Produces 1 kW of electrical power during solar operation EN-HAROD, ISRAEL, and OGDEN, UTAH, USA – April 30, 2014 – Qnergy, a world leader in the development and manufacture of Stirling-based engines and systems, today announced a major breakthrough in solar thermoacoustic power generation. The company recently set a new world record, using acoustic waves… Read more »
Valentin Software GmbH, located in Berlin, will be presenting its new planning software PV*SOL premium at the world’s largest trade fair for the solar industry for the very first time. With a new intuitive user interface, PV*SOL premium will succeed the company’s simulation program PV*SOL Expert starting in June – it will help users plan… Read more »
Vantaa, Finland, April 29, 2014 – The Switch, a leading supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generator and full-power converter packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications, successfully commissioned its variable frequency drive (VFD) and high-speed motor solution for Coffin Turbo Pump in New Jersey, USA, enabling exceptional performance in a much smaller package…. Read more »
Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, the world’s fifth- largest* wind energy turbine manufacturer, concluded four contracts with ENERTRAG, one of the major renewable energy suppliers in Europe for supply and installation of 27 wind turbines with a total rated output of 54.45 megawatt (MW) for four wind farms in France…. Read more »
Heat exchanger keeps wastewater systems working reliably and enables heat recovery from the wastewater flowDresden (Germany), April 29, 2014. Many companies need hot process water in their production processes. An innovative system from Dresden (Germany) based DAS Environmental Expert GmbH now enables heat transfer from wastewater to process water. This helps to optimise the temperatures… Read more »
Due to high levels of direct sunlight, governmental support schemes and solid economic growth, Mexico offers ideal conditions for investments in photovoltaic solutions. Local business partners are key to tapping a new market successfully. The “Intersolar Summit Mexico”, hosted on the 15th of May at the Mexico City Marriott Reforma Hotel, enables its participants to… Read more »
Munich, April 29, 2014 – This year for the seventh time, the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry is holding the Intersolar AWARD ceremony, which pays tribute to innovative industry solutions in the categories of Photovoltaics and Solar Projects in Europe. It is accompanied this year for the first time by the electrical energy… Read more »
Maersk Training extends commitment to local community Local unemployed people in Tyneside are being offered free places on a new training course designed to help them take advantage of job opportunities in the thriving offshore wind energy market. The course is open to people who are unemployed, a UK resident for the past 3 years,… Read more »
Burnaby, Canada, April 25, 2014 – Schneider Electric, the global leader in Solar power conversion equipment, is proud to announce its selection as a finalist for the BCTIA 2014 Technology Impact Award for Team of the Year. The recognition comes for Schneider Electric’s construction of a high-power MicroGrid Lab in Burnaby to facilitate the design… Read more »
(Teningen, 25th April, 2014) – Krannich Solar and Delta have entered a supply partnership agreement to distribute Delta solar inverters within Europe and Australia. Krannich Solar has expanded its portfolio to include the complete line of Delta solar inverters available in Germany, UK, France, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Czech Republic, and Australia. Krannich… Read more »
iel, April 28, 2014 – Sputnik Engineering, the Swiss manufacturer of SolarMax inverters, has revealed that over 65MW of their inverters have been successfully installed in the first quarter of 2014. Five ground-mounted solar projects have been commissioned in time to qualify for the higher 1.6 ROC subsidy under the Renewable Obligation scheme, with further… Read more »
InnoLas Solutions continues to establish itself as the leading specialist for LCO (Laser Contact Opening) and PERC (Passivated Emitter and Rear Contact) laser systems. Sales were up in the first quarter of the year, and just recently a leading cell manufacturer significantly invested in InnoLas technology for PERC laser processes in the production of crystalline… Read more »
• Wind power plant Kniphagen selects modern direct drive turbines• Twenty-year maintenance agreement signed to help insure long-term reliability Siemens Energy will deliver five wind turbines for the onshore wind power plant Kniphagen in the north German region Ostholstein. The operator has chosen Siemens modern direct driven wind turbines for the wind power plant, located… Read more »
WindEnergy Hamburg – The global on- & offshore expoat the Hamburg Fair site from 23 to 26 September 2014 Hamburg, 25 April 2014/ WEHH3 Innovations in wind technology now give substantial improvements in the use of onshore wind energy. There will be plenty of examples of that for the international trade visitors at WindEnergy Hamburg,… Read more »
Freiberg/Germany, Tuesday, April 22, 2014: teamtechnik, world-leading manufacturer of stringer systems, will be presenting its latest generation of high-performance stringers on Stand A3.480 at this year’s Intersolar trade fair. The TT1600 power stringer, which is completely new to the market, is based on the TT 1200HS, which was noted for its fast operation. The TT1600,… Read more »
In an independent survey by EuPD Research British installers confirm that the Samil Power has a high market penetration and excellent brand awareness. Therefore the inverter manufacturer has been awarded with the “Top Brand PV Seal” in the „inverter” category. Bonn. Even though there are single inverter brands which still dominate the UK market, Samil… Read more »
Gärtringen, 17 April 2014. At the Intersolar Europe, Papendorf Software Engineering (SE) GmbH will be presenting two new solutions that allow photovoltaic plants to be tested and controlled: the mobile measuring meter SOL.Connect PV-Module Meter and the monitoring and control system SOL.Connect Smart Park Control. The world’s largest specialist trade fair for solar engineering will… Read more »
Munich, April 17, 2014 – This year’s Intersolar Europe Conference kicks off with the Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics 2014-2018, presented by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). The report, which details the development of the world’s photovoltaics markets, was created with the support of Intersolar Europe. On June 2, 2014, the report marks the… Read more »
WEARSIDE waters have enjoyed a busy spell, with Port of Sunderland recording an average of a ship per day sailing through its piers. Bosses at the municipally-owned port have recorded an increase in ships tonnage between April 2013 and March 2014, as a total of 365 vessels docked at Port of Sunderland’s quaysides. In October… Read more »
80 MWp solar farms commissioned by ib vogt GmbH and its subsidiary vogt solar ltd in the United Kingdom in the first quarter of 2014 ib vogt GmbH and its subsidiary vogt solar ltd successfully commissioned six projects with a rated capacity of 80 MWp in the first quarter of 2014 in the United Kingdom…. Read more »
• Consortium leader Siemens to supply HVDC transmission technology• Consortium partner Petrofac responsible for construction and installation of platform• 900 megawatt (MW) BorWin3 grid connection to supply nearly one million German households with electricity from wind energy• Completion planned for 2019 Siemens receives an order from TenneT for an offshore wind farm grid connection in… Read more »
More than 40% of the solar power installed in Mexico is equipped with Ingeteam PV inverters. This milestone was achieved thanks to the long track record of the Ingeteam group in this Aztec country, in which the company has been operating on an ongoing basis since 1998. At present, Mexico has slightly more than 100… Read more »
New industry report describes how upfront investments in operations and maintenance directly contribute to reducing ‘lost power production’ when replacing components by 60 percent. DBB Jack-up, an operations and maintenance service provider to offshore wind farm owners and turbine manufacturers, today released a new report on operations and maintenance in the offshore wind industry. The… Read more »
Shanghai/Freiberg, Germany, Monday, April 14, 2014: teamtechnik, world-leading manufacturer of stringer systems has once again broken its own record and is offering an even faster single-track system. The teamtechnik team at SNEC 2014, Stand E3 550, will present a live demonstration of the new power stringer TT1600 with an annual output of 45 MWp. “We… Read more »
ReneSola is celebrating one year of operations since establishing a standalone UK business. In its first year, ReneSola UK has opened a fully stocked warehouse in Newhaven, established a country-wide service network and training programme, and supplied more than 180 MWp of solar modules to the UK market. And this is just the beginning; ReneSola… Read more »
SolarEdge Technologies provides end-to-end distributed solar power optimizers, inverters, and PV monitoring solutions, allowing maximum energy production for faster ROI. The SolarEdge power optimizers perform MPPT per individual module while monitoring the performance of each module. Module-level electronics enable enhanced maintenance and increased system safety with the SafeDCTM mechanism. SolarEdge technology provides commercial PV systems… Read more »
Now that Togocel has implemented the Delta hybrid power system for their cell sites throughout Togo, they have already reduced OPEX costs by 60%. Initial situation Togocel, the largest mobile phone provider in Togo, Africa, needed to expand their cellular tower network beyond the cities and deploy BTS (Base Transceiver Station) equipment in rural areas… Read more »
Munich, 08 April 2014 – The 29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2014) taking place from 22 to 26 September 2014 at RAI Convention and Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, will be chaired by Teun Bokhoven. The five-day Conference is complemented by the three-day Exhibition, held from 23 to 25… Read more »
• More than 1,500 contributions apply for presentation in Amsterdam • Scientists, engineers and practitioners from Photovoltaic research institutions and industry will present future PV developments • Submissions from 73 countries • Global response: 50% of the contributions submitted by experts from other continents • Particular strong response: Topics on operations, performance and reliability of… Read more »
Seaway Heavy Lifting has completed the installation of the 3,300 mT transformer topside of the WindMW Meerwind project. The installation took place at a water depth of 23 meters in the German Bight on 3rd April. Seaway Heavy Lifting performed the lift on DP with its crane vessel “Oleg Strashnov”. With the installation of the… Read more »
SEIA, Abengoa and SolarReserve will be participating in a free to view webinar about CSP’s storage capabilities and the potential for new projects. The webinar titled ‘Is the energy storage market the future of CSP?’ will feature a case study analysis of two CSP plants with storage in the U.S. and a market overview of… Read more »
Shanghai/China, 10 April 2014 – DNV GL has recently completed the Design Evaluation for a 2.5-MW wind turbine designed by Goldwind. At the 8th China International Wind Energy Exhibition, DNV GL handed over a Conformity Statement to Goldwind, one of the largest wind turbine manufacturers in China. It confirms that the turbine meets the requirements… Read more »
Karlsruhe, 10/04/2014. Ready for takeoff: EWC Weather Consult GmbH, a German weather service provider who does business in numerous international markets, is now also bringing its complex service portfolio, including its wind and weather data management solutions, into the U.S. market. The AWEA WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition, hosted in Las Vegas from May 5 –… Read more »
The agreement reached with the Chinese manufacturer will help PROINSO to increase its portfolio in India, where it opened its own sales office two years ago and where it has already supplied 100 MW of modules and SMA inverters 9 April 2014.- PROINSO India Announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with a global… Read more »
CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has announced that it has won a renewal of its contact to provide turbine technician services to Siemens. Over the next two years CWind will be providing turbine technicians for the offshore installation of Siemens turbines during the construction of a number of UK… Read more »
Freiburg/Pforzheim, Germany, and Beijing, China, April 09, 2014 – Intersolar China took place in Beijing from March 26-28, 2014. For the first time, the exhibition and conference for the solar industry was held together with CIPV Expo China and Clean Energy Expo China. Upwards of 7,000 visitors to the China International Exhibition Center (CIEC) received… Read more »