Adding to a string of recent announcements about capability and resource expansions, ASM Assembly Systems’ DEK Solar group yesterday appointed Kromax as its agent in China. During a ceremony that took place as part of the Kromax October 23rd seminar, PERC Solar Cells and Optimization tools, DEK Solar Director Brian Lau made a special presentation… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Building on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution and continue U.S. leadership in clean energy innovation, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced more than $53 million for 40 innovative research and development (R&D) projects that aim to drive down the cost of solar energy, tackling key aspects of technology development… Read more »
The Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) has joined the Fraunhofer Institute to become the next world-renowned research institution to acquire the WAVELABS SINUS-220 LED solar simulator. WAVELABS’ entry into the Asian market signifies the global recognition of its SINUS technology as an indispensable tool for photovoltaic research and testing, and offers a glimpse… Read more »
Winterthur, October 16th, 2014 – The integration of PV and heat pumps into a single system is a current topic in the industry. With its new 7.1 version, Polysun brings a useful component in this respect, the new “Exhaust air heat pump” component. In addition, the “ErP” energy label for heating systems can now be… Read more »
October 16, 2014, pleased to announce that our RAY-MAX ® Distributed Architecture TM Inverter System has been specified for the 1.5 MWDC PV solar farm project located at the United States Department of Agriculture’s George Washington Carver Center (GWCC).. “This project will be the largest solar photovoltaics project in the Washington DC metropolitan area,” states… Read more »
Wuxi, China, October 15, 2014: Wuxi Suntech today announced it is adding another measure of protection for customer warranties: Its modules’ performance will be insured by Chinese-based insurance company Ping An and reinsured by the leading risk carrier, Munich Re. This new insurance policy provides 25 years’ warranty protection for Suntech in the event of… Read more »
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., October 15, 2014 – BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the electronics manufacturing and alternative energy markets, announces that it will exhibit with its representative Gemmy-Tek Technology Co., Ltd., in Booth A0306 at PV Taiwan, scheduled to take place October 22-24, 2014, at TWTC Exhibition Hall… Read more »
Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Offers Complete Pumping Systems for Architectural Glass Within the various application of coatings for architectural glass and large area coatings as such, the demand for high-quality functional glass is soaring, especially for Low-E glass in functional combinations with other glass types. The requirements for the manufacturing of such quality glasses are high… Read more »
The company will be taking part in the leading U.S. solar power sector event, to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from 20-23 October (Stand 4506), with an expected attendance of over 16,000 professionals. PROINSO will present its online store for PV products: Click & Collect, which has more than 200 collection points in 50… Read more »
Suntech to attend Solar Energy UK this week in Birmingham Birmingham, UK, October 13, 2014/ Press Release/: Suntech will be exhibiting its latest financial offering at Solar Energy UK in Birmingham from October 14th to 16th. This follows the latest strategic partnership with youmex Group. The financial offering comes through a partnership announced between Shunfeng… Read more »
Expanding on its commitment to advancing alternative energy technology, ASM Assembly Systems’ DEK Solar group today announced the extension of its team with two important personnel hires. William Zhang will assume the role of Senior Process Technologist and Kenneth Koh joins as Global Product Manager. Zhang comes to DEK Solar with several years of solar… Read more »
Hotels, resorts and sports facilities are, among others, the ideal sectors for the application of renewable energy systems – for most common tourist destinations usually have a sunny, warm climate. RESOL has the perfect solution for controlling, monitoring and maintaining your large solar thermal system easily and efficiently. In the wide range of controllers from… Read more »
-100 kilowatt PV plants on zoo’s buildings for self-consumption -Melbourne Zoo is the world’s first certified carbon neutral zoo -Q CELLS modules convince with their low light behavior -Hanwha Q CELLS Australia criticizes the government’s Renewable Energy Target plans (RET) [Melbourne, Australia, 10 October 2014] – Melbourne Zoo, the world’s first certified carbon neutral zoo,… Read more »
Kolkata/India, Mannheim/Germany, October, 2014. Tier 1 manufacturer Vikram Solar has successfully completed the OST factory and product audit, and is now considered by investors and banks alike as a confirmed partner for PV projects in the UK. UK’s leading, independent renewables auditor OST Energy attested the highest efficiency at nominal operating cell temperature (NOCT) among… Read more »
Berlin/ Newhaven/ London, 10/09/2014. ib vogt GmbH has sold a portfolio of three new UK solar farms with a total capacity of over 46 MWp to Primrose Solar. The solar farms are located at Littlebourne near Canterbury, Kent (17 MWp), at Ninfield near Bexhill-on-sea, Sussex (11.5 MWp), and at Herne Bay, Kent (18 MWp). Construction… Read more »
Prenzlau/Berlin, Germany, 8th October 2014 – aleo solar GmbH will be unveiling its new 300 watt high-power module boasting improved weak light behaviour at the Solar Energy UK exhibition, taking place in Birmingham from 14th to 16th October 2014. Even with a very weak irradiation of 200 watts per square metre (W/m²), the aleo module… Read more »
Pamplona, 7th September, 2014. The Royalla Solar Farm, the largest PV plant in Oceania is now operating with Ingeteam’s medium voltage power stations. This plant, with a 20 MW rated power output, is the property of FRV (Fotowatio Renewable Ventures) and is located 23 kilometres south of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The solar… Read more »
Thanks to the flexible installation options for the connection box, SolarMax’s 32HT2 inverter offers both high voltage protection and overvoltage protection for PV plants on commercial and public buildings. Biel, October 7, 2014 – PV plants in exposed locations require particular protection during thunderstorms. With the optional, external connection box for the 32HT2 string inverter,… Read more »
United Kingdom, October 7th, 2014 – Schneider Electric Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for solar power conversion chain, will be featuring products and solutions for PV power plants, and commercial and off-grid applications at the upcoming Solar Energy UK, which runs from the 14th – 16th of October. “According to a recent report… Read more »
WeberHaus to use ASD solar storage systems Leading prefabricated house manufacturer chooses ASD as its storage system supplier Freiburg/Germany, 7th October 2014 – Germany’s leading manufacturer of prefabricated houses, WeberHaus, is now to employ the innovative energy storage systems supplied by ASD Automatic Storage Device. The ASD solar storage system was tested for seven months… Read more »
Joint tender applications and project realizations planned Sulzemoos, Germany, and Muscat, Oman, 06 October 2014 / Phoenix Solar LLC, the Oman based subsidiary of Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), an international photovoltaic system integrator that is listed on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and Millennium Energy Industries (MEI, www.millenniumenergy.co.uk), have signed a… Read more »
JA Solar now shipping rapid shutdown compliant smart modules optimized by Tigo Energy SHANGHAI, October 6th, 2014 – JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (JASO) (“JA Solar” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that it selected Tigo Energy to optimize its newly launched JA smart module… Read more »
Schneider Electric, the global specialists in energy management, has launched Enerlin’X, the communication system for Smart Panel. By connecting together the core components of the building infrastructure, energy experts and asset managers can enjoy real-time visibility and control of a building’s power distribution systems to maximise energy efficiency. Smart Panel links together the electrical protection,… Read more »
London, 01 October 2014 – Sharp is displaying its energy solutions portfolio at this year’s Solar Energy UK fair, from 14th to 16th of October at Birmingham’s NEC. The main focus will be on residential solar solutions for the UK market, which include partner finance scheme options to support installers. Sharp will introduce the new… Read more »
• Martifer Solar has signed close to 90 MW of contracts to supervise and provide O&M services for third party PV plants in Italy • These plants will be managed for several prestigious fund management and private equity entities, including DIF and Eland • This achievement confirms the O&M business unit as a key pillar… Read more »
On 12th September 2014 the 37.8 MWp Crundale Solar Farm in Pembrokeshire began to generate renewable energy. Construction of the project was completed in only eight weeks. The project is a joint development between ib vogt GmbH and Solafields Ltd. and is currently one of the largest operating solar farms in the UK. Neu: Berlin/Newhaven,… Read more »
Showcasing the benefits of current & future solar technologiesRoyal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences Company, today inaugurated its Solar Technologies Demonstration Center at its DSM Engineering Plastics facility in Pune, India. This state-of-the-art solar technology center has been built to demonstrate and showcase the performance of DSM’s innovations in solar technology and… Read more »
SHANGHAI, Sept. 26, 2014 – JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq:JASO) (“JA Solar” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that it achieved 20% solar energy conversion efficiency in its multi-crystalline silicon (“multi-Si”) solar cell. By using advanced proprietary light trapping and surface passivation technologies, the… Read more »
At a special awards ceremony last night in Amsterdam, DEK Solar was honored with yet another Solar Industry Award. This year, the solar industry pioneer was the recipient of the Solar Industry Award for Excellence in Innovation as recognition for its significant developments in metallization technology and positive contributions to advancing solar cell manufacturing processes…. Read more »
• Mission Solar Energy starts-up 100 MW capacity mass production with RENA and Tempress equipment, implementing latest n-Pasha technology from ECN • Cell Efficiencies of 19.7% average achieved after one month of ramp-up • Further capacity expansion to 200 MW in plan Gütenbach, September 26th, 2014 – RENA is pleased to announce the successful start-up… Read more »
• GEMINUS – now also available for multi-crystalline solar cells• Process offered from a single source Freudenstadt / Germany. So far only mono-crystalline wafers are used to produce bifacial solar cells. The GEMINUS technology from SCHMID offers for the first time a method to produce bifacial solar cells with multi-crystalline material which is presented on… Read more »
Blaubeuren, September 23, 2014 – Due to the recent market weakness in the photovoltaic industry centrotherm will continue its restructuring and modernization program. The technology and equipment provider for the photovoltaics and semiconductor industry consistently enlarges its product and service portfolio and invests in new process solutions, upgrades and service packages. With regard to the… Read more »
-140 kilowatt photovoltaic facility on the roofs of the new Thuringia State Office of Criminal Investigations (LKA) -Energy cooperative has leased the roof area for 20 years for its largest plant -Solar plants also make economic sense for public institutions [Erfurt / Thalheim, Germany, 23 September, 2014] – A photovoltaic facility with Q CELLS solar… Read more »
The PV industry is constantly evolving and new ideas and innovations are a welcome source of change and regeneration. We grabbed five minutes with LG Solar’s Sven Armbrecht to ask him where the industry is headed… PES: Can you explain a little about your background and how you ‘serve’ the solar industry? Sven Armbrecht: LG… Read more »
Here at PES, we’ve been championing the BIPV sector for many years – after all, in many ways it is the direct line to the public’s acceptance of solar. Today, we turn our attention to a new material that promises to revolutionise the industry. Façades the focal point: wafer-thin solar cells transform glass fronts into… Read more »
Words: Dr.-Ing. Joachim Jaus, Black Photon Instruments GmbH Solar irradiance measurements provide valuable information to select a site for the construction of a solar power plant, to calculate the efficiency of the plant operation, or to determine possibilities for improvements of the power plant setup. But only precise measurements can do the job well. Dr… Read more »