LEITWIND announced today that its new state of the art 4Q frequency converter, known as LeitDrive, was now to be installed across all of its wind turbine product range, after successful testing demonstrated the prototypes’ superior performance. LeitDrive is one of the most remarkable innovations resulting from LEITWIND’s continuous direct drive technology research and development…. Read more »
Ellsworth Adhesives, the world’s largest distributor of Adhesives and Specialty Chemicals, is pleased to announce that it has successfully implemented a new Warehouse Management System in their Canadian facility that will help improve process times and the ability to provide best-in-class service to their customers. Ellsworth Adhesives Canada implemented a fully automated Warehouse Management System… Read more »
Conergy supplies modules for 3.3 MW Prosolia plants in the Canaries and near Madrid Hamburg / Madrid / Tenerife, 20 March 2013 – Conergy has won an order in Spain for two rooftop installations with a total capacity of 3.3 megawatts. The customer is Conergy’s longstanding partner Prosolia, who acts as promoter and general contractor… Read more »
The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA), the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) and the German Small Wind Turbine Association (BVKW) are releasing their small wind turbine market surveys, reports and studies at the New Energy Husum trade fair. “Small wind turbines are an important topic for New Energy Husum and for the renewable energy industry… Read more »
LEITWIND announced today that its new state of the art 4Q frequency converter, known as LeitDrive, was now to be installed across all of its wind turbine product range, after successful testing demonstrated the prototypes’ superior performance. LeitDrive is one of the most remarkable innovations resulting from LEITWIND’s continuous direct drive technology research and development…. Read more »
Today, Innotech Solar announced that it has been selected as a finalist for the Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award, a prestigious list honoring the most promising European private technology companies each year. The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds from across Europe. The nominees are evaluated… Read more »
A leading provider of thin-film solar modules choses Dr. Schenk GmbH to equip all lines with inspection and measurement solution SolarInspect Intensive supplier test phase confirmed SolarInspect is superior solution ensuring fast return of investment Dr. Schenk, a leading supplier of inspection and measurement solutions for the solar industry, is partner of choice for one… Read more »
Siemens Energy has been awarded an onshore wind power order for the Akita Port wind power project on the north west coast of the Japanese island Honshu. The customer is Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation, Japan’s largest wind power developer. The scope of supply includes the delivery and installation of 6 direct-drive wind turbines of the… Read more »
• Siemens wind training centers offering new GWO certified safety training• Further validates Siemens’ commitment to highest industry standards • Siemens also offering this training package to third parties Siemens Energy has been granted certification by the Global Wind Organisation (GWO) for its training facilities in Denmark, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. The international… Read more »
Red Lion Controls, the global experts in communication, monitoring and control for industrial automation and networking, today announced the promotion of Jesse Benefiel to vice president of product management and the appointment of Daniel Faia to the position of vice president of global sales. In these roles, Jesse and Dan will be pivotal to bringing… Read more »
Siemens Energy has opened two major Research & Development test facilities for wind turbine technology in Denmark. The new test center in Brande features test stands for major components of Siemens wind turbines, including generators, main bearings and complete nacelles. In Aalborg, seven blade test stands are capable to perform full scale tests of rotor… Read more »
Cologne/Yokohama, March 12, 2013. TÜV Rheinland, the top ten provider of technical services, and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) have started building a partnership that aims to internationally deploy wind turbine certification and facilitate related tasks. The cooperation of TÜV Rheinland Japan and Class NK includes mutual recognition of wind turbine certification and support in testing… Read more »
Increased own use and lower energy costs with Cenpac Storage Starting in April, Centrosolar will begin offering solar energy storage systems, providing round-the-clock access to electricity produced by photovoltaic plants. The new Cenpac Storage system comprises a storage battery, a battery inverter and an intelligent energy manager. Based on current needs, solar energy is supplied… Read more »
As part of the leading New Energy Husum trade fair, Messe Husum will be staging a storage forum in Husum on 22 March for regional energy suppliers and renewable energy industry specialists. The trade fair organisers are staging the five-hour event in association with the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) and the Schleswig-Holstein… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) entered into a loan agreement in the amount of CHF 30 million with a Swiss banking syndicate, secured by mortgage certificates, in order to partially refinance the investment costs of its new production and headquarters building in Thun (Schorenstrasse 39, 3645 Gwatt). The revolving credit will for… Read more »
The Met Office reveals which European countries were the windiest during 2012, in a special edition of Wind Review for the wind energy industry. The Wind Review’s wind index shows that the windiest locations, compared against long-term average, were Iceland, the Baltic and Denmark. With Iceland and France experiencing the most significant variation compared with… Read more »
MAGE SOLAR AG, a part of the international MAGE GROUP, is further developing its distribution activities in Great Britain. In future, the German-based photovoltaics company will use the extensive distribution structures of MAGE SUNFIXINGS LTD., which also belongs to the MAGE GROUP. Thanks to this cooperation, trade partners in Great Britain will now benefit from… Read more »
Delta Energy Systems (Germany) GmbH has extended its advanced transformerless inverter series for the European market with a 10 kW inverter ideal for residential or small to medium commercial PV systems.The three-phase SOLIVIA 10 TL inverter has been designed to extract maximum profitability from the PV system. With a maximum efficiency of 98.3%, combined with… Read more »
With the SOLIVIA 30 TL, Delta Energy Systems (Germany) GmbH has expanded its transformerless inverter series for the European market. With an output power of 30 kW, the new power inverter is ideal for medium and large commercial PV systems.The three-phase 30 TL features the highest output power in the SOLIVIA TL series and offers… Read more »
ISOVOLTAIC has further enhanced its polyamide backsheets which are already used successfully throughout the world and can offer an outstanding price/performance ratio with the ICOSOLAR® 3G product range. The backsheets using 3rd generation polyamide are about to conquer the global market.ICOSOLAR® APA 3G is UL recognized and TÜV type approved and has already been certified… Read more »
The teamtechnik Group, international market leader in the stringer technology segment, presents its STRINGER TT1200 HS which solders solar cell strings in a 2.5 second cycle on just one track. It thus outpaces its predecessor by 200 cycles and is currently the fastest single-track stringer system on the global market. A single track means one single soldering process per… Read more »
The new edition of the International Technology Roadmap for Photovoltaic (ITRPV) will be presented and published at the annual technology event PV Fab Managers Forum in Berlinorganized by SEMI PV Group. The global footprint of the contributors (Bosch Solar, Cel Celis, Hanwha Q.Cells, Hareon Solar, JA Solar, LDK, Motech, MPO Energy, Pillar, PV Silicon, REC… Read more »
Wholesalers and project planners are increasingly demanding European modules to avoid paying backdated anti-dumping duties for modules made in China. This development has already started to create a significant rise in demand for European-made modules from German-Scandinavian manufacturer Innotech Solar (ITS). On 6th June, the European Commission will decide whether provisional anti-dumping and countervailing duties should be imposed on solar modules… Read more »
With the market entry in Denmark and Sweden, the Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering expands its European area of operations northwards. The two promising growth markets are managed by Daniel Freudiger, General Manager of Sputnik Engineering International AG, and are intended to maintain and expand the European customer base in order to implement new projects…. Read more »
The Siemens presence at Hannover Messe 2013 focuses on the increasing integration of all technologies in the industry branch. “Siemens has a complete integrated portfolio consisting of hardware, software, services, and comprehensive industry expertise. This basis helps industrial companies achieve very high productivity and efficiency,” said Dirk Hoke, CEO of Siemens’ Customer Services Division, reported… Read more »
The Switch, a Finland-based supplier of permanent magnet generator (PMG) and full-power converter (FPC) packages, announced today that its first 5 MW high-speed drive trains installed in the field in China for CSIC (Chongqing) Haizhuang Windpower Equipment Co., Ltd (HZ Windpower), a Chinese wind power equipment manufacturer, are now successfully operating. The turbines operate continuously… Read more »
THE 12TH PROJECT SECURED WITHIN THE RENEWABLE ENERGIES DEVELOPMENT PLANS IN THE NORTH SEA CONFIRMS THE GROUP’S ROLE AS STRATEGIC PARTNER IN THE SECTOR. STRONG GROWTH PERSPECTIVES FOR THE GROUP: 4.5 GWNEW POWER FROM OFFSHORE WIND PARKS ALREADY UNDER INSTALLATION AND 18.4 GWCONSENTED. Milan, 1 March 2013. Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and… Read more »
REC, a leading global provider of solar electricity solutions, has placed an order with centrotherm for their high-throughput diffusion systems for its complete 740 megawatt (MW) solar production line in Singapore. Having successfully integrated centrotherm diffusion technology into one of its production lines REC has decided to equip and upgrade all remaining lines at its… Read more »
During last week’s APEX event in San Diego, California, DEK’s Global Marketing Director Karen Moore-Watts received IPC’s Distinguished Committee Leadership Award for her six-year service as chair of the SMEMA Statistical Subcommittee. Playing a critical role in identifying electronics assembly market developments, the SMEMA Statistical Subcommittee offers input that supports IPC’s global electronics assembly market… Read more »
The International PV Equipment Association (IPVEA) and the Saudi Arabia Solar Industry Association have (SASIA) formed a new mutual cooperation agreement designed to help each association promote the benefits of Photovoltaic (PV) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regional markets which is expected to grow to 3.5 gigawatts (GW) by 2015. Saudi Arabia… Read more »
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, has chosen sailing as a medium for communicating its brand internationally. In fact, the Group will be supporting Giancarlo Pedote, the solo sailor, in the 2013 edition of the Transat 6.50 race, a single-handed Atlantic crossing for the smallest class of racing… Read more »
Availon, one of the the leading multi-brand provider of WTG maintenance services, announced today that it signed a new full service contract for three wind farms in Germany with NIBC European Infrastructure Fund (NEIF). The projects were built with 19 VESTAS V80 2.0 MW wind turbines, with a total installed capacity of 38MW, and will… Read more »
Wind energy is on the advance throughout the world. However there are still a number of hurdles to overcome before widespread large-scale utilization is possible. The international VDI conference COWEC (Conference of the Wind Power Engineering Community) and accompanying industrial exhibition on 18th and 19th June 2013 in Berlin, Germany, will discuss all relevant aspects… Read more »
German laser specialist InnoLas Systems GmbH is looking back to a very successful year 2012. In spite of challenging market conditions, the company achieved a record turnover of € 40 Mio (US$ 68 Mio.). More than 90% of that revenue was generated from sales into the photovoltaic industry, an industry segment that suffered another difficult… Read more »
Damen Shipyards (Gorinchem, Netherlands) and the Port of Amsterdam are launching a pilot project today to test Thorn-D®, a relatively new antifouling film that is applied to ships’ hulls below the water line. The film has an expected lifetime of five years. That is much longer than conventional antifouling coatings, which need to be replaced every six months… Read more »
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) new Subsea Support Vessel was named at Oranjewerf Shiprepair Amsterdam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, on February 8th, 2013. The vessel called at Oranjewerf early January after a voyage from China to The Netherlands to undergo a series of modifications at the shipyard. VOS SweetThe new vessel is named after a… Read more »