Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into binding agreements for the acquisition of a major UK-based solar energy plant. The ground based solar photovoltaic (“PV”) asset based in Norfolk has a capacity of 49.9 MegaWatts Peak (“MWp”) (the “Project”). The acquisition is being funded for a… Read more »
Focusing on the PERC-technology expansion in todays solar cell production, RENA InOxSide+ offers an edge isolation technology with integrated rear side smoothing and cleaning. Applied wet chemical processes enable an advanced rear side surface preparation for subsequent passivation layer deposition as a key factor for successful PERC solar cell production. The new RENA InOxSide+ combines… Read more »
With DBB Jack-Up’s track record of more than 370 offshore heavy lift operations, DBB Jack-Up’s vessel crew and project teams have the required skills and experience within safe and efficient execution of offshore operations to help expand DBB Jack-Up’s business into offshore decommissioning and installation support services. For offshore wind decommissioning operations, DBB Jack-Up offers… Read more »
26m Damen Twin Axe catamaran for UK-based Severn Offshore Services Today the naming ceremony took place for Severn Offshore Services Ltd’s new multipurpose wind farm vessel Severn Provider at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem in the Netherlands. Following sea trials next week, the Damen FCS 2610 will be available for charter based out of Rotterdam. UK-based Severn… Read more »
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”) has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 7,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $18.00 per share. All shares are being sold by SolarEdge. As part of the offering, the underwriters have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,050,000… Read more »
The all-new 2015 model of Tuco Marines ProZero series, the ProZero 10.5m WBW Archipelago workboat is sea trialled in Faaborg these days. The vessel is a fast and light multipurpose workboat that features a hydraulic bow gate and a deck crane for handling cargo over the vessels side. Constructed from the flexible and unique ProZero… Read more »
· Consolidated revenue of EUR 189.2 million reached· EBIT profit of EUR 19.6 million compared with prior period’s EUR 7.4 million loss· Extraordinary items help consolidated net income reach EUR 1.2 million· Group liquidity exceeds EUR 114 million Blaubeuren, March 26, 2015 – The centrotherm Group reached the target that it set itself for its… Read more »
• Consolidated 2014 Revenue and Earnings Below Expectations• Strong Growth – Driven by Utility-Scale Projects in the USA – FillsOrder Book• 2015 Revenues Expected to be Significantly Higher at EUR 140 to160 million ($US 150 to 170 million)*)• Phoenix Solar Expects Positive EBIT for 2015 Sulzemoos, March 26th 2015 / Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93),… Read more »
Net sales and incoming orders increased in 2014 compared to the previous year Net sales 2014 rose by 56% to CHF 315.8 million Incoming orders of CHF 326.0 million; +13% compared to the previous year Profitability impacted by special items; EBITDA of CHF -95.6 million (2013: CHF -117.3 million); adjusted EBITDA of CHF -75 million… Read more »
SAL Heavy Lift successfully completed the second phase of the Wikinger Pile Testing Campaign with DP II Class vessel MV Lone. Once again MV Lone served as perfect project platform, providing ut-most flexibility and a high degree of efficiency to our customer Bilfinger. The full test campaign comprised two phases with the tests being performed… Read more »
• First 15-year post-warranty service agreement extension for Siemens offshore wind service Siemens has signed a long-term agreement with Rhyl Flats Wind Farm Ltd., 50.1% owned by RWE AG, to continue providing service and maintenance at the Rhyl Flats wind farm off the coast of North Wales for the next 15 years. Siemens has been… Read more »
Last week, DBB Jack-Up’s new purpose-built vessel J/U WIND SERVER commenced a new important contract to help bring green electricity to 320,000 German households. The vessel has been chartered by Siemens AG to perform offshore installation support and function as accommodation vessel for Siemens’ commissioning teams on the installation of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 project… Read more »
Damen Shipyards Group, a global shipbuilder headquartered in the Netherlands, has become the latest member of the World Ocean Council (WOC). Damen is the first European shipbuilder to join the WOC, the international business leadership alliance on ocean sustainability, science and stewardship. By focusing on optimising ship design and working on product innovations, Damen works… Read more »
Public-private partnership is part of Hawaii’s Green Energy Market Securitization (GEMS) program SAN FRANCISCO, March 25, 2015 – Clean Power Finance (CPF) has brought together Panasonic Eco Solutions (Panasonic) and Coronal Group LLC (Coronal) with the State of Hawaii to finance up to $100 million of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. This public-private partnership is part… Read more »
Vantaa, Finland, March 24, 2015 – The Switch, a supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet (PM) generator and full-power converter packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications, received another order to deliver two PM shaft generators to WE Tech Solutions of Finland. At the end of February 2015, WE Tech Solutions placed another order… Read more »
Pakistan is a promising new market for solar projects Berlin/Germany, March 24, 2015 – aleo solar is working with the energy provider GreenIndusTree to help supply homes and companies in Pakistan with decentralized, environmentally-friendly electricity. The photovoltaics manufacturer is supplying GreenIndusTree with 278 solar modules for the start of the project, which will produce clean… Read more »
Osnabruck. seebaWIND Service GmbH is offering operators of wind power plants a new service for obtaining the ancillary-services bonus until April 10. Together with its partner Mita-Teknik and with the support of GE Wind Energy GmbH, the manufacturer-independent service provider has developed a complete business solution for retrofitting wind power plants built in the years… Read more »
Danish manufacturer Multi-Wing uses Ultramid® Structure LFX as a substitute for metal in axial fans New long glass fiber-reinforced polyamide with high weld strength and creep resistance One of the leading manufacturers and developers of axial impellers, Denmark-based Multi-Wing International A/S, uses BASF’s new long glass fiber-reinforced polyamide Ultramid® Structure B3WG10 LFX in the production… Read more »
Global market value for solar Photovoltaic inverters will decline from estimated $5.7 billion in 2014 to around $5.2 billion by 2020 Falling cost of inverters continues to reduce market size, with prices expected to decrease by 20-25% in the forecast period, says report LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 24 March 2015 – The global market for solar… Read more »
New facility will reduce delivery time of modules sold to Suntech customers Cape Town, South Africa, March 23, 2015/Press Release/: Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd. has officially announced the establishment of a local warehouse in Cape Town, South Africa. This new facility will initially store 500kW of modules and will expand its storage capacity to… Read more »
Osnabruck, 23 March 2015. seebaWIND Service GmbH has increased its sales in the fiscal year 2014 from 10 to more than 12 million euros. In addition, the manufacturer-independent service provider for wind power plants now employs 75 people. Thus, seebaWIND was able to surpass its forecasts from the beginning of 2014. They included a growth… Read more »
Proinso to launch GPM monitoring and management solutions for South Africa PROINSO to present its new integrated solutions at the Solar Show Africa 2015 (Johannesburg), to be staged 24 and 25 of March (Booth #A3). Also the launch of both Mecasolar structures, which are manufactured by a PROINSO affiliate Company and new concept hybrid solutions…. Read more »
European Wind Energy Association Chief Executive Officer Thomas Becker is stepping down as the head of the association for personal reasons after two years of service. Following his appointment in December 2012, Mr. Becker outlined his vision for an industry group that placed renewed emphasis on how the wind energy sector could contribute to jobs,… Read more »
SIKA GERMANY PRESENTS SikaMelt®-9185 IA AT OTTI PHOTOVOLTAIC SYMPOSIUM The new product SikaMelt®-9185 IA won first place of the OTTI Innovation Award 2015 at 30th Photovoltaic Symposium in Bad Staffelstein, Germany. This innovative adhesive enables a next generation of fully-automated bonding of junction boxes to back sheets of photovoltaic modules. The OTTI Photovoltaic Symposium is… Read more »
Capelle a/d IJssel,compensated knuckle boom crane. The BM-T40 is installed on the ‘Walk to Work’ vessel the Kroonborg of Wagenborg and compensates for sea induced vessel motions in roll, pitch and heave directions at the base of the crane, up to 3 meters significant wave height. The video shows the innovative motion compensated crane in… Read more »
Bellona Foundation and Damen to cooperate on low-emission designs The Oslo-based NGO Bellona Foundation has launched a three year partnership with the leading Dutch company Damen Shipyards Group. The main goal of the partnership is to explore and develop concept vessels for the future. The agreement will be officially signed on March 18 during an… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that it has successfully extended the agreement on its loan secured by mortgage certificates of CHF 30 million (for the building in Thun), which was concluded in 2013, with the existing banking syndicate for another two years until the end of April 2017. Furthermore, the… Read more »
ELA Container Offshore GmbH participated at EWEA Offshore 2015 in Copenhagen, Denmark from 10th to 12th March 2015. The conference and exhibition unites the whole of the wind energy value chain covering manufacturers, developers, operations and maintenance, and logistics and installation. Numerous visitors took the chance to take a look at ELA’s Offshore Living Quarter,… Read more »
Hamburg: Senvion SE, one of the largest turbine suppliers to the offshore wind industry, and a wholly- owned subsidiary of Suzlon, the fifth-largest* wind turbine manufacturer in the world, is delivering 54 turbines for the offshore wind farm Nordsee One in Germany ́s North Sea, which will be erected about 40 kilometres north of the… Read more »
Allowing easy, flexible installation and monitoring of electricity data, high-efficiency battery storage systems will contribute to optimal energy use inside the home March 12, 2015, Kyoto/Neuss – Kyocera Corporation (President: Goro Yamaguchi), Energetik Solartechnologie-Vertriebs GmbH (Managing Directors: Mr. Thomas Stork, Mr. Frank Rohland) and Solare Datensysteme GmbH (CEO: Dr. Frank Schlichting) today announced that the… Read more »
Over 8000 delegates from 54 countries descended on Copenhagen this year to attend the EWEA OFFSHORE 2015 event at the Bella Center – the world’s largest offshore wind energy conference and exhibition. In addition to 430+ exhibitors, the event saw keynote speeches from high-level political and industry players on the state of Europe’s offshore wind… Read more »
The challengeSheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm is one of the UK’s largest wind farms, with a total installed capacity of 315 MW produced by 88 Siemens 3.6 MW turbines. It is situated 10-15 nautical miles off the North Norfolk Coast, and is operated by Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, Statkraft. Having initially opted for… Read more »
Munich, March 19, 2015 – This year’s Intersolar Europe Conference in Munich offers expert insights into the solar markets and technologies of the future. It will run alongside Intersolar Europe, the world’s largest exhibition for the solar industry. Around 1,100 attendees and 200 speakers from all over the world will meet at the Intersolar Europe… Read more »
Once Weaver Vale Housing Trust specified microin- verters for a large-scale deployment of rooftop solar systems, it wasn’t hard to find an Enphase partner that was also experienced at handling a hefty project pipeline: Rothwell Plumbing. The Learning CurveWeaver Vale Housing Trust’s journey to 1,600 solar roofs began with a single step. Actually, it was… Read more »
Solare Datensysteme GmbH (SDS), together with Phono Solar Technology Co., Ltd. , developed a new solution to visualize storage systems. The Solar-LogTM system can now visual important data and values from battery storage systems. Battery systems are the most effective solution for the flexible use of PV electricity. A major benefit: The electricity can be… Read more »
Comparison of PERC and PERT cells shows clear advantages of the PERT technology Since the light-induced degradation fails to appear, PERT cells offer a better performance than PERC cells at the same manufacturing cost. March 16, 2015 – Freudenstadt / Germany. With its innovative APCVD systems the SCHMID Group offers the possibility of PERT (Passivated… Read more »