Category: Solar

Meyer Burger presents new features for solar modules and optimized solar roof tiles at Intersolar Europe

Meyer Burger stands for market-leading energy yield from the same surface area, as demonstrated with its new module generation: At this year’s Intersolar trade fair in Munich from May 11 to 13, the company will be presenting a further evolution of its innovative product portfolio. A new generation of the proven Heterojunction/SmartWire solar modules Meyer… Read more »

Jurchen Technology and Stäubli partnering for the manufacturing of two new TÜV-certified cabling products

We are excited to announce Jurchen Technology’s new partnership with Stäubli to serve the market with high quality, certified eBoS Products and Solutions. Both Companies will serve the market under its own brand. By teaming up for this offering, two experts meet. The Stäubli know-how in developing advanced contact technology and designing quality products pairs… Read more »

Intelligent photovoltaic solutions

Huawei Smart photovoltaic (PV) solutions take solar technology to the next level. Simple monitoring of PV systems makes it possible to gauge operation and identify potential for optimisation. Smart technology from Huawei can also help increase efficiency, ensuring maximum return on investment. As an international leader in advanced and efficient solar technology, Huawei’s inverters, optimisers,… Read more »

IBC SOLAR at Intersolar 2022

Bad Staffelstein, 26 April 2022 – At Intersolar Europe 2022 from 11 to 13 May 2022, IBC SOLAR, a leading full-service provider of SOLAR energy solutions will exhibit solutions of its three business areas: residential, commercial & industrial and powerplants. In addition, the company is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and is underscoring its… Read more »

Meyer Burger is developing additional production capacity for solar modules in Germany, thereby optimizing the expansion to 1.4 gigawatts for 2023

Meyer Burger Technology AG is developing a new module production facility with an additional 400 Megawatts (MW) at the Freiberg (Germany) site, using space in its logistics center in the immediate proximity of the existing plant. To this end, the company is using solar cell capacities from the production site in Thalheim (Bitterfeld-Wolfen) that are… Read more »

Italian factory sets the benchmark for carbon reductions – Mission to Net Zero achieved through upgrades and digitalisation that deliver a 25 percent reduction in carbon emissions across the facility

ABB’s 45,000 sq m facility in Dalmine, Italy, is proving that green factories don’t necessarily have to be new build factories, as investments in energy efficient technology and digitalization enabled the historical Medium Voltage (MV) circuit breaker and switchgear manufacturing site achieve Mission to Zero status. Mission to Zero is part of ABB’s journey toward… Read more »

BayWa r.e. sets up its first floating solar farm in Thailand with UBE

Bangkok, 19 April 2022: Renewables firm BayWa r.e. has worked with one of Thailand’s leading manufacturers and distributors of processed cassava products – Ubon Bio Ethanol PCL (UBE) to set up its first floating solar platform in Ubon Ratchathani,  The Floating Photovoltaic farm, often termed “floatovoltaic”, is expected to generate 2.3 MW or about 4,440… Read more »

Tigo Energy Expands Rapid Shutdown Leadership Through Licensing and Sales Agreement

CAMPBELL, Calif. — April 12, 2022 — Tigo Energy, Inc., the solar industry’s leading Flex MLPE (Module Level Power Electronics) supplier, today announced a commercial technology licensing agreement with QC Solar, a leading manufacturer of solar PV connectors and PV module junction box products headquartered in Suzhou, China. The licensing agreement enables QC Solar to… Read more »

ABB invests $1.1 million to meet record demand for Medium Voltage sensors

ABB has invested 1.1 million USD in a new, state-of-the-art sensor production line at its Brno Instrument Transformers and Sensors factory in the Czech Republic. At 15,000 sq. meters, Brno is already the world’s largest facility of its kind. The new production line will ramp up the scale and pace of Medium Voltage (MV) sensor… Read more »

Qcells retains No.1 market share spot in U.S. residential and commercial PV module segments

Latest U.S. PV Leaderboard report by Wood Mackenzie solidifies Qcells as a sustained market leader [Irvine, United States, April 11, 2022] Qcells today announced that it has retained its top market share in the U.S. residential and commercial solar module markets, underscoring the Company’s consistent leadership in the industry. According to the Q1 2022 U.S…. Read more »

Qcells Unveils New Brand Identity

In line with its ultimate goal to become a complete clean energy solutions provider, Qcells reforms its brand identity by showcasing a new logo, core values, mission and slogan. [Seoul, Korea, April 5, 2022] Long recognized as a prominent global solar panel manufacturer, Qcells, driven by its commitment to make yet another significant leap into… Read more »

Solar targets welcomed – but more action needed

Pioneering battery and energy storage company AceOn today said suggestions the government wants to triple the number of solar panels across the UK by 2030 were welcome — but warned that targets alone would not solve the UK’s energy crisis. Leaked details ahead of the publication of the Government’s energy security white paper suggest that… Read more »

Anesco expands into Europe with launch of Anesco Netherlands

UK renewables developer and service provider, Anesco, is powering up its international expansion plans with the launch of its first subsidiary outside the UK, Anesco Netherlands. Wouter Beerten joins the company as Director of Anesco Netherlands and will head up the business from its newly opened Amsterdam office. Having worked in the solar and utilities… Read more »

Hanwha pledges commitment to build a fully American solar supply chain

Hanwha Solutions to become the largest shareholder of Norway-based U.S. polysilicon manufacturer REC Silicon after acquiring an additional 4.67% stake from Aker Horizons, increasing total investment to $204 million and ownership share to 21.34%. Seoul, South Korea, March 23, 2022 – The United States solar industry is at a critical juncture. Despite long-term efforts to… Read more »

Fraunhofer LeTID test confirms top quality of IBC SOLAR modules

Modules of IBC SOLAR’s own brand show particularly high performance-stability in Fraunhofer CSP’s LeTID test. Bad Staffelstein, March 22, 2022 – IBC SOLAR, a leading global provider of photovoltaics (PV) and energy storage, impresses with its own-brand modules in a LeTID test conducted by the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP. Specifically, the research institution… Read more »

ABB Turbocharging launches digital suite to help ships cut fuel consumption by up to 20 percent

ABB Ability™ Tekomar XPERT marine is a digital suite delivering powerful insights into vessel performance, as well as CO2 emissions monitoring and reporting ABB estimates that deeper insights into a vessel’s operational data enabled by Tekomar XPERT marine can provide up to 20 percent fuel reduction, cutting costs and emissions as a result The digital marine… Read more »

Delta to Showcase New High-Performance M100A Flex 3-Phase Inverters at Solar Solutions International 2022

Delta Electronics, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, will be exhibiting its new solar photovoltaic inverters at Solar Solutions International 2022, hosted in Expo Haarlemmermeer, from 12-14 April, 2022. Delta will spotlight a new series of inverters, ranging from 15 kW up to 250 kW, offering a complete solution for residential, commercial… Read more »

For more efficiency and transparency: meteocontrol and GP JOULE SERVICE cooperate on remote monitoring software

Augsburg/Germany, March 22nd, 2022. GP JOULE SERVICE is now using the VCOM Cloud monitoring tool from meteocontrol in its solar control room. For this purpose, the technical and commercial operations manager for megawatt-class wind and PV plants in Germany and Europe has migrated its total portfolio of around 500 MWp to the VCOM Cloud, thus… Read more »

Rotary screen printing boosts cycle times

Currently, flatbed screen printing is the standard process used for the metallization of silicon solar cells and many other electronic components. Using a new production machine developed jointly with ASYS Automatisierungssysteme GmbH, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have now managed to increase the print throughput by a factor of 1.5…. Read more »

TrinaTracker Brings Love and Support to Kalenjin Tribes in Kenya

March 21st, 2022 – TrinaTracker, a leading tracker manufacturer and business unit of Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (SHA:688599), has completed the delivery and construction of three PV power plants for Radiant, Eldosol, and Kesses in Kenya. These projects are located in Uasin Gishu County, with a total installed capacity of 155 MW. Unlike usual, in… Read more »

Rotary screen printing boosts cycle times

Currently, flatbed screen printing is the standard process used for the metallization of silicon solar cells and many other electronic components. Using a new production machine developed jointly with ASYS Automatisierungssysteme GmbH, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have now managed to increase the print throughput by a factor of 1.5…. Read more »

Q CELLS wins LONGi’s appeal in Dutch Court, scope of the cross-border injunction extended

Court of Appeal of The Hague in the Netherlands expands scope of the cross-border injunction previously imposed on LONGi NL by the Preliminary Relief Judge of the Rotterdam District Court, issuing a preliminary judgment that prohibits LONGi from directly or indirectly infringing the patent owned by Hanwha Solutions Corporation in 11 European countries. Dutch subsidiary… Read more »

FIMER TO POWER UP SOLAR ISTANBUL FAIR 2022 WITH ITS INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

Global renewable energy equipment manufacturer FIMER is preparing to exhibit its innovative solar solutions and EVI technologies at Istanbul Fair 2022, Solar Energy, Storage, E-Mobility and Digitalization Exhibition Conference, from 23rd to 26th March. At Solar Istanbul Fair, FIMER will be showcasing its portfolio for the solar and EVI markets including: The FIMER PVS-10/12.5/15-TL is… Read more »

Ingeteam is supplying its solar inverters for two Mercury Renew projects in Brazil, totaling 210 MWp

Ingeteam’s Power station at the Bon Nome PV plant, the property of Mercury Renew, a Grupo Comerc Energia company. The supply is divided into two PV plants: Brígida (80 MWp) and Bon Nome (130 MWp). The solar inverters were manufactured at Ingeteam’s PV plant located in the state of São Paulo, and the medium voltage… Read more »

Monitoring of photovoltaic systems: Celsia S.A. opts for meteocontrol

Augsburg/Medellín (Colombia), 10.03.2022 – With immediate effect, meteocontrol GmbH and Celsia S.A. are entering into a cooperation with Colombia and the whole of Central America: In future, the Colombian energy supply company will monitor its entire portfolio of photovoltaic plants with meteocontrol’s VCOM Cloud system. The system also centralizes and facilitates control, maintenance and repair… Read more »

DEPCOM Power Expands Energy Storage Capabilities

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 7, 2022 — DEPCOM Power Inc. (DEPCOM), a subsidiary of Koch Engineered Solutions LLC — a unit of Koch Industries Inc. (Koch) — announces its energy storage division has expanded its portfolio to 650MWhr of projects in execution. The EPC and O&M leader brings a legacy of more than 4GW of utility… Read more »

Anesco gets the green light for trio of solar farms

Anesco has secured planning approval for a trio of solar farms in the UK, as investor appetite for large scale solar and storage projects continues to soar. Construction of the first solar farm, High Meadow 2, a 10MW solar development in Stockton-on-Tees, will get underway in April. While ground will be broken on the two… Read more »

Tigo Energy Installers Empowered with Financing Options from Dividend Finance

Dividend Finance adds Tigo Energy Intelligence residential solar solution to Approved Vendor List for U.S. solar installers. Campbell, CA, March 1, 2022 — Tigo Energy, Inc., the solar industry’s worldwide leader in Flex MLPE (Module Level Power Electronics), today announced that its Energy Intelligence (EI) residential solar solution has been added to the Approved Vendor… Read more »

Ingeteam solar inverters in North Macedonia’s first utility-scale solar PV plant

The solar project has been financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Ingeteam. 3st of March, 2022. North Macedonia’s first large-scale photovoltaic plant is already under construction, and about to be completed. The Oslomej solar project, financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), has been built alongside a coal-fired power… Read more »

World’s first flexible solar manufacturing facility to use micro-groove technology opens in the UK

Durham, UK, [24 February 2022]: Today, Power Roll opens its solar film manufacturing facility in County Durham. It is the first facility in the world to produce low-cost, lightweight, flexible solar film using Power Roll’s patented micro-groove technology. Located on a former colliery site, the pilot manufacturing facility is a milestone in the evolution of… Read more »

World’s first flexible solar manufacturing facility to use micro-groove technology opens in the UK

Durham, UK, [24 February 2022]: Today, Power Roll opens its solar film manufacturing facility in County Durham. It is the first facility in the world to produce low-cost, lightweight, flexible solar film using Power Roll’s patented micro-groove technology. Located on a former colliery site, the pilot manufacturing facility is a milestone in the evolution of… Read more »

Enel gives world’s oldest geothermal energy plant a new lease of life

To ensure continuous power supply and reduce outages, Enel Green Power has upgraded its 60 MW geothermal plant in Farinello, Tuscany with ABB’s VD4G MV state-of-the-art generator circuit breakers. The site, which has been active since 1995, is part of the oldest geothermal complex in the world. The facility’s 34 geothermal power plants supply more… Read more »

SC Freiburg implements world’s largest photovoltaic system on a stadium roof with Meyer Burger solar modules

Meyer Burger supplies over 6,000 high-performance modules “Made in Germany” for SC Freiburg’s Europa Park stadium The solar installation will produce around 2.3 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year and thus cover the annual electricity requirements of the German Bundesliga soccer team in a climate-neutral manner The project proves that Meyer Burger’s high-performance modules,… Read more »

SolarEdge Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results

MILPITAS, Calif. — February 15, 2022. SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEDG), a global leader in smart energy technology, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021. Fourth Quarter 2021 Highlights •    Record revenues of $551.9 million •    Record revenues from solar segment of $502.7 million •    GAAP gross… Read more »

Q CELLS scales new heights in power and efficiency with launch of Q.PEAK DUO-G10 module

The latest version of Q CELLS’ award-winning Q.PEAK DUO module series – the G10 – use larger wafers to pack in more power than ever. [Berlin, Germany, February 15, 2022] European markets are poised to welcome Q CELLS’ more powerful solar module ever this month as the Q.PEAK DUO-G10 series enters the fray across the… Read more »