2010 |
