Category: Solar

JA Solar Receives JISQ8901 Certification in Japan

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 »

Innotech Solar PV Modules Generate Greenest Power At The Uks Original Outlet Shopping Centre

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 »

Solare Datensysteme Strengthens its Top Management

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 »

Phoenix Solar Executive Board Member Dr. Murray Cameron re-elected EPIA Vice Prsesident

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 »

Sale Of Bosch Solar Energys Cell And Module Production In Arnstadt To Solarworld

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 »

Energy storage: Only a few installers actively offer storage solutions in other European countries.

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 »

K-W-H Energy GmbH builds eco-friendly office

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 »

Solarmax and CCL begin UK Partnership

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 »

2 Major Thin Film players decided to order mass production systems from Smit Ovens.

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 »

SOLON adjusts its global growth strategy to changing market conditions

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 »

Schneider Electric becomes first PV equipment manufacturer and service provider to surpass one GW PV-Solar service milestone in 2013

Rueil-Malmaison, France – March 4, 2014 – The Solar Business of Schneider Electric, a global leader in solutions and services for the solar power conversion chain, is proud to announce that it reached a major milestone at the end of 2013 by surpassing over one GW of cumulated service contracts. Schneider Electric becomes the first… Read more »

Ingeteam arrives in Puerto Rico with its PV central inverters

Ingeteam has connected its first solar PV plant in Puerto Rico. The 500 kW power plant, built by WindMar Renewable Energy Inc, is also the first solar plant to have installed the transformer version of Ingeteam’s UL compliant central inverter INGECON SUN Power Max. Moreover, these PV solar inverters have been approved by the OGPe,… Read more »

Ingeteam at EWEA 2014: Electrical equipment and wind farm O&M services for low and medium voltage wind turbines

Reliable, efficient and flexible solutions to optimise wind turbine competitiveness Spain, 5 March 2014. Ingeteam, an independent market leader specialising in power electronics, automation systems and electric machines, will exhibit at EWEA 2014 Annual Event, Europe’s premier wind energy event, taking place in Barcelona, Spain from 10-13 March. At the event, Ingeteam will be showcasing… Read more »

New Study on environmental impact of PV systems

The new study by the bifa environmental institute describes a future-orientated view of the ecological and economic effects of photovoltaic (PV) systems along their whole life cycle. The study evaluated the production of the PV systems, their operation in different application cases and different recycling scenarios. Wafer and thin- film technologies were examined. The evaluation… Read more »

SolarMax secures distribution partnership with Alternergy

Swiss inverter manufacturer SolarMax has expanded its distribution network in the UK with a new partnership with leading UK PV distributor Alternergy. Alternergy are now holding stock of the P-Series and MT-Series string inverters for both residential and commercial installations. This expansion of Alternergy’s inverter offering follows on from the successful launch of their e-commerce… Read more »

JA Solar to Supply 7.8MW of High-Efficiency Full Square Mono Modules to British Solar Renewables

SHANGHAI – February [27] — 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 will supply 7.8MW of its high-efficiency full square mono solar modules to British Solar Renewables, a U.K-based developer of large-scale renewable projects, for… Read more »

Levitech Bv Sells A Levitrack Ald System To One Of Taiwans Largest Solar Cell Makers And Receives Repeat Order For Second Ald System

ALMERE, The Netherlands – March 02, 2014 – Levitech BV today announced that one of Taiwan’s largest solar cell manufacturers transferred a Levitrack Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) system to manufacturing, and placed an order for a second Levitrack system to be shipped in the second quarter. “The Levitrack has a proven record in high volume… Read more »

Martifer Solar Builds 78.4 Mw Portfolio In The Uk For Lightsource Renewable Energy

• The delivery of this 78.4 MWp cluster strengthens the established partnership between Martifer Solar and Lightsource Renewable Energy, the UK’s largest solar energy generator • Martifer Solar continues its active development in the UK market with a healthy pipeline of projects to be ready to build throughout 2014 and early 2015 • The 78.4… Read more »

Solaredge Presenting Expanded Product Portfolio For Uk Installers At Ecobuild

London, UK and Hod Hasharon, Israel, March 4, 2014 – SolarEdge Technologies, a leading provider of power optimisers and PV inverters, announces the expansion of its product portfolio for the UK solar market. Following a successful 2013, SolarEdge is further increasing the mainstream usage of SolarEdge module-level electronics and inverters in both the residential and… Read more »

New Simulation Program GeoT*SOL basic 2.0 from Valentin Software Facilitates the Planning and Design of Heat Pumps

With the new software GeoT*SOL basic 2.0, the Berlin-based software company Valentin has extended the field of application for their design program for heat pump systems. In addition to air and geothermal probes, which extract heat by drilling up to 100 meters deep, the new program now also makes it possible to design pump systems… Read more »

An Independent Suntech Sets its Sights on the UK Solar Market

3 New High-Efficiency Panels to be Revealed at Ecobuild UK WUXI, China, Feb. 28, 2014/Press Release/ — Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd. (the “company”, or “Suntech”) will be showcasing its new solar products at London’s 2014 Ecobuild Exhibition March 4th to March 6th. Wuxi Suntech, the owner of the “Suntech” brand, was acquired by Shunfeng… Read more »

JA Solar continues launch of New Series of Highly Efficient PV Modules

Shanghai, February 24, 2014 – JA Solar, a global leading manufacturer of high performance solar cells and modules, will continue to promote its PERCIUM cells module and RIECIUM cells module at global exhibitions in February 2014. The products have already been successfully launched in CleanTech Summit& Exhibition in Israel on 18th February and will appear… Read more »

Schneider Electric Set To Showcase All In One Japanese PV Box Solution At PV Expo 2014 Japans Largest Industry Event

Burnaby, Canada, February 24, 2014 -Schneider Electric Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for the solar power conversion chain, will be showcasing our All-In-One Solar PV Box product at the PV Expo 2014 on February 26 – 28, in Tokyo, Japan to over 76,000 attendees. The Schneider Electric PV Box is a containerized plug… Read more »

KACO: agreement with ASTAR EnR as a new sales partner

Rome, 20th February 2014 – Flavio Cecchi and Damien Haudebert, CEOs Italy, representing respectively KACO new energy group, directed by Ralf Georg Hofmann and ASTAR EnR, directed by Jean Ange Martin, sign an agreement to further increase the distribution of the said inverter manufacturer, at 3rd position in the world for importance and sales. KACO… Read more »

Innotech Solar modules certified for building-integrated solar arrays with IRFTS mounting system

Munich, Germany, February 20, 2014 – Together with the Easy Roof mounting system from French manufacturer IRFTS, Innotech Solar’s (ITS) photovoltaic modules have been awarded all-important ETN certification. In France, solar installations comprising such certified product combinations are classed as building-integrated systems and thus command higher feed-in tariffs of up to 28.51 Euro cents per… Read more »

New Ceo Of The Bystronic Glass Group

Neuhausen-Hamberg (Germany), February 19th, 2014. With effect from February 2014 Dr. Burghard Schneider succeeded André Brütsch as Head of the Bystronic glass Group. In his position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), he will automatically become a member of the Conzzeta AG Management Group. Burghard Schneider studied at Munich Technical University where he gained his doctorate… Read more »

The Swiss Inno Hjt Project A Joint Effort Between The Meyer Burger Group And The Csem PV Center

The Meyer Burger Group and CSEM, with support from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy and of the Canton of Neuchâtel, will strengthen Switzerland’s position as leader for technological innovation in the photovoltaic sector and ensure its competitiveness as a major equipment provider in the international photovoltaic industry. The key is heterojunction silicon technology. More… Read more »

The perfect solution for commercial PV installations – the new SolarMax HT series

SolarMax presents the new powerful HT string inverters with multi-tracking – designed to deliver optimum system yields for operators of commercial and industrial PV power plants. Biel, February 18, 2014 – In the face of continuing reductions in subsidies, PV plant planners have the challenge of delivering cost-optimized systems which will provide high levels of… Read more »

JA Solar Multi-Si Solar Cells Surpass 19% Conversion Efficiency

Shanghai, China, February 18, 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 its multi-crystalline silicon (“multi-Si”) solar cells have surpassed 19% conversion efficiency. This latest improvement in efficiency, achieved using advanced cell technology recently developed by… Read more »

Solar PV thriving, says Savills Energy

Savills Energy has secured its 10th consecutive planning permission for ground-mount projects in the UK on behalf of leading British solar developer Solarcentury. This maintains a 100% success rate in planning application submissions by Savills for Solarcentury and reaffirms Savills’ assertion that elements of the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry are thriving, despite shifting government policy… Read more »

KiloWattsol advises lenders on first ever structured finance PV & Li-Ion storage deal

9MWp project Bardzour is a great example of the reliability and predictability of Renewable energies An often stated argument against supporting the progression of Renewables as a source of energy, and that of PV in particular, is the fact that the energy output depends on the amount of solar irradiation instantly available. It would hence… Read more »

Innotech Solar delivers low carbon footprint PV modules to UK schools

Watford/UK, Munich/Germany, 13th February 2014 – The Scandinavian-German panel manufacturer Innotech Solar (ITS) has supplied more than 1.400 photovoltaic modules with a total output of 360 kilowatts peak (kWp) to schools in England. All installations were planned and built by Engynious Clean Power UK, a company specialising in developing solar power plants in the UK…. Read more »

InnoLas’ PV business concentrated in new company InnoLas Solutions GmbH

InnoLas has reorganized its business such that the photovoltaic business unit – previously operated as part of InnoLas Systems GmbH – now becomes a new organization: InnoLas Solutions GmbH. The InnoLas Solutions GmbH is a wholly owned entity of InnoLas Holding GmbH and has its registered office in 82152 Krailling, Pionierstraße 6, Germany. The transfer… Read more »

JA Solar Module Performance in Extreme Environments Certified by China Quality Certification Center

JA Solar is the first solar company to receive such certification from CQC SHANGHAI, China, February 11, 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 the performance of the Company’s solar modules in extreme environments has… Read more »

centrotherm records rising order intake

Blaubeuren, February 11, 2014 – In December and January alone, the technology provider centrotherm received orders from leading solar cell manufacturers totaling around 30 million euros. In the Photovoltaics business unit, centrotherm therefore currently has an order book position in the single equipment business of around 62 million euros. Customers are ordering wide-ranging equipment packages… Read more »

388 SolarMax string inverters for 6MW plant in northern Germany

With 388 15MT2 inverters, the Neuenbrook solar park near Hamburg is among the largest decentralized PV plants ever built using SolarMax string inverters Biel, 06 February 2014 – In cooperation with the project planning company actensys GmbH, the Swiss company Sputnik Engineering implemented a solar park with a total power output of 6MW using 388… Read more »