9.1 MWp Solentegre plant obtains full government approval Largest photovoltaic power plant in Turkey Sulzemoos, November 11th, 2016 /, Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and its Turkish partner Asunim Yenilenebilir Enerji Teknolojileri İnş. Müh. San. Tic. Ltd. Şti., a… Read more »
The growing success of Imeon Energy’s hybrid inverters, combined with an ever increasing network of resellers across continents, has led the company to implement a strategy of proximity with its customers by opening local Service Centers to offer them the best service. After the French Center, covering Europe, it’s in South Africa, Port Elizabeth, where… Read more »
Strong revenue growth, positive EBIT and net profit for the quarter EBIT cumulative September at -0.4 million Euro, further improvement in gross margin Proceeds from sale of Bâtisolaire 3 power plant used to repay liabilities; net debt reduced to 21 million Euro Free order backlog of more than 130 million Euros, weighted project pipeline grows… Read more »
Assisting the testing of hydrogen production through solar power Tokyo, November 10th, 2016 – Solar Frontier has provided a total of 20 kW of CIS thin-film solar panels for Honda Motor Company’s 70MPa Smart Hydrogen Station (SHS), for which demonstration testing (1) commenced on October 24th in Tokyo, Japan. It marks the first time that… Read more »
Mumbai/Pforzheim/Freiburg, October 21, 2016 – 12,000 visitors, 800 conference attendees and 240 exhibitors: October 21 marked the end of the hugely successful eighth Intersolar India, India’s largest exhibition and conference for the solar industry, which was held at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. The number of visitors was 10% higher than at the previous… Read more »
The biggest growth opportunities in solar often lie in emerging markets located in harsh climates, so technologies to make modules more durable are growing in demand, says Lux Research BOSTON, MA – November 10, 2016 – Material innovation is ramping up in solar as the industry aims to address the widespread decrease in performance over… Read more »
FREIBURG, Germany and ST. FLORIAN, Austria, November 9, 2016–Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE together with the Austrian company EV Group (EVG) have successfully manufactured a silicon-based multi-junction solar cell with two contacts and an efficiency exceeding the theoretical limit of silicon solar cells. For this achievement, the researchers used a… Read more »
• Abstract Submission latest 10 February 2017 • 33rd EU PVSEC will take place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 25 to 29 September 2017 • COP-21 Agreement: Solar photovoltaic electricity will play a fundamental role The experts of the PV solar community will meet in Amsterdam to discuss new concepts, trends and developments in science… Read more »
SOLARWATT (www.solarwatt.net), the leading German pioneer of high-performance dual-glass solar PV energy production and storage systems, has secured influential UK industry approval for its advanced solar panels. All categories of the company’s range of glass-glass and glass-foil PV panels were certified under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme to mark their compliance with the scheme requirements. All… Read more »
2016 revenue forecast lowered by approx. 50 million Euro: now expected to reach 135 million Euro to 150 million Euro due to delay of two large projects Those revenues are now expected to come in in the course of the 2017 financial year rather than in the fourth quarter of 2016 Operating result (EBIT) will… Read more »
Comprehensive plan to recapitalise the company including amendment of terms of outstanding convertible bond, share capital increase and extension of existing bank credits. Planned adjustment of terms of outstanding convertible bond, amongst others by removing the bondholder put option exercisable in September 2018. Strengthening of balance sheet and liquidity through planned capital increase of about… Read more »
Horb a.N./Germany, November 2016. DEGER extends its S-series product line with a new single-axis, sensor controlled tracking system. The DEGERtracker S100 with pile foundation and intelligent tracking generates an average of 30% higher yield than fixed tilt systems. With a maximum capacity of 78.6 square meters, the DEGERtracker S100 provides system integrators and designers with… Read more »
191 MW of solar power in state of Minas Gerais scheduled for completion in Q3 2017 FREMONT, CA, NOV. 7, 2016 – NEXTracker™, a Flex company, announced today it has signed a master services agreement (MSA) to deliver its award-winning solar tracker technology to Biosar, part of Aktor Construction Group, and one of the largest… Read more »
Winterthur, Switzerland, 4 November 2016 – The most recent release of the planning software Polysun has just been published by the Swiss software maker Vela Solaris. The new profitability calculation tool offers a dynamic and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of all building service facilities that can be simulated in Polysun. These include cogeneration… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, provided technical due diligence for one of Jordan’s largest solar PV plants, Shams Ma’an, which was commissioned in September 2016. The official opening ceremony of this milestone project took place on October 10th in the presence of His Excellency the Prime Minister of Jordan, Hani Al-Mulki. Included in the crowd… Read more »
As company President, Conklin will oversee all Solar-Log™ sales and business in North America. He will report directly to Dr. Frank Schlichting, CEO of Solar Data Systems’ parent company, Solare Datensysteme GmbH, in Binsdorf, Germany. Conklin is a 10-year veteran in the solar industry, both in the residential and commercial sector. He is an executive… Read more »
Compared with traditional SVC such as modulator, capacitor reactor and thyristor controlled reactor (TCR), SVG is the best solution in the reactive power control field at present and has unparalleled advantages. In other words, SVG is currently the most advanced dynamic reactive power compensation device all over the world. MORNSUN PV45-29D1515-15 power supply for SVG’s… Read more »
MUNICH, BERLIN, Germany, 2 November 2016 – Liberta Partners, a Munich-based Multi-Family Office, has acquired the leading provider of monitoring, control and supervision systems, skytron® energy. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. “skytron energy’s global footprint and technical track record make it a solid investment that fits well into our strategy of acquiring enterprises… Read more »
Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore inaugurates 10 x 100 kWp test center Phase 2 to follow in 2017 narrowing the field to two contenders Singapore and Sulzemoos, November 1st, 2016 – Phoenix Solar Pte Ltd, the Singapore based subsidiary of Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), is among the contenders included in the world’s largest… Read more »
Alencon will unveil the newest generation of its stand-alone DC-DC Optimizer, the SPOT, at conference focused on O&M Figure 1: Alencon Systems will unveil the latest version of its industry leading DC-DC optimizer, the SPOT, at the PV Operations &Maintenance USA conference in San Francisco December 6 and 7. The latest version of the SPOT… Read more »
SolarWorld AG is delivering solar modules with a capacity of 20 megawatts for a ground-mounted system in West African Senegal. The 77,280 multicrystalline solar modules will be installed in the Kahone region, about 100 kilometers from the capital Dakar, by March 2017. The contract in Senegal was acquired by the Austrian SolarWorld partner Energie Merl,… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange MBTN) has decided to reorganize the tasks and responsibilites of the function of the Chief Operating Officer, COO, in the course of the implementation of the comprehensive structural programme, which was published on 29 September 2016. Thomas Kipfer, Chief Operating Officer and member of the Executive Board since… Read more »
Berlin (Germany) and Austin, TX (USA), October 31, 2016 – Energy storage company Younicos has signed an agreement with strategic partner Panasonic to design and build a solar-plus-storage system at Peña Station NEXT in Denver, Colorado, which includes the operations hub for Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company and Panasonic CityNOW. The system will make use of… Read more »
Cumulus Energy Storage – which has pioneered a ground-breaking low-cost, renewable battery technology – has expanded into 800 sq ft office space at the AMP Technology Centre in Rotherham, in a deal facilitated by managing and commercial agents, Creative Space Management. The company, founded by Nick Kitchin, Darron Brackenbury and Mike Hurwitz, has had a… Read more »
Ellzee, 27.10.2016. As of this October 2016, and in cooperation with warranty service provider COVERIS AG, the SolarMax Group is offering a manufacturer-independent warranty extension for their inverters. COVERIS Extended Warranty plus is the new function warranty that customers can conclude for SolarMax P, TP, MT and HT series string inverters. Prerequisite is that the… Read more »
Lightsource Renewable Energy (“Lightsource”), Europe’s leading solar energy company, is pleased to announce that Dr Ece Gürsoy, Chief Legal Officer, director and company secretary at Lightsource is the winner of The Legal 500 UK in-house individual of the year: Environment category for 2016. Dr Gürsoy was appointed Chief Legal Officer at Lightsource in 2011. She… Read more »
Playful Solar Park initiative in Rotterdam, Basel and Paris marks the launch of DSM campaign A group of companies are announcing the launch of the global Bright Minds Challenge to identify and help accelerate the scaling of solutions for 100% renewable energy – focusing on solar and energy storage. The challenge is initiated by DSM,… Read more »
Hefei, China / OCT 25, 2016 – Sungrow, the world’s leading PV inverter manufacturer, announced that the world’s largest PV & energy storage microgrid power plant with 13 MW of PV inverters and 7 MW of energy storage inverters, was successfully installed in Shuanghu, China, the highest region in the world located in China’s Tibet… Read more »
aleo has been named Tier 1 module manufacturer by BNEF Prenzlau, 26 October 2016 | Bloomberg New Energy Finance named aleo solar recently as Tier 1 module manufacturer. With the integration in the list of modules manufacturers, aleo is considered as “bankable”. “We are sure that this listing, together with our continued efforts on quality… Read more »
Gütenbach, October 25th, 2016. RENA Technologies GmbH has received a double-digit million EUR order for wet processing equipment from Chinese customer LERRI Solar. LERRI Solar is a fully owned subsidiary of Xi’an LONGi Silicon Materials Corp., the world’s largest manufacturer of monocrystalline silicon wafers. RENA Technologies will deliver a large number of production tools for… Read more »
Remote maintenance for photovoltaic systems: E.ON cooperates with meteocontrol Augsburg/Munich, 10/25/2016 – Operate, control and monitor: Munich-based E.ON Energie Deutschland GmbH has set up a control console designed to professionally monitor and manage photovoltaic systems. Its partner in this endeavor is meteocontrol GmbH of Augsburg, which is contributing its monitoring software VCOM virtual control room…. Read more »
LOS GATOS, Calif., October 25th, 2016 – Tigo, the Flex MLPE pioneer released the market changer Selective Deployment feature, where Tigo’s revolutionary TS4 optimizers are only placed on the needed panels, rather than on all of the array, thus dramatically cutting costs while still enabling highest energy yield. The energy benefits of the smart modules using Selective deployment… Read more »
Leading solar PV inverter company Huawei is delighted to announce that developer and EPC firm, Strata Solar, have selected Huawei string inverters for use in several of their utility-scale power plant projects in the United States. Huawei became the leading inverter supplier for PV power plants worldwide in 2015, according to industry research firms IHS and GTM. Based on… Read more »
What’s the key to profitable high volume manufacturing? In almost any industry, two of the vital ingredients are reproducibility and controllability. Michael van der Gugten, Sales and Marketing Executive, Smit Thermal Solutions, explains to PES why it’s no different for thin film solar Reproducibility, controllability and a high-volume mind-set Smit Thermal Solutions provides thermal equipment… Read more »
Using fine wire stranded single-core conductors with double insulation, the new Flex-Sol-Evo cable from Multi-Contact has been designed for the high quality connection of PV solar arrays. The economic cable enables space to be saved through the use of wiring panels at the module level and wiring combiner boxes/inverters at the string level. Extremely rugged,… Read more »
Solar innovator announces first close of Series C funding round Oxford, UK, 18th October 2016 – Oxford Photovoltaics Ltd (Oxford PV), the pioneering solar technology company, has today announced an equity investment of £8.7m, the first portion of a Series C funding round. This investment was provided by a combination of new and existing shareholders… Read more »