BIJ, finergia and meeco sign MoU on Japanese market

Japan JV meeco finergia BIJ

Swiss group to enter in a 30 MW JV with Italian finergia and Japanese BIJ

Zug/Yokohama.  The meeco Group has made a significant step forward in its penetration of the Japanese solar market by agreeing on Terms for a new joint venture (JV) with BIJ Corporation, a solar energy system provider based in Yokohama, and finergia advisory & finance, an Italianbroker and financial advisor for renewable energy projects based in Laives. The Memorandum of Understanding signed on February 22 covers the venture’s aim, which is to cooperate in the installation of solar photovoltaic capacity both in Japan and neighboring markets such as the Fiji Islands. The meeco Group will bring along its know-how to the joint venture to deliver quality PV Solar projects in Japan thanks to its previous experiences in the domain.

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The meeco Group 2012 Global Solar Market Report

Swiss renewable energy group with steady growth, new market and solutions

2012 was the year major solar panel manufacturers like Q-Cells, Solyndra, Evergreen Solar or Solon went bankrupt. It will stay in people’s minds as a critical year for the entire solar energy sector, which depended heavily on government subsided green energy prices. The significant Feed-in Tariff cuts in Europe and uninterrupted solar PV modules price decrease deeply impacted the market behavior, the only positive note being the awakening of new emerging solar markets. Continuing economic challenges and changing policies have generated uncertainties, negative perspectives and reduced market growth in traditional renewable energy markets such as Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, the UK or even France.

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Brazilian farmer purchases two sun2flow water-pumping units | Brasilianischer Bauer erwirbt zwei sun2flow-Wasserpumpen

New solar water pumping system by meeco América Latina in Chaco, Paraguay

meeco América Latina S.A., the Asunción-based subsidiary of The meeco Group, has received the down-payment earlier this month for a new sun2flow project in the Chaco region, northern Paraguay. Situated in a particularly remote area 350 km away from the first paved road, the installation site is completely off the grid.

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Remote Indian village gets access to drinking water

meeco América Latina installs solar water pumping system in Mistolar, Paraguay

Situated on the Pilcomayo River near the Argentinean border and 300 km away from the nearest paved road, the Indian community of Mistolar (Paraguay) is located in a very remote area with no access to the power grid.

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2012 solar energy open-air event by meeco América Latina

Mobile and fixed solar pumping solutions shown at Riacho-í, Chaco (Paraguay)

Last Saturday 13th October meeco América Latina S.A., the Asunción-based subsidiary of The meeco Group, has hosted the second edition of its solar energy open-air event in the Chaco. Local farmers, clients, solar energy partners as well as water pumping experts were invited to this exclusive event which took place at a local cattle breading estancia Riacho-í, located near Rio Verde, in the Chaco region, (Presidente Hayes province) which already uses sun2flow and sun2live solutions from meeco.

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Two new sun2flowTM installations finalized in Paraguay

Water pumping system by The meeco Group supplies cattle farm with water

meeco América Latina, the subsidiary of the swiss-based meeco Group in Paraguay has finalized two new sun2flowTM installations in the region of Alto Paraguay. The sun2flowTM water pumping system reliably ensures water supply in remote areas, where a power source is either not available at all, exists but has frequent power outages, or would mean very high costs if it were to be distributed to such geographically isolated locations.

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The meeco Group present at FILDA, Angola’s largest exhibition

Solar off-grid, mobile and latest energy storage solutions in Luanda From July 17 to 22, Luanda hosts the 29th edition of FILDA, the largest international exhibition in Angola. In a country of relentless economic expansion and great natural resources, FILDA is the only tradeshow to gather a wide range of growing industries among which can … Read more

The meeco Group welcomes Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture delegation in Alicante

Water pumping system sun2flowTM proposed for irrigation purposes in central Turkey The Spanish subsidiary of The meeco Group, meeco España S.L. with offices in Alicante (Comunidad Valenciana), recently received a delegation of the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture. The newly developed solar power pumping system sun2flowTM, which aims at providing reliable and mobile power for irrigation … Read more

The meeco Group launches sun2fish, the solar based fishing buoy

Solar technology to replace traditional kerosene fishing lamps Catching fish at night implies using a light source which, in Europe and North America, is often a diesel generator powered spot. In places such as the Lake Victoria, spread across three African nations (Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania), thousands of liters of kerosene are used every night … Read more

sun2flow, the new mobile water pumping solution by meeco

The meeco Group’s Latin American subsidiary develops answer to irrigation in remote areas After conducting a thorough market research, Dr. Oliver Jann, President of meeco América Latina S.A. and his team, determined an enormous market potential solar-powered and mobile water pumping systems. For the last 6 months, a team of photovoltaic and water pumping experts … Read more