The Iranian Deputy Minister for Energy, Dr. Sattar Mahmoudi, and the Managing Director of the Renewable Energy Organization of Iran (SUNA), Dr. Seyed Mohammad Sadeghzadeh, welcomed more than 400 attendees, twice as many as expected, at the first Intersolar Summit Iran in Tehran on November 15, 2016. Main discussions were about grid-integration solutions, financing and… Read more »
Ingeteam has recently launched to the market its new INGECON SUN CON40 power station and has now started assembling the first units for different utility-scale projects. This 40-foot-long ISO container is able to reach an output power of 4.92 MWAC, as it features three 1,500 VDC central inverters, each one providing 1,640 kW. This new… Read more »
Berlin, 23 November 2016. skytron® energy has been commissioned to provide monitoring and supervision technology for a 57.6 MWp solar power plant in Isabela, Puerto Rico. The plant named “Oriana” is owned by solar power producer and investor Sonnedix and is the largest plant of its kind in the Caribbean. Oriana has started producing clean… Read more »
The IndustrySkills 2016 in Basel was a major success for Meyer Burger with Fabien Gyger, an apprentice in automation mechanics, winning a gold medal and ensuring his spot at the WorldSkills 2017 in Abu Dhabi. The best young industrial talent in the MEM sector (machine, electronics and metal industries) competed for top medals in six… Read more »
Mobile solar containers with battery storage systems reduce energy costs by over 75% Wittenberg, Hainburg/Germany, 22.11.2016 – The German firm Tesvolt, which manufactures commercial storage systems, has entered into an exclusive cooperation agreement with the start-up Africa Green Tec. Tesvolt is supplying lithium storage systems for 50 solar containers with a total capacity of 3… Read more »
Marrakech, Berlin, November 21, 2016 – Dr. Paul Grunow, Co-founder and Board Member of the Photovoltaik Institut Berlin (PI Berlin) and Mr. Badr Ikken, General Director of l’Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles (IRESEN) signed a cooperation agreement at the COP 22 climate summit in Marrakech, Morocco. The agreement defines a partnership… Read more »
Changzhou, China, Nov. 9, 2016 — TrinaBEST announced today that it has been awarded to design and construct a hybrid energy storage system in Nouakchott, Mauritania. This project is developed and operated by Damane Assurances Company. The project which encompasses 40kW solar system, 415kVA diesel generator system and 320 kWh energy storage system, is expected… Read more »
Topics surrounding the new energy world open up new market opportunities Munich, November 15, 2016 – The positive atmosphere of Intersolar Europe 2016 is still being felt, and the event is already providing more encouraging signs for the market. Almost 80% of the exhibition space at the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry and… Read more »
• Pioneering project in the Jordanian banking sector under the “Power-Wheeling”-regulation Sulzemoos, November 15th, 2016 / Phoenix Solar Overseas GmbH, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed on the official market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and its partner Al Rokh, a… Read more »
Off-grid system safeguards only point of contact with the outside world from power cuts Frankfurt (Oder)/Germany, Dhaka/Bangladesh, 14.11.2016 – The solar module manufacturer Astronergy is equipping 8,500 post offices in Bangladesh with German-made photovoltaic modules. Four 250-watt modules on each post office, together with a battery storage device, will ensure a stable and independent power… Read more »
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 »