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ACE of cables

Solar contract

The Africa coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable has added landing stations in Benin and the Canary Islands. The new construction sees the submarine cable land in Cotonou, Benin and Tenerife. The new connections are part of the second phase of the submarine network’s construction. The undersea cable now serves 18 countries, including France, Portugal, the Canary Islands (Spain), Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Benin, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. Mali and Niger connect via a terrestrial fiber optic network extension. ACE is the first international submarine cable to land in Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Sao Tome and Principe, and Sierra Leone. Operational since 2012, the ACE fiber optic cable system will eventually cover 17,000km and by the end of this second phase will extend to South Africa. Additional branches will connect Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of theCongo, Angola, andNamibia. Overall network capacity will reach 12.8Tbps using 100Gbps optical transmission technology. Transmission equipment is supplied by Alcatel-Lucent.

ReneSola Ltd has agreed to provide 20MW of solar modules for use in utility-scale projects in Germany. Under the terms of the agreement, ReneSola's contracted OEMs will deliver the Virtus II solar modules to the projects during July and August. “We are delighted to provide our high quality modules for these projects in Germany, a developed market that has long been a leading source of demand and a destination for renewable energy alternatives,” said Mr Xianshou Li, ReneSola’s chief executive officer.

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