Grenzebach celebrated its 25th anniversary in Newnan, Georgia, with a typical German Oktoberfest. Among the highlights of this celebration was the speech of Rudolf Grenzebach, founder and owner. His daughter Sonja translated it to the audience. He also had had a dream, the American dream; a dream of opportunities in a country that people in… Read more »
Solar films provide superior PID resistance and increased power for solar modules St. Paul, MN – October 22, 2013 – After debuting 3MTM Solar Encapsulant Film EVA9000 last year, 3M Renewable Energy Division has continued development on the innovative technology, and is now introducing two new products-3MTM Solar Encapsulant Film EVA9100 and 3MTM Solar Encapsulant… Read more »
CWind hosted a delegation of 20 businesses from the south east region of Northern Ireland on Tuesday this week. The delegation, led by Energy Connections NI and hosted by the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) was in the area this week to see first-hand how businesses here have taken advantage of the supply chain… Read more »
At the 2013 edition of the Solar Power International trade fair, Ingeteam is to showcase its innovative 500 kW central inverter with transformer. This new INGECON® SUN Power Max U, certified to the UL 1741 standard, provides a maximum AC power output of 500 kW up to an ambient temperature of 50 ºC (122 ºF),… Read more »
DELAWARE, OH – October 2013 – Engineered Material Systems, a leading global supplier of electronic materials for circuit assembly applications, debuts its CA-165 Low-Cost Conductive Adhesive designed for chip-on-board or general die attach applications in circuit assembly, photonics or camera modules. ECM CA-165 is approximately half the cost of a pure silver-filled die attach adhesive,… Read more »
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., October 22, 2013 – BTU International, Inc. today announced that it has signed a two-year agreement with Yingli Green Energy to support the State Key Laboratory of PV Technology. As part of the agreement, BTU will supply a SinTerra metallization firing furnace system. SinTerra, the latest technology for metallization drying and firing… Read more »
GL Garrad Hassan, the world’s largest renewable energy advisory organisation and part of the recently merged DNV GL Group today published a landmark document providing exclusive insight into the last ten years of offshore wind. ‘10 Years: 10 Lessons’ is a series of ten thought-provoking essays from experts with personal experience of a decade of… Read more »
GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) has published its new “Technical Note for the Certification of Wind Turbines for Tropical Cyclones”. The Technical Note is a supplement to GL RC’s Guidelines for the Certification of Wind Turbines and addresses the question how cyclones are influencing wind turbine designs. An increasing number of onshore and offshore wind… Read more »
Morningstar-the premium controller supplier with a commitment to innovation and quality-is expanding our MPPT charge controller portfolio to best meet the present and future needs of the photovoltaic (PV) market. NEWTOWN, PA, USA, October 21, 2013: At this year’s Solar Power International conference in Chicago, Illinois (October 21st – 24th) Morningstar Corporation is pleased to… Read more »
* PROINSO is to present its new solutions at Solar Power International 2013 (Chicago), to be staged from 21 to 24 October (Stand 1331). Solar Power International is the solar energy industry’s most powerful show in North America, with exhibitors from as many as 75 countries and attracting over 15,000 visitors. * The company is… Read more »
The plant is amongst the largest in the country and in the entire African continent. Pamplona, October 17, 2013. In less than a year since Ingeteam started out in South Africa, the company has supplied equipment for some of the biggest plants in the country. The latest project to be equipped with Ingecon Sun inverters… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) has decided to change its financial reporting from IFRS to Swiss GAAP FER, effective retroactively from 1 January 2013, and to publish the annual accounts 2013 in accordance with Swiss GAAP FER. The registered shares of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd continue to be listed on the SIX… Read more »
Black Island Wind Turbines is now shipping all-new HR3 turbines, for demanding wind power applications worldwide. Based upon the original legendary design, Black Island has made a few minor modifications to enhance the legendary reliability of this pedigreed turbine. Notes Bill Stein, CTO at Black Island: “After review of the outstanding 30+ year service of… Read more »
The Management Board of the group holding company, CENTROSOLAR Group AG, as well as the management boards and directors of the individual companies CENTROSOLAR AG and CENTROSOLAR Sonnenstromfabrik GmbH have taken the decision to accelerate their efforts to reorganise the operations of the CENTROSOLAR Group. To that end the relevant officers have applied to the… Read more »
– 14 GW of new installations in the first half of 2013, after 16,5 GW in 2012– Worldwide wind capacity has reached 296 GW, 318 GW expected for full year– Dramatic slump in US leads to global decrease, partly compensated by new markets– China has reached total capacity of 80 GW The worldwide wind capacity… Read more »
UL certification paves the way for widespread adoption in North America Plano, Texas, October 18, 2013 – At SPI 2013, AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS), a global provider of power electronics for renewable energies, introduces two new members of its broad inverter line for the Americas. The Protect PV.500 OD UL and Protect PV.630 OD… Read more »
Marineco UK has placed another order for two more FCS 2610 Twin Axe vessels to serve its offshore wind activities.The Scottish company was the first customer for the pioneering Damen Twin Axe vessel, which has become the industry standard since its introduction just over two years ago. Marineco’s two new additions will be delivered in… Read more »
Barack Obama’s new climate change policy is not only a validation of our industry, it is a positive portent of future growth. In a recent speech, the U.S. President outlined his commitment to wind power and to a cleaner future for all. Here, we present the highlights. On Christmas Eve, 1968, the astronauts of Apollo… Read more »
Traditional energy production methods are, by and large, cooled by water, and place a massive burden on North America’s resources. Wind power, however, needs no such cooling and this is one of the reasons why it is being lined-up to play a stronger role in the energy mix. PES investigates. The heat waves and drought… Read more »
A bustling province with a proven appetite for renewables, Québec is a potential long-term market for wind power. It’s currently entering a busy period of construction and financing, and is ripe for investment. PES investigates. Québec is Canada’s second largest wind energy market after Ontario. In 2003, the government set a target of 4,000 MW… Read more »
It’s less costly to get electricity from wind turbines than coal-fired power plants when climate change costs and other health impacts are factored in, according to a new study published in Springer’s Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. In fact, using the official U.S. government estimates of health and environmental costs from burning fossil fuels,… Read more »
The recently-published (seventh) edition of the annual DOE report highlights the key trends and important new developments from the past 12 months. An essential snapshot of the industry – which also informs the sector’s growth for the coming year – we’re delighted to present an exclusive extract. Annual wind power capacity additions in the United… Read more »
While the mainstream media will insist that the public are broadly against wind power developments, the reality – according to a recent Canadian study – points to a growing acceptance. And fewer complaints than you might expect. A spokesman for the Pembina Institute explains all… No other province in Canada has a longer history with… Read more »
Operations and Maintenance is expected to account for nearly one-third of offshore wind’s costs in the United States, and consequently, there is a large potential for reducing these through advanced O&M strategies. NREL and ECN, along with a panel of subject matter experts who provided input, have proposed a few suggestions… The following O&M strategies… Read more »
Large- scale PV plants: Solarpraxis and Sunbeam Communications share insights into market developments, technologies, players and areas of application Berlin, 15.10.2013. The industry report PV Power Plants 2013 is now also available as a free iPad app. The publication is the only one of its kind to focus on large-scale photovoltaic installations and provides comprehensive… Read more »
• New production line from SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES for crystalline solar cells is inaugurated• Collaboration to boost cell efficiency agreed• Equipment for PERC upgrade ordered Kahl am Main, October 15, 2013 – The “BOD Group High Technology Center L.I.G.H.T. Wing (Lithuanian of green and high technologies)” will be holding an opening ceremony on October 15, 2013… Read more »
CTruk scored a hat-trick with the delivery of its 12th 20T multi- purpose catamaran, CWind Challenger. As well as being the first of these popular offshore wind support vessels to be designed, built and classed to Bureau Veritas (BV) rules, the 18.5m multi-role workboat is also the first Category 1 vessel built by the company… Read more »
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DuPont) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) have announced they will host a key panel discussion at the upcoming Solar Power International Conference in Chicago, Ill., which will bring together leading representatives from across the solar industry to examine the importance of balancing costs with reliability and durability for solar systems…. Read more »
This annual snapshot makes for essential reading for any domestic wind executive, charting as it does, the game-changing statics for the industry. We present a hot-off-the-press exclusive extract. At the end of 2012, U.S. wind turbines in distributed applications reached a 10-year cumulative installed capacity of more than 812 MW from more than 69,000 units… Read more »
With a dataset of 50,000 home sales among 27 counties in nine states, and of homes were within 10 miles of 67 different wind facilities, the study produced by Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is easily the most far-reaching ever produced. Does it give credence to the anecdotal evidence? Find out more in our… Read more »
Although there’s currently just a solitary turbine operating off the American coastline, Cape Wind has finally gotten the green light, which means that the next 12 months are crucial for the continent’s offshore industry. PES investigates if it’s up to the challenge… In June this year, after years of offshore wind power projects being cancelled… Read more »
New York State’s Department of State (DOS) has completed a two-year study to generate and assemble the most comprehensive dataset of physical, biological, geographic, and socioeconomic information available for the Atlantic Ocean waters. For planners and wind farm operators planning on expanding into this wind-rich territory, it’s essential reading… New Yorkers rely on the ocean… Read more »
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s latest report offers an assessment of regional supply and demand conditions affecting the future of renewable energy in America’s West. Can the region become a powerhouse for wind supply in the coming years? Find out in our exclusive extract. Several Western states have renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requirements that have… Read more »
Most productive and dense commercial rooftop system on the market St. Paul, MN – October 15, 2013 – After more than two years of collaboration, 3M Renewable Energy and tenKsolar are celebrating a number of milestones in increasing energy generation from commercial rooftop photovoltaic (PV) arrays. In 2011, the two companies first combined the tenKsolar… Read more »
PES presents an exclusive overview of the U.S. market, fresh from the desks of the American Wind Energy Association. The U.S. wind energy industry achieved its best year ever in 2012, shattering numerous records. It installed 13,131 megawatts (MW) of capacity and surged past the 60-gigawatt (GW) milestone for total installed wind power capacity. Last… Read more »
At PES, we’re committed to providing timely commentary and insights to help our readers secure fresh opportunities and address key challenges. With that in mind, we’re pleased to present the very latest insight from Canada, courtesy of KPMG. The country has seen significant activity in the sector in the last 18 months – but is… Read more »