Targets in Q3/2016 reached Sales up by 31 percent to over EUR 2.3 billion 47 percent increase in EBITDA to EUR 204 million Sales and earnings now expected at the lower end of the target range Hamburg, 10 November 2016. The Nordex Group (ISIN: DE000A0D6554) posted a 31 percent increase in sales to EUR 2,339.5… Read more »
The biggest growth opportunities in solar often lie in emerging markets located in harsh climates, so technologies to make modules more durable are growing in demand, says Lux Research BOSTON, MA – November 10, 2016 – Material innovation is ramping up in solar as the industry aims to address the widespread decrease in performance over… Read more »
Hamburg/Paris: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has recently concluded contracts totaling 56.1 megawatts (MW) for the Antilope wind power project in the Hauts de France region with renewable energy developer Eurowatt. Senvion will equip the Champ de la Grand-Mère, Terres Noires and Croix Noire 1 and 2 wind farms with a total… Read more »
FREIBURG, Germany and ST. FLORIAN, Austria, November 9, 2016–Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE together with the Austrian company EV Group (EVG) have successfully manufactured a silicon-based multi-junction solar cell with two contacts and an efficiency exceeding the theoretical limit of silicon solar cells. For this achievement, the researchers used a… Read more »
• Abstract Submission latest 10 February 2017 • 33rd EU PVSEC will take place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 25 to 29 September 2017 • COP-21 Agreement: Solar photovoltaic electricity will play a fundamental role The experts of the PV solar community will meet in Amsterdam to discuss new concepts, trends and developments in science… Read more »
SOLARWATT (www.solarwatt.net), the leading German pioneer of high-performance dual-glass solar PV energy production and storage systems, has secured influential UK industry approval for its advanced solar panels. All categories of the company’s range of glass-glass and glass-foil PV panels were certified under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme to mark their compliance with the scheme requirements. All… Read more »
2016 revenue forecast lowered by approx. 50 million Euro: now expected to reach 135 million Euro to 150 million Euro due to delay of two large projects Those revenues are now expected to come in in the course of the 2017 financial year rather than in the fourth quarter of 2016 Operating result (EBIT) will… Read more »
Comprehensive plan to recapitalise the company including amendment of terms of outstanding convertible bond, share capital increase and extension of existing bank credits. Planned adjustment of terms of outstanding convertible bond, amongst others by removing the bondholder put option exercisable in September 2018. Strengthening of balance sheet and liquidity through planned capital increase of about… Read more »
• Siemens to provide service and maintenance for an additional 10 years at the 343 MW Lower Snake River wind project in Washington State • Power Boost function and High Wind Ride Through® digital upgrades included to help increase power production and turbine availability Siemens has been awarded a long-term contract for service and maintenance… Read more »
Horb a.N./Germany, November 2016. DEGER extends its S-series product line with a new single-axis, sensor controlled tracking system. The DEGERtracker S100 with pile foundation and intelligent tracking generates an average of 30% higher yield than fixed tilt systems. With a maximum capacity of 78.6 square meters, the DEGERtracker S100 provides system integrators and designers with… Read more »
191 MW of solar power in state of Minas Gerais scheduled for completion in Q3 2017 FREMONT, CA, NOV. 7, 2016 – NEXTracker™, a Flex company, announced today it has signed a master services agreement (MSA) to deliver its award-winning solar tracker technology to Biosar, part of Aktor Construction Group, and one of the largest… Read more »
Winterthur, Switzerland, 4 November 2016 – The most recent release of the planning software Polysun has just been published by the Swiss software maker Vela Solaris. The new profitability calculation tool offers a dynamic and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of all building service facilities that can be simulated in Polysun. These include cogeneration… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, provided technical due diligence for one of Jordan’s largest solar PV plants, Shams Ma’an, which was commissioned in September 2016. The official opening ceremony of this milestone project took place on October 10th in the presence of His Excellency the Prime Minister of Jordan, Hani Al-Mulki. Included in the crowd… Read more »
As company President, Conklin will oversee all Solar-Log™ sales and business in North America. He will report directly to Dr. Frank Schlichting, CEO of Solar Data Systems’ parent company, Solare Datensysteme GmbH, in Binsdorf, Germany. Conklin is a 10-year veteran in the solar industry, both in the residential and commercial sector. He is an executive… Read more »
Hamburg, 3 November 2016. The Nordex Group has received in September a new order from its regular customer Acciona Energia for the construction of a wind farm in Mexico. The wind farm “El Cortijo” will consist of 56 AW125/3000 turbines. The site is located in Tamaulipas in the north-east of Mexico, 40 km to the… Read more »
Compared with traditional SVC such as modulator, capacitor reactor and thyristor controlled reactor (TCR), SVG is the best solution in the reactive power control field at present and has unparalleled advantages. In other words, SVG is currently the most advanced dynamic reactive power compensation device all over the world. MORNSUN PV45-29D1515-15 power supply for SVG’s… Read more »
SeaRoc Group have announced they will be hosting a series of workshops for industry professionals – the first in this series will focus on developments of the company’s SeaPlanner Marine Management System under the subject of ‘Innovation in Marine Coordination’. The workshop aims to educate those responsible for managing logistics for projects offshore, focusing on… Read more »
Long-term wind resource fluctuations highlight need to factor yearly variability into crucial regulatory decisions VAISALA CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE NOVEMBER 2 2016 Analysis of wind speed trends in Germany for the years 2009-2015, conducted by Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement and provider of renewable energy consulting services, has revealed… Read more »
MUNICH, BERLIN, Germany, 2 November 2016 – Liberta Partners, a Munich-based Multi-Family Office, has acquired the leading provider of monitoring, control and supervision systems, skytron® energy. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. “skytron energy’s global footprint and technical track record make it a solid investment that fits well into our strategy of acquiring enterprises… Read more »
Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore inaugurates 10 x 100 kWp test center Phase 2 to follow in 2017 narrowing the field to two contenders Singapore and Sulzemoos, November 1st, 2016 – Phoenix Solar Pte Ltd, the Singapore based subsidiary of Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), is among the contenders included in the world’s largest… Read more »
Alencon will unveil the newest generation of its stand-alone DC-DC Optimizer, the SPOT, at conference focused on O&M Figure 1: Alencon Systems will unveil the latest version of its industry leading DC-DC optimizer, the SPOT, at the PV Operations &Maintenance USA conference in San Francisco December 6 and 7. The latest version of the SPOT… Read more »
SolarWorld AG is delivering solar modules with a capacity of 20 megawatts for a ground-mounted system in West African Senegal. The 77,280 multicrystalline solar modules will be installed in the Kahone region, about 100 kilometers from the capital Dakar, by March 2017. The contract in Senegal was acquired by the Austrian SolarWorld partner Energie Merl,… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange MBTN) has decided to reorganize the tasks and responsibilites of the function of the Chief Operating Officer, COO, in the course of the implementation of the comprehensive structural programme, which was published on 29 September 2016. Thomas Kipfer, Chief Operating Officer and member of the Executive Board since… Read more »
Eksim Yatirim orders 37 turbines for three projects Hamburg, 1 November 2016. The Nordex Group is strengthening its position in Turkey: in September the manufacturer received three new orders from its regular customer Eksim Yatirim. Nordex will be installing a total of 37 N117/3000 turbines for Eksim as part of the extension of the “Amasya”,… Read more »
Berlin (Germany) and Austin, TX (USA), October 31, 2016 – Energy storage company Younicos has signed an agreement with strategic partner Panasonic to design and build a solar-plus-storage system at Peña Station NEXT in Denver, Colorado, which includes the operations hub for Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company and Panasonic CityNOW. The system will make use of… Read more »
Manufacturer sells turbines with total capacity of 93.3 MW Hamburg, 28 October 2016. So far this autumn, Nordex has obtained six new orders for wind farm projects in France. Altogether, 38 turbines with a combined capacity of 93.3 MW have been sold to different customers: 17 N117/2400s, 15 N100/2500s and six N90/2500s. Nordex will provide… Read more »
Cumulus Energy Storage – which has pioneered a ground-breaking low-cost, renewable battery technology – has expanded into 800 sq ft office space at the AMP Technology Centre in Rotherham, in a deal facilitated by managing and commercial agents, Creative Space Management. The company, founded by Nick Kitchin, Darron Brackenbury and Mike Hurwitz, has had a… Read more »
Global Marine Systems Limited, with joint venture partner Huawei Marine Networks (HMN), has mentored a team of four, sixth form students to the 2016 Engineering Education Scheme (EES) National finals where they were crowned champions. The team, comprising of students from the Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School including Charlotte Buttery, Jahnina Queddeng, Alicia Trew and… Read more »
Ellzee, 27.10.2016. As of this October 2016, and in cooperation with warranty service provider COVERIS AG, the SolarMax Group is offering a manufacturer-independent warranty extension for their inverters. COVERIS Extended Warranty plus is the new function warranty that customers can conclude for SolarMax P, TP, MT and HT series string inverters. Prerequisite is that the… Read more »
Lightsource Renewable Energy (“Lightsource”), Europe’s leading solar energy company, is pleased to announce that Dr Ece Gürsoy, Chief Legal Officer, director and company secretary at Lightsource is the winner of The Legal 500 UK in-house individual of the year: Environment category for 2016. Dr Gürsoy was appointed Chief Legal Officer at Lightsource in 2011. She… Read more »
Playful Solar Park initiative in Rotterdam, Basel and Paris marks the launch of DSM campaign A group of companies are announcing the launch of the global Bright Minds Challenge to identify and help accelerate the scaling of solutions for 100% renewable energy – focusing on solar and energy storage. The challenge is initiated by DSM,… Read more »
Hefei, China / OCT 25, 2016 – Sungrow, the world’s leading PV inverter manufacturer, announced that the world’s largest PV & energy storage microgrid power plant with 13 MW of PV inverters and 7 MW of energy storage inverters, was successfully installed in Shuanghu, China, the highest region in the world located in China’s Tibet… Read more »
aleo has been named Tier 1 module manufacturer by BNEF Prenzlau, 26 October 2016 | Bloomberg New Energy Finance named aleo solar recently as Tier 1 module manufacturer. With the integration in the list of modules manufacturers, aleo is considered as “bankable”. “We are sure that this listing, together with our continued efforts on quality… Read more »
UK based company, SeaPlanner Ltd. are to launch an international tender for businesses in the South East Asia offshore wind market, interested in entering a reseller agreement for its leading marine management software solution. SeaPlanner™ is an established management and monitoring system in Europe having been selected to support 26 wind farms in UK, Germany,… Read more »
Gütenbach, October 25th, 2016. RENA Technologies GmbH has received a double-digit million EUR order for wet processing equipment from Chinese customer LERRI Solar. LERRI Solar is a fully owned subsidiary of Xi’an LONGi Silicon Materials Corp., the world’s largest manufacturer of monocrystalline silicon wafers. RENA Technologies will deliver a large number of production tools for… Read more »
Remote maintenance for photovoltaic systems: E.ON cooperates with meteocontrol Augsburg/Munich, 10/25/2016 – Operate, control and monitor: Munich-based E.ON Energie Deutschland GmbH has set up a control console designed to professionally monitor and manage photovoltaic systems. Its partner in this endeavor is meteocontrol GmbH of Augsburg, which is contributing its monitoring software VCOM virtual control room…. Read more »