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August 30 - AHRI Hires D. Calabrese as Vice President, Public Policy

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has hired David B. Calabrese to fill a newly created position of Vice President, Public Policy. In that role, Calabrese will oversee and provide overall direction for the association's government relations, regulatory, research, and international affairs activities.
Calabrese comes to AHRI from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, where he has served as Vice President of Government Relations since 2003. Calabrese has over 17 years of government relations experience, having also served as Director of Government Relations for the Electronic Industries Alliance from 1990 to 2000 and as an attorney with the Washington, DC law firm of Dewey Ballantine, LLP, where he represented association clients on Capitol Hill and in federal agencies.
"We are extremely pleased that someone with Dave's experience and knowledge will be joining us to help us meet our public policy goals," said AHRI President Stephen Yurek. "Part of the impetus for the merger of ARI and GAMA that created AHRI was to strengthen the industry's voice on Capitol Hill, in the federal agencies, and overseas. Having someone of Dave's caliber overseeing our efforts will help us achieve influence commensurate with the strength of our membership."
Calabrese, who holds a Masters Degree in International Relations from The George Washington University and a law degree from The George Washington University School of Law, will join AHRI September 15, 2008.

August 29 - Melco to Build New Photovoltaic Cell Plant

PRODUCTION CAPACITY TO 600MW BY FISCAL 2012
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation recently announced its plans to construct a new building for photovoltaic (PV) cell production, the PV Cell Plant #2, at its Nakatsugawa Works Iida Factory in Nagano Prefecture. The company will expand annual production capacity of PV cells in response to a sharp increase in demand for solar power generation systems.
Mitsubishi Electric also intends to accelerate its capital investment plan by one year, and invest a total of 50 billion yen to quadruple its annual PV production capacity from 150 megawatts (present) to 600 megawatts by fiscal 2012 (April 1, 2011-March 31, 2012). The company's previous plan announced March 19, 2008 was to increase its capacity to 500 megawatts by fiscal 2013.

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