Introduces a modular, plug-and-play solution that is fully integrated into the Enphase Energy Management System Las Vegas, Nevada (Solar Power International 2014 – Booth 812) — October 21, 2014 – Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH), announced today its Enphase AC Battery, an advanced energy storage solution with a modular, plug-and-play storage device fully integrated with the… Read more »
WHAT & WHY:NRG Energy and MGM Resorts International celebrate the world’s largest rooftop solar array, now positioned on the Mandalay Bay Hotel. NRG and MGM Resorts partnered together to power one of the largest conference spaces in Las Vegas, the Mandalay Bay Resort Convention Center. The 6.4 megawatt dc (MW dc) (5 MW ac) array… Read more »
Zwanenburg, The Netherlands, October 22, 2014 – AEG Power Solutions announces the addition of two new Sales Vice-Presidents, Hans Van Nikkelen Kuijper, and John Ferriman. Both have highly experienced senior profiles and are experts in the power electronics business. Hans van Nikkelen Kuijper is a seasoned sales professional and manager having been in various management… Read more »
BVT Holding GmbH & Co. KG and ROMO Wind Deutschland GmbH announced today the signature of an agreement on improving the wind farm performance by measuring and correcting the yaw misalignment with the iSpin technology in the wind farm Sustrum-Renkenberge in Niedersachsen / Germany consisting of 16 wind turbines of the type NEG Micon NTK… Read more »
Burnaby, Canada, October 16, 2014 – Schneider ElectricTM Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for solar power conversion chain, announces the launch of the new PV Skid, an optimized power conversion system designed for North American photovoltaic (PV) power plants. Schneider Electric will be exhibiting in booth #1024 at Solar Power International on October… Read more »
Burnaby, Canada, October 16, 2014 – Schneider ElectricTM Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for solar power conversion chain, will be showcasing a suite of new products and solutions for PV power plants, commercial, residential and off-grid applications at Solar Power International, on October 20-23 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Solar Power International is North America’s… Read more »
Adding to a string of recent announcements about capability and resource expansions, ASM Assembly Systems’ DEK Solar group yesterday appointed Kromax as its agent in China. During a ceremony that took place as part of the Kromax October 23rd seminar, PERC Solar Cells and Optimization tools, DEK Solar Director Brian Lau made a special presentation… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Building on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution and continue U.S. leadership in clean energy innovation, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced more than $53 million for 40 innovative research and development (R&D) projects that aim to drive down the cost of solar energy, tackling key aspects of technology development… Read more »
• 23 existing LPG and oil boilers replaced by three wood pellet biomass boilers• Conversion enables annual energy savings of £70,000 and yearly reduction of carbon emissions by over 580 tonnes• Tailored financing package by Energy Efficiency Financing scheme made investment affordable Bede’s, a co-educational independent day and boarding school located in East Sussex, has… Read more »
The Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) has joined the Fraunhofer Institute to become the next world-renowned research institution to acquire the WAVELABS SINUS-220 LED solar simulator. WAVELABS’ entry into the Asian market signifies the global recognition of its SINUS technology as an indispensable tool for photovoltaic research and testing, and offers a glimpse… Read more »
Winterthur, October 16th, 2014 – The integration of PV and heat pumps into a single system is a current topic in the industry. With its new 7.1 version, Polysun brings a useful component in this respect, the new “Exhaust air heat pump” component. In addition, the “ErP” energy label for heating systems can now be… Read more »
Osnabruck, Germany, 16 October 2014. The manufacturer-independent service company seebaWIND Service GmbH has taken over the maintenance of the largest single-site Fuhrländer wind farm in Germany. The 20 wind energy plants, Fuhrländer MD-77 with 85-meter hub height, are located in the municipality of Märkisch Linden (in the state of Brandenburg) and have a total power… Read more »
Reutlingen, October 16, 2014. High-tech mechanical engineering for the future’s growth markets: Electronic Components, Electronic Devices, Solar, and Energy Storage – these are the business segments of Manz. Our expertise is based upon six core technologies: Automation, Metrology, Printing, Laser Processing, Wet Chemical Processing and Vacuum Coating. Today: Our laser expertise as shown by laser… Read more »
Zwijndrecht 16 October 2014 – DEME’s marine engineering specialist GeoSea acquires offshore assets of HOCHTIEF, one of Germany’s leading international construction groups. HOCHTIEF is selling offshore assets to marine contractor and long-term partner GeoSea. GeoSea has had decades of success in marine engineering and is now acquiring full ownership of the heavy-lift jack-up vessel ‘Innovation’,… Read more »
October 16, 2014, pleased to announce that our RAY-MAX ® Distributed Architecture TM Inverter System has been specified for the 1.5 MWDC PV solar farm project located at the United States Department of Agriculture’s George Washington Carver Center (GWCC).. “This project will be the largest solar photovoltaics project in the Washington DC metropolitan area,” states… Read more »
• Siemens to provide an additional 15 years of service and maintenance at Harvest Wind and White Creek wind projects in Washington State Siemens has signed two long-term wind service and maintenance agreements covering 132 SWT-2.3 turbines at two wind projects in Washington State, USA. Summit Power Group, LLC, based in Seattle, Washington (managing member… Read more »
Wuxi, China, October 15, 2014: Wuxi Suntech today announced it is adding another measure of protection for customer warranties: Its modules’ performance will be insured by Chinese-based insurance company Ping An and reinsured by the leading risk carrier, Munich Re. This new insurance policy provides 25 years’ warranty protection for Suntech in the event of… Read more »
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., October 15, 2014 – BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the electronics manufacturing and alternative energy markets, announces that it will exhibit with its representative Gemmy-Tek Technology Co., Ltd., in Booth A0306 at PV Taiwan, scheduled to take place October 22-24, 2014, at TWTC Exhibition Hall… Read more »
Capelle a/d IJssel, the Netherlands – Barge Master is nearing the completion of the construction of the first BM-T40 system. On the 14th of October the Barge Master motion compensated knuckle boom crane pedestal was installed on the new Wagenborg Walk-to-Work vessel, designed and built by Royal Niestern Sander. The vessel and Barge Master system… Read more »
Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Offers Complete Pumping Systems for Architectural Glass Within the various application of coatings for architectural glass and large area coatings as such, the demand for high-quality functional glass is soaring, especially for Low-E glass in functional combinations with other glass types. The requirements for the manufacturing of such quality glasses are high… Read more »
The company will be taking part in the leading U.S. solar power sector event, to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from 20-23 October (Stand 4506), with an expected attendance of over 16,000 professionals. PROINSO will present its online store for PV products: Click & Collect, which has more than 200 collection points in 50… Read more »
Export financing for German power plant technology The contribution that German power plant technology makes towards climate protection and safeguarding Germany as a business base is still dependent on effective export and financing instruments Reliance on energy from coal power plants will continue to rise worldwide Economic growth, especially in emerging and developing countries, and… Read more »
Suntech to attend Solar Energy UK this week in Birmingham Birmingham, UK, October 13, 2014/ Press Release/: Suntech will be exhibiting its latest financial offering at Solar Energy UK in Birmingham from October 14th to 16th. This follows the latest strategic partnership with youmex Group. The financial offering comes through a partnership announced between Shunfeng… Read more »
Expanding on its commitment to advancing alternative energy technology, ASM Assembly Systems’ DEK Solar group today announced the extension of its team with two important personnel hires. William Zhang will assume the role of Senior Process Technologist and Kenneth Koh joins as Global Product Manager. Zhang comes to DEK Solar with several years of solar… Read more »
Hotels, resorts and sports facilities are, among others, the ideal sectors for the application of renewable energy systems – for most common tourist destinations usually have a sunny, warm climate. RESOL has the perfect solution for controlling, monitoring and maintaining your large solar thermal system easily and efficiently. In the wide range of controllers from… Read more »
-100 kilowatt PV plants on zoo’s buildings for self-consumption -Melbourne Zoo is the world’s first certified carbon neutral zoo -Q CELLS modules convince with their low light behavior -Hanwha Q CELLS Australia criticizes the government’s Renewable Energy Target plans (RET) [Melbourne, Australia, 10 October 2014] – Melbourne Zoo, the world’s first certified carbon neutral zoo,… Read more »
Kolkata/India, Mannheim/Germany, October, 2014. Tier 1 manufacturer Vikram Solar has successfully completed the OST factory and product audit, and is now considered by investors and banks alike as a confirmed partner for PV projects in the UK. UK’s leading, independent renewables auditor OST Energy attested the highest efficiency at nominal operating cell temperature (NOCT) among… Read more »
Berlin/ Newhaven/ London, 10/09/2014. ib vogt GmbH has sold a portfolio of three new UK solar farms with a total capacity of over 46 MWp to Primrose Solar. The solar farms are located at Littlebourne near Canterbury, Kent (17 MWp), at Ninfield near Bexhill-on-sea, Sussex (11.5 MWp), and at Herne Bay, Kent (18 MWp). Construction… Read more »
Wallace Lafferty will lead the company’s technology and product developmentHINESBURG, Vt., U.S. – October 9, 2014 – Renewable NRG Systems (RNRG), a designer and manufacturer of decision support tools for the global renewable energy industry, has hired Wallace Lafferty to join the executive management team in the role of vice president of engineering. Lafferty is… Read more »
Reef Subsea announced today that it has been awarded a contract with AREVA Wind GmbH, to provide field support in the Global Tech I wind farm. The charter commences early October and is anticipated to continue until at least February 2015, with the option to extend the contract further. This significant project will utilise the… Read more »
Prenzlau/Berlin, Germany, 8th October 2014 – aleo solar GmbH will be unveiling its new 300 watt high-power module boasting improved weak light behaviour at the Solar Energy UK exhibition, taking place in Birmingham from 14th to 16th October 2014. Even with a very weak irradiation of 200 watts per square metre (W/m²), the aleo module… Read more »
Pamplona, 7th September, 2014. The Royalla Solar Farm, the largest PV plant in Oceania is now operating with Ingeteam’s medium voltage power stations. This plant, with a 20 MW rated power output, is the property of FRV (Fotowatio Renewable Ventures) and is located 23 kilometres south of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The solar… Read more »
Thanks to the flexible installation options for the connection box, SolarMax’s 32HT2 inverter offers both high voltage protection and overvoltage protection for PV plants on commercial and public buildings. Biel, October 7, 2014 – PV plants in exposed locations require particular protection during thunderstorms. With the optional, external connection box for the 32HT2 string inverter,… Read more »
United Kingdom, October 7th, 2014 – Schneider Electric Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for solar power conversion chain, will be featuring products and solutions for PV power plants, and commercial and off-grid applications at the upcoming Solar Energy UK, which runs from the 14th – 16th of October. “According to a recent report… Read more »
WeberHaus to use ASD solar storage systems Leading prefabricated house manufacturer chooses ASD as its storage system supplier Freiburg/Germany, 7th October 2014 – Germany’s leading manufacturer of prefabricated houses, WeberHaus, is now to employ the innovative energy storage systems supplied by ASD Automatic Storage Device. The ASD solar storage system was tested for seven months… Read more »
US-based Renewable NRG Systems and Belgium’s FLiDAR announced today that they have entered an exclusive partnership for the distribution of FLiDAR’s offshore wind measurement buoys in the Americas. Under this agreement, Renewable NRG Systems will provide the WindCube Lidar systems to FLiDAR to equip the floating wind measurement technology that the Belgian company is bringing… Read more »