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OPDE starts work in Italy on 6 photovoltaic solar plants that will reach 26 MWp

The total investment in the farms to be constructed in the region of Piedmont, will exceed 125 million Euros and their construction and start-up (anticipated for the end of the coming month of March), will mean the creation of a hundred direct and indirect jobs. Part of the 2,027 trackers to be installed in the solar farms will be assembled in the factory that the company belonging to the MECASOLAR Group has in Turin. OPDE report that different investment funds have indicated their interest in acquiring the operation of the six new projects. OPDE ITALY expects to have constructed in Italy by 2012 a total of 200 MWs, and by doing so will have accumulated a total investment of €850 million in Italy.

California Lumeta Solar Roof Achieved USA Patents

Lumeta , a California solar energy company, have developed innovative solar modules that integrate into a variety of commercial and residential roof systems. In the past 2010, it's claimed that 16 Green Building Innovations have been achieved by this insightful company. And recently it was awarded multiple patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its patents entitled "Profile Roof Tile with Integrated Photovoltaic Module." Patents number are 7,531,740 and 7,557,291. Lumeta solar modules are as aesthetically pleasing as they are highly functional.