• Installed capacity in Klixbüll rises from 15 to 39 megawatts• Reactive Power at No Wind to stabilize the grid Siemens Energy has been awarded an order for the community wind power plant Klixbüll in Schleswig-Holstein. Eight modern wind turbines with direct drive technology and a 3 megawatts (MW) capacity each will be installed at… Read more »
• Martifer Solar and Citelum have entered into a strategic partnership to provide the municipality of Izamal, Mexico with clean energy • The Girasol project will make Izamal the first municipality in Mexico to have a solar PV installation generating energy to supply power for a public LED lighting project • The project will consist… Read more »
When European electricity sellers want to sell electricity with an EKOenergy ecolabel, they pay a contribution to the EKOenergy Climate Fund. The first money of the EKOenergy Climate Fund will now be used to finance a solar project in Tanzania. The project is implemented by the Italian NGO Oikos, in cooperation with SunEdison, an international… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that it is further advancing the focussing process at its Roth & Rau AG technology and product centre in Hohenstein-Ernstthal in order to decisively align its core technologies of heterojunction (HJT) and Passivated Emitter Rear Cell (PERC) technologies for the photovoltaic industry and its plasma… Read more »
Zwijndrecht 26. May 2014 – Yesterday GeoSea finalized the installation of the foundations for the Westermost Rough (UK) offshore wind farm project. This DONG Energy project consists of 35 wind turbine positions 9 km from the coast near Hull in the north east of England, UK. As main contractor for the foundations GeoSea has been… Read more »
New type of operations and maintenance service agreement marks milestone in offshore wind industryDBB Jack-Up Services A/S announced today a charter agreement with Siemens Energy. The agreement will see Siemens charter a new purpose-built jack-up vessel from DBB Jack-Up to service the rising number of large-scaled offshore wind power projects across Northern Europe. Thorsten Jalk,… Read more »
Augsburg, 22 May 2014 – meteocontrol GmbH presents their new product family of data loggers at this year’s Intersolar in Munich from 4th through 6th June 2014 for the first time. With presentations at every full hour the specialist for quality services and remote monitoring informs about the topic “Monitoring – second generation” in hall… Read more »
InnoLas Solutions GmbH establishes its new Innovative Laser Applications (ILap) Demo Centre Asia in Taiwan In order to support the developments of new laser processes for high efficiency solar cell concepts of its Asian costumers, InnoLas Solutions GmbH will open a laser laboratory in Hsinchu, Taiwan in July 2014. The ILap (Innovative Laser Applications) Demo… Read more »
World-class photoluminescence and 100% automated inspection technologies predict final wafer efficiency and improve production yield and savings Integrates most advanced inspection capabilities, providing industry’s highest review accuracy of wafer quality SHANGHAI, May 20, 2014 – At the SNEC 8th International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference & Exhibition held this week in Shanghai, Applied Materials, Inc. today… Read more »
21% efficiency with monocrystalline cells Savings in the two-digit million Euro range during ramp-up Freudenstadt / Germany. In less than one year the SCHMID Group has increased the efficiency for its turnkey production of monocrystalline PERC cells from 20 to 21%. The reasons are backside passivation progress, the multi-busbar cell architecture and the silver-free rear… Read more »
At the leading PV trade fair, SolarMax presents new inverter and self-consumption solutions Biel, May 20, 2014 – Self-consumption and energy storage devices are again the central topics of this year’s European photovoltaics trade fair, Intersolar. The Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering (SolarMax) will exhibit the P series inverters optimized for self-consumption with new energy… Read more »
The leading global provider of power and thermal management solutions will demonstrate its expanded solar inverter product line at Intersolar Europe in June. The new inverters from Delta will enable PV plants ranging in size from a single solar module on a residence all the way up to MW-scale solar parks.At Intersolar this year Delta… Read more »
Chinese manufacturer signs sales agreement for 40MW cell production Freudenstadt, Germany. The SCHMID Group announces the conclusion of a contract concerning a turnkey production with a Chinese PV manufacturer. The customer, who wants not to be mentioned, will produce high efficiency mono PERC cells with selective emitter (SE). The production line with a capacity of… Read more »
Last week CT Offshore received the good news and now proudly announces that yet another contact is awarded to the Danish cable installation company. The scope of work covers the cable installation and burial of 97 inter-array cables at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind OWF 1 + 2.“In the current market this is an important contract… Read more »
Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 15, 2014 – Dutch company Mastervolt is going to showcase a new, modular solar storage system at Intersolar 2014. The system is compatible with PV inverters from all manufacturers, which makes it particularly suitable for retrofitting existing photovoltaic installations. All components, including the MLI Ultra lithium-ion batteries, are developed and manufactured by… Read more »
WindEnergy Hamburg – The global on- & offshore expo at the Hamburg Fair site from 23 to 26 September 2014 Hamburg, 15 May 2014/ WEHH4. Offshore wind farms present special challenges for plant builders, project designers and service providers. But they deliver power practically all the time, 24 hours a day, on an average of… Read more »
• Total order volume: more than EUR 1.5 billion• Winning combination of technological innovation and tailored financial solution secures largest order for Siemens Energy Service to date• 600 megawatt Gemini wind power plant will consist of 150 Siemens wind turbines• Financial Services unit closes on 20 percent equity investment, with the total shareholders’ investment almost… Read more »
The wind farm developer wpd, KfW IPEX-Bank and Helaba will jointly provide the funds for the construction of two onshore wind farms in Canada. wpd is delighted to make the announcement following its first “financial close” in Canada. The wind farms will be constructed in Springwood and Whittington in southern Ontario. Work has already started,… Read more »
Intelligent microchips bring significantly higher yields Munich/Germany, May 15, 2014 – Scandinavian-German manufacturer Innotech Solar (ITS) has developed a new photovoltaic module that uses in-laminate integrated circuits (IC) to deliver yields that are up to 20 percent higher than those supplied by standard modules. The ‘SmartPlus’ module exploits the full potential of an installation, even… Read more »
Donation made following delivery of SWATH workboat Brightlingsea (UK), 15 May 2014 – CTruk recently cemented its support of the Motor Neurone Disease Association with a donation of £20,000 following the delivery of its second CWhisper SWATH workboat. The late naval architect Nigel Warren was heavily involved in the design of the first-in-class CWhisper SWATH,… Read more »
Ingeteam’s photovoltaic inverters have now been installed in the power supply system for the airport at Baltra, one of the Galapagos islands in Ecuador. Until now, the electricity supply to the main airport for the Ecuadorian archipelago was exclusively from two diesel generators, which generated 1200 GWh/year. The solar plant has now been operating since… Read more »
The dynamic and interactive GRS website includes a 3D vessel portfolio, an interactive offshore map and the Quick Vessel Check for a quick overview of available tonnage. Hot off the presses, the site is already online at www.german-shipbrokers.de. Visitors to the shipbroker’s site can check up-to-date vessel availability using the Quick Vessel Check. The 3D… Read more »
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., May 14, 2014 – BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the electronics manufacturing and alternative energy markets, will highlight the company’s new Stacked Wafer Inline Furnace Technology (SWIFT), ultra-high throughput technology for solar cell diffusion, in booth E3-210 at the 8th SNEC Power Expo 2014, scheduled… Read more »
Berlin/Munich, May 13, 2014 – Intersolar 2014 will see Milk the Sun GmbH present an online sales tool that allows EPC contractors, project developers and other companies to optimize the way in which they sell their existing solar installations, turnkey systems and project rights. The tool allows companies to upload and update details of the… Read more »
Low-pressure diffusion creates precondition for industrial manufacturing of high-quality emitters Highly-efficient bifacial n-type silicon solar cells in mass production PECVD process for aluminum oxide coating Blaubeuren, May 13, 2014 – Both continued cost pressure and the necessity for efficiency improvements will comprise the main topics at next week’s SNEC PV Power Expo trade fair in… Read more »
The multinational has supplied over 38MWp in horizontal solar trackers in Mexico. * MECASOLAR is attending the 3rd edition of Solar Power Mexico on 28 and 29 May, the leading solar power event for trade members, which PROINSO is also attending.* Travelling to Mexico once again this year, MECASOLAR wants to strengthen its presence and… Read more »
Coating Machine for Rear Side Passivation of PERC: with the SINGULAR XP cell efficiency increased by up to 1 % New PERC cells with higher efficiency levels announced TENUIS Development Machine for Buffer Layer Deposition shown at the booth Proven CIGS Production Systems Kahl am Main, May 13, 2014 – SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS) displays a… Read more »
Significant Increase in Yield thanks to Remote Monitoring in Real Time Osnabruck, 12 May 2014. The independent service provider seebaWIND Service GmbH has been monitoring 15 Nordex N80 wind turbines with a total nominal power of 37.5 megawatts since the beginning of May. Since they are around 50 kilometres south of the North Cape, these… Read more »
Backdated to 1st April 2014, the measurement and control technology company G. Lufft GmbH acquired the product segment of ceilometers from the Jenoptik subsidiary ESW GmbH. Lufft is now responsible for the production and development of ceilometers. Supporting this new development, the Stuttgart based Company has now established a branch in Berlin/Brandenburg. “The completed product… Read more »
• K2 Wind Ontario to feature 140 Siemens SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines• Clean power for 100,000 Canadian households Today, Siemens Energy announced a major wind turbine and service order in Canada at the AWEA WINDPOWER tradeshow in Las Vegas. Along with the South Kent Wind Farm in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, the 270-MW K2 Wind Ontario (K2 Wind)… Read more »
• Second Siemens wind project with Cobra Energia in Peru• Blades and geared nacelles to be produced in the USA• Six-year service and maintenance agreement included Cobra Energia has awarded Siemens Energy another order to expand its onshore wind power fleet in Peru by 97 megawatts (MWs). The Tres Hermanas wind power plant includes a… Read more »
CWind, a leading provider of integrated services to the offshore wind industry, today announced that Chris Randle, formerly of Siemens Wind Power, has been appointed as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Andy White: Non-Executive Director of CWind & Chairman of CTruk Group (CTruk Group: The parent company of CWind) said: “I have great… Read more »
OTS soon to take delivery of seventh CTruk 20T MPC Brightlingsea (UK), 1 May 2014 – Since launching three years ago Pontrilas-based Offshore Turbine Services has gone from strength to strength with a refined offering of reliable and efficient crew, fuel, cargo and equipment transfer services to offshore wind turbines, sub stations and other offshore… Read more »
First contract for new type of Damen Twin Axe catamran Damen is proud to announce that Windwave Workboats will be the launching customer of the Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2008. The Twin Axe FCS 2008 is a smaller version of Damen’s successful FCS 2610 which launched in 2011 and has subsequently become the… Read more »
First German contract win for CWind is a turnkey solutionCWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, today announced that it has won a contract from EnBW to provide temporary power supply for the 288MW EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm under construction in the German Baltic Sea. CWind was successful in… Read more »
Jan von Schuckmann steps down from Management Board after successful restructuring Hans Autenrieth to become new Speaker of the Management Board Blaubeuren, April 30, 2014 – Jan von Schuckmann is to step down from the Management Board of centrotherm photovoltaics AG at the end of today by way of amicable agreement with the Supervisory Board…. Read more »