WCA July 2013

Greek power plant grid connection

grid-connected during March. These two projects are entitled to a 20-year Greek PV FiT subsidy, and the electricity price is locked between €0.29/kWh and €0.44/kWh. After COSCO’s investment in the Beelia container terminal, Sky Solar is the largest Chinese investor in the Greek renewable energy sector. Sky Solar Holdings Ltd – Hong Kong Website : www.skysolargroup.com

Having analysed and studied the market, Sky Solar began to invest in the Greek PV renewable power business in 2007 and has since been very successful. Sky Solar’s 70MW PV power plant is composed of 40MW and 30MW project packages, and the average sun irradiance of the project areas is over 1,500 hours per year. The 40MW project was grid-connected in January 2013, and the 30MW project was

Sky Solar Holdings Co Ltd has announced the successful grid connection of integral Greek 70MW PV power plants. As a part of the EU electricity grid, Greece transmits and sells electricity to European countries short of electricity, but also attracts EU countries and enterprises to invest in photovoltaic power generation in order to accomplish its goals of renewable energy sources. Finnish company Reka Cables is to be part of a joint venture to produce cables in Kazakhstan, the national agency for exports and investments (Kaznex Invest) at the Kazakh ministry of industry and new technologies has announced. “The company plans to set up production of European standard cables in Kazakhstan. “Such cables have never been manufactured in the republic before. “Reka Cables will create a joint venture that will produce 10-35kV polyethylene cables.” “In support of this project, Kaznex Invest will initiate amendments to the Kazakh technical standards (GOST) for cable production, which have basically been the same since the Soviet times,” the statement added. Reka Cables is also forging an agreement with Kazakhmys for copper rod supply to Finland. “Kazakhmys produces 60,000 tons of copper rods a year. The first shipment to Finland will make up 10,000 tons,” the statement continued. Reka Cables produces medium- and high-voltage cables, installation, control and power cables from plants in Finland and Russia. Its key market areas are Russia and the Nordic and Baltic countries. Reka Cables – Finland Website : www.reka.fi Joint cable venture in Kazakhstan

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