Synhelion and Empa are conducting a joint research project, co-funded by the Swiss Innovation Agency Innosuisse, to further develop a high-temperature energy storage solution that is a key component in the production of climate-friendly solar fuels. The project will enable the cost-effective and scalable storage of high-temperature solar heat at over 1’000 °C for the first… Read more »
Lachen, Germany, July 6, 2021. The construction machinery group United Motors & Heavy Equipment Co LLC (UMHE) from United Arab Emirates – U.A.E. is now exclusively selling SunBrush® mobil cleaning machines in the Middle East. As a full service partner, UMHE is also responsible for installing and commissioning as well as servicing and maintaining all… Read more »
By connecting the devices and software platforms of both companies, Q CELLS and Samsung Electronics will build ‘Zero Energy Homes’ for energy independence and carbon reduction, creating synergy in the global residential energy market. [Seoul, South Korea, July 5, 2021] Q CELLS has announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with… Read more »
Floating photovoltaic power plants can contribute to the expansion of renewable energy without taking up land. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, RWE Renewables and the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) are working together to further develop this innovative technology with other partners. In the joint research project PV2Float, the partners are… Read more »
Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) power prices have continued to rise in Q221, reaching the highest level since our records began in Q212, according to the latest research from Cornwall Insight’s Pricing in the SME power market report. Over the past quarter, prices have increased by 5.82% to average at 18.99p/kWh at the PC3 6MWh… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX: MBTN, “Meyer Burger” or the “Company”) today announces the launch of concurrent non-public offerings to professional investors of up to 160 million newly issued registered shares with a nominal value of CHF 0.05 per share (the “New Shares”) and approx. EUR 125 million green senior unsecured guaranteed convertible bonds due… Read more »
Bad Staffelstein / Germany – IBC SOLAR AG, a global leader in photovoltaic (PV) systems and energy storage, announces personnel and structural changes to the company’s management. Mr. Patrik Danz will complete the corporate management of IBC SOLAR AG as Chief Sales Officer (CSO). Together with the board members Stefan Horstmann (COO), Lars Degendorfer (CFO) and… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX: MBTN, “Meyer Burger” or the “Company”) today announces that it has successfully raised CHF 80 million through the placement of 155,339,805 newly issued registered shares with a nominal value of CHF 0.05 per share (the “New Shares”), by way of an accelerated bookbuilding. Additionally, Meyer Burger’s German subsidiary MBT Systems… Read more »
(Wels, 06/29/2021) Austrian energy solutions expert Fronius is installing the first H2 customer system in Austria. The Fronius Solhub is a system solution for the local production, storage, and use of green hydrogen. The customer is the SAN Group, which in the future will produce up to 100 kg of green hydrogen per day at its… Read more »
In addition to the classical applications for solar cells on roofs and open spaces, photovoltaic devices can also be used with laser light for efficient power transmission. At the 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE recently presented how they were able to achieve a record conversion… Read more »
Power Oscillation damping guards against fluctuations in the power supply New solution uses the power plants centralized control and eliminates the need for additional equipment, saving costsBARCELONA, Spain, 28 June, 2021. GreenPowerMonitor, DNV’s integrated solution provider for the management and maintenance of renewable power installations, today launches the world’s most advanced solution to guard against… Read more »
More resource-efficient, sustainable production of lithium-ion batteries A better understanding of materials will make lithium-ion batteries safer and more efficient “NanoMatFutur” competition for young researchers, organized by the Ministry of Education and Research Asslar, Germany, June 28, 2021. Kems4Bats is the name of a new junior research group of the German Federal Ministry of Education… Read more »
Yotta Partners with APsystems to Deliver Advanced Inverter Technology AUSTIN, Texas – June 22, 2021 – Yotta Energy, a cutting-edge energy storage solutions provider, announced today its partnership with APsystems and the official unveiling of its Dual- Power Inverter, Yotta DPITM. This collaboration further streamlines the energy storage installation process and makes solar PV systems… Read more »
Westa.Solar has delivered its first 500kWp solar PPA project to Petrichor Industries in Nigeria RP Global, a leading renewable energy developer and investor, and OOLU, leader in energy access solutions in West Africa, announce the launch of Westa.Solar, a Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Solar Venture in West Africa, and the deployment of its first solar… Read more »
Global Online Shop Provides Installers with Components for Solar and Smart Energy Systems The German e-commerce specialist emerce expands its international presence to Ireland. Offering a broad portfolio of solar components for residential and small commercial PV plants and EV chargers, the B2B online marketplace is well-positioned to support Ireland in its energy transition. Founded… Read more »
Renewables projects labelled as “scoping” currently represents 50% or 48.9GW of the total viable pipeline capacity*, according to the latest analysis from Cornwall Insight. Of this 48.9GW “scoping” total, 38.6GW is from offshore wind, 5.0GW from battery projects, 3.0GW from onshore wind and 1.5GW from solar PV. This includes some of the successful projects in… Read more »
Leading tier one global solar inverter supplier, FIMER, has announced the launch of two new platforms for the utility-scale sector – a high-power multi-MPPT string inverter and a modular conversion solution – which are designed to cater for both decentralized and centralized applications covering 100 percent of utility applications. With the most recent Renewable Energy… Read more »
Verano Capital, a renewable energy project developer headquartered in Chile, and Yinson Renewables Pte Ltd, a global Independent Power Producer (IPP) which is part of the Yinson Holdings Berhad group, have agreed to collaborate on renewable energy projects in Chile, Colombia and Peru. The collaboration initially targets to progress a pipeline of over 800MW of… Read more »
Agrimess, a Swiss company based in Ticino, has equipped their headquarters with an IMEON X-Trem Energy Storage System (ESS) in April this year. The solution will make the company self-sufficient in electricity. In December 2014 the company invested in a rooftop photovoltaic installation dedicated to self-consumption. Over the years, 20% of the production of the… Read more »
Worthen Industries has officially welcomed DSM Advanced Solar aboard, having successfully completed its acquisition announced on 11 March this year. As a result, EnduransTM Solar has been born: a new global entity stretching across three continents, combining the long-established technological, co-extrusion and production know-how of Worthen Industries with the solar materials expertise and polymer science… Read more »
The current market and options available for new-build renewables are inadequate to keep the UK on track to its net zero target. According to National Grid Future Energy Scenario (FES), the UK needs approximately 87-113GW (scenario dependent) of renewables capacity by 2030 and 197-231GW by 2050. That is an annual ramp rate of ~5GW. However,… Read more »
Historic rules ‘entirely contrary to government’s levelling-up commitments’, Scottish Renewables CEO says ‘Transmission Network Use of System’ charges are bad for consumers and climate commitments New report sets out TNUoS issue in simple terms A Committee of MPs has been told northern Great Britain is being “penalised to the tune of tens of millions of… Read more »
● UNOPS Sustainable Investments in Infrastructure and Innovation (S3i) has made equity investment in renewable energy. ● The deal supports India’s ambitious renewable targets and will provide clean electricity to half a million families. ● S3i helps structure deals and invests in sustainable infrastructure, and boosts impactful innovation, aiming to bring the Sustainable Development Goals… Read more »
SAN RAMON, C.A., June 8, 2021—LONGi Solar has received awards for outstanding PV solar module performance from two independent testing labs, demonstrating consistent quality of LONGi’s cutting-edge technology. PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), the leading independent test lab for the downstream solar industry, awarded LONGi “2021 Top Performer” status in its PV Module Reliability Scorecard for… Read more »
The Meyer Burger group closes a syndicated loan agreement for EUR 125 million and a factoring agreement for EUR 60 million. The debt financing of EUR 185 million serves to expand the annual production capacity to reach 1.4 GW of solar cells in Thalheim (Bitterfeld-Wolfen), Germany and 1 GW of modules in Freiberg, Germany. Meyer… Read more »
The world of photovoltaic aerial inspections is changing. Today the solar industry seems to have already gotten used to the new technologies that have taken over the market; inspections by drone and plant digitization. Plant owners and managers, if not already, are heading in this new direction, leaving manual inspections behind. Companies providing inspection and… Read more »
The power sector is undergoing a global transformation. Over the past decade, the costs of renewables have dropped substantially, solar power by as much as 80 percent. With the comprehensive knowledge and broad experience, Stäubli makes an important contribution to the PV industry and the vision of a more sustainable future. Renewable energy generation keeps… Read more »
PES had a great exchange with Tynan Coles, CEO at Soltaro. Did you know there are now smart batteries? It seems that we are in a period where software can be added to anything to improve performance. We heard today about the built in possibilities, which allow the user to control the output of the… Read more »
After establishing a solid position within residential solar markets across Europe, the commercial and utility scale sector has begun to strike up quite a liking for Solis. With a robust financial position, a focus on quality and customer service, the brand is fast becoming the inverter of choice for many large-scale solar developers. Building relationships… Read more »
There are 4 common types of maintenance: corrective maintenance, preventive maintenance, risk-based maintenance and condition-based maintenance. The solar panel cleaning robot from SolarCleano is one of the key elements of predictive maintenance for solar power plants. What is preventive maintenance? Preventive Maintenance, also referred to as PM, is a proactive maintenance strategy that involves regular… Read more »
When service providers assume responsibility for the investments of others, they’re certainly aware that they’re taking on a great deal of responsibility for the success. That’s why they carefully select the components and systems in order to not only achieve the desired result for the investors, but also create a cost-covering corporate structure in the… Read more »
Cutting-edge technology is combining with unmet demand in a now stagnant solar PV market to progress clean energy transitions. A new disruptive bifacial p-PERT PV cell technology, with over 90% bi-facility and higher stability, providing n-type Si performance in p-type silicon is coming to Europe and the U.S. Analysts predict that solar and wind energy… Read more »
There are a variety of field service applications across industries involved with power and energy solutions. The constant desire for efficiency motivates industry leaders to evaluate which technological advancements provide opportunities to optimize. Be it enterprise-level, commercial or utility-scale, field service plays a vital role for maintenance and repair. The availability of technology enriches performance… Read more »
Friedrich P Witek, Senior Manager at SENTECH, took time out to bring PES up-to-date with the progress of this innovative company. Their quality control (QC) solutions are second to none, rolled out world-wide and their market presence is rapidly expanding. They have come on leaps and bounds since our last interview in 2016. Read on… Read more »
After installing a new system, or maintaining an existing one, leaks occur frequently. This is often due to joining errors, or forgotten defective seals. Correct handling of helium leak detectors is crucial for finding these leaks and controlling equipment for tightness. The more is known about the physical phenomena underlying the leak test as well… Read more »
PES is thrilled to introduce both Norwegian Crystals AS, a new contributor to the solar value chain and Gøran Bye, a familiar name and the company’s CEO. With over 20 years of executive management and leadership experience within the PV industry in Europe, Asia, the US and the Middle East, he has now moved back… Read more »