Profit warning by Roth & Rau AG regarding the 3rd quarter 2011 Earnings of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd at EBITDA level only marginally affected Re-evaluation of participation in Roth & Rau within the scope of consolidation Control and/or Profit Transfer Agreement with Roth & Rau AG will not be further pursued Meyer Burger Technology Ltd… Read more »
From December 7-9, 2011, for the first time, the international solar industry assembling at Beijing’s China National Convention Center for Intersolar China, where the event makes its inauguration to the upcoming solar market in Eastern Asia. The 7,500 visitors already anticipated to attend the debuting Intersolar China underline the growing importance of the Chinese market…. Read more »
The key to making money in offshore wind is to secure long term, lucrative contracts. So how do you find who is tendering, when and what they look for in a partner? Most agree that you must talk with your customers about what they need and meet their requirements. Critical issues for procurement managers today… Read more »
Engineered Conductive Materials, LLC, a leading global supplier of conductive interconnect materials for photovoltaic applications, introduces its DB-1588 low-cost conductive adhesive for back contact applications in crystalline silicon solar modules. The new line of conductive adhesives is designed to make contact from vias or other conductors in the solar cells to the back contact sheet…. Read more »
In October 2011 and therefore in the new fiscal year 2012, Siemens secured an order for a 100 Megawatt (MW) wind power project in Puerto Rico. Between July and September 2011, the company also received five orders for the supply of wind turbines with a combined capacity of over 570 megawatts (MW) from North America…. Read more »
Offshore wind continues to boom. Since 2003, more than 500 o¬ffshore wind turbines have been installed – 35 per cent of them in 2010 alone. Dedicated offshore power sites appear each month across the UK, France, Germany and many other European countries. This rate of growth, set to continue next year, forces the entire supply… Read more »
Technology company GP Solar GmbH of Constance, Germany has been awarded the prestigious iF product design award for its laboratory measuring device GP ISO-TEST .Waf. In awarding the design prize, created in 1953, the jury not only took into account the sleek exterior of the measuring device but also its functionality, level of innovation, and… Read more »
• 45,000 modules for the Solarpark Roitzsch in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld• Construction to begin in October, completion expected by the end of 2011• Partners improve their position in the area of PV projects, joint building of additional solar parks planned Mainz/Hamburg/Sandersdorf-Brehna, November 4, 2011 – In October and November, 2011, SCHOTT Solar AG will… Read more »
As of November, the new Damen website, www.damen.nl, has officially gone live. The site has been structured according to Damen’s 10 Product-Market Combinations and navigation has been designed to be fast, simple and user-friendly. The new website aims to personalize content, enable infosharing and enhance client interaction. COO Arnout Damen says: “For Damen, shipbuilding is… Read more »
the Austrian customers of Donauer Solartechnik have had a direct partner on location: Andreas Wimplinger heads the new sales office in the Upper-Austrian district of Waldzell. Donauer Solartechnik has been active in the Alpine republic for more than five years. Formerly, however, the wholesaler took care of the customers there from its headquarters in Bavaria,… Read more »
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS) received an order for one SINGULAR PECVD tool for silicon wafer solar cell fabrication from the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS). SINGULAR is a coating tool for the application of anti-reflection coatings (ARCs) on crystalline silicon solar cells. To reduce the cost of PV electricity and to obtain continuous improvements… Read more »
ANTARIS SOLAR, solar technology provider with headquarters in Germany, has been selected as the PV affinity partner by NICEIC. The partnership brings together German quality with the standards of UK’s leading voluntary body for electrical installation matters. Waldaschaff, Germany, 03/11/2011. After an extensive selection process NICEIC (www.niceic.com), the UK’s leading voluntary body for electrical contractors,… Read more »
Dow Electrical & Telecommunications, a global leader in technology and material science solutions for the power and telecommunications industries, announced today at the 2011 Khimia exhibition in Moscow an agreement with Uncomtech Group to become a Dow Inside licensee. Uncomtech, the largest cable holding company in Russia based on copper conversion, joins Sevkabel Holding to… Read more »
The latest research from Wind Energy Update reveals that despite the huge amount of attention given to gearbox failure, electrical faults are a leading cause of offshore wind turbine downtime. Failures of electrical and controls systems are the root cause of wind turbine repairs in 50% of cases, and operators should expect an electronic or… Read more »
• Solar Expert predicts Solar in the Middle East to skyrocket over the next decade. • Middle East to need skilled solar industry professionals. Paris France – October 27, 2011: A GCC solar expert at the 2nd GCC-France Economic Forum predicted that solar power will be an important source of energy for GCC states in… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) today announced the reaction by MB Wafertec, Thun/Switzerland to the difficult and highly volatile market conditions in the photovoltaic industry. The high uncertainties within key markets, which have been exacerbated by current economic difficulties and fiscal policy problems, have caused MB Wafertec (Meyer Burger Ltd, Thun) to… Read more »
the new concentrated solar power plant Gemasolar was officially inaugurated. Gemasolar, owned by Torresol Energy, a joint venture between SENER (60%) and Masdar (40%), is located in Fuentes Andalucia, Spain. The inauguration was the culmination of the successful collaboration with SGS which took place during the construction of the plant and continues with further cooperation… Read more »
The solar technology company SOLON has sold a solar power plant with a capacity of 1.5 MW in the northern Italian province of Udine to EAM Solar AS, a Norwegian investment company who has also committed to buy a power plant with a capacity of 3.1 MW located just 10 km away. The two power… Read more »
The photovoltaic system has been on the grid in Léogâne since September A photovoltaic system is supplying a newly founded training centre in Haiti with solar power. The centre covers 2,000 square metres and provides training for mechanics and construction workers. Most of the modules were donated by Centrosolar, a company from Hamburg. Since the… Read more »
Ohio-based Crown Battery Manufacturing Company introduces the world’s most advanced batteries designed specifically for solar, wind, and microhydro systems. Crown’s renewable energy (RE) batteries provide longer life, increased reliability, higher performance, enhanced configurability, lower maintenance, and safe and easy handling – features only automated manufacturing can deliver. Hal Hawk, CEO and President, says, “Our company… Read more »
I’ve recently carried out some research into wind farm operation and maintenance, as part of the production for our upcoming conference – are you interested in having a look at one of the presentations delivered at our O&M 2010 event last year? It is entitled “The Changing direction of owner / operators towards a consistent,… Read more »
• Sales in the first nine months already exceed total sales in 2010• Result significantly positive• Order intake + 40.8 % in the period under review• Full-year forecast for 2011 with 33 % increase in sales and positive earnings reaffirmed According to preliminary results the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS) generated sales of about € 121.8… Read more »
Hamburg: DNV has appointed Matthias Laatsch to lead its wind energy operations in Hamburg, Germany. Due to the combination of its global leadership in the certification of offshore wind projects and strong local capabilities in marine operations and surveillance in fabrication yards, DNV is in a prime position to support Germany’s offshore wind energy industry…. Read more »
The European Commission today proposed new EU legislation for speeding up and financing new energy infrastructure. “9.1 billion Euros of financial support from the EU budget for priority projects is substantially more money than was provided in the past”, said Christian Kjaer, Chief Executive Officer of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), referring to the… Read more »
Tentec’s Aero range of bolt tensioning equipment for the installation and maintenance of wind turbines are now the tools of choice for installation and maintenance engineers on the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm – Thanet. Following highly successful trials, comments on the bolt tensioning equipment from Tentec include “the tools have proven to be… Read more »
• New material concept for roof-integrated PV earns Materialica Design + Technology Award SCHOTT Solar and BASF were honored with the Materialica Design + Technology Award 2011 yesterday in the “Product” category. The award recognizes a new material concept for roof-integrated photovoltaics (PV) that consists of a specially developed multifunctional tray made from the plastic… Read more »
On the occasion of the eCarTech, the international trade fair for electric mobility, Konarka Technologies, the US manufacturer of organic solar cells, and the top 100 automobile supplier Webasto, officially announce their cooperation on integrating organic solar cells in automobile roof systems. The trade fair takes place in Munich from 18 to 21 October 2011…. Read more »
“eVacuum” is Pfeiffer Vacuum’s first app. With this new development the supplier of vacuum solutions provides mobile users in the industry a large number of valuable functions. The app can be downloaded for free in the Apple Store or the Android Market and is available in German and in English. eVacuum allows users to quickly… Read more »
aleo solar AG has reached a milestone almost exactly ten years after its formation: last week the total rated output of modules manufactured by aleo solar passed the one gigawatt mark – equivalent to the output of a nuclear power plant. The total power is spread across some five million solar modules. S.M.D Solar-Manufaktur Deutschland… Read more »
In mid-October, Siemens Energy put the Les Mées solar farm in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the south of France on line. For this project Siemens installed a total of six turnkey photovoltaic (PV) power plants. Customer is the project developer Eco Delta Développement (EDD), whose subsidiary Delta Solar developed the photovoltaic (PV) farm in… Read more »
Crompton Solar preview latest addition to the Combi Range of performance products and offer all Solar Power UK attendees the chance to win a unique Combi- Switch Crompton Solar has launched the latest in their fully-tested plug and play range designed to make Solar PV installation easier and more time efficient. Recent trials showed a… Read more »
Edwards Limited, a leading global supplier of vacuum and abatement equipment and services, today expanded its popular iXH family of harsh process dry pumps with the introduction of the iXH500H series. This new series of 500m3/h pumps has been optimized for flat panel, solar and advanced semiconductor processes requiring high gas flows and flexible pump… Read more »
• SINGULUS introduces new vacuum coating system • First order already received • Rising demand for efficient processes and development tools• CIGS/CIS one of the most promising PV technologies SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS) is unveiling a new processing system for vacuum-coating CIGS/CIS thin-film solar cells. The new system responds to current demand in the photovoltaic… Read more »
WindMade reveals certification criteria for clean power company label Today, WindMade launched the Technical Standard for the first global consumer label for companies and organizations to buy wind power and other clean renewable energy. The label is backed by the UN Global Compact, WWF, Vestas Wind Systems, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the LEGO… Read more »
Nexans, Siemens and American Superconductor Corporation today announced the successful qualification of a transmission voltage resistive fault current limiter (FCL) that utilizes high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire. This marks the first time a resistive superconductor FCL has been developed and successfully tested for power levels suitable for application in the transmission grid (138 kV insulation… Read more »
Dulas MHH Ltd will be exhibiting at Solar Power UK 2011 exhibition and conference, which takes place from 26 -28 October at the ICC in Birmingham. It is using the event to herald its return to the Solar Power market, with some exciting additions to its range. Alongside the company’s established range of products, including… Read more »