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Current date: 2010-02-09 08:18

Solarpro Silistra launched production of photovoltaic solar panels

Solarpro, a unit of Bulgarian miner Kaolin, has launched production of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels at its factory in Silistra, on the Danube. The first batch was out at the beginning of March.

During the fifth International Congress on Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Sources, and the specialised energy efficiency exhibition, which will run simultaneously in Sofia from April 6 to 8, Solarpro will have a 504 MWp PV power station in front of Sofia’s National Palace of Culture.

Solarpro is the biggest solar plant factory on the Balkans, with a nameplate capacity of 18 MW. The company came into being in end-2007 in line with a strategy of its owner to bolster energy efficiency and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. In March 2009 Solarpro’s capital was raised by BGN 6 million, all of it subscribed by the majority owner.

In early 2009 Solarpro won a contract to build and install a 2.4 MWp solar power station in the village of Yankovo, eastern Bulgaria.