Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Offers Complete Pumping Systems for Architectural Glass Within the various application of coatings for architectural glass and large area coatings as such, the demand for high-quality functional glass is soaring, especially for Low-E glass in functional combinations with other glass types. The requirements for the manufacturing of such quality glasses are high… Read more »
The company will be taking part in the leading U.S. solar power sector event, to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from 20-23 October (Stand 4506), with an expected attendance of over 16,000 professionals. PROINSO will present its online store for PV products: Click & Collect, which has more than 200 collection points in 50… Read more »
Export financing for German power plant technology The contribution that German power plant technology makes towards climate protection and safeguarding Germany as a business base is still dependent on effective export and financing instruments Reliance on energy from coal power plants will continue to rise worldwide Economic growth, especially in emerging and developing countries, and… Read more »
Suntech to attend Solar Energy UK this week in Birmingham Birmingham, UK, October 13, 2014/ Press Release/: Suntech will be exhibiting its latest financial offering at Solar Energy UK in Birmingham from October 14th to 16th. This follows the latest strategic partnership with youmex Group. The financial offering comes through a partnership announced between Shunfeng… Read more »
Expanding on its commitment to advancing alternative energy technology, ASM Assembly Systems’ DEK Solar group today announced the extension of its team with two important personnel hires. William Zhang will assume the role of Senior Process Technologist and Kenneth Koh joins as Global Product Manager. Zhang comes to DEK Solar with several years of solar… Read more »
Hotels, resorts and sports facilities are, among others, the ideal sectors for the application of renewable energy systems – for most common tourist destinations usually have a sunny, warm climate. RESOL has the perfect solution for controlling, monitoring and maintaining your large solar thermal system easily and efficiently. In the wide range of controllers from… Read more »
-100 kilowatt PV plants on zoo’s buildings for self-consumption -Melbourne Zoo is the world’s first certified carbon neutral zoo -Q CELLS modules convince with their low light behavior -Hanwha Q CELLS Australia criticizes the government’s Renewable Energy Target plans (RET) [Melbourne, Australia, 10 October 2014] – Melbourne Zoo, the world’s first certified carbon neutral zoo,… Read more »
Kolkata/India, Mannheim/Germany, October, 2014. Tier 1 manufacturer Vikram Solar has successfully completed the OST factory and product audit, and is now considered by investors and banks alike as a confirmed partner for PV projects in the UK. UK’s leading, independent renewables auditor OST Energy attested the highest efficiency at nominal operating cell temperature (NOCT) among… Read more »
Berlin/ Newhaven/ London, 10/09/2014. ib vogt GmbH has sold a portfolio of three new UK solar farms with a total capacity of over 46 MWp to Primrose Solar. The solar farms are located at Littlebourne near Canterbury, Kent (17 MWp), at Ninfield near Bexhill-on-sea, Sussex (11.5 MWp), and at Herne Bay, Kent (18 MWp). Construction… Read more »
Wallace Lafferty will lead the company’s technology and product developmentHINESBURG, Vt., U.S. – October 9, 2014 – Renewable NRG Systems (RNRG), a designer and manufacturer of decision support tools for the global renewable energy industry, has hired Wallace Lafferty to join the executive management team in the role of vice president of engineering. Lafferty is… Read more »
Reef Subsea announced today that it has been awarded a contract with AREVA Wind GmbH, to provide field support in the Global Tech I wind farm. The charter commences early October and is anticipated to continue until at least February 2015, with the option to extend the contract further. This significant project will utilise the… Read more »
Prenzlau/Berlin, Germany, 8th October 2014 – aleo solar GmbH will be unveiling its new 300 watt high-power module boasting improved weak light behaviour at the Solar Energy UK exhibition, taking place in Birmingham from 14th to 16th October 2014. Even with a very weak irradiation of 200 watts per square metre (W/m²), the aleo module… Read more »
Pamplona, 7th September, 2014. The Royalla Solar Farm, the largest PV plant in Oceania is now operating with Ingeteam’s medium voltage power stations. This plant, with a 20 MW rated power output, is the property of FRV (Fotowatio Renewable Ventures) and is located 23 kilometres south of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The solar… Read more »
Thanks to the flexible installation options for the connection box, SolarMax’s 32HT2 inverter offers both high voltage protection and overvoltage protection for PV plants on commercial and public buildings. Biel, October 7, 2014 – PV plants in exposed locations require particular protection during thunderstorms. With the optional, external connection box for the 32HT2 string inverter,… Read more »
United Kingdom, October 7th, 2014 – Schneider Electric Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for solar power conversion chain, will be featuring products and solutions for PV power plants, and commercial and off-grid applications at the upcoming Solar Energy UK, which runs from the 14th – 16th of October. “According to a recent report… Read more »
WeberHaus to use ASD solar storage systems Leading prefabricated house manufacturer chooses ASD as its storage system supplier Freiburg/Germany, 7th October 2014 – Germany’s leading manufacturer of prefabricated houses, WeberHaus, is now to employ the innovative energy storage systems supplied by ASD Automatic Storage Device. The ASD solar storage system was tested for seven months… Read more »
US-based Renewable NRG Systems and Belgium’s FLiDAR announced today that they have entered an exclusive partnership for the distribution of FLiDAR’s offshore wind measurement buoys in the Americas. Under this agreement, Renewable NRG Systems will provide the WindCube Lidar systems to FLiDAR to equip the floating wind measurement technology that the Belgian company is bringing… Read more »
Reef Subsea and Port of Blyth announced today a service agreement which will see Reef Subsea utilise the mobilisation and demobilisation facilities at the port. Reef Subsea has signed a service agreement with the Port of Blyth for a new storage, maintenance and mobilisation facility as part of the company’s continued growth plan. The new… Read more »
Joint tender applications and project realizations planned Sulzemoos, Germany, and Muscat, Oman, 06 October 2014 / Phoenix Solar LLC, the Oman based subsidiary of Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), an international photovoltaic system integrator that is listed on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and Millennium Energy Industries (MEI, www.millenniumenergy.co.uk), have signed a… Read more »
JA Solar now shipping rapid shutdown compliant smart modules optimized by Tigo Energy SHANGHAI, October 6th, 2014 – JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (JASO) (“JA Solar” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that it selected Tigo Energy to optimize its newly launched JA smart module… Read more »
Schneider Electric, the global specialists in energy management, has launched Enerlin’X, the communication system for Smart Panel. By connecting together the core components of the building infrastructure, energy experts and asset managers can enjoy real-time visibility and control of a building’s power distribution systems to maximise energy efficiency. Smart Panel links together the electrical protection,… Read more »
London, 01 October 2014 – Sharp is displaying its energy solutions portfolio at this year’s Solar Energy UK fair, from 14th to 16th of October at Birmingham’s NEC. The main focus will be on residential solar solutions for the UK market, which include partner finance scheme options to support installers. Sharp will introduce the new… Read more »
• Martifer Solar has signed close to 90 MW of contracts to supervise and provide O&M services for third party PV plants in Italy • These plants will be managed for several prestigious fund management and private equity entities, including DIF and Eland • This achievement confirms the O&M business unit as a key pillar… Read more »
Hamburg: Hamburg: Marcus A. Wassenberg, CFO of Senvion SE in Hamburg since 1 June 2012, is leaving the company at his own request by the end of September. He will take up a leading position in an international company outside of the wind energy industry. Until a successor has been identified CEO Andreas Nauen will… Read more »
On 12th September 2014 the 37.8 MWp Crundale Solar Farm in Pembrokeshire began to generate renewable energy. Construction of the project was completed in only eight weeks. The project is a joint development between ib vogt GmbH and Solafields Ltd. and is currently one of the largest operating solar farms in the UK. Neu: Berlin/Newhaven,… Read more »
Showcasing the benefits of current & future solar technologiesRoyal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences Company, today inaugurated its Solar Technologies Demonstration Center at its DSM Engineering Plastics facility in Pune, India. This state-of-the-art solar technology center has been built to demonstrate and showcase the performance of DSM’s innovations in solar technology and… Read more »
SHANGHAI, Sept. 26, 2014 – JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq:JASO) (“JA Solar” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that it achieved 20% solar energy conversion efficiency in its multi-crystalline silicon (“multi-Si”) solar cell. By using advanced proprietary light trapping and surface passivation technologies, the… Read more »
At a special awards ceremony last night in Amsterdam, DEK Solar was honored with yet another Solar Industry Award. This year, the solar industry pioneer was the recipient of the Solar Industry Award for Excellence in Innovation as recognition for its significant developments in metallization technology and positive contributions to advancing solar cell manufacturing processes…. Read more »
Hamburg: Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, the world’s fifth-largest* manufacturer of wind turbines, today installed its 111th offshore turbine. The company reached this milestone with the nineteenth Senvion 6.2M126 of 48 planned turbines that are currently being installed at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. The additional 29 turbines for… Read more »
• Mission Solar Energy starts-up 100 MW capacity mass production with RENA and Tempress equipment, implementing latest n-Pasha technology from ECN • Cell Efficiencies of 19.7% average achieved after one month of ramp-up • Further capacity expansion to 200 MW in plan Gütenbach, September 26th, 2014 – RENA is pleased to announce the successful start-up… Read more »
Plans for a new wind farm in South Lanarkshire have been given the green light by the Scottish Government. The granting of planning permission for Middle Muir Wind Farm, North of Crawfordjohn is a landmark decision, as 7 of the 15 turbines within the wind farm reach to a height of 152m, the highest turbines… Read more »
wpd, the project developer and operator located in Bremen, reports that the installation of the first three wind turbines at the Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm has been successfully completed. At the end of last week the rotor blades were fixed to the nacelles immediately after the installation of all 80 foundations and transition pieces, the… Read more »
Announces it has won licence to lease employees under German law CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, today announced the launch of its wholly-owned subsidiary in Germany. CWind Germany will be headquartered in Hamburg and will be responsible for the sales and marketing of CWind’s services in Germany. The company… Read more »
at the end of this year, the German measurement and control technology company Lufft launches two new smart weather sensors on the market. Thereby, Lufft enhances its portfolio and completes the WS-family with the sensors WS510-UMB and WS700-UMB. With the development of the new measurement sensors, Lufft penetrates into the solar market and responds to… Read more »
WindEnergy Hamburg 2014, Hamburg: Moventas officially launches its new high torque density gearbox platform Exceed in Hamburg today. In addition to Acciona Windpower, another customer has also now placed orders for the Exceed. The Exceed Series is a 3 MW and up product platform for medium and high speed drivetrains, with the best ratio price/nominal… Read more »
• GEMINUS – now also available for multi-crystalline solar cells• Process offered from a single source Freudenstadt / Germany. So far only mono-crystalline wafers are used to produce bifacial solar cells. The GEMINUS technology from SCHMID offers for the first time a method to produce bifacial solar cells with multi-crystalline material which is presented on… Read more »