Category: Solar

The Spanish companies Grupo Clavijo and MFV Solar, with the support of the Q-Growth Fund, have reached a merger agreement to form NCLAVE, the new name of this partnership, aimed at becoming the world leader in the design, manufacture and installation of structures and trackers for the solar photovoltaic market. NCLAVE now has more than… Read more »

A new look and intelligent functions Fronius Solar Energy, the quality leader on the global solar energy market, has recently overhauled its Fronius Solar.web online portal for photovoltaic systems. Replete with its new look, the clear and comprehensive portal allows operators to easily monitor and analyse data from their own system(s). Among the new features… Read more »

Rajnikanth Umakanthan to head Vaisala’s Indian subsidiary, delivering end-to-end resource risk management services for renewable energy developers, operators and investors 3TIER India, a subsidiary of global environmental and industrial measurement leader, Vaisala, has appointed a new Managing Director. Rajnikanth Umakanthan (Rajni) joins the business to lead the Bangalore-based team in the delivery of Vaisala’s platform… Read more »

RESOL has developed an economical solution for using excess current produced by PV systems – the DeltaTherm® PV immersion heater controller. This new controller can be fitted to all stores equipped with an electric immersion heater and is very easy to install, thus saving time and money. The controller reliably detects excess current and calculates… Read more »

Lightsource Renewable Energy, Europe’s leading solar energy company, has completed the purchase of a 1.32MWp portfolio of residential solar installations. The portfolio is comprised of 469 installations across the UK from Ecos Solar Nine in a deal valued at £2.3million. As part of the deal, Lightsource will receive the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) payments from the… Read more »

The potential of photovoltaics (PV) has not yet been exhausted. Both industry and research continue to work intensively on increasing the efficiency and reducing the costs of solar cells, the basic component of every PV power plant. Now researchers at Fraunhofer ISE have produced a multicrystalline silicon solar cell with 21.9 percent efficiency, successfully bringing… Read more »

For the second year in a row, Jinko Solar is ranked among the top module manufacturers based on recommendation levels by British installers. Therefore, Jinko Solar receives the “Top Brand PV | Modules” seal in the United Kingdom from the German market research specialist EuPD Research. Bonn. Participants of the “Global PV Installer Monitor 2016/2017… Read more »

The PV plant has an installed capacity of 28 MW and it is already grid connected 8th February 2017. Global Energy Services (GES) completed the construction of the first utility-scale PV plant in Jamaica. The 28 MW plant is a big step ahead for the renewable industry in the Caribbean country. Jamaica´s commitment to renewable… Read more »

Augsburg, February 16, 2017 – The Chilean government continues to pursue its planned energy transition with the installation of 300 PV systems on top of public buildings. In collaboration with Ingetrace SPA, meteocontrol has won the call for tenders for monitoring the first 103 rooftop systems as part of the “Programa de Techos Solares Públicos… Read more »

FREMONT, Calif. — February 14, 2017. SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEDG), a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2016. Quarter Ended December 31, 2016 Highlights * Revenues for the quarter of $111.5 million * GAAP gross margin for the… Read more »

Zorlu Solar to become major distributor of First Solar modules in 26 countries MAINZ, Germany/ISTANBUL, Turkey, 14 February, 2017 – First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced that it has entered into a collaborative sales agreement with Zorlu Holding, A.S., a Turkish business and industrial conglomerate, to distribute its high-performance thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules… Read more »

InnoLas Solutions GmbH, the leading German laser equipment company for micro material processing and laser engineering, is pleased to announce the appointment of Antonio Schmidt in the role of Vice President of Business Development. Antonio has an impressive background in sales, business development and strategic marketing. He brings in more than 20 years’ professional experience… Read more »

A 220 kV underground cable will link 102 turbines to the grid to power 500,000 homes “We are proud to be involved in a world-leading project of this significance for the UK renewable energy sector,” said Llyr Roberts, Prysmian UK CEO  Milan, 30 January 2017 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom… Read more »

• Photovoltaic pioneer Phoenix Solar continues to excel in leading edge engineering • First Mover awards for PV power plants in Saudi-Arabia and Turkey • Largest Project award attributed to Munich Trade Fair rooftop system Sulzemoos, Germany, January 27th, 2017 / Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed on the… Read more »

With a new record in PV installations of 76.4 GW in 2016, the forecast given by EuPD Research was merely exceeded by 5 GW. For the current year 2017, EuPD Research anticipates challenging framework conditions and a decline in new installations to 69 GW.Bonn. The year 2016 ended with a new record for the global… Read more »

Meyer Burger has been awarded further orders for the delivery, installation and commissioning of the MAiA 2.1 technology platform with the industry-leading MB PERC cell technology and for SiNA cell coating systems. The combined contract volume of the two customer orders amounts to about CHF 18 million. Delivery and commissioning of the equipment is scheduled… Read more »

Letter of Intent signed Cologne, Germany, January 25, 2017 – Renusol GmbH, a subsidiary of Gibraltar Industries, Inc., and PARI Group agreed on a Letter of Intent under which the PARI Group acquires substantially all the assets of Renusol GmbH. The PARI Group intends to continue to serve Renusol GmbH’s customers in Europe, Middle East… Read more »

Total capacity 3.04 MWp Robinsons Land Corporation extends cooperation with Phoenix Solar after successful commissioning of initial projects Sulzemoos, Germany, January 25th, 2017 / Phoenix Solar Philippines Inc., the Manila based subsidiary of Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed on the official market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock… Read more »

The commercial production of thin-film photovoltaic systems with semiconductors made of copper, indium, gallium and selenium (CIGS) is on the verge of a breakthrough: Two leading Chinese energy companies, Shanghai Electric and the Shenhua Group, have opted to invest heavily in CIGS technology manufacturing and development capabilities of the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen… Read more »

Solar-Log™ has won the Gold Award in the category India’s “Solar Monitoring Company of The Year”. The prize was presented on January 18th at the India Rooftop Solar Convention 2017 in New Delhi (India) to Dr. Frank Schlichting (CEO) and Nitin Bhosale (Country Manager India) from Solar-Log™. “We are deeply grateful for this award. The… Read more »

Pay-to-own solar energy system doubles off-grid customer base in just 12 months Fenix International reaches 100,000 customers as part of Africa’s infrastructure revolution 23rd January 2017 – Fenix International, a venture-backed technology company providing a next generation energy solution, has reached 100,000 customers in Uganda. This figure stands at double the 50,000 customers Fenix had… Read more »

The European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC), has appointed Prof. Dr. Arno H.M. Smets General Chairman for its 33rd edition, which will take place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 25 – 29 September 2017. “I am honored and proud to chair the world’s largest international scientific photovoltaics conference in my home country,”… Read more »

Zurich, Switzerland, February 14, 2017 – ABB collaborates with DEWA to integrate solar energy and support UAE’s clean energy ambition ABB has successfully energized a major substation that will help evacuate power from the Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MBR) Solar Park, a key element of the vision to generate 7 percent of Dubai’s power… Read more »

For the ninth year in a row, EuPD Research, a market and economic research company from Bonn, published the study PV InstallerMonitor in January 2017. The results show that PV installers in Germany and the United Kingdom now carry storage solutions more often in their portfolio than in the previous year. Bonn. The current Global… Read more »

German module manufacturer continues to increase production Frankfurt (Oder)/Germany, Ankara, 17.1.2017 – Astronergy is among the few international manufacturers of solar modules to receive an import licence from the Turkish Ministry of Economics. The German company is permitted to supply a total of 100 megawatts (MW) of capacity to Turkish photovoltaic projects. As a result,… Read more »

Hinesburg, VT, USA – January 16, 2017: When developing a utility-scale solar PV project, accurately projecting the site’s power output is crucial. For its 33 MW Kumenan PV project in Japan, Pacifico Energy experimented with publically available data before seeking a more precise measurement solution. After implementing SRA Systems from Renewable NRG Systems (RNRG)—a leading… Read more »

Munich, 12 January 2017: BayWa r.e. has acquired the stand-alone operations & maintenance (O&M) service business that was previously part of the Green Hedge group of companies. With this successful acquisition, BayWa r.e. is adding 160MW of O&M mandates for photovoltaic (PV) plants to its existing operating portfolio in UK, bringing the total to 620MW.  Green… Read more »

85 percent of the O&M customers are satisfied or very satisfied with the on-the-spot operations and maintenance service Goldbeck Solar GmbH successfully completed its latest customer satisfaction survey. Almost all respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with the quality of the service provider. Especially the commercial processing and the maintenance technicians were rated positively (5.1… Read more »

Lightsource Renewable Energy, Europe’s leading solar energy company, has partnered Vortex, a European renewable energy platform managed by EFG Hermes Private Equity arm, on the acquisition of one of the UK’s largest solar PV portfolios. Lightsource will provide long-term Operations & Maintenance and Asset Management services to Vortex which has entered into a sale and… Read more »

With the Solar-Log™ Hybrid eControl-Box, the interaction between PV plants and diesel generators in regions with unstable power grids can be optimally regulated. In many countries, there are regions with unstable power grids. When grid power failures occur in these regions, diesel motors are often used to provide temporary power. When used in combination with… Read more »

Module quality is a crucial factor in securing project profitability in this competitive environment Berlin/Amman/Abu Dhabi, 9 January 2017 – Acting as an independent consultant, the Photovoltaik-Institut Berlin (PI Berlin) has assisted in the acceptance of four photovoltaic power plants with a total capacity of 57 megawatts (MW) in Jordan. The project developer, Adenium Energy… Read more »

Two existing PV customers located in Asia have awarded Meyer Burger contracts with a combined value of about CHF 20 million for the delivery and installation of the MAiA 2.1 technology platform with the industry-leading upgrade cell technology MB PERC. Delivery and commissioning of the equipment is scheduled to start as of the second quarter… Read more »

Tokyo, Japan / Jan 9 – Sungrow, the world’s leading PV inverter manufacturer, has recently signed an agreement with Blue Capital Management Co., Ltd, a Japanese developer, for the supply of 200 MW of central inverters in Japan. Tokyo-based developer Blue Power noted that they felt confident in the agreement “as Sungrow has an excellent manufacturing… Read more »

Folsom, CA –  In a field just off the beach on Grand Cayman, Trimark will deliver an advanced SCADA system to monitor and control the first, utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) power generation resource in this island nation. The 5 MW electric power generation resource in Bodden Town, Grand Cayman, is being developed by Entropy Cayman Solar… Read more »

Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, announced today its state-of-the-art PV inverter technology has been successfully integrated into a conglomerate of 126 solar PV power plants in Vandel, Denmark totalling 50.4MW A total of 1,008 units of Delta’s M50A series solar PV inverters, featuring leading efficiency of up to 98.6% and… Read more »