Sopogy (of Hawaii) Inks 50MW Solar-Thermal Project in Spain

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http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/sopogy-inks-50mw-solar-thermal-project-in-spain-5418.html

Sopogy has lined up a developer and the money to build a 50-megawatt farm in Spain, the largest project to-date for the micro-thermal company.

Honolulu-based Sopogy is teaming with Inypsa Informes y Proyectos and Omniwatt to build the project in Toledo in central Spain. Inypsa from Spain will develop the project while Omniwatt from Germany will fund it. Sopogy declined to disclose the project cost.

The project is a big deal for Sopogy, which takes a different approach to solar thermal than most of its competitors. Instead of building 300 plus megawatt farms with industrial-scale equipment, it makes rooftop solar thermal systems that can also be used to build moderately-sized power plants.

It's building a 1-megawatt system, called Keahole Solar Power, at the Natural Energy Laboratory, a state research agency on the Big Island of Hawaii. The state approved a $10 million bond in July 2007 for the project.

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