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SSSolar power developer Premier Power Renewable Energy
has started construction on a new 16.2 MW solar plant in Dimitrovgrad,
Bulgaria.
The project is expected to be completed in second quarter
of 2012. It will be built on a former coal mine in a joint venture with the
engineering and design firm Plaan Czech.
The new plant is part of Premier Power’s continued push
into Europe, which started with a project in Spain in 2007 and expanded to
Italy and then throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Last month, Premier said
it will supply solar panels for projects in Denmark.
“Our previous successes in Eastern Europe – a region
few others have been able to effectively penetrate – are now enabling us to
capture significant market share in Bulgaria,” said Bjorn Persson, executive
vice president of European operations at Premier Power.