Solel Solar Systems’ new USD 9 million solar reflector production factory has opened in Akaa, a town 200km north of Helsinki. The latest alternative energy manufacturing centre in Finland will produce parabolic solar reflectors to be used in Solel’s own solar thermal projects around the globe.
Solel built the new factory to “give it almost complete control over the cost, quality and capacity of its solar power technology,” according to CleanTech.com. “By producing our next generation of parabolic solar reflectors, this new factory will help us advance our SunField LP solar fields, in Spain and around the world, and provide our customers with guaranteed performance,” said Avi Brenmiller, president and CEO of Israel-based Solel.
Solel is creating commercial solar energy plants around the world. It made a deal in 2007 with San Francisco’s PG&E power company to buy 553 megawatts from Solel’s upcoming Mojave Solar Park in California. The Mojave plant alone will supply the energy needs of 400,000 homes once it’s up and running.
With oil prices fluctuating wildly over the last year, and the future of oil and gas security a major concern around the world, producing power from the sun has huge potential. Solel’s new factory in Akaa will be able to manufacture 240,000 parabolic solar reflectors per year, a quantity enough for a 50-megawatt solar thermal plant.
Solar industry has a tremendous potential in the coming years as our natural resources are depleting and the energy resources which we are using are much expensive and also causing global warming.Solar energy is the only alternative which is not only cheap but also help us in saving this earth…
It is incredible how many industries now require solar panels for various parts of their business. I would have never guessed so many years ago how high-tech and technical roofing and solar panel installations would become.
This industry is far from hitting it’s growth cap.
I still think the article is very informative, wouldnt worry about the solar industry, if anything people will be looking to save money long term.
No such town called Akaa I thought.
As expat Finn living in New Zealand I thought someone had made a mistake but google proved there is arecently founded town called Akaa indeed. Definately easier to spell than Äkäslompolo or Äteritsiputeritsipuolilaudatsijänkä.
I was looking for solar panels so this is not spam. I wondered if you could improve the efficiency of a panel by using adjustable reflectors on the side of a horisontal panel?
It is a pity that spam came through.
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it makes me mad when i see investment like this in other countries and virtually nothing here in the UK
Hopefully the credit crisis won’t crush this industry, since it is completely dependent on government subsidies.
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Thak youfor the news. It is a very welcome news for the solar enthusiasts and for world.But there seems to another mistake in the news and
IceNews: Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Now we are no longer cocooned in ignorance, we shall endeavour to use the right picture next time. While this may have been a silly mistake, we do still credit ourselves with knowing the difference between windmills and sailing boats!
Thanks for reading IceNews.
Nice and interesting article but the accompanying picture displays PV solar panels, not the parabolic reflectors relevant to the story; this is more incorrect than showing a windmill instead of a sailboat.