While the first contract has been signed with GranSolarGhella to supply 6MW PV modules to southern Italy, to be delivered in the second half of 2010, the second contract was signed with Tozzi Renewable Energy to supply 6MW PV modules to central Italy, to be delivered during the third quarter of 2010.

Peter Xie, president of Solarfun, said: “In 2010, we have further diversified our customer base by successfully penetrating into Italy, France and the US markets through winning projects.”

Andreas Liebheit, VP and managing director Europe, Middle East and Africa at Solarfun, said: “Italy is the third largest solar power generation market in Europe and we are excited to have already begun a number of installations in the country.”