Press Releases
Industry Trade News: Offshore wind turbines – AREVA’s 5 Megawatt full load test bench in operation since October 2011
All AREVA M5000 5 Megawatt offshore wind turbines are tested from now on in the new full load test bench in Bremerhaven (Germany) to deliver a 100% quality product to the next offshore sites. The test bench offers the possibility to check the functionality under nominal load conditions and is a tool for the qualification… Read more »
AEG Power Solutions Appoints Bob Roos as Vice President of Its Solar Business
AEG Power Solutions, global leading manufacturer of power electronic systems and solutions for industrial power supplies and renewable energies, announces the appointment of Bob Roos (48) as the new Vice President and General Manager of its Solar Business Unit. In his role Bob Roos is responsible for the worldwide growth strategy of the solar business… Read more »
NRG Energy Acquires Solar Developer Solar Power Partners, an Industry Leader in the Fast Emerging Area of Distributed Solar Generation
NRG Energy, Inc. has acquired San Francisco-based Solar Power Partners, a leading developer of commercial and industrial (C&I) distributed solar projects. In addition to 30 megawatts (MW) of distributed solar projects in operation or under construction, NRG also will secure development rights to Solar Power Partners’ extensive pipeline of development projects in California, Hawaii, Arizona,… Read more »
Ecotech Institute’s Wind Energy Technology Program Adds New Simulators and More to Labs
Ecotech Institute, the first and only college focused entirely on preparing America’s workforce for careers in renewable energy and sustainability, today announced that it is bolstering the wind energy training and safety labs, offering students access to cutting-edge equipment that prepares them for careers in the wind industry. According to the Department of Energy, wind… Read more »
MAGE SOLAR supplies photovoltaic system for DEICHMANN logistics center in Soltau
DEICHMANN is installing a 605 kWp system, supplied by the Ravensburg photovoltaic specialist, on the roof of its logistics center in Soltau, where the MAGE POWERTEC PLUS modules will generate over 540,000 kWh of green electricity per year. Ravensburg (Germany), November 22, 2011 – MAGE SOLAR AG, part of the global MAGE GROUP, has supplied… Read more »
Reasons to be cheerful!
Given all the troubling financial news in Europe at the moment, it would be easy to feel jaded by the current situation. But let’s not forget – our industry is one of few that is bucking the trend; we’re still forging ahead, breaking new markets and doing great business. Most of this is due to… Read more »
North Sea floating LIDAR wind measurement trials, a huge success
A full-size prototype of the floating LIDAR offshore resource assessment system, known as FLIDAR, has been successfully tested 15km off the Belgian coast. It has been located next to a stationary LIDAR (WINDCUBE®v2 LIDAR from Leosphere) on a fixed communication mast for the month of October, in order to test survivability and validate the accuracy… Read more »
Successful Signing for wpd Wind Farm in Croatia
16 Enercon E70 to Go into Operation at the Ponikve Site in 2012 With the signing of the Ponikve wind farm, around 45 km to the North-West of the Croatian port city of Dubrovnik, wpd has reached another milestone. The 45-million-Euro-project will be financed in cooperation with the KfW IPEX bank as well as with… Read more »
Intersolar India continues on the path for success and doubles exhibition space for 2011
Intersolar India kicks off on December 14 at Bombay Exhibition Center (BEC) in Mumbai. Three years after its creation, India’s international exhibition and conference for the solar industry continues on its strong upward trend and is pleased to announce a near 100% increase of exhibition space com-pared to last year, totaling 20,000 square meters. Over… Read more »
ForVEI buys two solar farms in Italy from OPDE Group for EUR33M
The investment company ForVEI (a joint venture whose main direct and indirect stockholders are Palladio Finanziaria SpA, Assicurazioni Generali SpA, Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Quercus Asset Selection Sarl, and Foresight Solar VCT plc), has acquired another two solar PV facilities for 7.93 MW developed by OPDE Group in the Italian region of Piedmont. The transaction, financed… Read more »
