Category: Press Releases

PROINSO and Solar Energy Management partner making Commercial Solar affordable for the first time in the state of Florida

Leading Global PV integrator PROINSO supplied 1.5 MW of SMA 24kW Sunny Tri Power Inverters for the largest rooftop installation in Florida Solar Energy Management of Tampa Florida provided EPC services including obtaining financing with exceptional ROIs and an improved payoff of approximately 6 yearsThe ground breaking project, installed on the roof of Great Bay… Read more »

PV-Monitoring with a Flick of the Wrist

Geislingen/ Binsdorf, Germany, 5 May 2015: The specialist for PV Monitoring and Energy Management Systems has expanded its portfolio by launching the new Solar-LogTM Insight app. The Insight app, available for the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, summarizes all of the important information together for mobile PV monitoring. With the Solar-LogTM Insight app, the Solar-LogTM… Read more »

Moventas Opens Multi Brand Service Workshop In St Paul Minnesota

Moventas, one of the world’s leading wind gear manufacturers and service providers, today opens a wind gearbox service workshop in St Paul, Minnesota, answering the growing demand for multi-brand expert wind drivetrain service in the midwestern United States. Moventas is expanding its network of high quality wind gearbox service centers in North America by opening… Read more »

CWind wins Health & Safety ROSPA Gold Award third year running

CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has once again won the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Gold Award. The Gold award in the prestigious annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) recognises the company’s approach and commitment to occupational health and safety, achieving high… Read more »

Meyer Burger assigns its unsecured claim with GTAT to a financial institution for USD 13.9 million

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that it has assigned the unsecured claim arising from the recently announced settlement agreement with GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (“GTAT”) at a discount to Citigroup Financial Products Inc. (“Citigroup”). In order to reduce further legal expenses and collection risks of the claim, Meyer Burger decided… Read more »

Centerbridge completes acquisition of wind turbine manufacturer Senvion

Hamburg/London: The wind turbine manufacturer Senvion SE (“Senvion”), previously part of the Indian group Suzlon Energy Limited (“Suzlon”), has changed owners. Centerbridge Partners, L.P. (“Centerbridge”), through its Centerbridge Capital Partners private equity investing strategy, has successfully completed the acquisition of Hamburg-based Senvion. All the necessary administrative, legal and financial preparations for the transfer of ownership… Read more »

Valentin Software to Present New Versions of PV*SOL and PV*SOL premium at Intersolar Europe

Berlin, 29.04.2015. The software company Valentin Software has updated its market-leading design programs PV*SOL and PV*SOL premium. With the new versions, operators can now design their solar electric systems in even more detail and also include battery storage in the precise calculation of yields. The company will present its new programs for the first time… Read more »

vortex energy constructing three wind farms of the output of 140 Megawatts in Poland

The project development company is buying a Polish joint venture company 29 April 2015, Szczecin. vortex energy Polska Sp. z o.o. (Limited Liability Company) having its registered office in Szczecin, a project development company, has acquired KWE Sp z o.o. (Limited Liability Company) (Konin Wiatr Energia). The enterprise is a joint venture company established in… Read more »

Powerhive: First Solar-Backed Off-Grid Innovator to Capitalize on Kenya Experience

Solar-powered microgrid response to energy access challenge, proven by more than two years of field-testing BERKELEY, CA – 29 April 2015 – Powerhive, Inc. today announced that its industry-leading portfolio of off-grid metering and control solutions has successfully completed over two years of field testing in Kenya, paving the way for its commercialization and scale-up…. Read more »

RASLAG 10 MWp PV Power Plant Commissioned

April 29, 2015: Syntegra Solar announced today, that the company realized in the Philippine the first RASLAG Corp (RASLAG) 10 MWp PV Power Plant successful in March 2015. The solar project was commissioned on-time and on-budget. The RASLAG PV Power Plant was built 50 km from the Manila, on the country’s biggest island of Luzon…. Read more »

Renusol module clamp nominated for the Intersolar Award

Cologne, Germany, 29th April 2015 – The new RS1 universal clamp developed by mounting systems manufacturer Renusol has been nominated for this year’s Intersolar Award in the category “Photovoltaics”. The product is the world’s first clamp for mounting photovoltaic modules that can be used as either a mid or end clamp. Since only one clamp… Read more »

Helukabel Introduces New Wind Cables At North Americas Premier Wind Energy Conference

ELGIN, Illinois (US)/MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (CA) – HELUKABEL, one of the world’s leading cable manufacturers, will showcase their latest cabling technologies for the wind energy industry in Orlando, Florida May 18-21 at the industry’s leading annual conference and exhibition, WINDPOWER 2015, hosted by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). One of the largest wind energy events… Read more »

New And Ideal For Thermosiphon Systems The Resol Tt2

With the TT2 Thermostat controller, the well-known RESOL quality is now available for thermosiphon solar systems as well! With the integrated timer, pleasantly hot water will always be available at the right time. By means of the rapid heat-up function, hot water can also be quickly provided outside the usual time frames – even from… Read more »

NOAA buys WINDCUBE Scanning Lidars from Renewable NRG systems

Renewable NRG Systems, a designer and manufacturer of decision support tools for the global renewable energy industry, announced today the recent sale of two WINDCUBE 200S 3D Scanning Doppler Lidars to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). WINDCUBE 200S Lidars incorporate advanced techniques to measure the wind components on a large scale for short… Read more »

Profits soar at Anesco

The UK’s leading energy efficiency solutions provider, Anesco, has announced a 50% growth in revenue, with turnover hitting £160million and an EBITDA of £21million in the last financial year. The Reading-based company, which works with businesses, local authorities and homeowners to reduce their carbon emissions, now forecasts that sustained growth will soon see turnover exceeding… Read more »

DEME orders two new ‘green’ dredging vessels

Zwijndrecht, 27 April 2015 – DEME continues its ‘green’ investment policy by further expanding its dredging fleet with two new trailing suction hopper dredgers, specifically for servicing its European markets. DEME has just confirmed its order for two new trailing suction hopper dredgers to enhance its fleet. Built according to a ‘green’ design the two… Read more »

seebaWIND Service is the first enterprise to use the RDS-PP® Standard-based REGAS software

Osnabrück, 28.04.2015. seebaWIND Service GmbH is the first enterprise to implement the requirements set by the new international RDS-PP® Standard Reference Designation System for Power Plants for the wind power sector using REGAS application software. This manufacturer-independent service provider initially uses the software, which works based on the standard, for its own technical operations management…. Read more »

Grupo Clavijo will attend the Mexican International Renewable Energy Congress (MIREC WEEK 2015).

For the third year running, the Spanish company Grupo Clavijo will participate in the most important clean energy event in Mexico. The Spanish company Grupo Clavijo will attend MIREC WEEK 2015, where it will present its advanced range of solar structures and trackers. The presence of Clavijo at this event corresponds to the consolidation and… Read more »

Dow Corning Silicone Innovations Help Increase Competitiveness of Solar Energy

Dow Corning showcases leading innovative solar solutions at SNEC PV Power Expo 2015 April 27, 2015 – Global leader in silicon-based solutions Dow Corning will present its state-of-the-art solar solutions during the 9th International Photovoltaic Conference and Expo at booth W4-523 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center in China, from April 28 to 30…. Read more »

16 percent: Manz achieves new world record for efficiency of CIGS thin-film solar modules

• High-tech equipment manufacturer sets new benchmark for efficiency of CIGS modules on mass production line in Schwäbisch Hall • Impressive transfer of the 21.7% world record for laboratory cells of technology partner ZSW Stuttgart to mass production • CEO Dieter Manz: 16 percent world record in module format is an important milestone, but immense… Read more »

centrotherm presents groundbreaking products and processes for the manufacturing of high-efficiency solar cells at the SNEC PV in Shanghai

· centrotherm c.REG regeneration furnace for the reduction of lightinduced degradation (LID)· PECVD process for aluminum oxide coating (AlOx)· Low-pressure boron diffusion for bifacial n-type solar cells Blaubeuren, April 27, 2015 – From April 28 to 30 centrotherm will be presenting new pioneering products and processes for the production of crystalline solar cells at the… Read more »

Ultrasonic wind sensors for the DWD’s maritime monitoring network come from Lufft

In a call for bids for the renewal and extension of ultrasonic wind sensors in the maritime monitoring network of the German Weather Service, the ultrasonic wind sensor Ventus from the Fellbach-based manufacturer of environmental measuring equipment won the day against all competitive products. In meteorology, the DWD – Germany’s largest weather service – is… Read more »

DONG Energy’s Burbo Bank Extension project gets green light using FLiDAR wind data

DONG Energy recently decided to construct the offshore wind farm, located 8 km off the United Kingdom coast in Liverpool Bay. It is the world’s first offshore wind project to be built using energy yield calculations based on wind resource data collected from a floating lidar (FLiDAR). A FLiDAR buoy was the only device measuring… Read more »

Meyer Burger announces settlement agreement with GT Advanced Technologies Inc.

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (GTAT Corp. and related parties; hereafter “GTAT”). Under the agreement, GTAT recognises the validity of Meyer Burger’s claim amounting to USD 34.8 million and ownership of the Meyer Burger equipment including Diamond Wire… Read more »

Schneider Electric announces 50 MW contract in eastern US

Burnaby, Canada, April 22, 2015 – Schneider ElectricTM Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for the solar power conversion chain, has been awarded a 50 MW contract for a solar project in eastern US. This contract follows Schneider Electric’s recent 300 MW project win for the largest PV power plant in Europe to be… Read more »

Senvion wins new order of 18 megawatts for Italian wind farm / Senvion liefert sechs Anlagen für 18-MW-Windpark in Italien

Hamburg: Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of wind turbines, has signed a contract for the supply of six Senvion 3.0M122 turbines with PLC System’s Burgentia Energia. The turbines with a rated output of 3 Megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 122 metres will… Read more »

meteocontrol is the first PV service company to exceed the 10 GWp mark for monitored solar power

Augsburg, 23.04.2015 – With more than 10 GWp of monitored power, meteocontrol GmbH is the front-runner among the inverter-independent providers of PV monitoring systems. Around 37,500 PV systems are currently monitored in the safer’Sun and Virtual Control Room (VCOM) portals. The total area of these systems corresponds to 3,746 soccer fields. Around 3.8 nuclear power… Read more »

BTU to Exhibit at 9th SNEC Photovoltaic Power Generation Show

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., April 21, 2015 – BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the electronics manufacturing and alternative energy markets, announces that it will participate in the SNEC 9th (2015) International Photovoltaic Power Generation Exhibition, scheduled to take place April 28-30, 2015 in the Shanghai New International Expo Center,… Read more »

Through Funding, Technology and Service, GE Shows Full Commitment to Setouchi Kirei Solar Plant

The 231MW solar farm to be built in Okayama Prefecture will be one of the largest solar power plants in Japan GE brings funding, advanced technology and long-term service to the solar project, fully committed to Japan’s solar industry Tokyo – 21 April – A great number of solar farms presently under development in Japan… Read more »

Vikram Solar To Supply One Of Uks Largest Builders Merchants

Kolkata/Birmingham, 22 April 2015 – EH Smith Builders Merchants, one of the largest independent builders’ merchants in the UK, is adding modules from Vikram Solar to its product portfolio. Based in the Midlands with over 90 years of expertise in the construction sector and 7 years in solar, EH Smith now wishes to expand its… Read more »

seebaWIND changes the gearbox on an MM92 turbine for the first time

Osnabrück, 22.04.2015. The manufacturer-independent service provider seebaWIND Service GmbH replaced a gearbox using a tried and tested special construction in only three days. seebaWIND specialists replaced the gearbox of a Senvion MM92 wind turbine for the first time at the Waldhausen wind farm near Würzburg. It was the first gearbox change on this turbine type… Read more »

REDT Energy wins prestigious Irish Times innovation award

Camco Clean Energy (AIM: CCE) is pleased to announce that REDT Energy* has been awarded a major prize at The Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards 2015. REDT’s patented liquid energy storage system, which stores and generates energy efficiently and inexpensively, won the ‘Energy & The Environment’ category. The REDT storage system addresses energy storage needs… Read more »

Ela Container Offshore Delivers Containers For The Project Gemini Owf

ELA Container Offshore GmbH delivered 7 Living Quarters and 2 Stairway Containers to Tiefbau GmbH Unterweser in Oldenburg. Each ELA Living Quarter generates living space for two people with a shared sanitary unit and is additionally equipped with high quality LCD televisions. The containers will be used for the windpark project “Gemini OWF” located 55… Read more »

Latest Updates And Project News On Green Port Hulls Newly Launched Website

Residents and businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire will be able to keep up to date with the latest news and developments regarding the region’s emerging renewable energy sector, thanks to a brand new website that has been launched by Green Port Hull. Packed with news and information, the new site will give the latest… Read more »

German Renewables Shipbrokers Is Proud Of Being The Successful Broker For European Seaway

Hamburg-based specialist shipbroker showed expertise in bringing British freight ferry as accommodation vessel into the offshore renewables market “We’re proud of being the competent partner for all parties in this project”, GRS Managing Partner Matthias Mroß is pleased to say.Up to 150 berths for offshore technicians at the windfarm “Nordsee-Ost” were provided by the freight… Read more »

Markos Composite Manufacturer En 1090 Certified

MARKOS (Polish composite manufacturer) has been EN 1090 certified by TÜV SÜD. The main production activity of MARKOS company is glass reinforced plastic production of wind turbine nacelles, hub covers, lifeboats, rescue boats, tenders, RIBs, leisure boats, technical boats and other products. However MARKOS also manufactures steel elements designed for wind turbine nacelles and steel… Read more »