Burnaby, Canada, July 20, 2015 – Schneider ElectricTM Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for the solar power conversion chain, is proud to announce that, according to a recent 2014 IHS report, they have been ranked third in market share for global central inverters in revenue terms, representing the highest market share growth in… Read more »
— Establishes Direct Sales Channel for SunEdison’s Residential & Commercial Sales in this Growing Market LONDON, July 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE), the world’s largest renewable energy development company, today announced that it has acquired Mark Group, based in Leicester, United Kingdom, the country’s leading full service energy solutions provider and a… Read more »
DELAWARE, OHIO – July 2015 – Engineered Materials Systems, a leading global supplier of conductive interconnect materials for photovoltaic applications, introduced its new EMS 561-403 Low-Cost Snap Cure Conductive Adhesive for stringing applications in crystalline silicon and thin-film solar modules. EMS 561-403 is designed to electrically interconnect solar cells using ribbons. The adhesive is stress… Read more »
From June 10-12, 40,000+ visitors and 1,000 exhibitors gathered at Messe München, for Intersolar Europe and the collocated electrical energy storage (ees) exhibition. Together these two shows covered 7 halls and attracted visitors from over 143 different countries, emphasizing the international nature of the show. Compared to the previous year the electrical energy storage exhibitors… Read more »
– Leading renewable energy insurer analyses mitigation and prevention of potential project-crippling bottleneck – Insurer notes 15 – 20 incidents per year in generator step up transformers in the global wind industry London, 16th July 2015 – Asset managers and project owners must carefully consider contingency plans in order to mitigate the risk of transformer… Read more »
The Hague, Warschau – 2 July 2015 Dutch high-tech Company Eternal Sun, specialized in solar testing equipment, has facilitated the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) with a fully equipped Solar Laboratory. This laboratory will enable PAS to engage in both solar-PV and solar thermal testing, and will allow PAS to meet the latest testing standards… Read more »
Waldaschaff, Germany/Slough, UK, 15th July 2015. ANTARIS SOLAR Germany is expanding its global network of exclusive national distributors by signing partner agreements with a number of new distributors in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. ANTARIS SOLAR has seen a dramatic increase in overseas distributors wanting to offer ANTARIS SOLAR modules to their customers. New… Read more »
MECASOLAR is attending one of the leading solar events in Brazil, to be held in São Paulo from 15 to 17 July.The company will exhibit its products at stand 402, along with local partners BRAFER and GRUPO ENERGIA. 13 July 2015. MECASOLAR -specialising in the design and manufacture of solar trackers, fixed structures for ground… Read more »
StorEdgeTM SolutionStorEdgeTM is SolarEdge’s all-in-one solution that uses a single DC optimized inverter to manage and monitor both solar generation and energy storage. The StorEdgeTM inverter is designed to support grid-tied solar, backup power, and smart energy management. The backup power application provides backup power to pre-selected loads in the event of grid interruption. The… Read more »
Burnaby, Canada, July 8, 2015 – Schneider ElectricTM Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for the solar power conversion chain, is pleased to announce that they have provided the complete electrical balance of system (BOS) for a 17 MW project in Japan. Schneider Electric will provide a complete solution including PV Boxes, Array Boxes,… Read more »
The market in the Benelux is relatively small, as only 322 MW were installed in 2014. This means a further decrease as compared to the year before. The residential segment of systems up to 10kW is the dominant segment in Belgium and the Netherlands. Bonn. Installers in the Benelux most commonly offer Asian brands in… Read more »
Dutch nonprofit service company promotes social housing sustainability with deployment of advanced Enphase solar energy systems LYON, France, and EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands – July 9, 2015 – Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH), has entered a strategic partnership with WocozoBV, a Dutch nonprofit service company that provides renewable energy services to social housing projects. Wocozon will… Read more »
Freiburg/Germany, 8th July 2015 – Storage systems manufacturer ASD Automatic Storage Device was yesterday awarded the Baden-Württemberg Environmental Technology Prize (Umwelttechnikpreis) for its innovative control system Pacadu, which considerably boosts the performance and lifespan of storage systems. Every two years, the Ministry of the Environment presents the prize to outstanding products and processes in environmental… Read more »
EU PVSEC and Intersolar Europe are combining their strengths for the most important global solar power event in 2016 The EU PVSEC, the world’s largest international photovoltaics conference, will be held at the same time and in the same location as the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry, Intersolar Europe, in Munich. Both events… Read more »
Solid fuel boilers, water heating stoves and pellet stove heating systems have been gaining popularity for years now. Like in other areas of building management, visualisation and monitoring for biomass systems are increasing in importance as well. RESOL now offers a new solution: With VBus®Touch FK, you can turn your mobile devices into a RESOL… Read more »
New system delivers unprecedented: • Data processing and live viewing of production data • Customized views of production data • Fast access to common data views • Filter data for more relevant production information Making fast, objective, economic decisions at every stage in PV production is essential to ensuring maximum yields in today’s competitive solar… Read more »
Levitech is a global leader in semiconductor production solutions for the IC and solar industry, which was established in 2009, headquartered in Netherlands. The Levitrack ALD system produced by Levitech is a state-of-the-art production solution for the solar industry. As the ALD based Al2O3 membrane has excellent passivation performance, the system can be used for… Read more »
BLUEFIELD SOLAR INCOME FUND LIMITEDCompletion of Acquisition of 49.9 MWp Solar Project London, 6th July 2015. Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that with effect from 30 June 2015 it has completed the acquisition of the previously announced West Raynham solar energy plant. The Company signed binding agreements to acquire… Read more »
Nearly half of all German installers purchase their PV modules directly from the manufacturer. This is the highest share amongst the European markets. The downfall of the German market continued and, for the first time, the German market dropped behind the UK with a total installed capacity of 1,9 GW in 2014. Nevertheless, Germany remains… Read more »
Europe’s leading solar energy generator, Lightsource Renewable Energy, has completed rooftop solar installations at two major sea ports in South Wales. Lightsource designed and installed rooftop systems at Associated British Ports (ABP) sites in Cardiff and Swansea. The 250 kilowatt peak (KWp) systems at each site will save more than 4,260 tonnes of carbon emissions… Read more »
GOLDBECK Solar GmbH acquires Gehrlicher Solar Services GmbH, effective retroactively as of April 1, 2015. With the acquisition of the service and system management businesses of PV-specialized Gehrlicher Solar Services, GOLDBECK expands its own O&M portfolio and assimilates one of the most technically competent and best-situated market leaders in Europe. For the Gehrlicher Group, the… Read more »
TGE Group, one the UK’s leading suppliers of renewable energy and heat systems, has completed the installation of a 950-panel installation on top of Salop Design & Engineering’s metalworking plant in Shrewsbury. The installation, which was completed within 4 weeks, is among the largest roof-based solar farms in Shropshire and forms part of Salop Design… Read more »
The Spanish company Grupo Clavijo, an international leader in solar photovoltaic structures and trackers, has appointed Álvaro Vallejo to its management team as the Financial Director. With a degree in Administration and Business Management and a Master in Tax Consultancy, Álvaro holds extensive experience as the head of tax, accounting and financial departments in a… Read more »
“Made in Germany” technology ensures trouble-free operation of 2 PV plants in Hokuto City skytron®energy to start local service support in Japan Berlin, Germany 1 July 2015. – skytron® energy has completed installation of its supervision and monitoring system for two photovoltaic PV plants in Japan in cooperation with Nippon Solar Services GK, a Tokyo… Read more »
*Augsburg / Kaiserslautern, 01 July 2015 – meteocontrol GmbH, a leading company for professional remote monitoring of photovoltaic systems, has formed a collaboration alliance with viamon GmbH, a manufacturer of GPS-based theft protection for PV modules and inverters. The integration of the anti-theft feature in meteocontrol’s VCOM virtual control room monitoring system provides operators of… Read more »
Mecasolar is supplying solar materials to a 4.5MW solar plant in Antalya, Turkey.The project strengthens Mecasolar’s position in the Balkans, where the company plans to develop 30MW by 2017. 1 July 2015. MECASOLAR will supply 4.5MW in solar trackers to a new project in Korkuteli, in Antalya Province, Turkey A total of 47 trackers, using… Read more »
Hamburg/Germany, July 2015, 1 – Suncycle, one of the leading service providers in the solar sector has developed an online test tool and a repair process for defective junction boxes of PV modules made by the manufacturer Solar-Fabrik. Suncycle repairs or replaces the junction boxes concerned, which involve a fire hazard, and provides system owners… Read more »
Delft, 30th June 2015 – This Summer, Ampelmann, the global leader in motion compensated access solutions, will provide one of its offshore access solutions to enable ‘walk to work’ for a commissioning campaign on Premier Oil’s Solan field, West of Shetland. The Ampelmann system enables the safe and effective transfer of the workforce in one… Read more »
The Indian government’s energy policy is raising growth expectations Mumbai, India and Pforzheim/Freiburg, Germany, 26. June 2015: India has ambitious objectives for expanding solar energy. The government plans to increase photovoltaic output by a factor of 30 by 2022, to a total of 100 gigawatts. The state of Maharastra has also committed to a determined… Read more »
• The rooftop PV plant, located in Evere, Belgium, has a capacity of 738.45 kWp • With this new plant, Martifer Solar now has connected successfully approximately 35 MW in Belgium Martifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, has completed the construction and connection of a 738.45 kWp PV system on the rooftop of the… Read more »
Annual General Meeting approves all motions of management by a large majority New Chairman appointed to the Supervisory Board Sulzemoos, June 23rd, 2015 / The shareholders of Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), an international photovoltaic system integrator listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, elected a new member of the Supervisory Board… Read more »
Full year forecast of €140-160 Mio million sales revenues confirmed, with positive EBIT Benefits of restructuring and lower cost base have increased competitiveness With continued strong growth in the global solar industry in 2015 to over 50 GWp (est.), demand for experienced, international EPC partners such as Phoenix Solar remains healthy Sulzemoos, 23 June 2015… Read more »
Sungrow continues international growth and by opening Thai office Hefei, June 23, 2015 -Sungrow, one of the worlds leading PV-inverter manufacturers, announced a deal to supply 75MW of central inverters to be connected to the power grid in Thailand. These projects are separately developed and built by the wholly owned subsidiaries of Super Block Co.,… Read more »
Consortium led by ACWA Power establishes global cost benchmark with Middle East’s largest PV plant DUBAI, United Arab Emirates/TEMPE, Az. – June 23, 2015 – First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced that it has signed an agreement to supply its high performance photovoltaic (PV) modules to power the 200 megawatt (MW)AC second phase of… Read more »
Features include:• STRING-Q EL / VISION – String-based Inspection on Electroluminescence and optical camera image• MOD-Q EL – Module Inspection based on Electroluminescence Imaging• MOD-Q VISION – Optical Module Inspection and Classification High quality photovoltaic (PV) modules demand extremely accurate performance data while seeking the lowest possible production cost. Subsequently, the PV industry is looking… Read more »
Focus on Innovation, Quality Products and Expanded Commitment to China Market WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, USA, June 18, 2015- Over 100 Enthone customers, local dignitaries and employees recently gathered for the official grand opening of the Enthone Shanghai Technical & Manufacturing Center in Fengxian, P.R. China. Event participants included many of the world’s leading OEMs and… Read more »