Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
Thank you, sir. (Operator Instructions) And we'll go first to Adam Krop with Ardour Capital.
Adam Krop - Ardour Capital
Hi, Steve. Hi, John.
Steve Rhoades
Hey Adam, how are you doing?
Adam Krop - Ardour Capital
Just a little bit more color on the backlog if you could. Looks like about a $12 million decline in the quarter versus the previous quarter. I guess, were there any cancellations in the quarter or was it all kind of shipped product?
Steve Rhoades
We had a small number of cancellations. It was not a very significant fraction of that number. A lot of it was just -- we shipped out of backlog inside of the quarter. And it was a relatively slow bookings quarter. We're seeing a pickup now as we're getting into Q2 -- 2Q timeframe for bookings but very slow during the first quarter.
Adam Krop - Ardour Capital
Okay, yeah we noticed that -- obviously 400 megawatts is in the pipeline, is very encouraging. Could you give us a little bit more color as far as when you expect that to kind of move into the backlog status? I mean what are your -- some of your utility customers saying in terms of when they expect the growth to hit? I mean are they looking towards 3Q period when this grand program is slated to begin?
Steve Rhoades
Well, two different things there, the Ecostream supply agreement, that is the bulk of that number that you are talking about is Europe of course mostly. And the teams there in Europe are saying that they're starting to see project finance free up a bit. When does it exactly break? It's hard to see. We got a really strong pipeline of opportunities. And I talk to a lot of executives in the solar industry. People are talking about the second half. I think as we look in Q3 and Q4, we're going to continue to see it get stronger. But it's most projects that have been delayed -- have been delayed for project finance.
And we are starting to hear probably (ph) -- that project finance here is getting a little bit better as we look into the second half of the year.
Adam Krop - Ardour Capital
Okay. Great. And just a little bit more color on the S-3 filed this afternoon. Is it safe to assume that use of proceeds is primarily going to go towards CapEx? As you look into kind of 2010 with ramping growth, is that a safe assumption?
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