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PowerLight Corporation Breaks Ground on a 20 Megawatt Photovoltaic Project in Spain for Elecnor.


GENEVA -- Elecnor, S.A. and PowerLight broke ground today on a 20 megawatt meg·a·watt  
n. Abbr. MW
One million watts.



mega·watt
 solar power system in the town of Trujillo Trujillo, city, Peru
Trujillo (trhē`yō), city (1993 pop. 256,744), capital of La Libertad dept., NW Peru, in a fertile oasis of the coastal desert.
, CEiceres in Spain Spain, Span. España (āspä`nyä), officially Kingdom of Spain, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 40,341,000), 194,884 sq mi (504,750 sq km), including the Balearic and Canary islands, SW Europe. . PowerLight Corporation, the leading global provider of large-scale solar power systems, is working with Elecnor to design, develop and deploy the solar power system, named 'La Magascona', which will make use of PowerLight PowerTracker[R] Solar Power Systems, the most widely deployed single-axis solar tracking system in the world. The 20 MW project will be owned by Fotowatio EnergE a Solar, and will cover an area of approximately 100 hectares.

"With the development of La Magascona, PowerLight further advances its goal of deploying large-scale, emissions-free solar power plants throughout Europe," said Marco Northland north·land also North·land  
n.
A region in the north of a country or an area.



northland
, PowerLight General Manager for Europe. "With over 45 MWs of PowerTracker projects in deployment in Spain and Portugal through 2007, PowerLight continues to lead the market in providing single-axis solar tracking systems for utility-scale power plants." PowerLight was recently selected by a leading solar developer for another 12 MW project in Spain, which will be deployed in 2007.

The innovative single-axis PowerTracker design enables solar panels to automatically follow the path of the sun throughout the day to maximize the panels' energy generation. The PowerLight PowerTracker system offers today's most advanced solution for maximizing both solar energy solar energy, any form of energy radiated by the sun, including light, radio waves, and X rays, although the term usually refers to the visible light of the sun.  production and financial project returns on large-scale solar projects The German rock band Solar Project was founded in 1988. Their musical style is categorized best as Art Rock or Progressive Rock. History
Solar Project was started in 1988 by Robert Valet, Volker Janacek and Peter Terhoeven as a studio project.
. Fully scalable, PowerTracker systems can scale from several-hundred kilowatt kilowatt: see watt.  sites to large multi-megawatt installations.

About PowerLight

PowerLight Corporation is the leading global provider of large-scale solar power systems, delivering unmatched experience and proven financial performance to commercial, utility, public sector, and residential customers. PowerLight's industry-leading products, technologies and services enable our customers to maximize clean energy output along with project savings. Today, PowerLight designs, deploys, and operates the largest solar power systems in the world through market-leading innovation and exceptional customer service. For more information, please visit www.powerlight.com.
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