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| AGL, Bovis Lend Lease to offer market leading solar products For the first time in Australia, First Solar thin film technology is now available for residential use, following the announcement of a strategic alliance between Australia's leading renewable energy company AGL Energy and leading international project management, design and construction company Bovis Lend Lease. The partnership brings together two market leaders to deliver an affordable and high quality solar offering for residential households, the First Solar thin film solar Photovoltaic (PV) system, which uses some of the latest solar technology to generate electricity more effectively in Australian conditions. Australia will now be one of only a handful of countries where First Solar thin film is available to home users. In the last 5 years alone AGL has committed nearly $2.5 billion dollars to renewable energy, which will provide power to about three quarters of a million homes. Available now for households in New South Wales, the thin film solar PV offer takes advantage of the various government feed-in tariffs which are offering households 60 cents for every kWh fed back into the grid. AGL is currently contributing an additional 8 cents bringing the total feed-in tariff to a market leading 68 cents per kWh. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |