In this day and age recycling should be a top priority throughout the renewable energies sector. Dr. Palitzsch from Loser Chemie GmbH, reminds PES readers about the latest update to the EU waste legislation. It’s remarkable to see how it is possible to achieve total recovery of all materials, in both thin-film PV and silicon-based… Read more »
Kipp & Zonen continue with their quest to improve the DustIQ, which can now be locally calibrated for the exact dust composition on site. This means the PV panels can be monitored 24/7 and cleaned whenever necessary. PES delves deeper to bring you the latest on this affordable and compact, cost saving, optical measuring tool…. Read more »
Make plans to attend Intersolar and ees North America, the first major solar and storage industry events of the year in the United States. The co-located exhibition and conference series will return to the heart of the largest solar and storage market in the country, July 10th – 12th at the Moscone Center in San… Read more »
It’s that time of the year. Are you ready for Intersolar Europe and Intersolar North America? PES brings you previews of two of the biggest solar shows. Be sure to come along and make the most of the opportunity to see the latest advance technology, the new players in the market, catch up with old… Read more »
PES were eager to meet Frank Jürgens, Sales & Marketing Director, INDEOtec SA, to learn more about their innovative deposition platform for HJT and high-efficiency cells, OCTOPUS, using the Mirror reactor concept. It is both renowned and exclusive. He predicts higher and cleaner manufacturing standards including high-end, high-purity tool sets are on the near horizon… Read more »
More and more home owners are installing PV systems. How efficient are these systems? What does the industry need to do to support this growth area? PES takes a look at Huawei’s new, flexible solution. Across solar markets globally, we are continuing to witness the maturation of utility scale solar, with subsidy-free commercial projects increasing… Read more »
Electroluminescence (EL) imaging, as a versatile tool for spatially resolved defect analysis on Si-solar cells, has recently gained a lot of traction in its industrial application. In this article we discuss quality control and process control abilities of this technology and how it is applied in solar cell production. We demonstrate how an IV tester-integrated… Read more »
With ample desert space and swathes of sunshine all year round, the solar power industry is starting to heat up in the countries of the Gulf Coorporation Council (GCC). Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates are all well placed to benefit from technology advancements and lowering costs. Over the past… Read more »
PES has an exclusive interview with Jörg Scholz, CEO, Gantner Instruments Environment Solutions GmbH. The solar/PV industry is expanding and his company has just the solution for measurement and control of all parameters of utility scale PV power plants. They are already in Egypt and Australia. He is optimistic and confident about the future. PES:… Read more »
The price of photovoltaic (PV) systems continues to decrease, adding PV as a cost effective cleaner energy solution. While solar photovoltaic grid penetration increases worldwide, new technical challenges arises in the electric grid side. Little progress has been made to incorporate managing schemes in solar power systems to improve the utility management. PV growth, its… Read more »
Industrial exhaust gas purification is a vast area. There are many different technologies and facilities for the effective treatment of pollutant emissions. This is primarily due to the high heterogeneity of exhaust gases from different industrial processes. PES delves deeper. Depending on the application, the composition of the exhaust gas can vary greatly from process… Read more »
At PES we were pleased to sit down with Juan Ramirez, Vice President, A.S. Plastics Technology, Inc. and learn about their innovative QC-SYSTEM and what it offers to the solar/PV industry. With over 30 years’ experience in Europe and Asia, AS is now in the process of conquering the US market. It’s an exciting time… Read more »
Leonardo Botti, Global Head of Product Management, ABB Solar, talks to PES about their solid technical expertise and knowledge. His company continually invests in R&D and has a wide ranging portfolio of integrated services and solutions. PES: Welcome back to PES Solar/PV publication. Thanks for talking with us. For the benefit of our new readers… Read more »
PES met up with Frederick Bamberg, Product Manager at 3D-Micromac AG in Chemnitz, Germany, to discover the advances in laser machines and processes in relation to the PV industry. Efficiency and cost savings are being achieved through listening to the customer, R&D and expertise. PES: Welcome back to PES Solar/PV magazine. For the benefit of… Read more »
Ground mounted PV systems in open spaces are increasingly being built on hilly terrain and not only on flat surfaces such as farmlands or conversion areas. An essential uncertainty is to accurately calculate the correct position and length of the posts. PES was keen to hear about Levasoft’s solution to this problem. Integral software solution… Read more »
China is well on the way to being a market leader in wind energy and ZF is already there, in the established Tianjin facility and the satellite plant in Beijing. The European trained Chinese staff includes designers and technicians all eager able to provide a top class service worldwide. PES brings you the latest developments… Read more »
Long standing heavy lift specialist company BigLift Shipping, member of the Netherlands-based Spliethoff Group, is more and more engaged with developments in the renewable energy markets in Europe, and also in the US and Asia. Where wind turbines used to be relatively small, new generation turbine parts, particularly monopiles, are now so heavy and large… Read more »
The renewable energy market is undoubtedly on the rise, particularly in Europe, where wind power is now the second largest source of electricity behind gas-fired power plants. According to a recent report from Wind Europe, the number of onshore and offshore wind turbines added a record 15.6GW of new energy capacity last year and the… Read more »
In Europe alone, tens of thousands of wind turbines produce energy for countless households. Turbine maintenance or servicing is fundamental to ensure it stays this way. Because employees regularly work at great heights they cannot manage without fall protection systems – for example, when climbing a tower by means of a fall arrest system. PES… Read more »
24SEA has been involved in various projects over the last years all focussing on foundation monitoring. Typically, up to 10% of the foundations within offshore wind farms are equipped with a Foundation Structural Health Monitoring (FSHM) system, consisting mainly of installing accelerometers and strain gauges in the transition piece. In the recent projects, for both… Read more »
Global wind capacity is set to double by 2027, and the United States is in the midst of the most lucrative time to increase production of wind energy. Renewable companies are fueled by an urgency to capture tax subsidies and currently in many parts of the country; wind is the cheapest source of new electric… Read more »
André Moura, Founder and CEO of Pro-Drone, Integrated Solutions for the Inspection of Energy Infrastructure, sat down with PES to tell us his perspective on drone inspections and how his company differs from other players in the market. Their experience and strategy means this company is here to stay and remain one step ahead of… Read more »
Wind power technology is advancing at a fast pace. The demand for full scale test systems is on the rise. All investors and manufacturers in the wind power industry want to make sure that turbines function flawlessly. A malfunctioning turbine is a nightmare, especially on offshore wind farms. PES brings you the latest from the… Read more »
Over the past couple of years we have heard more and more about successful floating wind turbine projects. It seems there is huge potential for these floating wind farms. These structures bring with them numerous different security issues. PES brings you an update on the partnership between Orga and Sabik Offshore. It lights up the… Read more »
Gerry Lalonde, CEO, Orenda Energy Solutions explains to PES that Farmers have a great opportunity to ‘pledge a field’ and reap a financial windfall through small wind renewables. Farmers are having a bad time of it. Many have witnessed a fall in income due to the recent spate of bad weather. There is the worry,… Read more »
The global power cable provider NKT believes an even stronger focus on sustainability is emerging in the offshore industry to meet the global demand for renewable energy. The company is continuously investing in projects ensuring sustainability in all areas of its offshore operations and has already seen its energy efficient cable-laying vessel play an important… Read more »
Pant y Maen is a recently consented seven turbine wind farm site in Denbighshire, North Wales. To say the site had a history in relation to wind farm planning would be an understatement. In 2005 the Welsh Assembly Government issued spatial planning policy for large scale onshore wind in Wales (TAN8) which identified seven strategic… Read more »
In this day and age when downtime prevention, maintenance and cost reductions are key, remote surveillance must be one of the top ways to improve all three. PES went to find out the latest developments from Moventas who have remote surveillance centres in Finland, Italy, UK and the US to monitor over 2,500 wind turbines… Read more »
With increasing competitiveness of renewable energy compared to traditional forms of power production, Power Purchase Agreements are becoming attractive for both off-takers as well as power producers. However, PPAs bring along a new risk dimension requiring profound expertise in the wind energy business. Theresia Langosz-Römbell, Organisation Development, CSR & Communications Manager at Luxcara, provides PES… Read more »
The UK’s offshore wind sector is racing ahead. With the offshore wind market rapidly expanding, the demand for equipment and services to support its growth is sure to rise with it. The UK is the leader in offshore wind production as well as having an established track record in exporting physical manufactured products. Is there… Read more »
The Jan De Nul Group has installed two gravity-based foundations in the Danish waters of the Baltic Sea. Built in Ostend, the foundations were designed entirely by Jan De Nul, based on their client’s basic design. PES wanted to learn more about this ground breaking wind farm. By 2021, the 600MW Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind… Read more »
Rick van der Lelij, Operations Manager at Height Specialists, dropped in to PES to talk about the importance of safety and training beyond the legal requirements. It makes for interesting reading and it’s reassuring to know companies are more and more determined to keep their employees safe by doing more than the necessary minimum. PES:… Read more »
The Global Wind Energy Council released its annual market statistics on 14 February from Brussels. The 2017 market remained above 50 GW, with Europe, India and the offshore sector having record years. Chinese installations were down slightly – ‘only’ 19.5 GW – but the rest of the world made up for most of that. Total… Read more »
Since the beginning of this year, US states together have committed to approximately 8,200 MW of offshore wind by 2030. This is a substantial amount of work and provides a visible pipeline of work justifying investments in dedicated and efficient installation solutions. Are these the right conditions to invest in a new build installation jack-up?… Read more »
The state of flux in the UK’s onshore wind sector has never been more apparent than at present. On the one hand, wind energy and other renewable energy sources are currently generating over a quarter of power consumption across the UK annually, at a price cheaper than gas and nuclear, all while enjoying the highest… Read more »
Digitisation and Industry 4.0 are causing the wind industry to rethink how it does business. Sustainable growth is a constant entrepreneurial challenge. The market is characterised by continuous evolution that never takes a break. However, unlike biological evolution, companies can decide for themselves to a large extent how they want to develop. The automation and… Read more »