Category: Solar

Imeon Energy announces compatibility of its Hybrid Solar Inverters with Dyness Energy Storage Systems.

The compatibility of Imeon solar inverters and Dyness’s lithium batteries, certified by both actors, allows Imeon Energy to better meet the expectations of its customers who look for safe, reliable storage solution, which in case of Dyness’s product comes in an eye-catching IP65 enclosure. This compatibility gives Imeon Energy an opportunity to strengthen its position… Read more »

Ingeteam suppplies its technology to a 240 MWp solar PV plant in Vietnam

Ingeteam, 23 December 2019. Ingeteam has supplied its technology to a 240 MWp solar PV plant in Vietnam. The Xuan Thien Thuan Bac PV project is the largest one that Ingeteam has supplied to date for the solar sector in Southeast Asia. The company’s supply comprised forty 5 MW Inverter Stations, two 3.4 MW Inverter… Read more »

Q CELLS Modules Help Power Facebook Data Center

Walton EMC and Silicon Ranch Commissioned Project Serving Facebook’s Newton Data Center Using 102.5 Megawatt of Q CELLS Modules. [Irvine, United States, December 20, 2019] Q CELLS (or “The Company”), a world-leading total energy solutions provider, joined in celebrating the commissioning of the Bancroft Station Solar Farm on December 12th, Facebook’s first solar project in… Read more »

Meyer Burger divests Meyer Burger (Netherlands) B.V.

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) is selling its inkjet printing business (PiXDRO) located in Meyer Burger (Netherlands) B.V. in Eindhoven (NL) to Süss MicroTec SE headquartered in Germany. The approximately 30 employees will transer from Meyer Burger (Netherlands) B.V. to Süss MicroTec SE. The contract is subject to standard market completion conditions… Read more »

CCE Group officially announces the start of construction of its large-scale “La Huella” PV project.

Garsten, Austria, 18.12.2019. The Clean Capital Energy Group kicked off construction of the “La Huella” ground-mounted project in Chile at the end of November in a ground-breaking ceremony. Participants of the official ceremony included numerous senators, members of parliament and mayors from the region, alongside project managers of the CCE Group and of Spanish construction… Read more »

Pfeiffer Vacuum receives milestone award for vacuum technology

“PROCESS” trade magazine awards prizes for milestones in the fields of chemistry, pharmaceuticals and process engineering Pfeiffer Vacuum honored for its particular sensitivity to the wide-ranging vacuum technology requirements of the various industries Asslar, December 18, 2019. “Process”, the specialist media brand of the Vogel Communications Group, has taken its 25th anniversary as an opportunity… Read more »

Meyer Burger is consolidating its production capacities in Hohenstein-Ernstthal Closure of the site in Zülpich (Germany)

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd. (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today to completely discontinue its production site in Zülpich (Germany) by mid-2020. In the future, the systems for optical measuring and testing technologies for industrial manufacturing sold under the Hennecke brand will be produced entirely at Meyer Burger’s largest site in Hohenstein-Ernstthal using own resources. Around… Read more »

Q CELLS reaffirms commitment to innovation as brand reaches 20-year milestone in solar industry

Q CELLS reaffirms commitment to innovation as brand reaches 20-year milestone in solar industry Twenty years after the Q CELLS brand was born, the Company’s enduring technological excellence continues to shape the solar industry on a global scale. [Irvine, United States, December 17, 2019] Q  CELLS (or “The Company”), a world-leading total energy solutions provider… Read more »

ATLAS RENEWABLE ENERGY ANNOUNCES FOURTH PLANT IN BRAZIL REACHES COMMERCIAL OPERATION, GENERATING 275 GWH PER YEAR

With the addition of Sertão Solar Barreiras Complex, Atlas Renewable Energy now operates 421 MWp photovoltaic projects in the country. São Paulo, Brazil, December 17, 2019 – Atlas Renewable Energy, a leader in clean energy across Latin America, announces that its fourth project in Brazil, Sertão Solar Barreiras Complex, is fully operational. The plant has… Read more »

Pfeiffer Vacuum supplies leak detectors for the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator

Long-standing relationship between CERN and Pfeiffer Vacuum Vacuum technology for probing the fundamental structure of the universe Helium leak detector ASM 340 for the Large Hadron Collider Asslar, December 16, 2019. Pfeiffer Vacuum has received yet another major order for leak detectors from CERN. CERN is seated in Geneva on the Franco-Swiss border and is… Read more »

NextEnergy Solar Fund energises UK’s largest subsidy-free solar plant

Further to the announcement of 14 November 2019, NextEnergy Solar Fund today announces the energisation of Staughton, the UK’s largest subsidy-free solar plant with an installed capacity of 50MWp. The Staughton solar plant will cover the yearly electricity demand of approximately 15,000 UK households. It is largely located on a former airfield on the Bedfordshire/Cambridgeshire… Read more »

OPES Solutions Launches Lead-Free Soldering in Production

Berlin, 12 December 2019: OPES Solutions announces the mass production of lead-free soldered solar modules. By achieving lead-free soldering in the manufacturing process, the organization eliminates a harmful but common substance found in many solar production methods. By leading the way in the creation and application of environmentally solar panels, OPES has been able to… Read more »

LONGi receives CERTISOLIS low carbon footprint certification for its latest generation of high efficiency monocrystalline modules

Montpellier, France, December 11, 2019. LONGi Solar, the world’s leading solar technology company has received CERTISOLIS’ low carbon footprint certification for its latest generation of high-efficiency mono-crystalline modules. This is validation that LONGi’s PV solar products are qualified for France’s CRE projects and paves the way for LONGi to offer its customers high quality solar… Read more »

2019 China Awards: FuturaSun receives the award “ Top Investors in China”

The only European company that has found its place in China among the giants in the photovoltaic industry The 14th edition of the China Awards took place yesterday, 10 December 2019, at the Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia in Milan. FuturaSun, a company specialising in the design and manufacture of high-efficiency photovoltaic panels, received… Read more »

ABB powers pioneering floating solar plant in Switzerland

ABB partners with Romande Energie to supply its market leading inverter solutions for one of the world’s highest floating PV installations, which increases efficiency of DC production by up to 30 percent, even in the winter. The innovative solar plant, situated 1810 meters above sea level on the artificial Lac des Toules in Switzerland, is… Read more »

Eastern Europe’s Biggest NTOPCon Bifacial Solar Plant Joins the National Grid

KYIV, Ukraine, Nov. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Jolywood, world leading NTOPCon cells and modules manufacturer, announced that the biggest NTOPCon bifacial photovoltaic plant in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine has been connected to the national grid in October 2019. The Starosynyavs’kyi 5.6MW plant is the first NTOPCon bifacial solar plant in the country supplied with Jolywood D72N solar modules, and is… Read more »

Photon Energy Secures Long-Term Financing for Additional 20.1 MWp in Hungary

·        The financing has been completed with K&H Bank for 29 individual KÁT-licensed power plants with a combined capacity of 20.1 MWp in six different locations ·        The  long-term, non-recourse project financing agreement of up to 5.93 billion HUF (17.9 million EUR) has been signed for a period of 15 years Amsterdam – 10 December… Read more »

BYD expands production capacity and announces next generation Battery-Box Premium

New automated production line can be scaled up to 10 times of the current system capacity per month, enabling BYD to deliver more systems than any other provider Shenzhen, Dec. 05, 2019 – The Battery-Box product line by BYD Co. Ltd., one of the world’s largest manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, has been received with great… Read more »

NICE Solar Energy sets new world record with CIGS thin-film solar module with 17.6 % efficiency

As the leading international R&D and manufacturing company of CIGS thin-film photovoltaic modules, NICE Solar Energy is proud to announce a new world record for CIGS thin-film solar modules with a total area efficiency of 17.6%. TÜV Rheinland has confirmed the record efficiency. May 2017 marked the beginning of a new era, when the China-Germany… Read more »

meteocontrol and Solcast form partnership: Location-specific solar irradiance data and yield simulations for photovoltaic systems around the world

High-precision satellite solar irradiance data for the VCOM Cloud Augsburg/Sydney, December 4, 2019 – meteocontrol GmbH, one of the leading global providers of independent monitoring solutions for PV systems, has partnered with Solcast: The Australian service provider of satellite data delivers high-precision irradiance data for every system location around the world. meteocontrol uses these data… Read more »

Octopus switches on seven new subsidy-free solar PV plants in Italy

4 December 2019 – Octopus Renewables, part of Octopus Group, has today announced that energy generation has commenced from seven solar PV plants in Italy totalling 70MW, providing the equivalent carbon saving of planting 25,000 acres of forest from just 300 acres of land. The plants are based near Cagliari on the island of Sardinia… Read more »

EES EUROPE 2020: THE STORAGE INDUSTRY IS PROFITING FROM THE BOOM IN RENEWABLE ENERGIES

Munich/Pforzheim, December 3, 2019 – After remaining at a stable yet high level in 2018, the global expansion in renewable energy capacity started to pick up speed again this year. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the deployment of new capacity will have increased by just under 12 percent in 2019 compared to the previous… Read more »

Total announces the solarization of its largest lubricants plant worldwide, located in Singapore

SINGAPORE: 8 October – On 8 October, Total announced the solarization of its largest state-of- the-art lubricants oil blending plant, located in Singapore. The Tuas plant produces lubricants used mainly for automotive market, as well as industrial and marine applications in the ASEAN market. It has an annual production capacity of 310,000 metric tons. The… Read more »

1,955 GW of Solar PV Is Expected to Be Installed Between 2019 and 2028

A new report from Navigant Research presents a forecast of installed capacity, system prices, application segments, and revenue for the global solar PV (SPV) market through 2028. The global market for annual solar PV installations has crossed the 100 GW milestone. As the market for SPV has grown in the past decade, the need for transparency and… Read more »

Ingeteam’s hybrid inverter compatible with Pylontech’s HV batteries

Ingeteam and Pylontech have tested and certified, at their respective R&D laboratories, the compatibility of Ingeteam’s hybrid inverter (PV inverter + batteries) with Pylontech’s HV batteries. Specifically, the INGECON® SUN STORAGE 1Play inverter and the POWERCUBE X1/X2 and FORCE H1/H2 batteries were tested. The use of Ingeteam’s hybrid inverter together with Pylontech’s batteries makes it… Read more »

Solar Support Debuts Inverter and Plant Restoration Services

Solar Support, an engineering services company, officially launches its integrated equipment and plant restoration and recovery solution. Working with some of the leading O&M providers in the country, Solar Support combines deep inverter expertise with construction management acumen to resolve complex issues for utility systems. The company delivers remote and on-site diagnostics and issue resolution to… Read more »

Silfab and Eurotron has entered into a strategic collaboration

Silfab and Eurotron have teamed up to introduce back-contact PV modules in North America. A unique collaboration between Eurotron, a global leader in equipment for manufacturing of back-contact PV modules and Silfab Solar, a North American leading manufacturer of premium quality PV modules. At their Bellingham factory, Silfab Solar is dedicated to produce PV modules… Read more »

Isotrol opens a new office in Canada

Isotrol, experts in developing technology for the international energy sector, has opened a new office in Canada. By opening this office in Calgary, Alberta, the Spanish company has consolidated in the North American market, where it has owned a permanent office in Boston, Massachusetts, since 2014. Recently, Isotrol was selected to install Bluence, its renewable… Read more »

innogy delivers solar power to Audax Renovables

Audax Renovables S.A. has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with innogy regarding the supply of green power from innogy’s 50 Megawatt (MW) Alarcos solar plant. The agreement will cover an important part of the electricity that Audax needs to supply its Spanish customers with 100% green power. The long-term contract will run for 10 years… Read more »

Succession solution for EPP Electronic Production Partners GmbH

EPP, a high-tech systems supplier in the electronics industry, is stepping into the future and setting up the succession of its current owners early on. They found the ideal buyer – Photonics Systems Group, a leading manufacturer of micro-materials processing laser machines. With this takeover, Photonics Systems Group is strengthening its operations in the electronics… Read more »

Navigating Sand, Wind, & Heat Successfully on Utility-Scale Solar Projects in the MENA Region

Join NEXTracker at Solar Asset Management MENA 2019 With close to 3 gigawatts of smart solar trackers installed in the MEIAT (Middle East India Turkey) region, we know the terrain and environmental parameters driving our award-winning design. Come hear VP Asset Management, Marty Rogers discuss O&M lessons learned for the region, and the solar tracker… Read more »

SolarEdge Announces Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results Revenues surpass $1 billion in first three quarters of 2019

FREMONT, Calif. — November 6, 2019. SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEDG), a global leader in smart energy, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2019. Third Quarter 2019 Highlights Record revenues of $410.6 million Record revenues from solar products of $387.8 million GAAP gross margin of 33.9% GAAP gross margin… Read more »

LONGi receives “Best Equipment Supplier Award” from world energy giant Iberdrola in Spain

6th November, Xi ́an (CHINA) – LONGi has been elected as “Best Equipment Supplier” by world energy giant Iberdrola at the “Supplier of the Year Awards 2019” ceremony held on 10th October in Bilbao, Spain. The award for “Best Equipment Supplier” has been awarded to LONGi, recognized for its firm commitment to product value creation… Read more »

Construction work begins on the Spanish photovoltaic green field installation with a peak power of 40 megawatts

Athos Solar realises a large-scale subsidy-free project with over 105,000 modules In the southern Spanish province of Castile-La Mancha, construction began at the end of October 2019 on a large-scale photovoltaic installation on a 90-hectare green field site. With over 105,000 PV modules, the solar park will generate over 80 million kilowatt hours of climate-friendly… Read more »

DROPSAFE CHOSEN BY MSS TO SUPPLY DROPPED OBJECT PREVENTION SOLUTIONS IN NORWEGIAN MARKET

Dropsafe’s partnership with Norwegian distributor Module Solutions and Systems (MSS) will enable increased adoption of Drops prevention solutions in a crucial market Norway, 6th November 2019 – Dropsafe, the leading provider of Dropped Objects (Drops) prevention in the global Oil & Gas and offshore wind markets, has signed a new distribution agreement with MSS, an innovative provider… Read more »

Ginlong Solis Reports Best Revenues Ever with Third Quarter Results Up 82%

Zhejiang, China and Dublin, Ohio — November 5, 2019. Ginlong Technologies (Stock Code: 300763.SZ), manufacturer of the Solis string inverter, announced in its Q3 financial report today its best quarter since its 2005 founding. The only publicly-traded company focused exclusively on PV string inverters, Ginlong recorded third quarter revenues of $52 million USD — more… Read more »