What is to date Switzerland’s largest building-integrated photovoltaic installation incorporates the trend-setting integrated MegaSlate® roof system from 3S Photovoltaics, a member of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd [Ticker: MBTN]. Installation is the responsibility of BE Netz, while Sputnik, based in Biel, is the inverter supplier. The three companies involved are also providing their expertise about architectural… Read more »
Rickmers-Linie, the German liner specialist for project cargoes and heavy lifts, is upgrading its Indian service with the addition of new vessels. It will also provide a direct service both eastbound and westbound between Europe and India although calls in Pakistan and the Middle East will be possible on an inducement basis. The base ports… Read more »
Offshore safety professionals have acknowledged that there is a requirement for wind-specific regulations to prevent accidents when developing farshore wind installations. Many offshore safety experts are of the opinion that the rapid increase in farshore installations is going to push existing regulations, many of which originated from the oil and gas sector, to the limit…. Read more »
Krayden, Inc., a leading distributor of engineered materials, has opened a new warehouse in Toronto, Canada. The new warehouse will enable the company to better serve its Canadian customers. “With the booming solar industry and the supportive benefits offered in Canada, the expansion in Toronto was a natural next step for Krayden, Inc. We are… Read more »
Chancellor Angela Merkel shall officially open the first commercial offshore wind farm, Baltic 1. The project with 21 wind turbines and an installed capacity of approximately 50 Megawatt has been developed since 2002 by the Bremen-based wpd group in cooperation with its partner, Wind-Project, based in Börgerende, near Rostock. After wpd took over the shares… Read more »
Phaesun´s new PN-AP is a three-phase, variable frequency pump inverter with a power output from 1.1 to 5.5 kilowatts. The PN-AP can power a wide range of standard pumps and makes a battery back-up unnecessary. Integrated MPP trackers ensure that the device finds the maximum power point of the solar generator at any time. The… Read more »
The brand supplier from Ravensburg presents its intelligent photovoltaics systems at the Italian trade fair for renewable energy from 4 to 6 May 2011. MAGE SOLAR AG, part of the global MAGE GROUP, is exhibiting its extensive product portfolio at Solarexpo in the Italian city of Verona from 4 to 6 May 2011. At Stand… Read more »
One of the world’s leading high-tech production engineers, Manz Automation AG, has selected fast-firing technologies from Rehm Thermal Systems to drive productivity in an advanced PV metallization line. Manz’s Solar cSi division, based in Reutlingen, Germany, chose to integrate Rehm’s RFS-D 500 Fast-Firing System following an extensive market research and product evaluation process. Now in… Read more »
Meyer Burger has successfully concluded a contract of over CHF 70 million with an existing customer in Asia. In addition to slicing equipment for solar wafers from MB Wafertec (Meyer Burger Ltd) this order includes also wafer inspection systems from Hennecke Systems GmbH. The equipment is scheduled to be delivered entirely during 2011. Meyer Burger… Read more »
Following the successful start of the MAGE SOLAR ACADEMY at MAGE SOLAR’s North American location in Dublin, Georgia, in January, the photovoltaic supplier is now also establishing an academy at their German headquarters in Ravensburg, whereby it is bundling its training provision. MAGE SOLAR AG, part of the global MAGE GROUP, has founded a new… Read more »
Dow provides a myriad of solutions to those in the alternative energy industry hoping to capture the power of the wind. Three business units from The Dow Chemical Company will be exhibiting at Windpower 2011, May 22-25 in Anaheim, California. Dow Wire & Cable, with six decades of experience and expertise in the energy industry,… Read more »
BTU International, a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment and processes for the alternative energy and electronics manufacturing markets, today announced the receipt of an order for multiple hydrogen annealing furnaces from a major Asian solar cell manufacturer. “Because of the hydrogen annealing process, this customer now is able to extract value from solar… Read more »
GP Bullhound, the technology investment bank, announces the completion of a funding round for the Mountain View, California-based company Skyline Solar, Inc. (“Skyline”), which will allow Skyline to ramp its recently announced next generation X14 integrated concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system. The terms of the financing were not announced. Skyline Solar manufactures integrated CPV systems, incorporating… Read more »
Experts from South Tyrolean electrical engineers Elpo have installed 4 photovoltaic systems for the agricultural company Cereals Docks at two of their sites near Venice. Since last summer, more than 15,000 polychrystaline solar modules have generated a peak output of three megawatts of solar power. In order to realise this power Elpo have used approved… Read more »
SGS is pleased to announce that it will be participating in the POWER-GEN India & Central Asia 2011 in Pragati Maiden, New Delhi, India from May 5-7, 2011. Throughout the entire event, SGS will present a wide range of the services it offers to the power and nuclear industry at stand no. 1250A in Hall… Read more »
Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Company, China’s leading wind turbine manufacturer, has integrated the country’s first 1.5-megawatt direct-drive permanent magnetic wind turbine for high-altitude areas into the country’s power grid, the company said Thursday in Beijing. This wind turbine has been installed on a pilot wind farm for high-altitude facilities on Xitie Mountain, located in… Read more »
MAG’s Renewable Energy business unit has been selected for a turnkey project. The machine tool company and technological market leader will deliver a turnkey 30-MW system for photovoltaic modules to Poland from its production facility in Schaffhausen (Switzerland). MAG has many years of know-how in the field of automated solutions for the production of solar… Read more »
Today will see a major step forward in the development of a unique course in Great Yarmouth for the fast growing offshore wind energy sector. A full scale offshore windfarm turbine foundation will be making its way by road across the town to be installed at its new base on Trinity Quay, home of East… Read more »
Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm is under construction on sandbanks approximately 25 km off the coast of Suffolk in the UK and is due for completion in 2012. It has a capacity of 500 megawatts (MW) making it the world’s largest offshore wind farm once it becomes operational and Siemens Energy is supplying the 140… Read more »
SOLON SE will be introducing, with its SOLON SOLfixx, an innovative photovoltaic system specially designed for flat industrial roofs at this year’s Intersolar Europe, the world’s largest trade fair for solar technology on June 8-11 in Munich, Germany. The SOLON SOLfixx module and its substructure form a unit that can be installed quickly and easily… Read more »
DKSH, the leading Market Expansion Services Group with a focus on Asia, and Dongjin Semichem Co., Ltd., a leading supplier to the semiconductor and electronic display industry and global top producer of foaming agents, have entered a strategic worldwide distribution alliance. Korean based Dongjin Semichem Co., Ltd. and DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials, a leading… Read more »
Even though it is only the first quarter of 2011, aleo solar AG [ISIN: DE000A0JM634] has already sold modules amounting to a nominal output of 400 kilowatts in Israel. In comparison: In 2009 and 2010, aleo solar installed about 500 kilowatts for Israeli customers. It’s clear that Germany’s premium module manufacturer is continuing to grow… Read more »
Bentek Solar, a leader in Balance of System (BOS) design and manufacturing for commercial and utility scale solar PV products, has received UL 1741 listing and CSA 22.2 certification for its Multiple Disconnect Safety System (MDSS). “For most commercial and utility scaled installations, it is more economical to install one compact MDSS with up to… Read more »
From June 6-10, the international solar industry will meet at the Intersolar Europe Conference to discuss the latest industry trends. Around 200 speakers and 2,500 attendees are expected. The conference’s ever expanding content and high standard execution will this year, for the first time, be in the hands of the Intersolar Europe Conference Committee. The… Read more »
Phoenix Solar AG, a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed on the German TecDAX, is presenting its Annual Report 2010 today, together with its consolidated financial statements for the financial year 2010, which have been audited by the external auditor and ratified by the Supervisory Board. The company closed the financial year 2010 with the… Read more »
New Resource Bank has announced that the company and Enfinity, a solar power project developer, are teaming up to expand solar energy production in California and across the US. New Resource will provide a line of credit and other banking services to support Enfinity’s construction of solar photovoltaic, or PV, installations. Enfinity will develop the… Read more »
San Diego Gas & Electric, or SDG&E, a provider of energy services through electric and natural gas meters, has entered into two, 25-year solar power purchase agreements for a total of 80MW and revised its agreement with NaturEner to buy power from the company’s Rim Rock wind farm project in Montana. The first of the… Read more »
In cooperation with its partner, Boreas, the wind power planner and operator wpd has concluded a bulk order on 32 wind turbine generators with Vestas. The contract was signed within the framework of the Hannover Messe International last week on the backdrop of a major project in Thuringia, for which the companies acquired a total… Read more »
Tentec, a leading designer and manufacturer of bolt tensioning equipment is pleased to announce an expansion of its Aero range of tools for wind turbines. Ever mindful of the advances in wind turbine construction, equipment available from Tentec now includes tensioners ideally suited for larger bolt diameters. With the addition of these new tools, installation… Read more »
First Solar officially approves its modules for systems with SolarMax inverters While crystalline modules can normally be combined with all inverters, this is not necessarily applicable to thin-film modules – particularly when you combine these with transformerless inverters. The world’s largest manufacturer of thin-film modules First Solar officially certifies that the SolarMax inverters made by… Read more »
The Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) today published an Information Note on the performance of the UK renewables sector in 2010 based on analysis of new DECC and Ofgem data (see http://www.ref.org.uk/publications/229-renewables-output-in-2010). The work shows that the 2010 target for renewable electricity has been missed by a large margin, and confirms longstanding doubts as to the… Read more »
NorthWestern Energy has signed an asset purchase agreement to purchase a projected aggregate nameplate capacity of 40-megawatt wind project in Judith Basin County in Montana to be developed and constructed by Spion Kop Wind, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Compass Wind, LLC (“Compass”). This project, known as the Spion Kop Wind Project (“Project”), consistent with… Read more »
. First power plant project with KGAL in France Sulzemoos, 13 April 2011 / Phoenix Solar AG, a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed on the German TecDAX (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), has signed an agreement on the turnkey construction of a solar park with a peak power of around 12 megawatts in France. Phoenix Solar AG… Read more »
Speakers include world’s top 10 PV companiesExclusive presentation of EPIA study on prospects for grid parityEvent programme now available onlineVerona – Italy, 2-3 May 2011 As solar PV becomes a commoditized market, what are the implications for profit margins? What’s the forecast for prices on international markets? Is Italy likely to reach grid parity? These… Read more »
26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition PV Industry Exhibition continues its growth Exhibition Area further expanded Strong participation of PV Equipment Manufacturers The 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (26th EU PVSEC) reports a very strong booking of exhibition space for this September’s show in Hamburg, Germany. The exhibition area for… Read more »
The world’s largest exhibition for the solar industry introduces the Special Exhibition “PV ENERGY WORLD” The share of photovoltaics in German electricity supply is growing at a welcome rate of knots, and is set to rise from 3% to 10% by 2020. However, in order for the power supply system to smoothly accommodate this level… Read more »