New Delhi, 2nd January, 2019: Vikram Solar, one of India’s leading module manufacturers and a comprehensive EPC solutions & rooftop solar provider, claimed a 140 MW solar plant project from National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC). The location selected for the project is Bilhaur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. A 700 acre area has been allotted… Read more »
135 NU-RD300 panels with a total power plant size of 40.5 kW were installed on three different buildings. The goal of the project was to deliver a premium solar photovoltaics (PV) system to a client in the Arctic Circle that required the modules to withstand extreme temperature conditions. The panels of the NU-RD series were… Read more »
− Data from leading PV consulting organization Globenergia reveals Hanwha Q CELLS’ Q.PEAK-G4.1 monocrystalline module is Poland’s best-seller − Ranking follows 12 months of outstanding market growth for Hanwha Q CELLS, with more than 55 MW of modules sold − Szymon Kurjanski, Area Sales Manager of Poland at Hanwha Q CELLS, said: “The Polish solar… Read more »
Smart Inverter Capabilities and Leading Safety Features Offer Ideal Solution ROCKLIN, Calif. — December 18, 2018 — SMA is pleased to announce that its Sunny Tripower CORE1 commercial solution will now be offered with SMA Smart Connected, a proactive O&M solution powered by ennexOS that cuts truck rolls in half and saves service costs throughout… Read more »
− Hanwha Q CELLS passed the 10 GW production mark for its proprietary Q.ANTUM solar cell technology − The Company will end 2018 having produced more than 2.5 billion individual Q.ANTUM cells since commencing commercialization in 2012 − Hanwha Q CELLS CTO Dr. Daniel Jeong remarked: “Hanwha Q CELLS’ Q.ANTUM technology has been a real… Read more »
Beauty and brains combined in world premier of dutch design façade Today the innovative, energy-producing design façade of Dutch team Studio Solarix has been launched at the Kuijpers building in the Eindhoven region. The sustainable design demonstrates a seamless blend of solar energy, interactivity and design. This accomplishment is the result of an intense cooperation… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) signed a major strategic contract for its Heterojunction (HJT) and SmartWire Connection Technology (SWCT™). A leading non-Chinese solar company has ordered core equipment for a 600 MW Heterojunction and SWCT™ integrated production line. With this order, the customer has chosen today’s most advanced industrialized PV manufacturing platform… Read more »
“Godfather of Solar” won award for contributions to solar energy industry at NYC Black-Tie Event New York City, NY (December 13 2018) – Ron Corio was named a Lifetime Achiever at the 2018 S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards held in New York City last week. Hosted by S&P Global Platts, independent provider of information and benchmark prices for… Read more »
Joint testing by two leading U.S. PV power electronics manufacturers proves technology interoperability Hatboro, PA and Lawrence, MA – Yaskawa Solectria Solar, the leading U.S. commercial PV inverter manufacturer and Alencon Systems, the leading U.S. manufacturer of galvanically isolated DC-DC converters and optimizers have partnered to provide a solution for repowering 600V PV plants. The… Read more »
Munich/Pforzheim, December 12, 2018 – Across the world, large energy storage installations are increasingly being coupled with systems for using renewable energies – be they virtual power plants, photovoltaic (PV) power plants, or wind farms. The potential offered by these large-scale storage systems is particularly clear when they are used in conjunction with PV, because solar power… Read more »
Minimizing the water consumption of Solar Thermal Power (CSP) plants is an important issue, as this kind of solar power generation is often found in arid areas where the solar irradiation is high. Since these regions are also dusty, the associated yield reduction due to local dust deposition and the costs of cleaning are relevant… Read more »
Watch a “Powered By Ecotricity” video about the i360 here British Airways i360, one of Britain’s most striking tourist attractions, has taken the next step in its sustainable journey and switched to green energy from Ecotricity. The multi-award-winning attraction is a giant glass viewing pod which glides up gently to 450ft above Brighton seafront to… Read more »
Berlin/Germany, 11 December 2018 — The Photovoltaik-Institut Berlin (PI Berlin) has been accepted as an independent testing institute by the thin-film module manufacturer First Solar. The manufacturer officially recognizes the institute’s performance and condition testing of Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) thin-film series 4 modules. Customers can therefore rely on the independent testing conducted by PI Berlin,… Read more »
(Wels, 11.12.2018) Fronius Solar Energy, the Austrian energy solutions specialist, and the Chinese high-tech company BYD have put their seal on their strategic partnership. Fronius is the only provider that is able to supply three-phase consumers in emergency power situations. It does this with the help of the BYD Battery-Box HV. Fronius takes another step… Read more »
Solare Datensysteme GmbH (SDS), manufacturer of the Solar-Log™ Monitoring system, and SAJ, manufacturer of PV inverter have come to the conclusion to further develop the interaction between professional Monitoring and Energy Management as well as professional inverter technology in markets like Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, Poland and other markets as well. Starting this November 2018, Solar-Log™… Read more »
Both half-cell monocrystalline Q.PEAK DUO modules and multicrystalline Q.PLUS modules demonstrate market-leading anti-LeTID performances − Fraunhofer CSP independently tested two batches of nine different types of modules for in high-temperature conditions of up to 75°C − Hanwha Q CELLS Co., Ltd. CTO Daniel Jeong remarked: “The performance of our Q.PEAK DUO and Q.PLUS modules demonstrates… Read more »
Microgrid and energy storage technology to enable the island of Porto Santo to achieve clean-energy goals ABB is supplying an ABB Ability™ enabled microgrid and energy storage system to Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira (EEM), a Madeira-based utility to harness solar and wind energy. The modular ABB Ability™ PowerStore™ microgrid solution and Microgrid Plus automation… Read more »
Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 5 December 2018 at 12.00 pm EET The technology group Wärtsilä, Tieto, St1, Fortum and Demos Helsinki have today introduced their Innovation Community initiative aimed at drastically accelerating the global energy sector’s transition to cleaner, more environmentally sustainable energy generation. Innovation Community is creating a forum for restructuring the roles and… Read more »
· Photon Energy has signed a 15-year Operations and Maintenance agreement with an external client for 28 solar PV plants with a total generation capacity of 15.3 MWp · Including Photon Energy Group’s proprietary portfolio of 11.5 MWp of PV power plants to be operating by year-end 2018, the deal brings the Group’s Hungarian O&M… Read more »
UV ballast water treatment offers many advantages over electrochlorination. Yet there are also substantial differences between UV solutions. A growing number of customers, including MSC Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, are abandoning their selected UV treatment systems in favour of Alfa Laval PureBallast 3. A ballast water treatment system is a major investment, but… Read more »
Brussels/Belgium, Wittenberg/Germany, 4 December 2018 – Tesvolt, a manufacturer of storage systems for industry and commerce, is to receive 2.15 million euros in EU funding. The European Union believes that Tesvolt’s high-voltage storage system has the potential to change the power storage market. The German company will now receive support under the EU’s SME instrument,… Read more »
The Technical University of Berlin (HTW) tested the efficiency of 20 renewable energy storage systems and rated BYD’s Battery-Box as No 1 Shenzhen/Berlin, December 4th, 2018 – BYD Co. Ltd., one of the world’s largest manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, has been ranked as the most efficient energy storage system in the latest test by Technical… Read more »
Energy flow chart includes PV production, consumption, feed-in, and storage Visualize individual inverter performance Monthly PV production forecasts Intuitive chart navigation Now available on Google Play and the App Store Geislingen-Binsdorf, December 3, 2018: The new Solar-Log WEB Enerest™ App 1.2.0 offers even more intuitive ways to monitor solar PV plants. The innovative app is… Read more »
The new FuturaSun photovoltaic roof built by CPL CONCORDIA is now fully operational on the BAXI plant in Vicenza, in North Italy. Each new boiler is created using clean energy. The 1 MW semi-integrated photovoltaic plant occupies 6,000 sqm of the plant located in the Vicenza province, built by the top facility and energy management… Read more »
Photovoltaic Solar Energy: Big and Beyond – Sustainable energy to reach the 1.5 degrees climate target The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics (ETIP PV) envisions a world with 100% renewable electricity supply where electricity is accessible to all and where electricity makes major inroads into satisfying the final energy demand for living including… Read more »
Alfa Laval has successfully completed additional tests at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) to verify the biological efficacy of Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 without holding time. As a result, PureBallast 3 is on target to be the first UV ballast water treatment system with zero holding time in its U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)… Read more »
Apricum – The Cleantech Advisory acted as financial advisor to its client NOMADD Desert Solar Solutions, a leading solar photovoltaic (PV) cleaning technology company, facilitating a strategic investment by specialist Saudi Arabian construction company CEPCO. This Series B investment round will support NOMADD’s current project pipeline and further strengthen NOMADD’s growth ambitions, whose unique and… Read more »
EDF Energy, through a new partnership with Powervault, is offering existing solar PV owners the chance to earn more from their systems by purchasing one of the most advanced and cost effective home battery systems on the market at a heavily discounted price, when they sign up to EDF Energy grid services. Compatible with any… Read more »
− The Q.PEAK-G4.1 310 Wp solar modules manufactured by Hanwha Q CELLS have been certified in the highest quality category by Altroconsumo and Istituto Tecnologie Avanzate − The criteria for obtaining the recognition of Excellent Quality cover a range of performance, reliability and cost factors − Alberto Nadai, Hanwha Q CELLS’ Area Sales Manager of… Read more »
Fronius wins two prizes at once (Wels, 26/11/2018) Fronius International GmbH was recently honoured not only for the outstanding design of its products, but also for its pioneering services. The Fronius Ohmpilot, a clever consumption regulator that uses excess PV energy to heat water, and the Fronius SOLH2UB, the first green hydrogen filling station to… Read more »
Winterthur/Switzerland, 22nd of November 2018 – The leading simulation and design software for building-integrated energy systems has just been released in version 11.0 and comes with a completely new look. The new logo, the new website, the new color scheme of the templates, the newly-designed diagrams, the new product range and the new licensing scheme… Read more »
Concentrator Photovoltaics (CPV) has by far achieved the highest efficiency for the conversion of sunlight into electricity. The basis for this latest achievement lies in the special multi-junction solar cells as well as the perfect interplay between the cell and the module optics. In the EU-funded project CPVMatch, a consortium of research institutions and companies… Read more »
− Latest iteration in Q CELLS’ storage product range is a modular system that can be scaled from 4 kWh to 20 kWh − Q.HOME MANAGER enables homeowners and small businesses to better monitor their energy usage − Hanwha Q CELLS Head of Sales EU, Maengyoon Kim remarked: “The Q.HOME+ ESS HYB-G2 energy storage system… Read more »
Cleve Hill Solar Park – the pioneering solar and energy storage scheme which aims to be amongst the lowest cost generators of electricity in the UK and will not require government subsidies, submitted a Development Consent Order (DCO) on the 16th November 2018 for determination by the Secretary of State for BEIS. Having initiated the… Read more »
At the end of November, the 2018 G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held in Argentina. Recently, CCTV G20 Summit “Roads of Argentina” has been launched and focused on the signing agreements of Cauchari 300MW smart PV power plant project, which is witnessed by the heads of state of China and Argentina. It is the largest… Read more »
− The 107 kW solar PV array at the Clarion Hotel Sign in Stockholm, Sweden was completed using 334 Hanwha Q CELLS’ Q.PEAK DUO 320 W half-cell modules − Power Purchase Agreement signed with Eneo Solutions and module installation carried out by Swedish developer Nordic Solar − The hotel will self-consume all the solar electricity… Read more »