Asia Pacific renewable energy markets to continue its high growth in 2011 with continuous support from the governments in the form of incentives. The Asia Pacific renewable energy (RE) markets especially wind, solar and biomass power projects are expected to continue its high growth trajectory and fare significantly well in 2011 because of the continued… Read more »
Outstanding achievements, innovation and creativity in spreading renewable energy and its applications will be recognized through the annual EUROSOLAR European Solar Prize also in 2011. EUROSOLAR accepts applications and proposals until 30th June 2011. The winners will be honoured at a ceremonious event at the end of the year. Established in 1994, the European Solar… Read more »
HARTING has developed the new Han® HC 250 high current connector as a powerful interface that impresses by requiring little space, transmitting high current intensities and allowing flexible configuration of the number of poles. The HC 250 one-pole crimp module can be connected in various frame geometries to produce the required number of poles in… Read more »
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted Dr. Eric Betzig and Dr. Harald Hess another patent for their invention of super- resolution localization microscopy. In 2007, the microscopy from Carl Zeiss received the exclusive rights to market the technology. Together with the previously issued patents (U.S. 7,626,694, U.S. 7,828,695, U.S. 7,626,703 and U.S…. Read more »
Georgia Power and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) are conducting an 18-month study to evaluate how solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems may affect the utility’s distribution system. Fifty PV systems are being installed in seven cities around the state. Seven-to-eight small systems will be installed on one distribution line in each city. Sites were… Read more »
We will exhibit at the European Wind Energy Exhibition EWEA in Brussels from 14th to 17th April 2011. Our offer: CFD software and studies to assess wind energy resource whatever can be the sites (mountains, forests, built areas), as well for wind farms projects as for small wind ones.We invite us on our stand where… Read more »
* Highly efficient: Conergy modules with a strong output, even in British sunlight * Highly attractive: British solar feed-in tariffs are currently among the highest in the world * Closer to the Customer: First Conergy representative office established in Milton Keynes Conergy goes to the UK – and brings quality solar power “Made in Germany”… Read more »
More farmers will this year be looking to the wind and the sun to boost their profits. The demand from the UK agricultural sector for renewable energy generated by wind turbines and solar systems is increasing at a remarkable pace, especially as energy prices continue to rise, eating into farmer’s profits. However, help is on… Read more »
Meyer Burger has successfully concluded a contract of over CHF 45 million for wire saws with a new customer in Asia. The wire saws are scheduled to be delivered during 2011. Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that the group member MB Wafertec (Meyer Burger Ltd) successfully concluded a contract for… Read more »
The Glue Factory, announced today the launch of its new website, www.gluefactoryadhesives.com. The Glue Factory is a formulator of hot melt and water based materials for packaging and assembly applications. Hot melt technologies are available in EVA, pressure sensitive and polyamide chemistries; while water based chemistries include PVA, pressure sensitive and dextrin. The website offers… Read more »
Two days before the first-ever EU summit on energy, twenty European companies and associations are calling on EU Heads of State to show the courage and vision to create a single market for electricity by 2015. It comes just a few days before the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Single European Act on… Read more »
aleo solar AG has supplied more than 13,000 S_18 type modules for a 3 megawatt rooftop plant in Cuneo, Italy. The premium solar module manufacturer received the order from the companies Eurostock and Verde Energia, both of which are part of the Lannutti Group. The Lannutti Group ranks among the largest logistics corporations in Italy…. Read more »
With the sale of an integrated manufacturing facility to the company MG AB Precizika, 3S Modultec, a 100% subsidiary of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd, is continuing to expand its activities in Eastern Europe. The Lithuanian company MG AB Precizika is the first company in Lithuania to set up a local production site for solar panels…. Read more »
DNV and key industry players are today releasing a report on the design of offshore monopile wind turbine structures. This is the outcome of a joint industry project which was established to improve the basis for calculating the axial load capacity and to review current design practices. During the autumn of 2009, DNV assessed the… Read more »
As of the end of January, SOLON SE has delivered crystalline modules for a roof-mounted solar power plant with a total capacity of 4 MWp in Massa, situated in Tuscany, Italy. The photovoltaic system SOLON SOLbond, which was specially developed for installation on industrial metal roofs, will be used exclusively in the project led by… Read more »
Georgia Power recently acquired a series of solar projects of up to 1 megawatt (MW) in Murray County, Ga., co-developed by United Renewable Energy LLC and Mack Creek Energy LLC. Georgia Power will sell the output from the facility to Dalton Utilities. The plant will be constructed on Looper Bridge Road in Dalton by United… Read more »
Frank Bünte has joined the Management Board of the Rickmers Group as Chief Treasury and Risk Officer. Previously he was with HSH Nordbank AG, where he was latterly responsible for the bank’s entire domestic shipping company business. “Acting in concert with the existing management team, Mr Bünte will drive forward the consolidation and expansion of… Read more »
GCube Underwriting Limited and GCube Insurance Services, Inc., the leading provider of insurance services for renewable energy technologies, announced today that it has grown its solar property coverage from $300 Million USD to $500 Million USD for any single solar project or phase. The news comes at a particularly bullish time for large-scale projects in… Read more »
9.3 gigawatt (GW) of new wind power capacity was installed in the EU during 2010, reaching a total of 84 GW by the end of 2010, according to figures released today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and coinciding with today’s publication by the European Commission on financing renewable energy. While offshore wind power… Read more »
Claus Kleedörfer switches to management position at HARTING Deutschland GmbH und Co. KG Effective as of February 1, 2011, Dipl.-Ing. Claus Kleedörfer will join the management team of sales company HARTING Deutschland GmbH & Co. As General Manager, the former Head of Industrial Communication & Power Networks (ICPN) at HARTING Technology Group will be responsible… Read more »
Smart Turbine Inc. has developed technology that will significantly improve access to wind energy around the world. In addition to the exponential growth opportunity in the small wind turbine (SWT, under 100kW) market, Smart Turbine Inc. will capitalize on incentive programs with the government to quickly establish a leadership position in the industry. Patent-pending SMART… Read more »
Understanding interplay between domestic vs. foreign manufacturing looking at pressure points such as ease of access, quality and transportation the question that rings out again and again is “Can North American manufacturers really compete on price and quality with China and Asia?”. Well MAKE consulting have been doing critical work in this area for a… Read more »
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today that Green Earth Energy and Technology will begin distribution of Ascent Solar’s lightweight, flexible, high-power thin-film CIGS modules for building integrated (BIPV), and portable power solutions in Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany. The agreement with Green Earth Energy and Technology gives Ascent… Read more »
Britain boosts Europe’s most efficient and developed processes for offshore wind turbines, according to The European Offshore Wind Standards, Permitting and Markets report. “Denmark was leading in terms of offshore wind policies in Europe, but recently the UK has over taken as a result of its “rounds” system. This has proved very efficient at bringing… Read more »
Meyer Burger has successfully concluded a large contract of overCHF 160 million for wire saws with an existing customer in Asia. The wire saws are scheduled to be delivered during 2011. Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that the group member MB Wafertec (Meyer Burger Ltd) successfully concluded a large contract… Read more »
Increased demand and investment has placed strain on a budding supply chain, driving vertical integration in the European offshore wind sector. In a nascent industry like wind vertical integration has its share of risks. But as a way to bypass supply chain bottlenecks, vertical integration has a clear upside at this stage of the sector’s… Read more »
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand “Yingli Solar”, today announced that the Company has become an Official Premium Partner of FC Bayern Munchen (“FCB”), one of the… Read more »
The developer of the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm has joined 21 utilities, state agencies and other organizations intervening in the proposed merger of NStar and Northeast Utilities. Cape Wind Associates LLC was granted the special status to participate in the state Department of Public Utilities review of the merger on Jan. 6. Also on… Read more »
Praxair Electronics has won three new contracts with solar customers in China. Under the new contracts, Praxair is supplying: • silane, ammonia and bulk atmospheric gases to ShanXi LuAn Solar Energy in Changzhi, Shanxi Province; • silane to Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd in Jiangsu Province; and • silane and ammonia to Realforce Solar,… Read more »
Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC (“Nautilus Solar”) announced today its entry into the Florida solar market with the acquisition and development of two distributed generation projects, as well as the development of a third greenfield utility scale project. In Gainesville, Nautilus Solar is currently constructing the Green Cove 131 kW solar photovoltaic project at the Regional… Read more »
A million pound contract to install probably the UK’s biggest solar power project to date has been won by a fledgling Midlands-based provider of renewable energy solutions. Going Solar fought off fierce competition to clinch the deal to fit around 2,200 photovoltaic panels on to a series of warehouse roofs in Ipswich, Suffolk, which will… Read more »
The Swiss manufacturer presents its latest inverters for grid-connected photovoltaic plants at the international solar trade fair in Belgium Sputnik Engineering AG will show its latest product innovations in Ghent from 27 to 29 January. It was just last year that the Swiss manufacturer opened a branch in Brussels which will operate under the guiding… Read more »
With 308 new offshore wind turbines installed in 2010 – an increase of 51% in installed wind power capacity on the previous year – offshore wind power experienced a new record growth in Europe. In total, 883 Megawatt (MW) of new capacity, worth some €2.6 billion, were installed in 2010 in nine wind farms in… Read more »
The Senegalese solar power company SPEC is establishing the first solar panel factory in West Africa, with the support of 3S Modultec The founders of the Senegalese solar company SPEC will be making the vision of West Africa’s first solar panel factory come true in the next few weeks. The local team is being supported… Read more »
• The eleven farms constructed and connected by OPDE ITALY in 2010, totalling 17 MW, are located in the regions of Puglia and Piedmont. 85 million Euros have been invested in their construction. • The Italian subsidiary OPDE ITALY, part of Grupo OPDE whose headquarters are in Spain, are currently constructing a 5.2 MW farm… Read more »
DEK Solar is preparing to take its brand new Eclipse photovoltaic metallization platform to the SNEC PV Power Expo 2011 (SNEC). The DEK Solar team will be on stand 360 in Hall E3 from February 22nd – 24th, 2011, at the Shanghai New International Expo Center in China, where it will be showcasing Eclipse’s pioneering… Read more »