• This utility scale solar PV cluster, inaugurated today, is located in the Lisbon, Setubal and Evora regions • The consortium, consisting of Martifer Solar and Hanwha Q CELLS Korea, was responsible for the development, construction, connection and will be responsible for the operations & maintenance service • The plants will produce sufficient green energy… Read more »
The Switch to apply its wind energy permanent magnet generator technology to shipbuildingVantaa, Finland, October 30, 2013 – – The Switch, a Finnish manufacturer of permanent magnet generators and converters, announced today that it entered the marine and shipbuilding sector with the launch of its next-generation drive trains for energy efficient power generation and propulsion… Read more »
At this year’s Vitrum trade show (Milan, 23 to 26 October), two brands with a long tradition showcased the highlights of their product ranges in hall 13. Alfa Romeo took a look back at the history of racing by exhibiting a number of historic sports cars. About 50 metres further, the Austrian company LiSEC displayed… Read more »
• 165 MW order for Siemens direct drive wind turbines • Three new wind farms in Muğla, Edirne-Tekirdağ and Kırklareli• Three new wind farms in Muğla, Edirne-Tekirdağ and Kırklareli The Turkish Güriş Group continues its cooperation with Siemens for three new wind power projects scheduled to be built in Turkey. The total scope includes delivery… Read more »
Evance small wind turbines to generate nearly 50% of power needed for supplying water service 30th October 2013: Evance is pleased to announce the commissioning of three R9000 small wind turbines at Scottish Water’s waste water treatment works at Broadford, on the Isle of Skye, and another three at the water treatment works on Raasay…. Read more »
Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum inaugurated its India head office in Bangalore to provide greater sales and service support and customer proximity. The opening marks yet another milestone in establishing a strong presence in high growth regions. “We continue to invest intensively in emerging markets”, says Dr. Martin Fuellenbach, CEO Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum, “as the new site… Read more »
A tier one cell manufacturer has ordered a second RENA-SoLayTec machine to start producing PERC cells in their production base of mono-Si wafers in China. The customer used the ALD Al2O3 InPassion LAB tool from RENA-SoLayTec in their R&D department, which has been used for their research of high-performance solar cells. This tier one cell… Read more »
“Exclusive Use of the ZSW’s New CIGS World Record Offers Manz Further Considerable Opportunities to Significantly Cut Production Costs” • Efficiency of 20.8 percent: highest efficiency ever achieved using thin-film technology, even above laboratory efficiency levels achieved with polycrystalline solar cells • Manz holds the exclusive right to utilize the world record technology, which will… Read more »
Intersolar Europe becomes the new platform for the energy transition in the heating and electricity market Munich, October 20, 2014 – The world’s largest exhibition for the solar industry and its partners is intensifying its support of the energy transition within the heating sector by expanding its spectrum of topics. The range of information showcased… Read more »
Grenzebach celebrated its 25th anniversary in Newnan, Georgia, with a typical German Oktoberfest. Among the highlights of this celebration was the speech of Rudolf Grenzebach, founder and owner. His daughter Sonja translated it to the audience. He also had had a dream, the American dream; a dream of opportunities in a country that people in… Read more »
Solar films provide superior PID resistance and increased power for solar modules St. Paul, MN – October 22, 2013 – After debuting 3MTM Solar Encapsulant Film EVA9000 last year, 3M Renewable Energy Division has continued development on the innovative technology, and is now introducing two new products-3MTM Solar Encapsulant Film EVA9100 and 3MTM Solar Encapsulant… Read more »
CWind hosted a delegation of 20 businesses from the south east region of Northern Ireland on Tuesday this week. The delegation, led by Energy Connections NI and hosted by the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) was in the area this week to see first-hand how businesses here have taken advantage of the supply chain… Read more »
At the 2013 edition of the Solar Power International trade fair, Ingeteam is to showcase its innovative 500 kW central inverter with transformer. This new INGECON® SUN Power Max U, certified to the UL 1741 standard, provides a maximum AC power output of 500 kW up to an ambient temperature of 50 ºC (122 ºF),… Read more »
DELAWARE, OH – October 2013 – Engineered Material Systems, a leading global supplier of electronic materials for circuit assembly applications, debuts its CA-165 Low-Cost Conductive Adhesive designed for chip-on-board or general die attach applications in circuit assembly, photonics or camera modules. ECM CA-165 is approximately half the cost of a pure silver-filled die attach adhesive,… Read more »
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., October 22, 2013 – BTU International, Inc. today announced that it has signed a two-year agreement with Yingli Green Energy to support the State Key Laboratory of PV Technology. As part of the agreement, BTU will supply a SinTerra metallization firing furnace system. SinTerra, the latest technology for metallization drying and firing… Read more »
GL Garrad Hassan, the world’s largest renewable energy advisory organisation and part of the recently merged DNV GL Group today published a landmark document providing exclusive insight into the last ten years of offshore wind. ‘10 Years: 10 Lessons’ is a series of ten thought-provoking essays from experts with personal experience of a decade of… Read more »
GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) has published its new “Technical Note for the Certification of Wind Turbines for Tropical Cyclones”. The Technical Note is a supplement to GL RC’s Guidelines for the Certification of Wind Turbines and addresses the question how cyclones are influencing wind turbine designs. An increasing number of onshore and offshore wind… Read more »
Morningstar-the premium controller supplier with a commitment to innovation and quality-is expanding our MPPT charge controller portfolio to best meet the present and future needs of the photovoltaic (PV) market. NEWTOWN, PA, USA, October 21, 2013: At this year’s Solar Power International conference in Chicago, Illinois (October 21st – 24th) Morningstar Corporation is pleased to… Read more »
* PROINSO is to present its new solutions at Solar Power International 2013 (Chicago), to be staged from 21 to 24 October (Stand 1331). Solar Power International is the solar energy industry’s most powerful show in North America, with exhibitors from as many as 75 countries and attracting over 15,000 visitors. * The company is… Read more »
The plant is amongst the largest in the country and in the entire African continent. Pamplona, October 17, 2013. In less than a year since Ingeteam started out in South Africa, the company has supplied equipment for some of the biggest plants in the country. The latest project to be equipped with Ingecon Sun inverters… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) has decided to change its financial reporting from IFRS to Swiss GAAP FER, effective retroactively from 1 January 2013, and to publish the annual accounts 2013 in accordance with Swiss GAAP FER. The registered shares of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd continue to be listed on the SIX… Read more »
Black Island Wind Turbines is now shipping all-new HR3 turbines, for demanding wind power applications worldwide. Based upon the original legendary design, Black Island has made a few minor modifications to enhance the legendary reliability of this pedigreed turbine. Notes Bill Stein, CTO at Black Island: “After review of the outstanding 30+ year service of… Read more »
The Management Board of the group holding company, CENTROSOLAR Group AG, as well as the management boards and directors of the individual companies CENTROSOLAR AG and CENTROSOLAR Sonnenstromfabrik GmbH have taken the decision to accelerate their efforts to reorganise the operations of the CENTROSOLAR Group. To that end the relevant officers have applied to the… Read more »
– 14 GW of new installations in the first half of 2013, after 16,5 GW in 2012– Worldwide wind capacity has reached 296 GW, 318 GW expected for full year– Dramatic slump in US leads to global decrease, partly compensated by new markets– China has reached total capacity of 80 GW The worldwide wind capacity… Read more »
UL certification paves the way for widespread adoption in North America Plano, Texas, October 18, 2013 – At SPI 2013, AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS), a global provider of power electronics for renewable energies, introduces two new members of its broad inverter line for the Americas. The Protect PV.500 OD UL and Protect PV.630 OD… Read more »
Marineco UK has placed another order for two more FCS 2610 Twin Axe vessels to serve its offshore wind activities.The Scottish company was the first customer for the pioneering Damen Twin Axe vessel, which has become the industry standard since its introduction just over two years ago. Marineco’s two new additions will be delivered in… Read more »
Large- scale PV plants: Solarpraxis and Sunbeam Communications share insights into market developments, technologies, players and areas of application Berlin, 15.10.2013. The industry report PV Power Plants 2013 is now also available as a free iPad app. The publication is the only one of its kind to focus on large-scale photovoltaic installations and provides comprehensive… Read more »
• New production line from SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES for crystalline solar cells is inaugurated• Collaboration to boost cell efficiency agreed• Equipment for PERC upgrade ordered Kahl am Main, October 15, 2013 – The “BOD Group High Technology Center L.I.G.H.T. Wing (Lithuanian of green and high technologies)” will be holding an opening ceremony on October 15, 2013… Read more »
CTruk scored a hat-trick with the delivery of its 12th 20T multi- purpose catamaran, CWind Challenger. As well as being the first of these popular offshore wind support vessels to be designed, built and classed to Bureau Veritas (BV) rules, the 18.5m multi-role workboat is also the first Category 1 vessel built by the company… Read more »
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DuPont) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) have announced they will host a key panel discussion at the upcoming Solar Power International Conference in Chicago, Ill., which will bring together leading representatives from across the solar industry to examine the importance of balancing costs with reliability and durability for solar systems…. Read more »
Most productive and dense commercial rooftop system on the market St. Paul, MN – October 15, 2013 – After more than two years of collaboration, 3M Renewable Energy and tenKsolar are celebrating a number of milestones in increasing energy generation from commercial rooftop photovoltaic (PV) arrays. In 2011, the two companies first combined the tenKsolar… Read more »
• 6MW turbine SWT-6.0-154 installed on the SSE test site in Hunterston, Scotland • Siemens boosts its commitment in the United Kingdom Siemens has now installed a market-ready version of its new 6 megawatt (MW) gearless wind turbine on the test site of the power utility SSE, the UK’s largest generator of renewable energy. Together… Read more »
The multinational firm bids strongly on R&D and resources to boost sales of this power generation system that is increasingly being used in emerging countries where power is normally produced by combustion engines. Asia, Oceania and South America are priority markets to PROINSO, whose hybrid systems have been warmly welcomed in Brazil, Japan and,… Read more »
To deliver reliable and customized UHV Switchgear for Global markets Invested USD 6.5 million to enhance its R&D capabilities to achieve global excellence in the UHV domain Mumbai, October 14, 2013. Avantha Group Company CG, inaugurated its 1600kV Ultra High Voltage (UHV) Research Centre at its Switchgear Complex in Nashik. CG has invested nearly USD… Read more »
Expanded design family of extremely versatile heavy goods transporters HeavyLift@Sea presents the MPV 500 Heavy Lifter for intermediate market segment With the development and creation of the MPV 500, the maritime engineering specialist HeavyLift@Sea, with headquarters in Hamburg’s HafenCity, has now expanded its design family of extremely versatile heavy lifters. The multi-purpose vessel is based… Read more »
Every five days, 15 full-power converters produced Vantaa, Finland; October 14, 2013 — Using a unique model of collaboration in China, The Switch, supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generator and full-power converter packages, has set up with it’s partner Scanfil, a global contract manufacturer and systems supplier for professional electronics, volume production of full-power wind… Read more »