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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 02, 2010 Solar Frontier has announced that it will supply Saudi Aramco with 10 megawatts of its proprietary cadmium- and lead-free thin film CIS solar modules for a car park installation to power the North Park office complex in Dhahran. The installation will become one of the largest photovoltaic covered parking lots in the world, at 16-18 hectares, when completed by the end of 2011. "Solar Frontier's panels are proven to deliver reliable and affordable performance, providing efficient and stable power output in even the toughest conditions, and this partnership with Saudi Aramco shows a continuing commitment to supply our high-performance CIS solar modules to projects in demanding desert conditions across the Middle East," said Atsuhiko Hirano, Senior Vice President, Solar Frontier. "We are pleased to be able to provide a stable supply of affordable high-performance solar modules. This installation at North Park will enable us to monitor the performance of our CIS modules in a desert environment, giving us invaluable knowledge to leverage for future projects in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, and regions with similar environments around the world." Saudi Arabia receives 7kWh of energy per square meter in 12 hours of daylight, significantly more than the amount of sun that hits a "sunny" country like Spain, making the Kingdom an ideal country for solar power projects to supply domestic and retail demands. Faisal Habiballah, head of Saudi Aramco's Solar Project Team, said that: "Although the overall intent is to conserve energy, the downstream effects of the solar projects are significant. Installing solar panels on car-park roofs is a well-proven energy saving model, and covered parking was always part of the plan for North Park - so why not use solar panels?" Saudi Aramco's North Park parking area is the first full-scale site in the Kingdom selected to install Solar Frontier's CIS panels. The panels will cover the complex's 4,450 parking spaces, an area of 16-18 hectares, and will have a capacity of 10 megawatts, providing all the building's daytime power needs. Ten megawatts is equivalent to the output needed to power 6,000 residential homes.
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