PV*SOL® Expert, the dynamic simulation programme with 3D visualization and detailed shading analysis for PV systems from Berlin-based Valentin Software will be available in March in the version 5.5 with extended features for mounted PV systems in 3D mode. With the new 3D object “open area”, ground mounted systems (with up to 2,000 modules) can… Read more »
• SINGULUS establishes itself as a development partner for new thin-film cell concepts• Order from international module producer received Kahl am Main, February 17, 2012 – The SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS) reports the sale of a processing machine for the production of CIGS/CIS thin-film solar cells. The coating plant was ordered by an international thin-film… Read more »
Siemens has acquired the majority stake in Marine Current Turbines Ltd., the UK company based in Bristol, which develops and builds tidal power systems. “The acquisition of Marine Current Turbines is an important step forward for the Solar & Hydro Division,” said Ted Scheidegger, CEO of the Solar & Hydro Division of Siemens Energy. “We… Read more »
Matt Hendrickson Brings Over 3,900MW of Wind Energy Development Leadership Experience SEATTLE (February 16, 2012) – 3TIER®, a global leader in renewable energy risk analysis, today announced that Matthew Hendrickson has joined the company as its senior director of energy assessment. Mr. Hendrickson has managed world-class renewable energy assessment programs since 2003 and is widely… Read more »
Highway, light rail and airport facilities offset energy use with SolarWorld solar panels Planners of Oregon’s transportation infrastructure are leading the nation in charting a course to a cleaner energy future by selecting SolarWorld solar panels to support their multi-modal services. With unobstructed rights-of-way and heavy energy use, transportation agencies are ideal hosts of photovoltaic… Read more »
Siemens to increase power transmission capacity between England and Scotland Major order for low-loss HVDC technology In a consortium with the Milan-based leading cable company Prysmian, Siemens Energy is to build a submarine DC interconnector in the Irish Sea. The order is worth more than 1.1 billion euros for the consortium. Customers are the British… Read more »
THEWESTERN HVDC LINK, CONNECTING THE SCOTTISH AND THE ENGLISH POWER GRIDS, SETS A RECORD IN TERMS OF VOLTAGE (600 KV) AND HAS A CURRENTLY UNMATCHED TRANSMISSION CAPACITY FOR LONG-HAUL SYSTEMS OF 2200 MW THE NEW STATE-OF-THE ART HVDC SUBMARINE CABLE LINK IS STRATEGIC FOR THE UK, ALLOWING POWER TRANSMISSION FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES IN SCOTLAND TO… Read more »
The machine manufacturer partially succeeds in compensating the depression in photovoltaics business through the other parts of its product range. Robert Bürkle GmbH terminates business year 2011 with a turnover of 96 million Euros. Originally, the company had planned 110 million Euros. Reason for the recession is the worldwide bad demand in the solar market…. Read more »
IDTechEx will host the Printed Electronics Asia conference and tradeshow on 2-3 October in Tokyo, Japan. The event, part of the IDTechEx global series of events on the topic, focusses on a region that has invested more in printed electronics than any other territory. Highlights include OLED manufacture, where sales of OLED display modules exceeded… Read more »
After ten very successful years with the Rickmers Group and especially, with Rickmers-Linie, Jan B Steffens will by 31 March 2012 step down from the twin positions of CEO of Rickmers Holding and of Rickmers-Linie although he will continue to serve on the Rickmers Group advisory board. Ronald D Widdows, former CEO of NOL/APL, is… Read more »
David Brown, a leader in the global gear industry, will present a paper in the event’s ‘solutions for asset-life cost containment’ session, as well as participate in the interactive panel discussion focused on gearbox reliability improvement. The event takes place from 25-27th April 2012 at the Dallas Marriott City Center Hotel in Texas and is… Read more »
Commitment to Supply Growing Solar Market Underscores Aim to Reduce Global Dependence on Fossil Fuels WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 13, 2012 – DuPont and Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited (“Yingli China”) have signed a $100 million strategic agreement for photovoltaic materials aimed at accelerating the adoption of solar energy to address one of the world’s biggest… Read more »
Ricardo’s progress in the thriving offshore wind industry continues with the signing of an engineering services contract with David Brown, a leading global provider of industrial gearing solutions and support services. Following David Brown’s announcement of its collaboration with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to design and manufacture an innovative 7MW gearbox for a new range… Read more »
In an address to a Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI East Anglia) conference in Ipswich on Friday the 10th of February,[1] Dr John Constable, Director of Renewable Energy Foundation (REF, a UK charity publishing data on the energy sector [2]) told attendees that analysis of the government’s own data[3] showed that contrary to widespread belief,… Read more »
meteodynWT, the most advanced CFD software forwind resource assessmentand production optimization, is innovating once again.Users can benefit from the new features to: Buy on line mesoscale dataand download itdirectly frommeteodynWT Compute losses and production uncertainties Improvemultiple met masts analysis thanks to 2 new methods (nearest mast and by user-defined zone) Use Additional Weibull Fitting method… Read more »
CloudApps, the enterprise application leader in sustainability, today announced its first FTSE 100-listed customer, international engineering and project management company, AMEC (LSE:AMEC). CloudApps Sustainability Suite and its advanced employee engagement solution, SuMo, will combine to drive some of the most aggressive sustainability targets on the planet. The company is aiming for a 2013 reduction of… Read more »
Agreement signed between Fiera Milano and ExpoenergieThe 14th edition of Solarexpo to be held May 8-10, 2013 in Milan Milano-Feltre, 10 February 2012 – Solarexpo, the international exhibition and conference on renewable energy and distributed generation, is set to move to Milan’s exhibition centre in 2013 thanks to an agreement signed between Fiera Milano spa… Read more »
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) complex, a headquarters for high-tech military command, communications and surveillance in San Diego, now hosts 1.3 megawatts of solar panels from SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more than 35 years. The system, the Navy’s largest contiguous rooftop solar array, is starting its first full year… Read more »
With the on-going uncertainty over the production tax credit (PTC) extension, many factors are indicating that the American wind manufacturing industry is picking up speed to cope with a rush of orders in 2012. In 2011, an additional 31% of wind capacity was installed compared to 2010, totalling a massive 1.6GW. This dramatic increase in… Read more »
A newly developed hydraulic lifting yoke from Danish based Fyns Kran Udstyr has been tested in the world’s largest offshore wind turbine park, London Array. The new way of handling offshore wind turbine foundations is much faster, cheaper and more secure. It no longer needs to take an hour to get ready to lift the… Read more »
In the settlement Ram-On in Israel, premium modules from aleo solar AG produce solar power on over 70 percent of the roofs. The Israeli aleo partner, Solenergy Ltd., installed the photovoltaic plants with an output of 15 – 50 kilowatts on more than 25 residential and agricultural buildings. The residents of the moshav feed their… Read more »
Wagner Solar UK Ltd (Wagner Solar) announces that the warranty for its TRIC mounting equipment has been extended to 10 years. PV systems must remain safely on the roof for more than 25 years to outlast the feed-in tariff. Throughout this period, the system must be capable of withstanding extreme fluctuations in weather, making the… Read more »
centrotherm SiTec GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of centrotherm photovoltaics AG, has signed a contract for the basic engineering and the technology concept for a polysilicon factory with IDEA Polysilicon Company (IPC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The factory with an annual capacity of 10,000 tonnes will be situated in the Saudi Arabian city of Yanbu. All… Read more »
SEMA (Solar Engineering & Manufacturing Association) announces it will host the IPC Solar/PV standards meeting on Final Module Visual Inspection, Tabbing and Stringing and Lamination, scheduled to take place Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at the Wyndham Hotel on North First Street in San Jose, CA. The program will consist of a review of the content… Read more »
multinational company that develops, builds and carries out maintenance of PV solar farms, scored in 2011 a record activity with the construction and connection of 51 MW in eleven PV solar farms in Spain and Italy. This figure means that, only in 2011, the company reached half the activity carried out in the five previous… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) today published preliminary, unaudited key figures for the fiscal year 2011 results. The Group confirms that it reached its previously communicated sales target of approximately CHF 1.2 billion (excluding pro-rata results of Roth & Rau AG – see also Half-Year Report 2011). On a consolidated basis (including… Read more »
21% increase in global installed capacity The Global Wind Energy Council annual market statistics published today show that the wind industry installed just over 41,000 MW of new clean, reliable wind power in 2011, bringing the total installed capacity globally to more than 238,000 MW at the end of last year. This represents an increase… Read more »
AU Optronics (“AUO” or the “Company”), the global leading display and solar solutions provider, today announced that it is ready to provide its customers with US-made solar solutions. The progress enriches AUO’s global solar module capacity to span across Europe, America, and Asia. It also makes AUO one of the few international suppliers capable of… Read more »
EUROSOLAR, in cooperation with KfW-Bankengruppe, recognizes outstanding achievements, innovation and creativity in promoting widespread use of renewable energy through the annual European Solar Prize, now in its nineteenth year. Applications and proposals are accepted until 30 June 2012. The recipients will be celebrated at a festive gathering at the end of the year. Established in… Read more »
Renewable energy is flowing to the power grid from Minnesota Power’s newest wind farm near New Salem, N.D., where the company has commissioned 15 state-of-the-art wind turbines, completing its Bison 1 Wind Energy Center. Commissioning of the last Bison 1B turbine was completed Jan. 31 by personnel from Minnesota Power, a division of ALLETE, Inc.,… Read more »
BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the alternative energy and electronics manufacturing markets, today announced the receipt of multiple orders for PYRAMAXTM solder reflow ovens from semiconductor assembly and test subcontractors (SATS) located in Asia. The orders are valued in excess of $1 million and shipments will be completed… Read more »
GROWTH IN PHOTOVOLTAICS BRINGS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SOLAR INDUSTRY PV Energy World Special Exhibit at Intersolar Europe 2012 showcases innovative solutions for the power supply of the futureMunich, 07.02.2012 – 2011 was a record year both for Intersolar Europe and the international solar industry, with the expansion of newly-installed photovoltaic capacity reaching a new… Read more »
The introduction of super-sized offshore wind turbines, nearly 1,000ft tall and five times more powerful than any other wind turbine yet installed in UK coastal waters, will demand foundations that can take the strain. The new turbine design has been developed from work by the pan-European Upwind research project funded by the European Union. The… Read more »
In 2011, 9,616 MW of wind energy capacity was installed in the EU, making a total of 93,957 MW – enough to supply 6.3% of the EU’s electricity, according to figures published today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Representing 21.4% of new power capacity, wind energy installations in 2011 were very similar to… Read more »
aleo solar AG has recorded a high number of repeat-orders in Italy: aleo modules are often re-ordered to expand solar systems or in the case of new projects on the roofs of both private homes and companies as well as on other appropriate surfaces. The Ferragamo family is one of the many satisfied managers of… Read more »
AMSC, a global solutions provider serving wind and grid leaders, today provided an update regarding its legal actions in China. As previously reported, AMSC has filed for arbitration and has filed three civil lawsuits in the Chinese courts against Sinovel Wind Group Co., Ltd. (Sinovel) and companies related to Sinovel. In total, AMSC is seeking… Read more »