High-profile solar projects within Central Europe are adopting high-voltage string inverter solutions such as ABB’s award winning PVS-175 to deploy highly efficient photovoltaic (PV) installations and improve yields. ABB high-voltage inverter technologies have been deployed within the Netherlands, Italy and Spain as utilities look to increase GW capacity on large-scale PV installations. In 2018, Europe… Read more »
· The seven power plants with a combined installed capacity of 4.9 MWp are located in Fertőd and Kuszentmárton, and are connected to the grids of E.ON Észak-dunántúli Áramhálózati Zrt and E.ON Tiszántúli Áramhálózati Zrt, respectively · The power plants expand Photon Energy’s installed base in Hungary to 24.1 MWp and its total proprietary portfolio… Read more »
New Delhi, 4th November, 2019: Vikram Solar, one of India’s leading module manufacturers and a prominent rooftop solar & EPC solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Ms Sweta Sultania as its Head of Corporate Finance. Ms Sultania comes with around 15 years of diverse experience in investment banking and corporate finance with extensive knowledge… Read more »
On July 22, 2019, Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced that it had signed an important framework contract with a solar cell manufacturing start-up company in North America for its heterojunction (HJT) core equipment. The contract volume is expected to reach around CHF 100 million and is subject to the customer successfully… Read more »
At the extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange MBTN) held on 30 October 2019, 306,733,596 registered shares were represented at the beginning of the Shareholders’ Meeting, corresponding to approximately 44.8% of the share capital registered in the commercial register. 391 shareholders attended the extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting. These shareholders and… Read more »
The second International Green Energy Development Conference in China (IGEDC) was held on 15th and 16th October in Yangzhong (China). A complete overview of the latest green technologies in urban development, a glimpse into the future to build an international dialogue platform for sustainable development. Alessandro Barin, CEO of FuturaSun, attended in his capacity as… Read more »
Leading solar cell manufacturers are ordering RENA machinery for a production capacity of over 10 GW State-of-the-art batch and inline machines for PERC technology Gütenbach, October 28, 2019: The machine manufacturer RENA Technologies GmbH has secured some substantial large-scale orders in the last three months for crystalline silicon solar cell production. The orders, placed by… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that it is selling its subsidiary AIS Automation Dresden GmbH (Germany) to S&T AG in Linz (Austria). The two companies signed a contract to this effect on October 24, 2019. S&T AG is taking over all business units of AIS as well as the roughly… Read more »
SmartestEnergy complete their first trade in the Balancing Mechanism. Having been issued a Bid Offer Acceptance (BOA) by National Grid at 9:23AM on the 23rd October, the next generation energy company dispatched 37MW into this near real-time market, this dispatch lasted 30 minutes at an accepted offer price of £74/MWh. With significant investment SmartestEnergy has… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) today announces the sale of its company building at the corporate headquarters in Gwatt (Thun) to Helvetica Swiss Commercial Fund (HSC Fund). The purchase price is CHF 42.5 million, of which around CHF 31 million will be transferred at the time of change of ownership, with the… Read more »
The recently achieved compatibility between IMEON solutions and Kilowatt Labs supercapacitor-based storage enables IMEON ENERGY to offer its customers an alternative to conventional electrochemical lead or lithium battery systems. This emerging storage technology provides many advantages over electrochemical batteries available on the market at this moment: The only storage product offering a 10-year warranty with… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) today announced that it has received a further partial order from its strategic partner Oxford PV. The order volume is around CHF 18 million. The new order comprises the expansion of the previously ordered heterojunction (HJT) key equipment into an integrated 125 MW production line for high-efficiency… Read more »
The Q.HOME+ ESS HYB-G2 energy storage system – Q CELLS’ first such product in the Australian market – will debut at the show, accompanied by a suite of the latest module technology. [Sydney, Australia, October 21, 2019] Q CELLS (or “The Company”), one of the largest solar cell and module manufacturers in the world and… Read more »
· Located in Monor, the eight power plants with a combined capacity of 5.6 MWp are connected to the grid of NKM Áramhálózati Kft · The power plants expand Photon Energy’s proprietary portfolio to 44.8 MWp · Total annual revenues of all eight power plants are expected to amount to EUR 680,000 Amsterdam – 21 October… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd. (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announces today that pioneering solar module manufacturer with Scandinavian heritage, REC Group, has started mass production of its new Alpha modules. This new generation of modules is manufactured on Meyer Burger HJT/SmartWire core equipment and features the world’s most powerful 60-cell solar panel and best-in-class power output… Read more »
Changzhou/Berlin, October 17, 2019 – OPES Solutions is introducing a series of new production solutions for the smart manufacturing of solar modules. The expansion is a response to the ever more diverse requirements for energy supply solutions in segments serving Energy Access and Smart City applications. The new solutions include a patented string multiplier capable… Read more »
Ranging from ‘storage’ to ‘rooftop solar’, Power Technology lists the top five solar power terms tweeted in Q3 2019, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform. These terms are trending industry discussions happening on Twitter by key individuals (influencers), as tracked by the platform. Storage – 238 mentions Solar power with storage capacity was one… Read more »
The 1130 kWp rooftop photovoltaic system at Wernhil Park shopping center in Windhoek, Namibia, entered commercial operation in the first week of October. CRONIMET Mining Power Solutions managed to complete the project within eight weeks and thus four weeks before the scheduled handover date. The plant in the heart of the Namibian capital will from… Read more »
PES talks to ADLER’s CEO, Helge Glück, about latest trends and new technologies in the ever-changing PV industry, and how the market for PV fuse links is adapting to the new safety and technological challenges. PES: Hi Helge, it’s a pleasure to welcome you to PES. To start us off could you give us an… Read more »
Hamburg/Munich, 14 October 2019. Solar energy has become the most competitive energy source. In off-grid energy systems, solar energy combined with conventional energy generation and battery storage can provide secure power during day and night. B2Gold Corp. (CA) operates the Fekola gold mine in Mali, West Africa. Suntrace GmbH with its partner BayWa r.e. had… Read more »
Luxcara, one of the leading asset managers for renewable energy investments, has again pioneered the structuring of project financing solutions. A Spanish solar project in Luxcara’s portfolio has issued debt in accordance with the German Investment Ordinance for infrastructure debt, section 2 (1) no. 4c. Luxcara advised on structuring the project financing, which privately placed… Read more »
On 31 October, international renewable energy developers will submit proposals to Abu Dhabi to develop a 2 gigawatt (GW) solar scheme in the emirate – the biggest single-site solar project in the world. Andrew Roscoe, Editor at GlobalData’s MEED energy comments: “The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is now a leading player in the development of… Read more »
Geislingen-Binsdorf, October 11, 2019: Solare Datensysteme GmbH (SDS), the energy management company owned by BKW AG, announced that effective immediately, CEO of Strategy, Finance & HR Brigitte Beck will assume the overall management of SDS. Brigitte Beck will be taking over the Engineering & Operations divisions previously directed by Dr. Frank Schlichting. “Dr. Frank Schlichting… Read more »
Series production has already started, with an order for 200 units for Brazil Pamplona, Spain. XX October, 2019. Ingeteam is finalizing the launch of its new INGECON® SUN 160TL photovoltaic string inverter, offering the possibility of achieving a power output of 160 kWAC in a single 75kg/165lbs unit. This inverter, which has already been physically… Read more »
Shenzhen and Jinan, China (October 7, 2019) – SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”) (NASDAQ: SEDG), a global leader in smart energy, announced today that it has filed three lawsuits for patent infringement against Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., a Chinese entity. SolarEdge is evaluating filing additional actions to protect its patents. The lawsuits, filed in the Regional… Read more »
Luxcara, one of the leading asset managers for renewable energy investments, has acquired another solar project in Andalusia in Southern Spain. The solar project Utrilla is situated adjacent to the solar farm El Salobral, whose acquisition Luxcara announced at the end of 2017. A projected capacity of 30 MW leads to a total capacity of… Read more »
To verify the energy gains of PERC bifacial modules in different environments, LONGi cooperated with the top third-party organizations to build many pilot projects in 2018. Among them, pilot project of TÜV SÜD in Hainan focused on the energy gain of bifacial modules under different surface reflection conditions and verify the effects of the modules… Read more »
generating power equivalent to saving 45,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per annum specialist infrastructure investment manager Foresight acquires assets from Glennmont acquisition boosts Foresight’s wind portfolio by 11% to 372.5MW LONDON, 03 October 2019: Foresight Group (“Foresight”) is pleased to announce the acquisition of two wind farms with an aggregate generating capacity of 37.5MW from… Read more »
Dresden / Leuna, 02 October 2019. Sunfire, a leading global cleantech company, has signed a cooperation agreement with the French major energy company Total SA. Sunfire will provide a megawatt-scale high temperature electrolyser for use in industrial environments as part of the E-CO2MET research and development project. The company will also be responsible for the integration… Read more »
InnoLas Solutions had a strong 3rd quarter 2019 and booked orders in the value of 7,6 Mio. EURO. Several major orders came from leading cell/ module manufacturers outside China. “The high investments in new, very competitive devices are showing first results”, says Markus Nicht – CEO of InnoLas Solutions. The orders are divided between the… Read more »
SUCCESS IN US AMERICAN PROJEKT-DEVELOPMENT: PFALZSOLAR INC. SOLD FIRST PROJECT PFALZSOLAR Inc. has been developing its project development in the USA since 2016 and is celebrating its first major successes this September. One of these successes is the fully engineered “Fine Farms” project with an output of 4.8 MW, which was sold a few days… Read more »
Growth of C&I EaaS will create new opportunities for sustainable finance September 26, 2019 – Boulder, CO – A new report from Navigant Research examines the global market for the deployment of turnkey Energy as a Service (EaaS), providing market forecasts, segmented by region, application, and deployment model, through 2028. Corporate commercial and industrial… Read more »
Good news for installers: The process of planning PV systems – from roof mounting to electrical system design – is now easier and more convenient than before. The new planning software from K2 Systems now features a direct interface with the inverter planning tool SUNNY DESIGN from SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA). Interconnection of mechanical… Read more »
FREMONT, Calif.—September 24, 2019 — NEXTracker, a Flex company, introduced today a new member of its smart single-axis solar tracker family—NX GeminiTM. The next-generation two-module-in-portrait (2P) tracker is optimized for customer sites with hard soils, challenging terrain, irregular parcel shapes and high-wind requirements. The combination of NEXTracker’s flagship NX HorizonTM and NX Gemini offers customers the industry’s most comprehensive solar tracker… Read more »
Arnhem/Berlin, 24 September 2019 – DNV GL proudly announce the world’s first MW-level wind turbine power converter input-impedance measurement carried out in an independent lab with the commercial partner Ming Yang Smart Energy, Zhongshan, China. A current perturbation measurement setup is prototyped in the DNV GL Flex Power Grid Lab (FPGL) to measure the input-impedance… Read more »
Schneider Electric’s MPPT Disconnect RS provides an easy to install solution for rapid shutdown PV arrays, certified with Tigo TS4-F (Fire Safety) The MPPT Disconnect RS is compatible with Schneider Electric’s Conext™ MPPT charge controllers used for DC coupled solar & storage systems requiring NEC 2017 compliance Burnaby, BC, September 23, 2019 – Schneider Electric, the… Read more »