Low-pressure diffusion creates precondition for industrial manufacturing of high-quality emitters Highly-efficient bifacial n-type silicon solar cells in mass production PECVD process for aluminum oxide coating Blaubeuren, May 13, 2014 – Both continued cost pressure and the necessity for efficiency improvements will comprise the main topics at next week’s SNEC PV Power Expo trade fair in… Read more »
The multinational has supplied over 38MWp in horizontal solar trackers in Mexico. * MECASOLAR is attending the 3rd edition of Solar Power Mexico on 28 and 29 May, the leading solar power event for trade members, which PROINSO is also attending.* Travelling to Mexico once again this year, MECASOLAR wants to strengthen its presence and… Read more »
Coating Machine for Rear Side Passivation of PERC: with the SINGULAR XP cell efficiency increased by up to 1 % New PERC cells with higher efficiency levels announced TENUIS Development Machine for Buffer Layer Deposition shown at the booth Proven CIGS Production Systems Kahl am Main, May 13, 2014 – SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS) displays a… Read more »
Significant Increase in Yield thanks to Remote Monitoring in Real Time Osnabruck, 12 May 2014. The independent service provider seebaWIND Service GmbH has been monitoring 15 Nordex N80 wind turbines with a total nominal power of 37.5 megawatts since the beginning of May. Since they are around 50 kilometres south of the North Cape, these… Read more »
Backdated to 1st April 2014, the measurement and control technology company G. Lufft GmbH acquired the product segment of ceilometers from the Jenoptik subsidiary ESW GmbH. Lufft is now responsible for the production and development of ceilometers. Supporting this new development, the Stuttgart based Company has now established a branch in Berlin/Brandenburg. “The completed product… Read more »
• K2 Wind Ontario to feature 140 Siemens SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines• Clean power for 100,000 Canadian households Today, Siemens Energy announced a major wind turbine and service order in Canada at the AWEA WINDPOWER tradeshow in Las Vegas. Along with the South Kent Wind Farm in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, the 270-MW K2 Wind Ontario (K2 Wind)… Read more »
• Second Siemens wind project with Cobra Energia in Peru• Blades and geared nacelles to be produced in the USA• Six-year service and maintenance agreement included Cobra Energia has awarded Siemens Energy another order to expand its onshore wind power fleet in Peru by 97 megawatts (MWs). The Tres Hermanas wind power plant includes a… Read more »
CWind, a leading provider of integrated services to the offshore wind industry, today announced that Chris Randle, formerly of Siemens Wind Power, has been appointed as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Andy White: Non-Executive Director of CWind & Chairman of CTruk Group (CTruk Group: The parent company of CWind) said: “I have great… Read more »
OTS soon to take delivery of seventh CTruk 20T MPC Brightlingsea (UK), 1 May 2014 – Since launching three years ago Pontrilas-based Offshore Turbine Services has gone from strength to strength with a refined offering of reliable and efficient crew, fuel, cargo and equipment transfer services to offshore wind turbines, sub stations and other offshore… Read more »
First contract for new type of Damen Twin Axe catamran Damen is proud to announce that Windwave Workboats will be the launching customer of the Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2008. The Twin Axe FCS 2008 is a smaller version of Damen’s successful FCS 2610 which launched in 2011 and has subsequently become the… Read more »
First German contract win for CWind is a turnkey solutionCWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, today announced that it has won a contract from EnBW to provide temporary power supply for the 288MW EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm under construction in the German Baltic Sea. CWind was successful in… Read more »
Jan von Schuckmann steps down from Management Board after successful restructuring Hans Autenrieth to become new Speaker of the Management Board Blaubeuren, April 30, 2014 – Jan von Schuckmann is to step down from the Management Board of centrotherm photovoltaics AG at the end of today by way of amicable agreement with the Supervisory Board…. Read more »
Produces 1 kW of electrical power during solar operation EN-HAROD, ISRAEL, and OGDEN, UTAH, USA – April 30, 2014 – Qnergy, a world leader in the development and manufacture of Stirling-based engines and systems, today announced a major breakthrough in solar thermoacoustic power generation. The company recently set a new world record, using acoustic waves… Read more »
Valentin Software GmbH, located in Berlin, will be presenting its new planning software PV*SOL premium at the world’s largest trade fair for the solar industry for the very first time. With a new intuitive user interface, PV*SOL premium will succeed the company’s simulation program PV*SOL Expert starting in June – it will help users plan… Read more »
Vantaa, Finland, April 29, 2014 – The Switch, a leading supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generator and full-power converter packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications, successfully commissioned its variable frequency drive (VFD) and high-speed motor solution for Coffin Turbo Pump in New Jersey, USA, enabling exceptional performance in a much smaller package…. Read more »
Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, the world’s fifth- largest* wind energy turbine manufacturer, concluded four contracts with ENERTRAG, one of the major renewable energy suppliers in Europe for supply and installation of 27 wind turbines with a total rated output of 54.45 megawatt (MW) for four wind farms in France…. Read more »
Heat exchanger keeps wastewater systems working reliably and enables heat recovery from the wastewater flowDresden (Germany), April 29, 2014. Many companies need hot process water in their production processes. An innovative system from Dresden (Germany) based DAS Environmental Expert GmbH now enables heat transfer from wastewater to process water. This helps to optimise the temperatures… Read more »
Due to high levels of direct sunlight, governmental support schemes and solid economic growth, Mexico offers ideal conditions for investments in photovoltaic solutions. Local business partners are key to tapping a new market successfully. The “Intersolar Summit Mexico”, hosted on the 15th of May at the Mexico City Marriott Reforma Hotel, enables its participants to… Read more »
Munich, April 29, 2014 – This year for the seventh time, the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry is holding the Intersolar AWARD ceremony, which pays tribute to innovative industry solutions in the categories of Photovoltaics and Solar Projects in Europe. It is accompanied this year for the first time by the electrical energy… Read more »
Maersk Training extends commitment to local community Local unemployed people in Tyneside are being offered free places on a new training course designed to help them take advantage of job opportunities in the thriving offshore wind energy market. The course is open to people who are unemployed, a UK resident for the past 3 years,… Read more »
Burnaby, Canada, April 25, 2014 – Schneider Electric, the global leader in Solar power conversion equipment, is proud to announce its selection as a finalist for the BCTIA 2014 Technology Impact Award for Team of the Year. The recognition comes for Schneider Electric’s construction of a high-power MicroGrid Lab in Burnaby to facilitate the design… Read more »
(Teningen, 25th April, 2014) – Krannich Solar and Delta have entered a supply partnership agreement to distribute Delta solar inverters within Europe and Australia. Krannich Solar has expanded its portfolio to include the complete line of Delta solar inverters available in Germany, UK, France, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Czech Republic, and Australia. Krannich… Read more »
iel, April 28, 2014 – Sputnik Engineering, the Swiss manufacturer of SolarMax inverters, has revealed that over 65MW of their inverters have been successfully installed in the first quarter of 2014. Five ground-mounted solar projects have been commissioned in time to qualify for the higher 1.6 ROC subsidy under the Renewable Obligation scheme, with further… Read more »
InnoLas Solutions continues to establish itself as the leading specialist for LCO (Laser Contact Opening) and PERC (Passivated Emitter and Rear Contact) laser systems. Sales were up in the first quarter of the year, and just recently a leading cell manufacturer significantly invested in InnoLas technology for PERC laser processes in the production of crystalline… Read more »
• Wind power plant Kniphagen selects modern direct drive turbines• Twenty-year maintenance agreement signed to help insure long-term reliability Siemens Energy will deliver five wind turbines for the onshore wind power plant Kniphagen in the north German region Ostholstein. The operator has chosen Siemens modern direct driven wind turbines for the wind power plant, located… Read more »
WindEnergy Hamburg – The global on- & offshore expoat the Hamburg Fair site from 23 to 26 September 2014 Hamburg, 25 April 2014/ WEHH3 Innovations in wind technology now give substantial improvements in the use of onshore wind energy. There will be plenty of examples of that for the international trade visitors at WindEnergy Hamburg,… Read more »
In an independent survey by EuPD Research British installers confirm that the Samil Power has a high market penetration and excellent brand awareness. Therefore the inverter manufacturer has been awarded with the “Top Brand PV Seal” in the „inverter” category. Bonn. Even though there are single inverter brands which still dominate the UK market, Samil… Read more »
Gärtringen, 17 April 2014. At the Intersolar Europe, Papendorf Software Engineering (SE) GmbH will be presenting two new solutions that allow photovoltaic plants to be tested and controlled: the mobile measuring meter SOL.Connect PV-Module Meter and the monitoring and control system SOL.Connect Smart Park Control. The world’s largest specialist trade fair for solar engineering will… Read more »
Munich, April 17, 2014 – This year’s Intersolar Europe Conference kicks off with the Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics 2014-2018, presented by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). The report, which details the development of the world’s photovoltaics markets, was created with the support of Intersolar Europe. On June 2, 2014, the report marks the… Read more »
WEARSIDE waters have enjoyed a busy spell, with Port of Sunderland recording an average of a ship per day sailing through its piers. Bosses at the municipally-owned port have recorded an increase in ships tonnage between April 2013 and March 2014, as a total of 365 vessels docked at Port of Sunderland’s quaysides. In October… Read more »
80 MWp solar farms commissioned by ib vogt GmbH and its subsidiary vogt solar ltd in the United Kingdom in the first quarter of 2014 ib vogt GmbH and its subsidiary vogt solar ltd successfully commissioned six projects with a rated capacity of 80 MWp in the first quarter of 2014 in the United Kingdom…. Read more »
• Consortium leader Siemens to supply HVDC transmission technology• Consortium partner Petrofac responsible for construction and installation of platform• 900 megawatt (MW) BorWin3 grid connection to supply nearly one million German households with electricity from wind energy• Completion planned for 2019 Siemens receives an order from TenneT for an offshore wind farm grid connection in… Read more »
More than 40% of the solar power installed in Mexico is equipped with Ingeteam PV inverters. This milestone was achieved thanks to the long track record of the Ingeteam group in this Aztec country, in which the company has been operating on an ongoing basis since 1998. At present, Mexico has slightly more than 100… Read more »
New industry report describes how upfront investments in operations and maintenance directly contribute to reducing ‘lost power production’ when replacing components by 60 percent. DBB Jack-up, an operations and maintenance service provider to offshore wind farm owners and turbine manufacturers, today released a new report on operations and maintenance in the offshore wind industry. The… Read more »
Shanghai/Freiberg, Germany, Monday, April 14, 2014: teamtechnik, world-leading manufacturer of stringer systems has once again broken its own record and is offering an even faster single-track system. The teamtechnik team at SNEC 2014, Stand E3 550, will present a live demonstration of the new power stringer TT1600 with an annual output of 45 MWp. “We… Read more »
ReneSola is celebrating one year of operations since establishing a standalone UK business. In its first year, ReneSola UK has opened a fully stocked warehouse in Newhaven, established a country-wide service network and training programme, and supplied more than 180 MWp of solar modules to the UK market. And this is just the beginning; ReneSola… Read more »