Press Releases
Siemens Strengthens Its Position In Ocean Power Acquisition Of Marine Current Turbines
Siemens has acquired the majority stake in Marine Current Turbines Ltd., the UK company based in Bristol, which develops and builds tidal power systems. “The acquisition of Marine Current Turbines is an important step forward for the Solar & Hydro Division,” said Ted Scheidegger, CEO of the Solar & Hydro Division of Siemens Energy. “We… Read more »
Top Wind Industry Expert Joins 3TIER
Matt Hendrickson Brings Over 3,900MW of Wind Energy Development Leadership Experience SEATTLE (February 16, 2012) – 3TIER®, a global leader in renewable energy risk analysis, today announced that Matthew Hendrickson has joined the company as its senior director of energy assessment. Mr. Hendrickson has managed world-class renewable energy assessment programs since 2003 and is widely… Read more »
Advanced Transportation Energy Systems Chart Cleaner Future with Solar Panels from SolarWorld
Highway, light rail and airport facilities offset energy use with SolarWorld solar panels Planners of Oregon’s transportation infrastructure are leading the nation in charting a course to a cleaner energy future by selecting SolarWorld solar panels to support their multi-modal services. With unobstructed rights-of-way and heavy energy use, transportation agencies are ideal hosts of photovoltaic… Read more »
Siemens to increase power transmission capacity between England and Scotland
Siemens to increase power transmission capacity between England and Scotland Major order for low-loss HVDC technology In a consortium with the Milan-based leading cable company Prysmian, Siemens Energy is to build a submarine DC interconnector in the Irish Sea. The order is worth more than 1.1 billion euros for the consortium. Customers are the British… Read more »
Prysmian secures the highest value cable project ever awarded, worth ?800 million
THEWESTERN HVDC LINK, CONNECTING THE SCOTTISH AND THE ENGLISH POWER GRIDS, SETS A RECORD IN TERMS OF VOLTAGE (600 KV) AND HAS A CURRENTLY UNMATCHED TRANSMISSION CAPACITY FOR LONG-HAUL SYSTEMS OF 2200 MW THE NEW STATE-OF-THE ART HVDC SUBMARINE CABLE LINK IS STRATEGIC FOR THE UK, ALLOWING POWER TRANSMISSION FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES IN SCOTLAND TO… Read more »
Diversification In Brkles Product Range Is Worth Its Efforts
The machine manufacturer partially succeeds in compensating the depression in photovoltaics business through the other parts of its product range. Robert Bürkle GmbH terminates business year 2011 with a turnover of 96 million Euros. Originally, the company had planned 110 million Euros. Reason for the recession is the worldwide bad demand in the solar market…. Read more »
Printed Electronics Asia event returns to Japan
IDTechEx will host the Printed Electronics Asia conference and tradeshow on 2-3 October in Tokyo, Japan. The event, part of the IDTechEx global series of events on the topic, focusses on a region that has invested more in printed electronics than any other territory. Highlights include OLED manufacture, where sales of OLED display modules exceeded… Read more »
Ron Widdows to take over from Jan B Steffens as CEO of Rickmers Holding and Rickmers-Linie
After ten very successful years with the Rickmers Group and especially, with Rickmers-Linie, Jan B Steffens will by 31 March 2012 step down from the twin positions of CEO of Rickmers Holding and of Rickmers-Linie although he will continue to serve on the Rickmers Group advisory board. Ronald D Widdows, former CEO of NOL/APL, is… Read more »
David Brown Announces Participation At Wind Energy Updates 4th Annual Wind Energy Operations And Maintenance Summit
David Brown, a leader in the global gear industry, will present a paper in the event’s ‘solutions for asset-life cost containment’ session, as well as participate in the interactive panel discussion focused on gearbox reliability improvement. The event takes place from 25-27th April 2012 at the Dallas Marriott City Center Hotel in Texas and is… Read more »
DuPont and Yingli Green Energy Enter $100 Million Strategic Agreement
Commitment to Supply Growing Solar Market Underscores Aim to Reduce Global Dependence on Fossil Fuels WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 13, 2012 – DuPont and Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited (“Yingli China”) have signed a $100 million strategic agreement for photovoltaic materials aimed at accelerating the adoption of solar energy to address one of the world’s biggest… Read more »
