Welcome to Globalization 2.0. A Canadian firm has announced the supply of Chinese panels to City Solar, a German developer, for its projects in Spain to be built before the change in the feed-in tariff.
Deliveries are expected to start immediately, according to CSI. The company expects to build its plants before the change in the Spanish legislation (RD 661), and therefore feed-in tariff, by the end of the summer of 2008.
CSI and City Solar have already worked together. The Canadian firme recently delivered 11.7 MW to City Solar for some of its projects in Germany.
The new contract, a much larger one (60 MW), will definitely consolidate the relationship between both companies.
Energías Renovables informed last week that no less than 18,000 CSI panels, totalling 2.8 MW, have just been connected in a plant developed by Ra Solar in Albacete (Spain).
This piece of news is just a sign of the rush in the Spanish solar PV market, with many suppliers, developers and investors trying hard to get plants built and connected before the (highly profitable) legislation changes next year, as the country's Department of Industry announced some weeks ago.
For additional information:
www.csisolar.com
www.citysolar.de
