Month: April 2020

BELECTRIC delivers utility-scale PV plant on mountainous site in Jordan

Total capacity of more than 46 MWp Located near the Amman Airport on challenging topography BELECTRIC awarded as O&M provider Battery storage facility under construction by BELECTRIC Kolitzheim (Germany), Amman (Jordan) – BELECTRIC is delivering a utility scale PV plant on challenging terrain: the company has completed a solar plant in Jordan on a mountainous… Read more »

OutBack Power Announces Rapid Shutdown Solution with Tigo for Solar Charge Controllers

OutBack Power’s FLEXmax charge controllers provide an easy-to-install solution for rapid shutdown PV systems with Tigo’s TS4-F (Fire Safety)  Campbell, CA, April 06, 2020 – Tigo Energy, Inc., pioneer of the smart Flex MLPE & TS4 Platform, together with OutBack Power, a design leader in battery-based renewable energy systems, have announced the compatibility of their… Read more »

ONGi conducts “Green Sustainability” manufacturing concepts and practices across its global factories and supply chains

In March 2020, LONGi officially joined the Global Initiative RE100, committing to sourcing 100% of renewable electricity across its entire global operations by 2028, with an interim target of 70% by 2027.In November 2018, LONGi announced its “Solar for Solar” concept of manufacturing clean energy products using 100% clean energy. Joining the RE100 further reinforces the company’s… Read more »

Technology maturity of HVDC circuit breakers proven by successful full-scale high-power demonstration

Arnhem/Berlin, 6 April 2020. A full-scale prototype of the ABB hybrid HVDC circuit breaker was successfully tested on the 27th of February 2020 in the independent KEMA Laboratories as part of the PROMOTioN HVDC technology demonstration programme. The EU funded PROMOTioN project aims to tackle technical, regulatory, financial and legal challenges to the implementation of… Read more »

THE FUTURE IS NOW – ANALYSE YOUR SOLAR PROJECTS IN LESS THAN 10 SECONDS

The renewable energy software company, VesBox, have created an automation tool that measures the financial bankability of renewable energy solar projects globally. The VesBox Platform also identifies all possible environmental, social and ecosystem risk factors associated with your project, all in less than 10 seconds. MARCH 30, 2020, VesBOX Top London researchers have created an… Read more »

Liebherr: The Liebherr Group increases turnover to over eleven billion Euros

Bulle (Switzerland), April 6, 2020 – In 2019, the Liebherr Group completed another very successful business year with turnover of € 11,750 million. This represents an increase of € 1,199 million or 11.4 % compared with the previous year. Despite the slowdown in global economic growth, 2019 was once again a record year for the… Read more »

Heating technology for the Antarctic: my-PV’s power managers provide hot water and heating from solar power

Neuzeug, Austria, 06.04.2020. The engineers at the Princess Elisabeth research station in Antarctica installed five power controllers from my-PV at the end of March. With the Austrian company’s power managers, the research team will be able to use its surplus solar power in future to heat water, rooms and large buffer storage tanks. With the… Read more »

Lade-PV Project Begins: Vehicle-integrated PV for Electrical Commercial Vehicles

Heavy-load vehicle traffic is responsible for 6 percent of the CO2 emissions in the European Union. Solar electricity generated directly on the vehicle can improve this balance by 5 to 7 percent. In the “Lade-PV” project under the direction of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, four industrial companies and two Fraunhofer institutes… Read more »

S2A’s #GreenLuxHome Will Feature the World’s Only Patented Graphene Solar Panel From FreeVolt

The first electrically self-sustaining, custom luxury homes from S2A will be powered by the only graphene solar panel in existence globally, changing the game with unprecedented energy production, durability, immunity to climate, and overall service life Exclusive: S2A is the only modular construction and real estate development entity with the rights to feature built-in FreeVolt’s… Read more »

UK solar firm Azuri helping off-grid children across Kenya to continue education while schools close

Nairobi, Kenya, 03 April 2020: Azuri Technologies, a leader in pay-as-you-go solar home solutions for off-grid Africa, is helping to off-grid children across Kenya to continue education while schools remain closed. Kenyan schools have been shut down as a measure to contain spread of the Coronavirus. With more than 15 million primary and secondary students… Read more »

innogy paves the way for its third Offshore wind farm off the German coast

Final investment decision for 342 MW Kaskasi offshore project Contracts signed with main suppliers: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A., Bladt Industries A/S and Seaway 7 Contracts valuing more than 500 million euros awarded Offshore construction works to start in Q3/2021 Improved installation method reduces installation time and noise emissions Essen, 3 April 2020 Energy company… Read more »

Coronavirus pandemic delays Portugal’s solar plans, says Global Data

Following the news that Portugal has post-poned its 700MW auction until the market is less turbulent; Somik Das, Power Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “In a major blow to the nation, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused more than 4,200 deaths, which has made the market unpredictable. “That… Read more »

Onto the fast track with Solar-Log WEB Enerest™ 4

Solare Datensysteme GmbH launches the new online portal Solar-Log WEB Enerest™ 4 Fast. Powerful. Easy to use: Solar-Log™ launches the new Solar-Log WEB Enerest™ 4. The company releases the current release for the completely new developed monitoring platform for the market and users. Solar-Log WEB Enerest™ 4 is site monitoring at the highest level. Individual… Read more »

Rovco Builds New Senior Executive Team

April 2, 2020, Bristol: Rovco, one of the offshore energy industry’s leading providers of ROV, hydrographic and artificial intelligence-based technology services, today announced a number of key executive team hires and internal appointments. The news marks the continued expansion of the company during a period of sustained growth, as the number of ROVCO employees reaches nearly 50. Brian… Read more »

Multiple wind farm challenge ahead

Four wind farms, three countries, one project: C-bed takes on a new logistically complex campaign. C-bed recently completed its 25th offshore wind project and shortly after took on the next challenge. Since the end of February 2020, our DP2 walk-to-work vessel, Wind Innovation, has been deployed in the UK for the initiating part of an… Read more »

innogy enters Taiwan’s offshore wind market through strategic local partnership

Agreement signed with Asia Cement Corporation to further developup to 448MW Chu Feng offshore wind project innogy, one of Europe’s leading energy companies, has partnered with Asia Cement Corporation to continue the development of a major offshore wind project off the coast of Taiwan. The two companies have agreed a strategic partnership to further develop… Read more »

The Nordex Group: Onshore turbine with largest rotor diameter installed in the Netherlands

Hamburg 2. April 2020. Despite the coronavirus crisis and whilst taking all possible precautionary measures, the Nordex Group installed the first of two N149/4.0-4.5 turbines in the Netherlands at the end of March as part of the Heibloem wind farm, with this turbine boasting the largest onshore rotor diameter in the country. With the dimensions… Read more »

Closing of the sale of the inkjet printer business (PiXDRO) by Meyer Burger (Netherlands) B.V.; Introduction of short-time working at the Swiss sites in Thun and Hauterive due to COVID-19 pandemic

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announces today the closing of the sale of the inkjet printer business (PiXDRO) of Meyer Burger (Netherlands) B.V. in Eindhoven (NL) to SÜSS MicroTec SE, headquartered in Garching (Munich), Germany, which was announced on 20 December 2019. The final purchase price of the transferred assets amounts to… Read more »

Jan De Nul nears completion of fabrication of foundations for Taiwan’s Changhua Offshore Wind Farm

Jan De Nul Group reaches a next important milestone in the construction of the Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project – Demonstration. The fabrication of the foundations for the 21 offshore wind turbines nears its completion. The first four jackets will be transported to Taiwan in the first half of May 2020. The… Read more »

Gore Street Energy Fund’s 10MW battery goes live on the Origami technology platform

London, 01 April 2020 – Origami, a leading technology developer for energy companies, has announced the latest grid-scale battery storage project to use its smart technology is now operational. The 10MW battery, Lower Road, located in Brentwood, Essex, will be managed using Origami’s platform to help balance the national grid and provide additional capacity at… Read more »

LONGi enters into partnership with Senergia distributor with a first supply of 9.2 MW for the Finnish market

Xi´an (CHINA) 1st April 2020 – LONGi today announces the signing of a distributor appointment and new sales agreement with Swedish distributor Senergia for the supply of 9.2 MW of its  high efficiency Hi-MO4 modules. Senergia is a specialized wholesaler in solar energy distributing products that create solar energy in Sweden, Norway and Finland. The agreement… Read more »

Production starts in Europe’s first gigafactory for energy storage systems

Demand for storage systems on the rise despite COVID-19 Wittenberg/Germany, 1 April 2020 – Semi-automated production begins today in Europe’s first gigafactory for commercial battery storage systems, located in Wittenberg, Germany. Innovations in Tesvolt’s production process have enabled extremely flexible and efficient series manufacturing of its lithium-ion storage systems for industry and commerce. Production in… Read more »

SMA America Expands Digital Resources Amid COVID-19

The organization now offers expanded webinars, trainings and education to fill the void caused by “corona cancellations” ROCKLIN, Calif. – March 31, 2020 – As solar professionals grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, SMA America is tripling production of digital resources. The company’s goal is to help fill a void as in-person trade shows, events and… Read more »

Global reach of new Siemens Gamesa onshore platform on display following first order in Brazil

Third deal for next generation Siemens Gamesa 5.X platform, taking total orders close to 600 MW in Europe and Latin America. Siemens Gamesa will supply global utility AES with 52 units of the industry leading SG 5.8-170, boasting the largest rotor in the segment. The turbines will operate at up to 6.2 MW The company… Read more »