Category: Solar

"Please replace me!" – Solar modules with integrated self-diagnosis: AEG IMM-Technology

What if your solar module could tell you “replace me”? Simplifying O&M with AEG solar modules and IMM Technology AEG solar modules utilizing Individual Module Monitoring (IMM) technology allow you to track their own performance increasing system yield and reducing your O&M costs at a highly competitive price with respect to currently available smart modules…. Read more »

RENA receives multiple large orders for batch alkaline texturing equipment

Guetenbach, 20th June, 2016: RENA Technologies GmbH has received high volume orders from several Asian tier1 solar cell manufacturers for its newly developed high throughput RENA BatchTex tool. The orders placed with RENA for equipment for alkaline texturing of monocrystalline silicon wafers sum up to a production capacity in the mid single-digit GW range. RENA’s… Read more »

Conference General Chairman Professor Marko Topič opened the EU PVSEC 2016 Conference on Monday, 20 June 2016 in Munich, Germany

More than 1,000 scientific presentations from 90 countries Solar PV has become a key energy technology, with 100 GW installed in Europe Technology and market innovations for PV after Paris COP 21 Munich, 21 June, 2016 – The EU PVSEC 2016 – the 32nd edition of the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition opened… Read more »

ENcome continues "Buy&Build"-Strategy and acquires abakus solar

Photovoltaic Assets under Management grow to approximately 800 MWp ENcome becomes leading independant PV service provider in Europe Klagenfurt am Wörthersee/Gelsenkirchen, 21.06.2016. ENcome Energy Performance GmbH announces the acquisition of abakus solar, headquartered in Gelsenkirchen. In the course of the takeover, ENcome’s O&M business in the UK and Germany will expand strongly. The European portfolio… Read more »

2016: Global solar boom, European demand slowing

Solar becomes cost-leading power generation technology, new installations smashing previous records. Munich, 21 June 2016 – SolarPower Europe today released its flagship market report the “Global Market Outlook for Solar Power 2016-2020” showing that a total of 229 GW of solar power was installed in the world end of 2015, an over 45-fold market increase… Read more »

Raising Power Unveils Full Service at Intersolar 2016

Augsburg, 20 June 2016. Raising Power GmbH announced today it will unveil its full service offerings for the technical operation management of photovoltaic systems at Intersolar Europe in Munich from June 22 – 24, 2016. Raising Power’s exhibition at Booth 253 in Hall B2 will focus on its service network that offers customers and partners… Read more »

First Solar Showcases Game-Changing Series 5 PV Module at Intersolar 2016

High performance 365W thin film module offers superior performance, reliability First Solar will present its new Module on 22 June 2016 at Intersolar at 5pm at booth 158 in Hall A1. MUNICH, Germany, June 20, 2016 – First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) will showcase its game-changing new Series 5 thin film photovoltaic (PV) module at… Read more »

SOLARUNITED has selected Intersolar Munich 2016/32nd EU-PVSEC Conference to announce its transformation into a Global PV Technology & Industry Association

Orlando/Hanau/Brussels, June 16, 2016, Munich, Germany, SOLARUNITED, formerly known as the International PV Equipment Association (IPVEA), has selected Intersolar Munich 2016 and the 32nd EU-PVSEC Conference to announce its transformation into a Global PV Technology & Industry Association. While the PV industry and market have globalised in the last years, the need for a global… Read more »

Sungrow to present new inverters at Intersolar Europe 2016

Munich, Germany / June 16, 2016 – Sungrow, the worlds’ largest PV inverter manufacturer, announces that several new inverters to be presented by the company at Intersolar Europe 2016. As one of Sungrow’s main products for the emerging 1500 volt market, the SG3000HV-MV turnkey container solution is best characterised by its low system cost and… Read more »

Lg Chem’s New High Voltage Batteries Now Compatible With Solaredge Storedge

Herzelya Pituach, Israel – June 16, 2016-SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”) (NASDAQ: SEDG), a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, and LG Chem Ltd (“LG Chem”) (KRX: 051910, 051915) announced the compatibility of SolarEdge’s StorEdge solutions and LG Chem’s new high voltage RESU10H and RESU7H batteries. The product compatibility will help… Read more »

LG Chem approves the Ingeteam hybrid inverter for use with the RESU batteries

LG Chem, a leading energy storage system manufacturer, has approved the use of its RESU 6.4 EX battery with the Ingeteam INGECON® SUN STORAGE 1Play hybrid inverter. With a capacity of 6.4 kWh, the lithium-ion battery made by LG Chem is designed for residential and commercial use, storing electricity and optimising the energy efficiency of… Read more »

Module line: Shuttles instead of Conveyors

New approach to automation of module production lines SCHMID supplies the complete equipment for the first production line of solar modules in Kirghizia An exhibit can be seen live on the Intersolar Europe: Munich, 22nd to 24th June 2016 (hall A2, booth 160) NewTech builds the first module production in Kirghizia and uses high-tech equipment… Read more »

Three solar parks for a cumulative 13.54 MWp capacity built in UK with AEG solar modules

AEG Polycrystalline solar modules were deployed in three ground-mounted, utility-scale installations in the UK with a cumulative installed capacity of 13.54 MWp Nürnberg, June 15, 2016 – Around 53,000 AEG solar modules, an overall capacity of 13.54 MWp were supplied by Solar Solutions PV GmbH for the building of three large solar parks in UK… Read more »

Neoen, First Solar To Deliver Lowest Cost Solar Electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Consortium secures 47.5MWAC project in Zambia, under the World Bank’s Scaling Solar program LUSAKA, Zambia/PARIS, France/TEMPE, Az. – June 16, 2016 – Neoen S.A.S., a leading French renewable energy firm, and First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced that they have successfully bid for a 47.5 megawatt (MW)AC utility-scale solar power project in Zambia. The… Read more »

Sterling and Wilson ranked the 6th Global Solar EPC and No. 1 outside USA and China

Sterling and Wilson, a leading global Solar EPC player, has been ranked 6th Global Solar EPC& No.1 EPC outside USA & China by IHS Research and Consulting firm in its recently released Solar EPC and O&M Provider Tracker Q2 2016. Having commissioned over 1050 MW of solar power project installations in last 5 years, Sterling… Read more »

Ecolux Inexpensive Ecological PV Recycling

What to do with all the waste during processing and at the end of life? This is a question we often ask ourselves in the industry. Loser Chemie is developing high quality recycling technologies especially for the photovoltaic industry. Dr. Wolfram Palitzsch tells us more…. The Loser Chemie GmbH (LC) was a chemical industry whose… Read more »

PV Where Does It Go From Here

PV continues to grow and this entails investment in new systems. But which is the 
right technology from the medium-term perspective? Which technology offers the 
greatest potential? Or would it be better to adopt a technology whose potential is already largely exhausted? This article endeavours to shed some light on the subject and clarify the… Read more »

It’s all in the connector

The Multi-Contact MC4 connector is now approved for 1500 volts, an increase from 
1000 volts. Existing systems using MC4 connectors can also be upgraded. The end
 result will be overall cost reduction, which is always welcome news in today’s market. The original MC4 connector from Multi-Contact AG, the most popular connector in the world, recently… Read more »

Intersolar: skytron energy launches updated PVGuard®, with integrated controls

Celebrates global market leadership in monitoring systems for utility-scale PV segmentBerlin, June 14, 2016. skytron® energy, a First Solar company and the global market leader in utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) monitoring, today announced the launch of version 2.3 of its PVGuard® Supervision Platform. The updated version will be showcased at Intersolar 2016, and features a new… Read more »

The black box from Unna

Chris Voet, Chief Sales Officer, LTI ReEnergy GmbH, explains to PES how local sourcing for the central inverter, PVOne, cuts the costs of logistics making it more economical for their clients and partners. PES: Welcome to PES Solar/PV magazine. Thanks for talking with us. Would you like to begin by explaining a little about the… Read more »

Stationary energy storage

PES catches up with Jacques Boppe, VP Corporate Development – Executive Office, Leclanché, to ask him about their wide range of turnkey energy storage solutions. PES: Welcome to PES Solar/PV magazine. Thanks for talking with us. Would you like to begin by explaining a little about the background of your organisation and how you currently… Read more »

Allegro all the way

PES talks to Dr.-Ing. Marc Hüske, Senior Vice President Strategic Product Management & Technology Development of LPKF SolarQuipment GmbH, about the latest advances in thin-film scribing and 24/7 customer service … PES: Welcome to PES Solar. Would 
you like to introduce your company and explain a little about how you serve the solar industry?Marc Hüske:… Read more »

Perfect synchronisation

Gregor Reddemann, CEO of M10 Industries AG, drops 
by to tell PES about state-of-the-art cell connecting automation and the uncompromising ‘Made in Germany’ quality workmanship… PES: Welcome to PES Solar. Would you like to introduce your company and explain a little about how you serve the solar industry?Gregor Reddemann: M10 Industries AG are focusing on… Read more »

A question of management

Renewable energy generation, data collection, changing analytics, the grid edge… In a continually evolving industry how does the renewable asset manager keep up with the changes? Edmee Kelsey, founder and CEO of 3megawatt GmbH, gives PES her analysis of the situation…. These are turbulent times for Renewable Asset Managers. Every day there is something new… Read more »

PV – Where does it go from here?

PV continues to grow and this entails investment in new systems. But which is the 
right technology from the medium-term perspective? Which technology offers the 
greatest potential? Or would it be better to adopt a technology whose potential is already largely exhausted? This article endeavours to shed some light on the subject and clarify the… Read more »

It’s all in the connector

The Multi-Contact MC4 connector is now approved for 1500 volts, an increase from 
1000 volts. Existing systems using MC4 connectors can also be upgraded. The end
 result will be overall cost reduction, which is always welcome news in today’s market. The original MC4 connector from Multi-Contact AG, the most popular connector in the world, recently… Read more »

Hybrid solutions for Mini Grid Applications

Mini Grid Applications are becoming more and more in demand from remote locations. They save on the costs of fossil fuel and logistics. PES finds out more from Omron… Improving access to modern energy services in rural areas is a priority for many developing countries (South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Argentina etc.), with more than 1.5… Read more »

Small is best

Anders Lindgren, CEO, Optistring Technologies, is very enthusiastic about the new module-level inverters. He tells PES why… PES: Thanks for talking with us. Would you like to begin by explaining a little about the background of your organisation and how you currently serve the solar industry?Anders Lindgren: Parts of the basic ideas of the technology… Read more »

Onwards and upwards

Dr. Peter Fath, CEO of RCT Solutions talks to PES about how RCT has grown in the 
PV industry over the last 4 years… PES: Welcome PES Solar/PV magazine. Thanks for talking with us. Would you like to begin by explaining a little about the background of your organization 
and how you currently serve the… Read more »

Top quality control

Dr. Albrecht Krüger, CEO, SENTECH Instruments GmbH talks to PES about non-contact, non-invasive optical characterization using ellipsometry and reflectometry, 
and their new quality control system SENperc PV … PES: Welcome to PES Solar/PV magazine.Thanks for talking with us. Would you like to begin by explaining a little about the background of your organization and how… Read more »

Swiss technology

PES meets up with Ivo Lackner, Head of Sales and Marketing at Serbot Innovations, Switzerland to discuss the benefits of clean solar panels, the role of experience, know-how in innovation and the growth of the solar industry… PES: Welcome back to PES Solar/PV magazine. Thanks for talking with us. Would you like to begin by… Read more »

Innovation meets experience

The new converter technology and the silver-plated CVD-reactors from Silicon Products Bitterfeld GmbH & Co.KG (SPB), lead to a substantial contribution regarding reduced production costs and higher quality of silicon produced by standard Siemens process. This article presents the latest development and technology in the production and purification of trichlorosilane (TCS) and converter technology developed… Read more »

Top performance: best price

PES caught up with Dr. Frank Schlichting, CEO, Solare Datensysteme GmbH, to learn about the advances in their PV monitoring systems, developed over the years from their know-how and innovation and the importance of strong partnership…. PES: Welcome back to PES Solar magazine. Thanks for taking the time to speak with us. Would you like… Read more »

On top of the roof

Traditional, heavy roof top PV panels can cause damage to both the roof and membrane. Andreas Zimmerer, Managing Director, Soltop EU, introduces PES to a light, quick fit alternative. We, at Soltop, specialise in roof top solutions; our main business is flat roof mounting systems and integrated fall protection systems. Unlike most of our competitors… Read more »

Squeaky clean energy

PES talks to Matt Maroon, VP of Product Management, Aquion Energy about salt water batteries and the importance of clean, green energy. Interest in storage 
is on the up…. PES: Welcome to PES Solar/PV magazine. Thanks for talking with us. Would you like to begin by explaining a little about the background of your organisation… Read more »