Jürgen Kuntz returns to chartering desk at SAL Hamburg, 18 January 2016 – SAL is pleased to announce Mr. Jürgen Kuntz as our new Head of Asia Desk in Hamburg. Originally setting up the SAL office in Shanghai, Jürgen will continue to strengthen the Asia related business with his 15 year long experience from China…. Read more »
Dry pumps A4 series Turbopump HiPace 2800 IT Magnetically levitated turbopumps in the ATH-M series Asslar, Germany, January 18, 2016. Pfeiffer Vacuum, a leading global supplier of vacuum technology, will be exhibiting at the Semicon Korea Trade Fair in Seoul from January 27 to 29 and Semicon China in Shanghai from March 15 to 17…. Read more »
Toba Capital to Fuel Rapid Global Expansion for Sentient Scienceand its DigitalClone® Asset Life Extension Solution Buffalo NY, January 13, 2016 – Sentient Science, the leading provider of materials science-based life prediction and extension technology, today announced a significant working capital infusion to add new products to its Wind Turbine Operator Fleet. Toba Capital selected… Read more »
On 1 March 2016, Ken Soerensen, currently Senior Vice President at Siemens Wind Power A/S, will become CEO of ALL NRG Group. For the last four years, Ken Soerensen has been head of Global Product Line Service Wind at Siemens Wind Power. Ken Soerensen has an extensive international background at Broen A/S and The Boston… Read more »
Zwoenitz, 14 January 2016. The leading independent PV monitoring company, Gantner Instruments, is presenting its latest solutions for monitoring, data collection and plant control at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi from January 18 to 21, booth # 7323. With offices in Europe, Asia and the US, and representatives in 32 countries, the… Read more »
• Siemens to supply and service 122 wind turbines for Western Plains wind power plant in Kansas• 280-megawatt onshore wind power project to be located in Ford County Siemens has been awarded an order from Westar Energy, Inc. to supply, support install and provide service for 122 wind turbines for the Western Plains Wind Farm… Read more »
Strong increase in PV capacity expected Pretoria, 12th January 2016 – German PV mounting systems manufacturer Renusol enters South Africa’s promising solar market. The company supplies its innovative solutions for mounting photovoltaic modules on roofs to South African wholesaler Lumax Energy, which sells Renusol’s entire product portfolio. Press photos are available at: www.renusol.com/en/company/news/news-image/article/1006.html “The solar… Read more »
Initial StorEdgeTM installations completed at end of 2015 Herzelya Pituach, Israel (January 12, 2016) – SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”) (NASDAQ: SEDG), a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, announced today the immediate international availability of its StorEdgeTM solution. At the end of 2015, the company already completed a number of… Read more »
The company opens an office in São Paulo to evaluate investment opportunities in the country as well as in the other Latin America markets such as Peru, Colombia, Uruguay, Panama and Costa Rica Sao Paulo, 13 January 2016 – One of the global leaders in the renewable energy sector and water investment, Cubico Sustainable Investments… Read more »
For the third time running, the award is presented for outstanding innovations in energy storage. Munich, January 13, 2015 – A great marketing tool for the winners and an indicator for the industry as a whole: The ees AWARD will be presented on June 22, 2016 for the third time running at ees Europe, the… Read more »
The European Wind Energy Association has signed a long-term agreement with Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH to host its annual conference in parallel with the WindEnergy Hamburg exhibition. EWEA and HMC have agreed to host two more events in 2018 and 2020, in addition to the collaboration on WindEnergy Hamburg 2016 that will take place… Read more »
WE2/ Hamburg, 13 January 2016Simultaneous conduct of the two major international mega-events for the wind industry makes Hamburg the world’s wind powerhouse – WindEnergy Hamburg as the leading global trade fair for wind energy, and the Annual Conference of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) will continue to be held in parallel beyond the year… Read more »
At present, rotor blade prototypes are tested by moving them separately both in and perpendicular to the direction of the wind in order to obtain infor- mation about how their material behaves over their 20-year service life more rapidly – this is a major simplification of how loads actually occur simultane- ously in the field…. Read more »
The Greece based agent Franman SA, is appointed exclusive representative for TUCO Marine´s ProZero vessel line in Greece, Cyprus and Egypt, where Franman SA will be promoting the ProZero Boats. The boats are fast and light Patrol boats, Interceptors and workboats. Tuco Marine has recently appointed the Greek based agent, Franman SA, to be exclusive… Read more »
Moventas’ high torque density wind turbine gearbox, the Exceed, has received a DNV GL certification after completing a successful testing and verification process of the first prototypes. As the gearbox is now certified, Moventas is preparing to start serial production in Finland. Today, DNV GL gave the Exceed gearbox certification according to the DNV GL… Read more »
German-US partnerships aims to connect 1.4 GWp by mid 2016 Berlin, 7 January 2015. skytron® energy has equipped 700MWp of Strata Solar power plants with its latest monitoring and supervision systems. Strata Solar, ranked among the top ten solar providers in North America, will entrust more than 1.4 GWp to the German PV plant expert… Read more »
FoundOcean has successfully completed the grouting of foundations at Gemini Wind Farm on behalf of the main contractor, Van Oord. The offshore wind farm, situated 85 kilometres north of the Dutch province of Groningen, is made up of 150 wind turbines spanning across 2 sites. The 600 MW wind farm will provide 785,000 homes with… Read more »
• 55,544 PV panels will produce electricity to supply more than 6,300 Philippe homes• Offsetting the emission of more than 9,500 tons of CO2 annually Dec 23nd 2015: Syntegra Solar announced that the RASLAG II PV Power Plant project has been commissioned and went on-line today more than 4 weeks ahead of schedule. The RASLAG… Read more »
The UniformSun measuring system is based on a new development by Ingenieurbüro Mencke & Tegtmeyer GmbH. It enables simple and extremely precise measurement of the solar irradiance distribution of sun simulators. UniformSun’s very high measurement rate of up to 10 000 measurements per second means it is also suitable for flashlight sun simulator (flashers) measurements…. Read more »
• Siemens to supply 23 SWT-2.3-93 onshore wind turbines• 20-year service agreement included Siemens has secured the order for the Blackcraig Hill onshore wind power plant in Scotland. The 53 megawatt (MW) wind project located in the Scottish council area Dumfries and Galloway will consist of 23 wind turbines of the Siemens G2 platform. The… Read more »
Lightsource Renewable Energy, Europe’s leading solar energy company, has connected 23 new sites in December totalling more than 100MW of new capacity. This includes 14 sites connected under the Feed-In tariff (FIT) and 9 sites under the Renewable Obligations Certificate (ROC) schemes. As well as a bumper month of connections, Lightsource has a busy New… Read more »
HONG KONG, Jan. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Shunfeng International Clean Energy Limited (“SFCE” or the “company”, HK stock code: 1165) today announced that its subsidiary, Lattice Power Corporation (“Lattice Power”), has won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Invention Award for the “High Efficacy GaN-on-Si Blue LED” technology that was jointly developed… Read more »
Senvion, one of the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturers, has successfully contracted 74 megawatts (MW) with RES for two wind projects in France. Senvion will equip the Sambrès wind farm with 26 Senvion MM82 turbines, in addition 11 Senvion MM92 turbines have been installed for the Bois de la Serre wind farm. These will together… Read more »
Baker Consultants has won a contract with Iberdrola to provide an underwater noise and marine mammal activity monitoring service during the construction phase of the Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Construction of the 70-turbine, 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm will begin in March 2016. Once completed, the wind farm will generate enough… Read more »
CLAVIJO, a leading Spanish solar tracker company and BRAFER, one of the largest and most traditional Brazilian steel structure manufacturers, have signed an agreement that will provide developers, installers and EPC contractors with access to the most advanced technology in fixed structures and solar trackers for their projects in Brazil. The Spanish company Grupo Clavijo… Read more »
SFCE subsidiary Suniva is poised for growth as U.S. lawmakers agree to extend solar and wind tax credits. HONG KONG, Dec. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Following the U.S. congress passes extension on solar investment trade credits (ITC), Shunfeng International Clean Energy Limited (“SFCE” or the “company”, HK stock code: 1165) reaffirms their commitment to the… Read more »
Oldenburg/ Elsfleth. The recently awarded specialist for personnel services in the offshore wind energy – the Convent Offshore GmbH – goes his way consistently and trains 14 young professionals from the fields of industry and crafts, having started a new basic training course in early December. To meet the complex requirements of public purchasers in… Read more »
M10 delivers 300 MW high performance stringer to India The Indian photovoltaic industry relies on German engineering: “Emmvee Photovoltaic Power Pvt. Ltd”, the Indian module manufacturer based in Bangalore, has placed an order for two high performance “Kubus” stringers from the German Freiburg-based company M10 Industries AG in December this year. “This means that our… Read more »
Prices cluster around $3-$4 per watt for residential, $2-$3 for nonresidential and utility-scale Media contact: K Kaufmann, kkaufmann@solarelectricpower.org WASHINGTON, DC — A new state-level analysis of close to 11,000 solar price quotes has found that, despite some outliers, average residential solar prices in 2014-2015 clustered around $3-$4 per watt, while prices for nonresidential and utility-scale… Read more »
wpd AG pins its faith in continuity. The management contract with Dr. Hartmut Brösamle was prolonged for a further five years at the beginning of December. The Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr. Klaus Meier, welcomed this development: “As a member of the Management Board Dr. Hartmut Brösamle has, over the course of the past… Read more »
Martifer Solar Spain has signed a number of new O&M contracts of 31 MW to supervise and provide O&M services for the companies Eland Private Equity and European Energy in Spain The 7 PV plants were installed on the ground, with fix structure, one and two axis trackers systems, and are located in the Centre… Read more »
The most important international Conference in the field of Photovoltaics in 2016 EU PVSEC 2016 – Call for Papers open Abstracts for Conference Contributions to be submitted until 05 February 2016 Munich, 16 December 2015 – Next year’s EU PVSEC 2016 will take place from Monday to Friday, 20 to 24 June 2016 at ICM… Read more »
HONG KONG, Dec. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Shunfeng International Clean Energy Limited (“SFCE” or the “company”, HK stock code: 1165) today announced it has signed an agreement to sell 100% equity interest in a wholly-owned subsidiary that owns and operates 9 solar projects in China to Chongqing Future Investment Co. Ltd. for a cash consideration… Read more »
Uptime International has entered into contract with the Spanish yard Astilleros Gondan for a active motion compensated gangway with an adjustable pedestal included.The Service Operation Vessel(SOV) is a new design from Rolls Royce, developed in cooperation with Østensjø Rederi and Astilleros Gondan. The focus in this design has been to increase light cargo logistics, making… Read more »
Hamburg/Edinburgh: Senvion, one of the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturers, has signed its first UK contract with Fred. Olsen Renewables Ltd., supplying 30 Senvion MM series turbines to the Brockloch Rig Wind Farm. Brockloch Rig Wind Farm is located in the hills above Carsphairn Forest, some nine kilometres north of Carsphairn in Dumfries and Galloway…. Read more »
The Chinese PV inverter manufacturer Zeversolar has extended its Zeverlution string inverter series with three new products. With nominal powers of 3.68, 4 and 5 kilowatts, the inverters are the perfect choice for residential installations. They will be available in the UK, Thailand, Taiwan and China in January 2016. Further countries of distribution will follow… Read more »