This year the prestigious award has been awarded to Sika with its new innovation Sikasil AS-780. Sika was selected by the jury out of three finalists in the category “CSP Technology and Supplier Award”. This award is granted to companies that excel in the industry through great efforts on getting CSP further down the competitive… Read more »
Tentec is pleased to announce the launch of the latest addition to its Aero range of bolt tensioners for wind turbines. Designed specifically for the European wind market, these new foundation bolting tools for metric coarse threads now ensures that Tentec supplies the most comprehensive range of tensioning equipment currently available on the market. The… Read more »
Increased A-Grade Yield in Solar Cell Production through Innovative Electroluminescence Technology Today’s major challenges in Photovoltaic production are the continuous optimization of solar cell efficiencies and at the same time the reduction of manufacturing costs. ISRA SOLAR VISION, a business unit of ISRA VISION AG, Darmstadt, Germany, provides the complete range of state-of-the-art high-efficiency inspection… Read more »
Siemens continues its strong track record of growing its wind power service business –New wind power service agreement signed in Canada Siemens Canada Ltd. has been awarded a long-term wind power service contract for 48 SWT-2.3-93 and 40 SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines at Kruger Energy’s Port Alma and Chatham Kent wind energy plants in Ontario, Canada…. Read more »
Additional facility with state-of-the-art technology for solar module frames Based in Rangsdorf, near Berlin in Germany, the Mounting Systems GmbH, the international developer and manufacturer of solar fastening systems, has enhanced productivity at its headquarters site with an additional facility for the production of frames for solar modules. Besides fastening systems, the company fabricates solid… Read more »
Bamberg: October 2012: Lightway Green New Energy CO., LTD., Lightway Deutschland GmbH and Geiger Engineering sign contract for future cooperation. The contract enables the cooperation in the area of emission free flying and joint development of emission free drive engine technology supported by photovoltaic. Dr. Ing. Werner Eck about the actual state of flying possibilities… Read more »
At the 9th Photovoltaic Module Technology Workshop in Cologne, Germany PSE AG presented the newly developed test stand, Degratest Labtool. This innovative test stand determines the light induced degradation effect (LID effect) of silicon solar cells. The testing technology monitors and records degradation effects, and offers manufacturers and research institutions a fast and reliable tool… Read more »
Shares in centrotherm photovoltaics AG will be traded effective March 1, 2013, in the General Standard segment of the regulated market on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Listing in the Prime Standard segment ends February 28, 2013. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange has meanwhile approved the company’s application for this move, and the change of segment has… Read more »
Chennai, 29 November 2012. Wind energy could soon supply 5 GW annually to fight chronic power shortages in the country, according to the India Wind Energy Outlook, prepared by WISE, IWTMA and GWEC. Officially released at the opening of Wind Power India 2012 by the Hon. Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah, the… Read more »
The new SolarMax headquarters unites the three existing Swiss locations and can accommodate up to 500 employees. Currently, SolarMax has 300 employees in Switzerland who moved to the state-of-the-art, energy efficient building in October 2012. Biel, 29 November 2012: Sputnik Engineering – founded in 1991 and one of the leading inverter manufacturers in the world… Read more »
The first creditors’ meeting after the insolvency protection proceedings introduced in July 2012 has confirmed the agreed restructuring roadmap of centrotherm photovoltaics AG. As part of the reporting and verification meeting called by Ulm county court, the represented creditors unanimously resolved that the company should continue in self-administration. In addition, the temporary committee of creditors… Read more »
Preparing for upcoming market of extreme testing Energy consulting and testing & certification company DNV KEMA will invest approximately EUR 70 million in the expansion of its High-Power Laboratory in Arnhem, the Netherlands. With the expansion, DNV KEMA creates the first laboratory in the world in the extreme testing segment for the upcoming market for… Read more »
Technological paradigm shift towards integrated development, engineering and production At this year’s SPS IPC Drives industrial trade fair, Siemens provided a fascinating insight into the modern production worlds of the future: Worlds in which virtual processes for product and plant development will be increasingly integrated with real production. “The challenges posed by escalating product and… Read more »
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has appointed Rune Torhaug as the new Managing Director for DNV Research and Innovation. He has worked internationally with leadership roles in DNV Energy, DNV Maritime and DNV Business Assurance. Mr. Torhaug has a strong background in risk and reliability, and a proven track record of applying risk methodology to critical… Read more »
A new anti-corrosive coating with a drying time of just 60 minutes promises to increase line-speeds for wind tower manufacturers by at least 50 per cent compared to standard two and three-coat systems. Launched today by international coatings manufacturer Hempel, Hemperea DTM 55973 can be applied directly to metal and is suitable for C3 corrosive… Read more »
PPG becomes largest North American glass manufacturer with capability PITTSBURGH, Nov. 26, 2012 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) flat glass business announced that it can now manufacture heat-strengthened glass in thicknesses of less than 3 millimeters, which makes it among the first major glass manufacturers in North America to offer this capability. PPG can produce heat-strengthened… Read more »
The app allows to monitor PV installations using the new software Ingecon® Web Monitor Ingeteam has just developed an iPhone app to monitor PV installations. This new application provides access to the entire information on the PV plant production. From now on, any iPhone /iPod Touch/iPad user will be able to keep an updated energy… Read more »
In Beijing from December 11-13, 2012, industry experts discuss trends and technologies from across the global solar industry, focusing chiefly on the development of the Chinese solar sector Freiburg/Pforzheim, Germany, and Beijing, China, November 21, 2012 – The Intersolar China Conference is taking place for the second time in the Intercontinental Hotel Beichen in Beijing… Read more »
More than 160,000 SolarMax S series string inverters have been installed all over the world in the past five years – more than 99 percent have worked perfectly ever since. Biel, 22. November 2012: The SolarMax S series string inverters rank among the classic products produced by the Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering. Since 2008,… Read more »
In response to the ongoing challenging market situation in the photovoltaic sector, Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) is accelerating and expanding its current consolidation and optimisation programme. Since the beginning of 2012, the company has consolidated sales and service operations, simplified its organisational structure and restructured production. The overall number of permanent… Read more »
Order volume of more than EUR880 million Siemens Energy has secured the order for the Jeffrey’s Bay wind power plant with a capacity of 138 megawatts (MW). This marks the company’s market entry into the South African wind power sector. Siemens has now received a total of 16 orders for more than 270 onshore wind… Read more »
Even after a decade, aleo solar modules show only minimal age-related performance reduction (degradation). MBJ Services, an independent service provider, assessed a 5.44-kilowatt system near Bremen (Germany) which had been in operation for nearly ten years. They measured each of the 34 aleo modules’ performance with the help of a flasher. The result: an average… Read more »
– SOLARWATT extends system range and presents a trend-setting system for intelligent energy management– SOLARWATT ENERGY SOLUTION starter kit now available– SOLARWATT storage solution will continue to significantly increase the share of internal supply starting in the first half of 2013 The future of energy supply is regenerative and decentralized – energy will be created… Read more »
On the occasion of Mr. Alex Salmond, Scottish First Minister’s, visit to Paris, the AREVA group and Scottish Enterprise*, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on industrial site development for the manufacture of wind turbines in East Scotland. The MoU is a step towards establishing an AREVA factory in Scotland that will manufacture its 5MW… Read more »
Renato Luck and Jürgen Brenner complete company management. Machine and line manufacturer Bürkle centralizes technology and production. The company management of Robert Bürkle GmbH, represented by Hans-Joachim Bender and Ralf Spindler, has been completed by Renato Luck and Jürgen Brenner. Luck will be responsible for the technology sector and will thus manage product innovation, development… Read more »
SOLON solar modules scored outstanding marks during the latest PID resistance test performed by Photovoltaik Institute Berlin. The SOLON Black 230 is 100% resistant against potential induced degradation (PID). PID is one of the major causes for power losses in solar power systems. The SOLON Black 230 did not demonstrate any measurable power loss under… Read more »
– The M250-60 AC module from the SOLARWATT ORANGE LINE comes top– Degradation values of just 0.2 percent over a year affirm the SOLARWATT performance promise– The results of tests carried out by TÜV Rheinland confirm the high quality standard of SOLARWATT production The SOLARWATT module M250-60 AC with 245 Wp from the SOLARWATT ORANGE… Read more »
Exhibitors and organizers report positive outcome Mumbai/Pforzheim/Freiburg, November 16, 2012: The fourth Intersolar India, India’s largest exhibition and conference for the solar industry, drew to a close on November 8, 2012. 200 exhibitors from 17 countries presented their products, solutions and services in an exhibition space covering 20,000 square meters at the Bombay Exhibition Centre… Read more »
To coincide with the opening of AREVA’s first offices in Le Havre, Luc Oursel presented the progress made with AREVA’s industrial plan to produce a 100% French wind turbine in the Haute-Normandie region. Since Iberdrola and Eole RES were chosen to develop the wind farm site in the bay of Saint-Brieuc in April 2012 and… Read more »
With one of the fastest growing wind markets in the world, Chinese manufacturers have been quick to step up and meet their country’s rapidly expanding demand for renewable energy – expanding their revenue significantly in the process – states a new report from business intelligence providers GBI Research. In the report*, the firm analyses the… Read more »
Construction of the solar thermal power plant Puerta Errado 2 / Quality inspections and acceptance tests Cologne/Calasparra, Spain, November 15, 2012. TÜV Rheinland accompanied the construction of the first commercial solar thermal power plant, Puerto Errado 2 in Spain, as a neutral certifier. On behalf of the general contractor Novatec and the client Tubo Sol… Read more »
Vantaa, Finland, November 13, 2012 – The Switch, a leading supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generator and full-power converter packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications, is proud to announce that it has been chosen by the Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) as the 2012 Later Stage Award Global Best of Wind winner…. Read more »
aleo solar AG and its majority shareholder, Robert Bosch GmbH, today agreed a waiver of claims in the amount of EUR 25 million and a declaration to subordinate liability in the amount of EUR 50 million. Robert Bosch GmbH had extended short-term shareholder loans under a Group credit facility to aleo solar AG between 19… Read more »
aleo solar AG (ISIN: DE000A0JM634) today announced that it generated revenue of EUR 222.4 million in the first nine months of 2012. This means that aleo solar’s revenue decreased by 35.4 percent compared with the first nine months of 2011 (EUR 344.6 million). Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) came in at EUR -51.5 million… Read more »
Hempel awarded patent for revolutionary low-solvent wind turbine coating system The Ultra-High Solids and Speed system (UHSS), a unique two-coat protective paint system for onshore wind turbines produced by leading coatings manufacturer Hempel, was granted a patent from the European Patent Office. UHSS uses two high-solids coatings to reduce volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions by… Read more »
• Household electricity data monitoring• Data visualization via laptop• Extended maintenance interval Berlin, November 12, 2012. SOLON Energy GmbH is adding two new features to the SOLON SOLiberty storage system. At the 2012 International Renewable Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition (IRES) in Berlin, which begins today and ends on Wednesday, SOLON will present a new… Read more »