The latest fig-ures point to significant growth in the Chinese solar market, underlining the ever more important role it plays in the global solar industry. The international role of the Chinese companies that are now active in many markets across the globe has also grown. Inter-solar China, which is set to take place from December… Read more »
Berlin/Bonn, 28 November 2011 – The European Solar Prize Awards 2011 will be presented by EUROSOLAR, the European Association for Renewable Energy, in cooperation with KfW Bankengruppe. This year’s winners come from Germany, Bulgaria, Denmark, Italy, Austria, Spain, Turkey and Switzerland. The award ceremony will take place at the Berlin branch of KfW Bankengruppe on… Read more »
We’re delighted to announce that the latest issue of PES Solar/PV: China Edition is out now, and once again it leads the way in solar/PV news and views. The country may be facing challenging times as far as the domestic market is concerned -as is the industry as a whole – but we’re very much… Read more »
In July 2011 RIMAS acquired the solar activities of Vitrododi Solar, producer of glass washers. The start of an Italian Dutch love affair: Italian design, made possible in Holland. The Vitrododi glass washer activities will remain under the Vitrododi brand name. RIMAS has taken over the company together with it’s technology base and wants to… Read more »
• Research project Las VeGaS reaches important milestone after only six months• The manufacturing technology used can reduce the costs of front side metallization by over 50 percent• Development successes to be transferred over to monocrystalline technology Mainz, November 25, 2011 – SCHOTT Solar AG and its project partners have already reached an important milestone… Read more »
In the year of the K 2010 plastics trade fair, BASF offers Ultramid® grades (PA) – that have proven their worth in the electrical and electronics sector long since – now for use in connectors and junction boxes of photovoltaic installations. Photovoltaic installations, also referred to as solar energy systems, fall into the category of… Read more »
• Proven double-glazing technology with new fastening method from SCHOTT Solar together with pan made of plastic from BASF• Challenging requirements for polyamide in photovoltaic applications Mainz / Munich / Ludwigshafen, 8 June 2011. At the Intersolar trade fair, SCHOTT Solar and BASF are presenting a new roof-integrated photovoltaic concept based on the SCHOTT ADVANCE… Read more »
centrotherm photovoltaics AG has won two iF product design awards 2012 for its photovoltaic key equipment “c.FIRE” und “GP ISO-TEST. Waf”. Both products, the “c.FIRE” fast firing furnace and the wafer inspection tool “GP ISO- TEST.Waf”, impressed the international jury not only with their outstanding design but also with their functionality, innovation and environmental sustainability…. Read more »
ANTARIS SOLAR had its monocrystalline high-performance modules ANTARIS ASM 180 and ASM 185 tested for their resistance to ammonia. The endurance test was run by the TEC Institute for Technical Innovations under unusually realistic conditions: The test involved hanging the modules in a pigsty for six months. The ANTARIS SOLAR modules came through the procedure… Read more »
Sika will be exhibiting at the 5th International Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit in Sevilla, Spain. The event, widely known as CSP Today Sevilla, will take place on the 29th and 30th of November at the TRH Alcora Sevilla Hotel. This year, the summit has a special focus on industry evolution and new opportunities for both markets and technologies in CSP. At this occasion Sika will present its state‐of‐the‐art adhesive and bonding solutions for the CSP market. A special focus will be given to the adhesive technologies for bonding reflecting mirrors to mounting and … Read more »
AEG Power Solutions, global leading manufacturer of power electronic systems and solutions for industrial power supplies and renewable energies, announces the appointment of Bob Roos (48) as the new Vice President and General Manager of its Solar Business Unit. In his role Bob Roos is responsible for the worldwide growth strategy of the solar business… Read more »
NRG Energy, Inc. has acquired San Francisco-based Solar Power Partners, a leading developer of commercial and industrial (C&I) distributed solar projects. In addition to 30 megawatts (MW) of distributed solar projects in operation or under construction, NRG also will secure development rights to Solar Power Partners’ extensive pipeline of development projects in California, Hawaii, Arizona,… Read more »
DEICHMANN is installing a 605 kWp system, supplied by the Ravensburg photovoltaic specialist, on the roof of its logistics center in Soltau, where the MAGE POWERTEC PLUS modules will generate over 540,000 kWh of green electricity per year. Ravensburg (Germany), November 22, 2011 – MAGE SOLAR AG, part of the global MAGE GROUP, has supplied… Read more »
Intersolar India kicks off on December 14 at Bombay Exhibition Center (BEC) in Mumbai. Three years after its creation, India’s international exhibition and conference for the solar industry continues on its strong upward trend and is pleased to announce a near 100% increase of exhibition space com-pared to last year, totaling 20,000 square meters. Over… Read more »
The investment company ForVEI (a joint venture whose main direct and indirect stockholders are Palladio Finanziaria SpA, Assicurazioni Generali SpA, Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Quercus Asset Selection Sarl, and Foresight Solar VCT plc), has acquired another two solar PV facilities for 7.93 MW developed by OPDE Group in the Italian region of Piedmont. The transaction, financed… Read more »
Four module types from aleo solar AG] have passed the ammonia resistance test by SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA. The certificate from the independent Swiss testing institute proves that the aleo modules can withstand the effects of stable air for a period of at least 20 years – the ammonia vapours do not cause… Read more »
The solar technology company SOLON has sold a solar power plant with a capacity of 2.72 MW in the southern Italian region of Apulia. The buyer is a Berlin-based family office. The power plant, located in the small town of Orta Nova, has an annual output of just under 4,000 megawatt hours of electricity. This… Read more »
aleo solar AG supplied the Italian city of Vittorio Veneto with premium solar modules for a 1-Megawatt solar park as well as a complete financing service package. The city of Vittorio Veneto operates the solar power plant. “Together with the installer and aleo-partner Ailita Engineering S.r.l. as well as the Bank BIIS – Banca Infrastrutture… Read more »
SOLON SE will supply solar modules for a 5.5 MW power plant in Scheibenberg, Saxony (Germany). The plant will be built on an 11.4 hectare area that was previously used for agriculture and is due to be finished and connected to the grid by the end of the year. It will generate enough electricity for… Read more »
centrotherm photovoltaics AG has confirmed the preliminary results that it announced on October 28. The globally leading international technology and equipment supplier for the photovoltaics sector grew its consolidated revenue by 38.7 percent to reach EUR 635.7 million in the first nine months of 2011 (prioryear period: EUR 458.4 million), thereby already exceeding its reported… Read more »
PROINSO, a company selling modules, inverters, solar trackers and fixed structures for solar photovoltaic installations, has recently launched PROINSO STORE, an innovative online store that will supply photovoltaic products from leading brands in the American, Spanish, German, and Italian markets first and then in other European markets like the UK, France or Greece, all countries… Read more »
From the second half of the 2011/12 season onwards, SC Freiburg will play its home matches in the MAGE SOLAR Stadium. The partners announced this officially at a press conference on November 10, 2011 in Freiburg. Freiburg / Ravensburg (Germany) November 10, 2011 – MAGE SOLAR AG, headquartered in Ravensburg, is expanding its commitment as… Read more »
Positive EBIT of EUR 1.7 million for 3rd quarter (previous year EUR 3.2 million) Almost three-quarters of revenue generated outside Germany Long-term focus on quality roof systems proving to be a successful business model Guidance for full year confirmed CENTROSOLAR Group AG defied the market trend to achieve a positive third-quarter operating result of EUR… Read more »
aleo solar AG today announced that it generated revenue of EUR 344.6 million in the first nine months of 2011. This means that aleo solar’s revenue decreased by 16.4% compared with the first nine months of 2010 (EUR 412.1 million). Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) came in at EUR 7.4 million (EUR 40.3 million),… Read more »
Theodor (Ted) Scheidegger (53) will become CEO of the Solar & Hydro Division of Siemens Energy. Scheidegger previously held executive positions in various companies, most recently as CEO of Sovello AG, one of the leading integrated suppliers of solar wafers, and solar cells and modules. “We’re pleased to have secured a recognized leader with international… Read more »
aleo solar AG, together with its partner UK Solar Provider Ltd., offers technical solutions to help customers across the UK take advantage of their own self-generated solar electricity. Since May 2011, a 95-kilowatt system installed on a barn roof in South Cambridgeshire has been producing enough electricity to power farm operations such as grain drying… Read more »
Profit warning by Roth & Rau AG regarding the 3rd quarter 2011 Earnings of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd at EBITDA level only marginally affected Re-evaluation of participation in Roth & Rau within the scope of consolidation Control and/or Profit Transfer Agreement with Roth & Rau AG will not be further pursued Meyer Burger Technology Ltd… Read more »
From December 7-9, 2011, for the first time, the international solar industry assembling at Beijing’s China National Convention Center for Intersolar China, where the event makes its inauguration to the upcoming solar market in Eastern Asia. The 7,500 visitors already anticipated to attend the debuting Intersolar China underline the growing importance of the Chinese market…. Read more »
Engineered Conductive Materials, LLC, a leading global supplier of conductive interconnect materials for photovoltaic applications, introduces its DB-1588 low-cost conductive adhesive for back contact applications in crystalline silicon solar modules. The new line of conductive adhesives is designed to make contact from vias or other conductors in the solar cells to the back contact sheet…. Read more »
Technology company GP Solar GmbH of Constance, Germany has been awarded the prestigious iF product design award for its laboratory measuring device GP ISO-TEST .Waf. In awarding the design prize, created in 1953, the jury not only took into account the sleek exterior of the measuring device but also its functionality, level of innovation, and… Read more »
• 45,000 modules for the Solarpark Roitzsch in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld• Construction to begin in October, completion expected by the end of 2011• Partners improve their position in the area of PV projects, joint building of additional solar parks planned Mainz/Hamburg/Sandersdorf-Brehna, November 4, 2011 – In October and November, 2011, SCHOTT Solar AG will… Read more »
the Austrian customers of Donauer Solartechnik have had a direct partner on location: Andreas Wimplinger heads the new sales office in the Upper-Austrian district of Waldzell. Donauer Solartechnik has been active in the Alpine republic for more than five years. Formerly, however, the wholesaler took care of the customers there from its headquarters in Bavaria,… Read more »
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS) received an order for one SINGULAR PECVD tool for silicon wafer solar cell fabrication from the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS). SINGULAR is a coating tool for the application of anti-reflection coatings (ARCs) on crystalline silicon solar cells. To reduce the cost of PV electricity and to obtain continuous improvements… Read more »
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 »