Lightsource Renewable Energy, Europe’s leading solar energy company, is searching for new talent to join its in-house solar Operations and Maintenance (O&M) induction academy, following the successful completion of its first batch of recruits. Solar O&M in the UK is moving into new territory, with many EPC warranty periods now coming to an end, and… Read more »
Riding a wave of increased demand for their technology, Ecoppia – developer, designer, and producer of a pioneering robotic cleaning technology for utility-scale solar sites – today inked a deal to begin mass producing their E4 robots at a new, state-of-the-art facility near Chennai, India. With the rapid growth of the solar industry in India,… Read more »
• Martifer Solar and NREA (National Renewable Energy Authority) have signed a MoU for availing a 60,26ha land plot in Minya to build a 25MWn solar plant • The RA SOLAR consortium, comprised of EEC Group and Martifer Solar, was qualified by the Egyptian authorities under the Feed-in-Tariff program Martifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer… Read more »
The academy received support from the Solare Datensysteme GmbH (SDS) corporation. On 12 March 2016, the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation organized one of their numerous academies in Lemgo, Germany. Fifty-six motivated children from 17 different schools met at the Karla-Raveh Comprehensive School to learn about causes and consequences of the climate crisis, being a world citizen and… Read more »
ALAMEDA, Calif., April 18 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Blymyer Engineers, the nation’s leading solar design firm, announced today the company is finishing the designs on a 1,500 volt PV system across three sites in Florida. When completed the Gulf Coast project will generate wit 123.75 MW of AC power. The project is utilizing 1,497,000 First Solar… Read more »
London, Luxembourg: 19 April, 2016: Quercus Assets Selection and Swiss Life Asset Managers announce the successful completion of the deal to acquire Antin Solar Investments (“ASI”) in a 50:50 joint venture. ASI now operates as Azienda Solare Italiana Spa. On 18 December 2015 the joint venture, called Quercus Swiss Life Italian Solar Srl, had entered… Read more »
Wismar, April 19, 2016 – Production at Sonnenstromfabrik in Wismar has now resumed after a break of three months. The plant, originally built by Centrosolar as the production base for Centrosolar’s own-brand solar modules as well as for products made for TSMC, Bosch, Du Pont and Conergy, is one of the most efficient and advanced… Read more »
Augsburg, April 19, 2016 – meteocontrol GmbH has equipped seven new solar power plants in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse with its monitoring systems. meteocontrol’s monitoring and control systems manage the regulated grid feed-in operations and ensure that the PV systems operate at optimum capacity with a total output of 24.3 MWp. Contracted by IBC SOLAR… Read more »
US American PV installers rate Centrosolar’s products among the best in the industry. Therefore, Centrosolar receives the “Top Brand PV USA Seal 2016” from EuPD Research. Bonn. Participants of the “US PV Installer Monitor 2015/2016” positively rated Centrosolar in regard to brand awareness and brand management. Therefore the company receives the “TOP BRAND PV USA… Read more »
The percentage of renewables in the electricity supply is steadily growing worldwide. Using a combination of different renewable sources, an ecological and economical electricity mix can be realized across national borders. Decisive here is the reliable supply, storage and distribution of renewable electricity. In the Supergrid project, several Fraunhofer institutes joined together to research just… Read more »
• Wiki-Solar’s current global EPC ranking places Phoenix Solar at No. 17 in terms of MWp capacity commissioned, and No. 8 in terms of projects completed Sulzemoos, Germany, April 18th, 2016 / Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has been… Read more »
Munich, April 15, 2016 – Two months before the exhibition opens, Intersolar Europe is sending the market positive signals: The exhibition space at the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry and its partners has been fully booked. And the same is true for ees Europe, Europe’s largest exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems…. Read more »
The trade fair season is in full swing – the MCE in Milan and the ifh/INTHERM in Nuremberg are behind us already, two more appointments in Munich and Istanbul are still to come. All who lack the time to visit us on one of these trade fairs are welcome to take a look around our… Read more »
Zwoenitz, 14 April 2016. With installations of 367 megawatts in the first quarter of 2016, the German-based company Gantner Instruments has established itself as one of the biggest independent photovoltaic monitoring companies worldwide. Since January 2016, the PV business unit Gantner Instruments Environment Solutions has already provided turnkey monitoring and control solutions for 33 projects… Read more »
When the Fraunhofer ISE Photovoltaic Technology Evaluation Center PV-TEC was inaugurated in Spring 2006, it was the first research-based pilot line for crystalline silicon solar cells. Back then with support from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Fraunhofer ISE PV-TEC was able to build a new, unique service center for the photovoltaic (PV) industry…. Read more »
London, UK (APRIL 14, 2016) – Solar Plants, one of Wales’ leading independent PV installers, completes a 250kW commercial installation with SolarEdge’s DC optimized inverter solution at Sony UK Technology Centre. Looking to promote the use of green energy, Sony UK Technology Centre was specifically interested in SolarEdge’s solution as it increases system production by… Read more »
Zwoenitz, 14 April 2016. With installations of 367 megawatts in the first quarter of 2016, the German-based company Gantner Instruments has established itself as one of the biggest independent photovoltaic monitoring companies worldwide. Since January 2016, the PV business unit Gantner Instruments Environment Solutions has already provided turnkey monitoring and control solutions for 33 projects… Read more »
When the Fraunhofer ISE Photovoltaic Technology Evaluation Center PV-TEC was inaugurated in Spring 2006, it was the first research-based pilot line for crystalline silicon solar cells. Back then with support from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Fraunhofer ISE PV-TEC was able to build a new, unique service center for the photovoltaic (PV) industry…. Read more »
DENVER — Southern California Edison connected 1,258 new megawatts of solar power to the grid in 2015, more than any other utility in the United States, according to the annual utility solar market survey conducted by the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), formerly the Solar Electric Power Association. Edison was one of two utilities claiming… Read more »
The emerging technology reaches 21% efficiency in the lab, leading to deal-making between companies and academic institutions driving research, Lux Research says BOSTON, MA – April 12, 2016 – Perovskite solar cells are hailed as the next generation of photovoltaic material, and are hoping to drive adoption in new applications. While there are challenges to… Read more »
This is the real experience in a PV plant in Piacenza (Northern Italy) where the wide range of input voltage of the Omron Inverter maximize productivity hours in the year The best solution to repair at the uncertainty of the incentives scheme experienced recently in Italy is to increase solar productivity hours during the year:… Read more »
Solar energy company PROINSO will donate solar equipment to sixteen United World Colleges (UWC) to assist students in comparing renewable energy data from different parts of the world. PROINSO’s first donation has been made to UWC Atlantic College in Llantwit Major, South Wales. The equipment will be set up in the college’s ‘Valley’, an on-site… Read more »
Meyer Burger receives significant contract for over CHF 18 million for upgrade equipment and technologies including the MAiA 2.1 system platform, SiNA cell coating systems and innovative DW288 diamond wire cutting equipment and technology. JA Solar, a leading solar manufacturer in Asia, has awarded Meyer Burger a contract for the delivery of its industrially proven… Read more »
Mumbai/Pforzheim/Freiburg, April 05, 2016 – Strong partners for the energy transition in India: HUSUM Wind and Intersolar are forming a strategic partnership. From October 19-21, 2016, the internationally renowned exhibition for wind energy will be represented with a special area at India’s largest exhibition and conference for the solar industry in Mumbai. The special area… Read more »
Augsburg, 04/06/2016 – Green City Energy AG, an alternative energy provider based in Munich, is determined to increase the efficiency and returns of the operation management in its system portfolio, which comprises about 40 MWp of installed PV power. To accomplish this goal, it asked meteocontrol GmbH to integrate all 25 solar parks into a… Read more »
Goldbeck Solar expands its activities The Turkish solar market may expand to 600 megawatt peak over the course of this year. Goldbeck Solar, a solar EPC contractor from Hirschberg near Heidelberg in Germany, wants to provide between 30 and 50 MWp. In a country with an average 7.5 sun hours per day, photovoltaic energy simply… Read more »
SunEdison Australia is one of Australia’s largest companies solely dedicated to solar energy. The Australian business was founded in 2006 and has since installed over 23,000 solar systems on homes, schools and commercial buildings. The Energy-Management Specialist Solare Datensysteme spoke with Sun Edison about the photovoltaic projects in Australia and the special challenges of the… Read more »
Ingeteam has won an EU tender for the supply, installation and maintenance of a battery storage system for the European Commission that will serve as a test bench for this technology institution. The lab will use a real system (no simulation) for feasibility analysis of the energy storage systems developed in the coming years. Ingeteam…. Read more »
From April 28-29, 2016, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE will hold the sixth SOPHIA PV Module Reliability Workshop hosted by the Austrian Institute of Technology AIT in Vienna, Austria. International experts from research and industry will speak about innovations in materials, module reliability on the system level and PV module integration in… Read more »
T*SOL 2016 – The Next Generation of Solar Thermal Design Software Valentin Software has adapted T*SOL, its simulation software for solar thermal systems, in accordance with current funding guidelines. The new version T*SOL 2016 allows users to submit the necessary evidence, e.g. to cover heating and hot water requirements, for German government funding programs. For… Read more »
SoLayTec today announced the continuing positive trend of incoming orders.Four new solar customers around the globe have ordered the Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) equipment from SoLayTec. One of these customer is from Taiwan, and a mayor a step to open further opportunities for SoLayTec in this market. These shipments are scheduled to start within this… Read more »
• Consolidated 2015 revenues triple versus 2014, significant earnings improvement, positive cash flow• Positive net result on a quarterly basis in Q4• Phoenix Solar expects strong revenue and earnings growth for 2016 Sulzemoos, Germany, March 30th, 2016 / Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed in the Prime Standard of the… Read more »
National energy efficiency solutions company Anesco has played a key role in a ground-breaking new community solar farm near Stratford-upon-Avon, which will provide a long term funding stream for local charity groups over the next 25 years. The company has constructed a brand-new solar farm near Stratford-upon-Avon for Stratford Community Energy, which will generate 4,696… Read more »
The “Global Alliance for Solar Energy Research Institutes (GA-SERI)” convened a worldwide gathering of experts from Germany, Japan, the USA and beyond to discuss the future of photovoltaics (PV). With annual global PV installations reaching 60 GW in 2015, approaching global production capacity, 50 participants gathered in Freiburg Germany for the initial “GA-SERI Terawatt Workshop”… Read more »
Lightsource Renewable Energy, the largest provider of solar O&M services in the UK, has added more than 28 third-party megawatts to its growing portfolio of more than 1.1GW. After securing a contract with US-based sPower, Lightsource will provide a full O&M service to three large-scale solar sites – 6.25MW, 14.7MW & 7.5MW – all located… Read more »
meteocontrol is expanding its presence in Turkey and has delivered monitoring solutions for two photovoltaic plants. A meteocontrol system is now monitoring an 8.3 MWp site of Hanwha Q CELLS in Burdur Yarisli in southwestern Turkey. The second PV system, with total capacity of 2.1 MWp, is near Korkuteli, a city located about 100 kilometers northwest… Read more »