Category: Solar

ANTARIS SOLAR, solar technology provider with headquarters in Germany, has been selected as the PV affinity partner by NICEIC. The partnership brings together German quality with the standards of UK’s leading voluntary body for electrical installation matters. Waldaschaff, Germany, 03/11/2011. After an extensive selection process NICEIC (www.niceic.com), the UK’s leading voluntary body for electrical contractors,… Read more »

• Solar Expert predicts Solar in the Middle East to skyrocket over the next decade. • Middle East to need skilled solar industry professionals. Paris France – October 27, 2011: A GCC solar expert at the 2nd GCC-France Economic Forum predicted that solar power will be an important source of energy for GCC states in… Read more »

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) today announced the reaction by MB Wafertec, Thun/Switzerland to the difficult and highly volatile market conditions in the photovoltaic industry. The high uncertainties within key markets, which have been exacerbated by current economic difficulties and fiscal policy problems, have caused MB Wafertec (Meyer Burger Ltd, Thun) to… Read more »

the new concentrated solar power plant Gemasolar was officially inaugurated. Gemasolar, owned by Torresol Energy, a joint venture between SENER (60%) and Masdar (40%), is located in Fuentes Andalucia, Spain. The inauguration was the culmination of the successful collaboration with SGS which took place during the construction of the plant and continues with further cooperation… Read more »

The solar technology company SOLON has sold a solar power plant with a capacity of 1.5 MW in the northern Italian province of Udine to EAM Solar AS, a Norwegian investment company who has also committed to buy a power plant with a capacity of 3.1 MW located just 10 km away. The two power… Read more »

The photovoltaic system has been on the grid in Léogâne since September A photovoltaic system is supplying a newly founded training centre in Haiti with solar power. The centre covers 2,000 square metres and provides training for mechanics and construction workers. Most of the modules were donated by Centrosolar, a company from Hamburg. Since the… Read more »

• Sales in the first nine months already exceed total sales in 2010• Result significantly positive• Order intake + 40.8 % in the period under review• Full-year forecast for 2011 with 33 % increase in sales and positive earnings reaffirmed According to preliminary results the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS) generated sales of about € 121.8… Read more »

• New material concept for roof-integrated PV earns Materialica Design + Technology Award SCHOTT Solar and BASF were honored with the Materialica Design + Technology Award 2011 yesterday in the “Product” category. The award recognizes a new material concept for roof-integrated photovoltaics (PV) that consists of a specially developed multifunctional tray made from the plastic… Read more »

On the occasion of the eCarTech, the international trade fair for electric mobility, Konarka Technologies, the US manufacturer of organic solar cells, and the top 100 automobile supplier Webasto, officially announce their cooperation on integrating organic solar cells in automobile roof systems. The trade fair takes place in Munich from 18 to 21 October 2011…. Read more »

aleo solar AG has reached a milestone almost exactly ten years after its formation: last week the total rated output of modules manufactured by aleo solar passed the one gigawatt mark – equivalent to the output of a nuclear power plant. The total power is spread across some five million solar modules. S.M.D Solar-Manufaktur Deutschland… Read more »

In mid-October, Siemens Energy put the Les Mées solar farm in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the south of France on line. For this project Siemens installed a total of six turnkey photovoltaic (PV) power plants. Customer is the project developer Eco Delta Développement (EDD), whose subsidiary Delta Solar developed the photovoltaic (PV) farm in… Read more »

Crompton Solar preview latest addition to the Combi Range of performance products and offer all Solar Power UK attendees the chance to win a unique Combi- Switch Crompton Solar has launched the latest in their fully-tested plug and play range designed to make Solar PV installation easier and more time efficient. Recent trials showed a… Read more »

Edwards Limited, a leading global supplier of vacuum and abatement equipment and services, today expanded its popular iXH family of harsh process dry pumps with the introduction of the iXH500H series. This new series of 500m3/h pumps has been optimized for flat panel, solar and advanced semiconductor processes requiring high gas flows and flexible pump… Read more »

• SINGULUS introduces new vacuum coating system • First order already received • Rising demand for efficient processes and development tools• CIGS/CIS one of the most promising PV technologies SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS) is unveiling a new processing system for vacuum-coating CIGS/CIS thin-film solar cells. The new system responds to current demand in the photovoltaic… Read more »

Nexans, Siemens and American Superconductor Corporation today announced the successful qualification of a transmission voltage resistive fault current limiter (FCL) that utilizes high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire. This marks the first time a resistive superconductor FCL has been developed and successfully tested for power levels suitable for application in the transmission grid (138 kV insulation… Read more »

Dulas MHH Ltd will be exhibiting at Solar Power UK 2011 exhibition and conference, which takes place from 26 -28 October at the ICC in Birmingham. It is using the event to herald its return to the Solar Power market, with some exciting additions to its range. Alongside the company’s established range of products, including… Read more »

Sleek and lightweight: Centrosolar presents a new, aerodynamic flat roof mounting system for photovoltaic modules at the Solar Power UK trade fair. This system enables photovoltaic systems to be installed on flat roofs with minimum weight load and without damaging the roof cladding. Solar Power UK will take place from the 26th to the 28th… Read more »

At Solar Power UK 2011 in Birmingham from 26 to 28th October, Donauer Solartechnik will be presenting its new mounting frame: the Futura Siplex system with snap-in functions. It can be used on all roof types. The specialist wholesale company developed the system as part of its own INTERSOL range. “Futura Siplex is a snap-in… Read more »

Indium Corporation will be featuring their family of PV Module Assembly Materials, including their industry-adopted GS-3434 No-Clean Liquid Tabbing Flux, at Solar Power International (SPI). GS-3434 No-Clean Liquid Tabbing Flux is quickly becoming the industry choice for PV module assembly processes. While most fluxes used in the industry were developed for wave soldering applications, Indium… Read more »

Detecting compound spots and contamination on surfaces right after the printing process, before cell firing, is essential in order to produce A-level solar cells. ISRA SOLAR VISION, the global leading supplier of sophisticated optical inspection solutions, offers a unique defect inspection system for compound spots on cell edges which will cause short-circuits when the cells… Read more »

aleo solar AG today announced it will present the new, all-black aleo S_79 solar module at this year’s Solar Power International in Dallas (booth number 3906) – North America’s leading solar trade exhibition. This premium module combines a particularly striking appearance with elegant design and high output: by utilizing black monocrystalline cells, black frames and… Read more »

Fast-growing solar energy provider, SunEnergy Americas, has confirmed plans to attend Solar Power International 2011. Based in Dallas, Texas, from October 17th – 20th, the event will see the SunEnergy team showcase its photovoltaic installation financing, construction, commissioning and servicing services from Booth 6209. The SunEnergy Americas team will use the event to show the… Read more »

The HARTING Technology Group is continuously expanding its international sales network to ensure optimal customer proximity. The company opened its own local subsidiary, HARTING Canada, Inc., on October 1, 2011 to further enhance outstanding customer relations in Canada. A significant part of the 25-year success story of the HARTING subsidiary in North America is based… Read more »

Conergy’s free solar systems planning tool launched to maximize UK opportunities for rooftop installations, raise industry standards • Only software to offer complete system planning and UK financial modeling• Enables installations on buildings of all orientations, with chimneys and other obstructions• Webinar presentation for media on Thursday 13th October at 10.30am MILTON KEYNES – Conergy,… Read more »

With branches in Spain, Germany, Greece, Italy, Italia, the USA, the UK, France, China, and the Czech Republic, in September PROINSO reached 1,000 MW in the supply of modules and inverters around the world since its inception in 2005. By supplying 1.4 MW in modules and inverters to a roof installation for Madrid-based Wintersun (Spain),… Read more »

3S Swiss Solar Systems AG and Meyer Burger Technology Ltd have won the 2011 Swiss Solar Energy Prize in the personalities and institutions category. 3S Swiss Solar Systems AG, based in Lyss, is a company within the Meyer Burger Technology Ltd group, which markets its integrated solar energy systems under the 3S Photovoltaics trademark. In… Read more »

In view of dwindling reserves of fossil resources, industry is showing growing interest in bioplastics. However, compared to conventional high-performance plastics, these have their limitations – among other things in terms of stability and strength. In cooperation with Tecnaro, Henkel has now succeeded in developing new high-performance polyamide additives based on renewable raw materials that… Read more »

The international specialist for photovoltaic system components will be at the energy and environment exhibition together with its affiliated companies in Doha, Qatar from October 16 to 18, 2011. MAGE SOLAR AG, part of the international MAGE GROUP, and its affiliated companies will present the MAGE GROUP’s entire product portfolio at the energy and environment… Read more »

DuPont Photovoltaic Encapsulants and Bürkle North America, Inc., a wholly-owned division of Bürkle GmbH, of Freudenstadt, Germany, announce that they have worked together to speed up module lamination with the Bürkle Ypsator® multi-opening, 3-stage thin-film solar module laminating line. Using new DuPontTM PV5400 Series encapsulant, an Ypsator® laminator can produce up to twice as many… Read more »

At its meeting today, the SOLON SE Supervisory Board approved changes to the composition of the company’s Management Board. Dr. Walter Bickel is to join the board as CRO with immediate effect. He will be responsible for implementing the current restructuring program. Dr. Bickel and his team from Alvarez & Marsal have been advising SOLON… Read more »

Enecsys Limited has teamed with Ember to bring wireless ZigBee communications to roof-top solar photovoltaic (PV) systems so that households and businesses can better monitor and optimize their systems’ performance. Enecsys has integrated Ember’s ZigBee system-on-chip (SoC) and ZigBee PRO software into its SMI series of micro inverters, which convert theDC output of solar panels into AC for connection… Read more »

MECASOLAR, a multinational company specialising in the design, manufacture, and sale of solar trackers, fixed structures, and foundation screws, has recently completed the supply of 6.4MW in solar trackers and 5.1MW in fixed structures for PV solar energy projects in Greece, Great Britain, Italy, Australia, Spain, and France, among other countries. In Great Britain, MECASOLAR… Read more »

Today saw the festive inauguration of the Andasol 3 solar thermal power plant by a consortium of five German companies in the Spanish province of Granada. The completion of the third Andasol power plant on a site measuring some two square kilometres has meant the creation of the largest European solar power plant – located… Read more »

Sierra Instruments has just announced the introduction of a brand new lineup of their popular transit-time ultrasonic flow meters. The lineup now includes improved next generation Innova-Sonic® 205i and portable 210i models. New to the offering, the Innova-Sonic® 203 has been optimized for customers still looking for good performance, but needing a lower cost, less… Read more »