Bad Staffelstein / Neckarsulm, March 6th, 2015 – With the Ultraverter concept, KACO new energy, the Neckarsulm, Germany, based solar PV inverter manufacturer has combined the advantages of module- and string inverters in a completely new “AC serial switching” system architecture. The concept was awarded the highly coveted Innovation Prize at the “30th Photovoltaics Solar… Read more »
World Assurance Group Inc. (www.worldassurancegroup.com) (OTC Pink: WDAS) announces that it has completed the acquisition of three operating companies from Power Clouds Pte Ltd (www.PowerClouds.com), its Singapore based partner, in a predominantly equity transaction. The three companies, Solar Parc Moldoveni SRL, Fran SRL and Power Clouds (Japan) Ltd are all subsidiaries of Power Clouds Pte… Read more »
Vaisala 2014 solar study reveals role of extreme weather patterns in growing East-West productivity divide The East Coast of the U.S. experienced up to 5% lower than average levels of solar irradiance in 2014, negatively impacting overall performance of solar sites in the region. Concurrently, the West Coast enjoyed irradiance levels up to 10% higher… Read more »
With more than 200 participants, 23 expert speakers and 15 exhibitors, the Intersolar Summit, taking place in Turkey this year, shows how much potential this country has in the field of renewable energies and how interested international energy companies are in the Turkish market. Pforzheim / Istanbul. Yusuf Yazar, General Manager of the Renewable Energy… Read more »
Findings point to advantages of predictive analysis for long term grid stability AUGSBURG, Germany, April 1, 2015 /Press Release/ — meteocontrol, a leading weather and solar power forecast analysis company, today released its solar eclipse data following the solar eclipse that took place on March 20th. The analysis shows how the company was able to… Read more »
Conergy completed Twelve Projects, 105 MWp, in the Past Three Months MILTON KEYNES/ MIAMI, 1 April 2015 – Conergy, one of the world’s largest and longest-standing solar companies, announced today that it has built and grid-connected twelve projects in the United Kingdom in the first quarter of 2015, bringing its UK total to 22 solar… Read more »
Thomas Kipfer to become new Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Meyer Burger Executive Board Meyer Burger Technology Ltd has appointed Thomas Kipfer as the new Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Executive Board as of 1st October 2015 Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that as of 1st… Read more »
InnoLas Solutions GmbH grows steadily thanks to advanced PERC and cell cutting technologies for solar cell manufacturing. InnoLas Solutions GmbH enjoyed a successful year 2014 with continuos growth and major technological breakthroughs. The German company’s laser systems proved popular with solar cell manufacturers around the globe. This success continues in 2015: Already in the first… Read more »
Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into binding agreements for the acquisition of a major UK-based solar energy plant. The ground based solar photovoltaic (“PV”) asset based in Norfolk has a capacity of 49.9 MegaWatts Peak (“MWp”) (the “Project”). The acquisition is being funded for a… Read more »
Focusing on the PERC-technology expansion in todays solar cell production, RENA InOxSide+ offers an edge isolation technology with integrated rear side smoothing and cleaning. Applied wet chemical processes enable an advanced rear side surface preparation for subsequent passivation layer deposition as a key factor for successful PERC solar cell production. The new RENA InOxSide+ combines… Read more »
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”) has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 7,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $18.00 per share. All shares are being sold by SolarEdge. As part of the offering, the underwriters have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,050,000… Read more »
· Consolidated revenue of EUR 189.2 million reached· EBIT profit of EUR 19.6 million compared with prior period’s EUR 7.4 million loss· Extraordinary items help consolidated net income reach EUR 1.2 million· Group liquidity exceeds EUR 114 million Blaubeuren, March 26, 2015 – The centrotherm Group reached the target that it set itself for its… Read more »
• Consolidated 2014 Revenue and Earnings Below Expectations• Strong Growth – Driven by Utility-Scale Projects in the USA – FillsOrder Book• 2015 Revenues Expected to be Significantly Higher at EUR 140 to160 million ($US 150 to 170 million)*)• Phoenix Solar Expects Positive EBIT for 2015 Sulzemoos, March 26th 2015 / Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93),… Read more »
Net sales and incoming orders increased in 2014 compared to the previous year Net sales 2014 rose by 56% to CHF 315.8 million Incoming orders of CHF 326.0 million; +13% compared to the previous year Profitability impacted by special items; EBITDA of CHF -95.6 million (2013: CHF -117.3 million); adjusted EBITDA of CHF -75 million… Read more »
The closing event of the MetaPV project was held in Brussels to present the project’s conclusions and recommendations for policy-makers, regulators, industry and technical experts. The MetaPV project, supported by the European Commission and one of the first real life smart grid projects with photovoltaics, has shown in a test area in Flanders, Belgium, how… Read more »
Public-private partnership is part of Hawaii’s Green Energy Market Securitization (GEMS) program SAN FRANCISCO, March 25, 2015 – Clean Power Finance (CPF) has brought together Panasonic Eco Solutions (Panasonic) and Coronal Group LLC (Coronal) with the State of Hawaii to finance up to $100 million of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. This public-private partnership is part… Read more »
Pakistan is a promising new market for solar projects Berlin/Germany, March 24, 2015 – aleo solar is working with the energy provider GreenIndusTree to help supply homes and companies in Pakistan with decentralized, environmentally-friendly electricity. The photovoltaics manufacturer is supplying GreenIndusTree with 278 solar modules for the start of the project, which will produce clean… Read more »
Global market value for solar Photovoltaic inverters will decline from estimated $5.7 billion in 2014 to around $5.2 billion by 2020 Falling cost of inverters continues to reduce market size, with prices expected to decrease by 20-25% in the forecast period, says report LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 24 March 2015 – The global market for solar… Read more »
New facility will reduce delivery time of modules sold to Suntech customers Cape Town, South Africa, March 23, 2015/Press Release/: Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd. has officially announced the establishment of a local warehouse in Cape Town, South Africa. This new facility will initially store 500kW of modules and will expand its storage capacity to… Read more »
Proinso to launch GPM monitoring and management solutions for South Africa PROINSO to present its new integrated solutions at the Solar Show Africa 2015 (Johannesburg), to be staged 24 and 25 of March (Booth #A3). Also the launch of both Mecasolar structures, which are manufactured by a PROINSO affiliate Company and new concept hybrid solutions…. Read more »
SIKA GERMANY PRESENTS SikaMelt®-9185 IA AT OTTI PHOTOVOLTAIC SYMPOSIUM The new product SikaMelt®-9185 IA won first place of the OTTI Innovation Award 2015 at 30th Photovoltaic Symposium in Bad Staffelstein, Germany. This innovative adhesive enables a next generation of fully-automated bonding of junction boxes to back sheets of photovoltaic modules. The OTTI Photovoltaic Symposium is… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that it has successfully extended the agreement on its loan secured by mortgage certificates of CHF 30 million (for the building in Thun), which was concluded in 2013, with the existing banking syndicate for another two years until the end of April 2017. Furthermore, the… Read more »
Allowing easy, flexible installation and monitoring of electricity data, high-efficiency battery storage systems will contribute to optimal energy use inside the home March 12, 2015, Kyoto/Neuss – Kyocera Corporation (President: Goro Yamaguchi), Energetik Solartechnologie-Vertriebs GmbH (Managing Directors: Mr. Thomas Stork, Mr. Frank Rohland) and Solare Datensysteme GmbH (CEO: Dr. Frank Schlichting) today announced that the… Read more »
Munich, March 19, 2015 – This year’s Intersolar Europe Conference in Munich offers expert insights into the solar markets and technologies of the future. It will run alongside Intersolar Europe, the world’s largest exhibition for the solar industry. Around 1,100 attendees and 200 speakers from all over the world will meet at the Intersolar Europe… Read more »
Once Weaver Vale Housing Trust specified microin- verters for a large-scale deployment of rooftop solar systems, it wasn’t hard to find an Enphase partner that was also experienced at handling a hefty project pipeline: Rothwell Plumbing. The Learning CurveWeaver Vale Housing Trust’s journey to 1,600 solar roofs began with a single step. Actually, it was… Read more »
Solare Datensysteme GmbH (SDS), together with Phono Solar Technology Co., Ltd. , developed a new solution to visualize storage systems. The Solar-LogTM system can now visual important data and values from battery storage systems. Battery systems are the most effective solution for the flexible use of PV electricity. A major benefit: The electricity can be… Read more »
Comparison of PERC and PERT cells shows clear advantages of the PERT technology Since the light-induced degradation fails to appear, PERT cells offer a better performance than PERC cells at the same manufacturing cost. March 16, 2015 – Freudenstadt / Germany. With its innovative APCVD systems the SCHMID Group offers the possibility of PERT (Passivated… Read more »
Meyer Burger has successfully concluded a contract with SunEdison, the world’s largest renewable energy development company, for the delivery and commissioning of DW288 water-based diamond wire saws for the manufacture of high performance mono-crystalline silicon solar wafers. The order amounts in the upper single-digit million Swiss Francs. Delivery of the equipment is scheduled to begin… Read more »
Meyer Burger strengthens its technological leadership in the solar industry and surpasses budgeted production capacity in Hohenstein-Ernstthal due to the continued strong customer demand for the industrially proven MB PERC upgrade cell technology on the MAiA 2.1 system platform. Since the beginning of the year, incoming orders of around 18 million Swiss francs for MAiA… Read more »
SolarWorld, an important European manufacturer of high tech solar power solutions, has chosen the industrially proven MAiA 2.1 equipment platform with the mass production scalable MB PERC technology from Meyer Burger to upgrade and expand its production of high quality solar cells. During the in-depth testing and evaluation phase, Meyer Burger’s high efficiency upgrade technology… Read more »
The leading global provider of power and thermal management solutions is now shipping its new RPI Series single phase inverters with 4 kVA and 5 kVA power outputs. RPI H4A and H5A solar inverters (PresseBox) (Teningen, 05.03.2015) Delta has launched two new transformerless models known as the RPI H4A and RPI H5A featuring 4 and… Read more »
The Spanish manufacturer of solar structures and trackers will exceed the installed capacity of 720 Mw. The Spanish company, Grupo Clavijo, has begun work to install a solar photovoltaic park with a capacity of 63 MWp in Honduras (Aura II), with ISOLUX CORSÁN as the main EPC contractor. This installation will include advanced single-axis trackers… Read more »
A module, inverter or storage system manufacturer, who provides good services and high quality products, can gain a considerable competitive edge over his competitors in the retail market. This year, Samil Power is ranked among the top foreign inverter manufacturers based on recommendation levels by British installers. Therefore, Samil Power receives the “Top Brand PV… Read more »
Berlin, 04.03.2015 – In an independent survey conducted by EuPD Research, installers confirm that system supplier and German module manufacturer aleo solar GmbH has achieved a high level of brand awareness on the British and German markets. aleo is now being awarded the “Top Brand PV | Modules” seal for this accomplishment. Of all the… Read more »
Renusol’s innovative new product unveiled at Ecobuild London, 4 March 2015 – It is intended that the majority of new buildings in Great Britain should be carbon neutral by 2016. One way of improving a building’s carbon footprint is to install a photovoltaic system. In order to lower the overall cost of doing so, mounting… Read more »
Octopus Investments (“Octopus”) and Lightsource Renewable Energy (“Lightsource”) have closed the project refinancing of a portfolio of solar farms managed by Octopus, with a total installed capacity of 76.4 megawatts. Barclays provided the £76m term facility. These projects are among the largest solar photovoltaic systems that supply power into the UK national grid. Octopus originally… Read more »