Munich, Germany, February 20, 2014 – Together with the Easy Roof mounting system from French manufacturer IRFTS, Innotech Solar’s (ITS) photovoltaic modules have been awarded all-important ETN certification. In France, solar installations comprising such certified product combinations are classed as building-integrated systems and thus command higher feed-in tariffs of up to 28.51 Euro cents per… Read more »
Neuhausen-Hamberg (Germany), February 19th, 2014. With effect from February 2014 Dr. Burghard Schneider succeeded André Brütsch as Head of the Bystronic glass Group. In his position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), he will automatically become a member of the Conzzeta AG Management Group. Burghard Schneider studied at Munich Technical University where he gained his doctorate… Read more »
The Meyer Burger Group and CSEM, with support from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy and of the Canton of Neuchâtel, will strengthen Switzerland’s position as leader for technological innovation in the photovoltaic sector and ensure its competitiveness as a major equipment provider in the international photovoltaic industry. The key is heterojunction silicon technology. More… Read more »
SolarMax presents the new powerful HT string inverters with multi-tracking – designed to deliver optimum system yields for operators of commercial and industrial PV power plants. Biel, February 18, 2014 – In the face of continuing reductions in subsidies, PV plant planners have the challenge of delivering cost-optimized systems which will provide high levels of… Read more »
Shanghai, China, February 18, 2014 – JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq:JASO) (“JA Solar” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that its multi-crystalline silicon (“multi-Si”) solar cells have surpassed 19% conversion efficiency. This latest improvement in efficiency, achieved using advanced cell technology recently developed by… Read more »
Savills Energy has secured its 10th consecutive planning permission for ground-mount projects in the UK on behalf of leading British solar developer Solarcentury. This maintains a 100% success rate in planning application submissions by Savills for Solarcentury and reaffirms Savills’ assertion that elements of the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry are thriving, despite shifting government policy… Read more »
Sietas Shipyard: “Aeolus”, the first jack-up vessel built in Germany for offshore wind farms, glides onto the Elbe It is a first in the German shipbuilding industry: The “Aeolus”, the first jack-up vessel for offshore wind farms designed and built in Germany, which was constructed at Sietas Shipyard for the prestigious Dutch marine engineering company… Read more »
9MWp project Bardzour is a great example of the reliability and predictability of Renewable energies An often stated argument against supporting the progression of Renewables as a source of energy, and that of PV in particular, is the fact that the energy output depends on the amount of solar irradiation instantly available. It would hence… Read more »
Watford/UK, Munich/Germany, 13th February 2014 – The Scandinavian-German panel manufacturer Innotech Solar (ITS) has supplied more than 1.400 photovoltaic modules with a total output of 360 kilowatts peak (kWp) to schools in England. All installations were planned and built by Engynious Clean Power UK, a company specialising in developing solar power plants in the UK…. Read more »
InnoLas has reorganized its business such that the photovoltaic business unit – previously operated as part of InnoLas Systems GmbH – now becomes a new organization: InnoLas Solutions GmbH. The InnoLas Solutions GmbH is a wholly owned entity of InnoLas Holding GmbH and has its registered office in 82152 Krailling, Pionierstraße 6, Germany. The transfer… Read more »
Vestas has secured a 15-year service contract covering 42 V90-2.0 MW turbines at the Topolog Dorobantu wind power plant in Tulcea County in Romania. The last of the 42 turbines is expected to be installed within April this year. The order has been placed by LUKERG Renew, a joint venture between ERG Renew and LUKOIL…. Read more »
JA Solar is the first solar company to receive such certification from CQC SHANGHAI, China, February 11, 2014 – JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq:JASO) (“JA Solar” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that the performance of the Company’s solar modules in extreme environments has… Read more »
Blaubeuren, February 11, 2014 – In December and January alone, the technology provider centrotherm received orders from leading solar cell manufacturers totaling around 30 million euros. In the Photovoltaics business unit, centrotherm therefore currently has an order book position in the single equipment business of around 62 million euros. Customers are ordering wide-ranging equipment packages… Read more »
CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has announced that it has won a contract to support CT Offshore in the installation of 63 of the 161 inter-array cables at the 576MW Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm off the North Wales coast. CWind’s role involves sending a team to the… Read more »
Moventas has received significant orders from wind industry customers in Finland and Estonia. This summer, Moventas will carry out an extensive WinWind 3 turbine service project for e.g. Haminan Energia. For a few years now, Moventas has actively developed its after sales services in order to overcome the challenges with WindWind turbines, to support the… Read more »
Seaway Heavy Lifting appoints Peter de Bree as the new COO As of 1st February 2014, Peter de Bree has joined Seaway Heavy Lifting in the role of Chief Operating Officer. Peter brings extensive experience from the Heavy Lifting industry. He worked at Heerema where he held various commercial roles, was Project Manager and on… Read more »
Approx. 120 Sietas employees will be kept on and/or re-employed via the transfer company By the end of 2016 the number of full-time employees is expected to rise to at least 400 Binding commitment to investments totalling 15 million euros After an intensive search of over two years, the insolvency administrator, Berthold Brinkmann, has found… Read more »
The outlook for the coming year of 2014 has become even more promising for CT Offshore A/S just having signed the contract with DONG Energy to carry out the cable installation and burial of inter-array cables at Borkum Riffgrund 1 OWF. This task is going to be the first project in German waters for CT… Read more »
The companies have signed a cooperation agreement regarding ROMO Wind’s iSpin Monitor product series. (Zug, Schwitzerland and Rødkærsbro, Denmark – February 7, 2014) – Wind farm Optimization Company ROMO Wind, and Control Automation Company Mita-Teknik announced today that they have signed a cooperation agreement regarding ROMO Wind’s iSpin Monitor product series. CEO of ROMO Wind,… Read more »
Availon announced today that its portfolio of wind turbine under maintenance has reached the 2GW milestone since its foundation in 2007. In just six years, Availon has established itself as global leader of multi-brand wind turbine maintenance services to reckon with. Availon has experienced steady growth and currently employs a workforce of around 300 employees…. Read more »
With 388 15MT2 inverters, the Neuenbrook solar park near Hamburg is among the largest decentralized PV plants ever built using SolarMax string inverters Biel, 06 February 2014 – In cooperation with the project planning company actensys GmbH, the Swiss company Sputnik Engineering implemented a solar park with a total power output of 6MW using 388… Read more »
The National Energy Administration’s (NEA’s) 2014 energy targets and policy priorities do not contain any significant deviations from past policy announcements, although in some cases they reflect an intensification of previously announced targets. The targets for the natural gas, coal, and renewable energy industries indicate that the government is pursuing its overriding policy priorities relatively… Read more »
Orga Aviation will showcase its new smart aviation obstruction light at EWEA 2014 in Barcelona from March 10-13 Schiedam, 6 February 2014. Orga is delighted to offer attendees an exclusive peek of its new smart aviation obstruction light for wind turbines at EWEA 2014, Europe’s premier wind energy event, taking place March 10-13 in Barcelona…. Read more »
Schneider Electric Solar Business, a global leader in PV inverters and in electrical solutions for the solar power conversion chain, is now shipping the new Conext Core XC-NA Series – a new line of central inverters designed for high reliability and compatibility with any photovoltaic panel type and installation. “We are very excited to announce… Read more »
Annual market down; return to growth in 2014 The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) released its 2013 market statistics today, with cumulative global capacity reaching a total of 318,137 MW, an increase of nearly 200,000 MW in the past five years. However, the annual market dropped by almost 10 GW to 35,467 MW, attributable to… Read more »
Higher feed-in tariff for semi-integrated mounting systems Cologne, Germany, 5 February 2014 – The ETN certification held by Renusol’s mounting system MetaSole has been extended to include the SolarWorld module series, Sunmodule Plus SW Poly. Solar installations with this certified product combination are acclaimed in France as semi-integrated systems, which means they receive a higher… Read more »
The Crown Estate led Fisheries Liaison with Offshore Wind and Wet renewables (FLOWW) group has recently published a revised set of best practice guidelines for fisheries liaison around offshore renewables developments. The finalisation of these guidelines, after nearly three years in development, is a testament to the spirit of co-operation and collaboration that the FLOWW… Read more »
SC Falcon is put through her paces in rough, wintery seas. Brightlingsea (UK), 4 February 2014 – Experience gained from four years in the offshore wind support vessel market is paying off for CTruk as it prepares to deliver SC Falcon, the company’s latest OWSV and the second CTruk 20T MPC for Sima Charters of… Read more »
Delta was very proud to be able to supply inverters to our customer, ENTEGRO Photovoltaik Sistemleri, to support their installation of the very first grid-tied PV system in the Aydin province in Turkey. Initial situation The owners of the Algur Dairy, located in the city of Soke and the province of Aydin, in southwest Turkey,… Read more »
• SINGULUS supplied systems for the key process steps• PTiP continues to improve and scale-up CIGS technology• CIGS modules with high local content and efficiency levels manufactured• Goal to implement a large-scale commercial production line with PTiP’s process Stellenbosch/Kahl am Main, February 3, 2014 – In the presence of numerous honorary guests from Germany and… Read more »
Moventas Australia is about to enter their first major CMaS agreements with local wind farms. Tried and tested, CMaS was found the best value for money, says the customer who operates the Starfish Hill and Toora wind farms. Moventas Australia in Somersby, NSW, has won significant new deals on Moventas’ groundbreaking condition management system CMaS…. Read more »
EWC Weather Consult, a private weather services provider in Karlsruhe with an international portfolio, are presenting their extended weather data management service at E-world energy & water 2014 in Essen, hall 3, booth 531. In the sector of renewable and conventional energies, weather forecasts as well as meta forecasts have a central role to play… Read more »
PPG liquid encapsulant technology key to streamlining production process PITTSBURGH, Jan. 31, 2014 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) industrial coatings business has received a $2.1 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help design and pilot a rapid photovoltaic (PV) module assembly process that uses automation to eliminate time and labor from the… Read more »
Würzburg (Germany), January 30, 2014 – Wacker Chemie AG and OCI Company Ltd., the world’s No. 2 and 3 polysilicon manufacturers, respectively, are the big winners after the latest rulings of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) regarding anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on polysilicon imports into China. While final duty rates of up to 57%… Read more »
Biel, January 30, 2014 – The Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering (SolarMax) is expanding its local operations in Chile with the realisation of several photovoltaic projects. The South-American country with its high solar irradiation and huge surface availability, especially in the Atacama desert, belongs to the emerging PV markets. Recently SolarMax finished a hybrid system… Read more »
Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum, one of the largest high-tech vendors for vacuum pumps and systems has at the beginning of this year moved into its new, modern lean logistics centre at the Cologne site. Designed by planning company Dr. Schönheit + Partner, the building was erected by construction company Günther GmbH & Co. KG from Netphen,… Read more »