SHANGHAI, March 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EnBW Energie
Baden-Wurttemberg AG ("EnBW"), the third largest energy company in
Germany, announced that it plans
to build a solar park in Baden-Wuerttemberg using 5.5 MW of
photovoltaic ("PV") modules produced by Solarfun Power Holdings
Co., Ltd. ("Solarfun") (Nasdaq: SOLF), a vertically integrated
manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and PV cells and modules in
China. The solar park, one of the
largest in the region, will be constructed on a former dumpsite and
is expected to be connected to the grid in June 2010. The new project is expected to
supply electricity to approximately 1,970 households and save
approximately 3,990 tons of carbon dioxide per year.
Stefan Thiele, spokesman of the
management board of EnBW Erneuerbare Energien GmbH, commented,
"EnBW is expanding its development goals in the renewable energy
sector. In addition to a central focus on hydropower and wind
energy, EnBW is also increasingly concentrating on solar energy. We
are looking forward to building this project in the town of
Eggingen near Ulm, Germany.
It will be our fifth PV project in the past few months and
will be one of the biggest solar parks in the region. The
eight hectares will be covered by polycrystalline PV modules
produced by Solarfun. Siemens will deliver the central inverters.
The construction work will be provided by Bayer & Raach, a
solar company in Zwiefalten, Germany."
EnBW plans to increase the share of renewables in its energy mix
to 20% by 2020. In doing so, EnBW intends to focus on the expansion
of wind energy and hydropower and on further developing
technologies such as solar energy, biomass and biogas. In the PV
field, EnBW will increase its installed power to 10 MW with the
Ulm-Eggingen solar park. EnBW connected its first large solar
project with a 2.1 MW park in Leibertingen. In addition, EnBW
installed approximately 1 MW of PV modules on the roofs of its
logistics and administration centers in Wendlingen and Stuttgart.
Peter Xie, President of Solarfun,
added, "We are pleased that EnBW decided to choose our high-quality
modules for this new project in Germany. EnBW is an important new customer and
we look forward to building a long-term relationship with EnBW.
Renewable energy continues to play an important role in
Germany and we are happy that our
advanced technology will be serving the people of
Baden-Wuerttemberg for many years to come."
ABOUT EnBW
EnBW Energie Baden-Wurttemberg AG is the third largest energy
company in Germany, with over
six million customers and more than 20,000 employees.
The company focuses on electricity and gas as well as energy
and environmental services. The Company operates in
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, and in
other markets in central and eastern Europe.
ABOUT SOLARFUN
Solarfun manufactures both PV cells and PV modules, provides PV
cell processing services to convert silicon wafers into PV cells,
and supplies solar system integration services in China. Solarfun produces both monocrystalline
and multicrystalline silicon cells and modules. Solarfun sells its
products through third-party distributors, OEM manufacturers and
directly to system integrators. Solarfun was founded in 2004 and
its products have been certified to TUV and UL safety and quality
standards.
SOLF-G
www.solarfun-power.com
Solarfun Media Contact:
|
|
|
|
Stacie Campbell
|
|
Corporate Marketing Manager
|
|
Stacie.campbell@solarfun-power.com
|
|
|
|
Solarfun Investor Contact:
|
|
Paul Combs
|
|
V.P. Strategic Planning
|
|
26F BM Tower
|
|
218 Wusong Road
|
|
Shanghai, 200080
|
|
P. R. China
|
|
Tel: 86-21-2602 2833 / Mobile: 86 138
1612 2768
|
|
E-mail: IR@solarfun-power.com
|
|
|
|
Christensen
|
|
Kathy Li
|
|
Tel: +1 480 614 3036
|
|
E-mail: kli@ChristensenIR.com
|
|
|
|
Roger Hu
|
|
Tel: 852 2117 0861
|
|
E-mail: rhu@ChristensenIR.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
EnBW Energie Baden-Wurttemberg AG
|
|
Unternehmenskommunikation
|
|
Durlacher Allee 93
|
|
76131 Karlsruhe
|
|
Telefon: +49 (0)7 21/63-1 43 20
|
|
Fax: +49 (0)7 21/63-1 26 72
|
|
presse@enbw.com
|
|
www.enbw.com
|
|
Energie braucht Impulse
|
|
EnBW Energie Baden-Wurttemberg AG
|
|
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Karlsruhe
|
|
Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Mannheim _ HRB
107956
|
|
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Dr. Claus Dieter
Hoffmann
|
|
Vorstand:
|
|
Hans-Peter Villis (Vorsitzender)
|
|
Dr. Bernhard Beck
|
|
Christian Buchel
|
|
Dr. Hans-Josef Zimmer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SOURCE Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd.