Nanosolar Inc., a global leader in solar photovoltaic power innovation, and Beck Energy, a leading integrator of large-scale solar electric power systems, on December 19th 2007 announced that they have won a highly competitive public selection process for a solar power plant located on a former landfill owned by one of the largest waste management companies in Eastern Germany. The project will employ the Nanosolar "Utility Panel" in combination with systems technology and services by Beck Energy. The initial size of the solar power plant is one MW, an amount sufficient to power approximately 400 homes. The Nanosolar "Utility Panel" is Nanosolar's first product as part of its award-winning "PowerSheet" product line - recently named the Top Innovation of the Year 2007 by Popular Science Magazine - and it is the company's solution for building solar power plants on free fields at the outskirts of towns and cities.

"This is the first time that a solar electricity cell and panel has been designed entirely and specifically for utility-scale power generation. It will set the standard for green power generation at utility scale", said Martin Roscheisen, CEO of Nanosolar.

Unique design and system economics to drive the cost efficiency of solar electricity systems

"The unique design and system economics of the Nanosolar "Utility Panel" are instrumental in enabling us to drive the cost efficiency of solar electricity systems", said Bernhard Beck, CEO of Beck Energy GmbH. "Every town and city should have its own solar power plant in the future", he adds. Solar electric power plants have advantages over coalfired and other conventional plants since they can be deployed in a much broader range of possible field locations, much bigger possible sizes, and with much shorter project planning and implementation cycles. They now can be very economical as well, giving municipal power producers and utilities a new option for generating and delivering cost-efficient green power.

2007-12-19 | Courtesy: Beck Energy GmbH | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH