Press Releases
PROINSO goes beyond 1 GW in the supply of modules and inverters around the world
With branches in Spain, Germany, Greece, Italy, Italia, the USA, the UK, France, China, and the Czech Republic, in September PROINSO reached 1,000 MW in the supply of modules and inverters around the world since its inception in 2005. By supplying 1.4 MW in modules and inverters to a roof installation for Madrid-based Wintersun (Spain),… Read more »
3S Swiss Solar Systems AG and Meyer Burger Technology Ltd have won the 2011 Swiss Solar Energy Prize
3S Swiss Solar Systems AG and Meyer Burger Technology Ltd have won the 2011 Swiss Solar Energy Prize in the personalities and institutions category. 3S Swiss Solar Systems AG, based in Lyss, is a company within the Meyer Burger Technology Ltd group, which markets its integrated solar energy systems under the 3S Photovoltaics trademark. In… Read more »
New additives for high-performance bioplastics
In view of dwindling reserves of fossil resources, industry is showing growing interest in bioplastics. However, compared to conventional high-performance plastics, these have their limitations – among other things in terms of stability and strength. In cooperation with Tecnaro, Henkel has now succeeded in developing new high-performance polyamide additives based on renewable raw materials that… Read more »
MAGE SOLAR AG at ecoQ 2011 in Qatar
The international specialist for photovoltaic system components will be at the energy and environment exhibition together with its affiliated companies in Doha, Qatar from October 16 to 18, 2011. MAGE SOLAR AG, part of the international MAGE GROUP, and its affiliated companies will present the MAGE GROUP’s entire product portfolio at the energy and environment… Read more »
Tidal Today Awards Categories Now Open for Nomination
Tidal Today is proud to host the 2nd Annual International Tidal Today Awards during the 5th International Tidal Energy Summit to be held at the Victoria Park Plaza Hotel in London on November 22rd. Nominations for the 2nd Annual International Tidal Today Awards 2011 will be open from 6th October until 28th October 2011 –… Read more »
NRG Systems Invests in Canadian Lattice Tower Manufacturer
NRG Systems, manufacturer of measurement systems for the renewable energy industry has agreed to invest in Oenko, a manufacturer and installer of lattice towers for wind resource assessment and wind farm monitoring. This investment pairs NRG Systems’ nearly 30 years in the wind energy industry and its complete system approach with Oenko’s cutting-edge lattice tower… Read more »
Operations And Maintenance Costs Continue To Skyrocket
A recent report commissioned into offshore wind energy found that the costs of keeping offshore turbines online ranges from €100,000 to €300,000 per year Vs an allocated €45,000 per turbine for onshore portfolios. With the latest round 3 projects typically 60km+ from shore, reliability, optimisation and cost reduction are becoming top priority for wind farm… Read more »
Dow Secures New Contractsto Supply Dowtherm A Heat Transfer Fluid In 2012
The Dow Chemical Company today announced it has been awarded additional contracts to supply DOWTHERMTM A heat transfer fluid to key projects in the Concentrated Solar Power market. These recent projects, which include Termosolar Guzman, Astexol-2 (Elecnor), Aste 1A (Elecnor), Aste 1B (Elecnor), Extresol 3,Orellana, Africa Solar and Termosolar Borges are slated to begin in… Read more »
DuPont & Burkle Speed PV Encapsulation
DuPont Photovoltaic Encapsulants and Bürkle North America, Inc., a wholly-owned division of Bürkle GmbH, of Freudenstadt, Germany, announce that they have worked together to speed up module lamination with the Bürkle Ypsator® multi-opening, 3-stage thin-film solar module laminating line. Using new DuPontTM PV5400 Series encapsulant, an Ypsator® laminator can produce up to twice as many… Read more »
Interconnected European offshore grid will save billions of Euros
New results on offshore electricity grid infrastructure in Europe: the EU “OffshoreGrid” project analysis reveals tremendous cost saving potential. Report published in Brussels today. Offshore grids, connecting North and Baltic Sea wind farms to electricity consumers, will be substantially cheaper to build than expected. Building “hub connections” at sea instead of using cables to connect… Read more »
