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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Biel, April 8, 2014 – Today it was announced that the Swiss inverter manufacturer SolarMax will be partnering with the Ipswich-based PV distributor, Solar Trade Sales. Solar Trade Sales will be taking stock of the SolarMax P series and MT series, and plan to distribute the goods to installers across the UK. Paul Frost, Sales… Read more »
The new solution developed by Ingeteam, global leader in power electronics and electrical engineering, belongs to the INGECON SUN Power Station family – ultra technological stations, designed for converting energy generated from PV plants and for the feed-in of electricity. We are talking about the INGECON SUN CON40 Desert that will be presented during the… Read more »
Investors include institutional investors Primrose Solar and Bluefield Solar Income Fund Conergy targets construction of over 200 MW in the UK by year end, based on robust development pipeline of 150 MW Hamburg/ Milton Keynes, 4 April 2014 – Conergy, one of the world’s leading PV solution and service providers, announced today it had completed… Read more »
— E.ON & GE Ventures Join New Round to Advance Global Solar Energy Business OAKLAND, California, April 4, 2014 Sungevity, Inc., a recognized leader in the global solar market, today announced $70 million in new equity financing. The funding round, comprised of both new and existing investors, was led by Jetstream Ventures, a Nashville-based fund… Read more »
Biel, April 2, 2014 – Swiss inverter manufacturer SolarMax today announced that it has partnered with the Yorkshire based renewables equipment distributor, Zenex Solar. The deal follows an expansion of the SolarMax UK team in 2014, and covers the domestic and commercial ranges of the SolarMax portfolio. Ryan Gill, Commercial Director of Zenex said “Zenex… Read more »
Pamplona, 26th March 2014. Once again, Ingeteam is to be present at the Intersolar Europe fair to be held this year from the 4th to 6th June at the Messe München International exhibition centre in Munich. As in previous years, Ingeteam is to showcase its latest products to the international market, encompassing solar inverters, energy… Read more »
SAN JOSE, CA – April 2014 Bentek Solar, manufacturer of a broad range of products connecting PV panels to inverters worldwide for the residential, commercial and utility-scale marketplaces, has started shipping the second generation Fused Disconnect Safety System (FDSS). “Bentek Solar continues to add to its broad range of residential, commercial and utility-scale safety systems… Read more »
The company’s international installer network also includes 389 qualified installers from the U.S. * The new sales office is located in Boston and the new photovoltaic material distribution centre in the city of Edison, New Jersey.* These two new centres have enabled PROINSO to strengthen its presence in the U.S. as a leading specialist in… Read more »
London, 1 April 2014 – Conergy, one of the world’s leading PV solution and service providers, announced today the on-time completion of a portfolio of four solar farms in the UK totaling 39MW in installed capacity. The construction projects began end of last year and continued through the record-breaking wet weather of January and February… Read more »
PassivSystems, a provider of intelligent connected energy services for residential homes and for optimising solar PV assets, today announces its intention to float on AIM. The Company seeks to raise up to £12 million, giving upon admission to AIM an indicative market capitalisation of £40 – 45 million. Dealings are expected to commence in April… Read more »
Bloom Energy Thursday formally unveiled its energy server, an industrial-strength, solid-oxide fuel cell that can convert natural gas or other hydrocarbons into electricity pretty much on demand. And in the process, the company has ignited a debate over which of the alternatives to coal, nuclear and centralized natural gas plants might be best. Can we… Read more »
• Enrique Peña Nieto, the President of Mexico led the ceremony • The 39 MWp Aura Solar plant will produce energy to power more than 160,000 inhabitants and save over 60,000 tons of CO2 annually • The project constructed for Gauss Energía, was funded by a local development bank Nafin, by International Finance Corporation (IFC,… Read more »
PassivSystems Limited (“PassivSystems”), a provider of intelligent connected energy services for residential homes and for optimising Solar PV assets, today announces that it has been awarded an exclusive contract with a wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie. The contract will provide the monitoring of a significant ‘free solar PV’ roll-out campaign targeting an initial estimated 20,000… Read more »
Bosch PV storage system impresses with very high cycle stability The BPT-S 5 Hybrid from Bosch uses lithium-ion batteries, which continue after years of intensive use to reliably provide households with electricity from its own PV system without the need for maintenance. This has now been proven through ageing tests, which have been carried out… Read more »
centrotherm photovoltaics AG plans switch of stock market segment Blaubeuren, March 26, 2014 – With Supervisory Board approval, the Management Board of centrotherm photovoltaics AG (ISIN: DE000A1TNMM9/DE000A1TNMN7) has today passed a resolution to seek a switch of the stock market segment of centrotherm photovoltaics AG from the General Standard of the Regulated Market to the… Read more »
3 MW of Distributed SolarEdge Inverters and Power Optimizers in the Netherlands Hod Hasharon, Israel; March 27, 2014 – SolarEdge Technologies, a leading provider of solar power optimizers and inverters, announces that Fastned has selected the SolarEdge solution for its nationwide network of 200 electric car fast-charging stations. The network will be strategically dispersed throughout… Read more »
The results of the annual Red Dot Product Design Awards are in – and Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum has won this prestigious award for the design of the leak detector PHOENIX L500i. Searching for the best performances and excellence in the field of product design, the jury of the Red Dot Award recognized Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum’s… Read more »
Biel, 25 March 2014 – The Swiss solar inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering (SolarMax) is driving forward with its European expansion with a number of key additions to the UK sales team. In recognition of the increasingly important distributor sales channel, Andrew Lycett joins the team as the UK Distribution Manager. The existing Key Accounts team… Read more »
SHANGHAI, March 24, 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 it has recently received JISQ 8901 Certification from TÜV Rheinland, complementing the JET and JPEC certifications JA Solar obtained in Japan previously. The JIS Q 8901… Read more »
Bristol/UK, March 18, 2014 – The British renewable energy company Solarsense has installed a PV plant on the roof of the UK’s first shopping outlet, Clarks Village, using especially eco-friendly PV modules from the Scandinavian-German manufacturer Innotech Solar (ITS). During prior testing on a reference site, Innotech Solar modules outperformed the products of three well-known… Read more »
In order to assure the company’s long-term vision, the managing partners of Solare Datensysteme – GmbH Jörg Karwath, Thomas Preuhs and Guy Thouin – have named new leaders to the company’s management team. The new management team will allow Solare Datensysteme to continue to expand internationally while ensuring its position as the market leader in… Read more »
Sulzemoos, 18 March 2014 / Dr. Murray Cameron, member of the Executive Board of Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), an international photovoltaic system integrator listed in Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has been re-elected for another three-year term as one of the three Vice Presidents of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). The… Read more »
Bosch to manufacture automotive electronic product in Arnstadt from the autumn Instead of site closure, good prospects for great majority of associates Consummation of purchase agreement signed in November 2013 Bosch service organization and trading company have begun operations Stuttgart/Arnstadt – The deal under which the production of crystalline photovoltaic cells and modules in Arnstadt… Read more »
While the German market for photovoltaic storage is slowly picking up pace, other markets are still lagging behind. However, in other European countries, such as Great Britain and Italy, the issue of storing generated electricity is turning into a real alternative to feeding the grid. Bonn. The approach of installers towards the new technology is… Read more »
When the owners of K-W-H Energy GmbH in Dersum, Germany decided they were running out of space for their rapidly expanding solar power system business, they set out to construct a completely new and modern office space. General Information Installation Location: Dersum, Germany Installed PV Power: 99 kWp Installation Company: K-W-H Energy GmbH Date of… Read more »
Biel, 11 March 2014 – Swiss inverter manufacturer SolarMax has expanded its distribution network in the UK with a new partnership with specialist PV inverter supplier CCL. From March 2014, CCL will begin taking deliveries of the SolarMax P series and MT series string inverter ranges for distribution to solar PV installers across the UK…. Read more »
Eindhoven – Tuesday, March 7 – Smit Ovens reports major order income for the thin film solar industry over the last 2 months. Major thin film solar panel producers in Asia and USA ordered mass production equipment in Q1 2014. The total order volume exceeds US$ 9,000,000.- “Our continuous focus on cost effective concepts for… Read more »
Global headquarters will be relocated from Berlin to the United Arab Emirates As part of its global growth strategy, SOLON has successfully evolved from a strong German brand into an international company with a growing presence, particularly in Asian and African markets. The SOLON Group has therefore decided to relocate its global headquarters from Berlin… Read more »