Loveland, Colo. & Munich, Germany (ots) – Abound Solar, a leading manufacturer of next-generation thin-film photovoltaic modules today announced that juwi solar GmbH, a general contractor in charge of planning, logistics, and construction management with extensive experience in the development of large-scale solar projects constructed two projects in Jatzke, Germany totaling 5.4MW with Abound Solar’s AB1-series modules. The combined installation, which was completed and connected to the grid in December 2010, will produce 5.500.000kWh/year which is enough energy to offset the annual requirements of approximately 1,400 households. The free-field plants were constructed using mounting systems from Schletter, an Abound Solar Alliance member and non-recourse financed with local banks.
The project in Jatzke, located in northern Germany, benefited from the use of thin-film photovoltaics due to the enhanced performance in low-light conditions. The Jatzke, Germany plant was just the latest example of Juwi incorporating Abound Solar modules into one of its projects. Abound Solar was also deployed as part of a solar plant designed and integrated by juwi in Texas during 2010.
“As one of Abound Solar’s first and largest customers, it seems appropriate that juwi solar has built the largest installation to date of Abound modules.” said Lars Falck, CEO of juwi solar.
“After the successful completion of a project with Abound Solar in Texas, the Jatzke decision was an easy one.” added Carolin Schenuit, PV product manager for juwi solar.
The completion and connection of the largest Abound Solar installation to date is just the most recent in a string of milestones for the company. In March, Abound Solar announced a partnership with Solarsis which will help the company enter India’s fast-growing PV market. In December, the company announced a $400 million loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy and a $110 million round of equity investment to expand manufacturing capacity. The company announced plans to construct the largest thin-film module manufacturing plant in the US in the state of Indiana.
“Projects like these demonstrate the continued partnership between Abound Solar and juwi solar to develop large-scale solar photovoltaic installations” said Tom Tiller, president and CEO of Abound Solar. “We are proud to be working with such established developers like juwi to prove the performance and reliability of Abound Solar modules.”
About Abound Solar
Abound Solar is a leading manufacturer of next-generation, cadmium telluride thin-film photovoltaic modules. Built upon 15 years of development at Colorado State University and with support from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Abound Solar is producing solar modules that significantly reduce the cost of generating solar electricity using a robust, commercial-scale, continuous manufacturing process. For additional information, visit http://www.abound.com .
About juwi
juwi is one of the world’s leading specialists for renewable energy. The company was founded in 1996 by Matthias Willenbacher and Fred Jung. The CEOs have developed juwi from a two-man office to a company acting worldwide with more than 1,200 employees and a revenue of approx. 800 million Euros (2010). In the solar sector juwi has constructed more than 1,500 solar power plants with a total output of more than 700 MW. http://www.juwi.com
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