Press Releases
Spain: 5.3 MW Conergy solar power plant connected to the grid
Another solar park equipped with Conergy products has been connected to the grid in southern Spain. On an area of almost 89 acres near the town of Mazarrón in the Murcia region, the two local Conergy partners Valfortec and Solaer installed components from the system supplier. Now more than 22,000 modules on more than 31… Read more »
Siemens wins 50 MW onshore wind project in Turkey
Siemens Energy has been awarded a contract to deliver 22 wind turbines of the SWT-2.3-108 type for the onshore wind power project Dinar in Turkey. The customer is Olgu Enerji Uretim A.Ş., an affiliate of Güriş Holding A.Ş. and Mogan Enerji Yatırım Holding (MEYH) A.Ş. Each wind turbine has an output of 2.3 megawatt (MW),… Read more »
Need A Customized Bolt Tensioning Tool? Speak to Tentec at Windpower 2012
As developments in the design and installation of wind turbines continues at an ever-increasing pace, international engineering organization Tentec will be available on Booth #1661 at Windpower 2012 to discuss the wide range of bolt tensioning options available to manufacturing, installation and maintenance companies. As well as showing their established Aero range of tensioners, specialists… Read more »
SCHOTT Solar off to a successful start in Japan
• Manufacturer of high-quality solar modules meets with strong interest at the PV Expo in Tokyo • Outstanding reputation of German engineering enables company to complete a strong brand launch in Japan Mainz, March 12, 2012 – SCHOTT Solar AG has gotten off to an excellent start in the Japanese market. The high-quality German manufacturer’s… Read more »
New Branch – Donauer Solartechnik strengthens its sales activities in Belgium
In February Donauer Solartechnik Vertriebs GmbH opened a branch in Bütgenbach in Belgium. Activities in all the Benelux countries will be controlled in future by the new branch. Two years ago, Donauer Solartechnik opened its first sales office in Belgium. Two years later, the specialist distributor from Gilching is expanding by changing the office into… Read more »
Risk reduction strategies become high priority in the offshore wind industry
Effective risk management practices become increasingly important in the offshore wind energy sector as the cost of new projects reaches a staggering range of 2.0 to 2.2 million €/MW. Risk management in the offshore wind sector is a complex process which begins with assessing the given company’s unique risk management maturity level. This requires performing… Read more »
naming jack-up vessel ‘Neptune
Amid great public attention, the new DP2 jack-up vessel ‘Neptune’ was named today at the port of Ostend by Mrs Isabel Casteleyn, partner of Federal State Secretary for Energy and the Environment Melchior Wathelet. This self-propelled jack-up vessel was built by IHC Merwede for GeoSea N.V., the offshore marine construction specialist of the Belgian DEME… Read more »
MAGE POWERTEC PLUS modules are PID-resistant
MAGE SOLAR AG, the German based brand supplier of photovoltaic systems and components, had its modules tested at Underwriters Laboratories (UL) at the end of 2011 for potential-induced degradation (PID). The result: the modules are insensitive to power losses due to high voltages, temperatures and humidity. Ravensburg (Germany), March 8, 2012 – The MAGE POWERTEC… Read more »
Solar Energy on a Grand Scale – Intersolar Europe 2012 Spotlights Large-Scale Photovoltaics
The demand for large-scale PV installations is growing worldwide. Intersolar Europe shines a light on technologies, trends and markets. Munich, March 08, 2012 – Newly installed photovoltaic capacity reached all-time record levels in 2011, and PV plants with an output of over 200 kilowatt peak (kWp) occupy a rapidly growing share of the market. Europe… Read more »
Pilot production system at Arnold Gruppe
Precise glueing of silicon bricks onto wire-saw beams is of high significance for wafer production. Only a constantly reproducible and durable adhesive bonded joint guarantees a high cutting yield in the later wafer cutting process. Arnold specialists are demonstrating the automated brick glueing process in their technology centre in Weilburg/Germany at a specially installed pilot… Read more »
