Press Releases
HOCHTIEF to build next offshore wind farm for EUR 175 million
Global Tech I including 80 plants to be created northwest of Cuxhaven inthe North Sea-Energy suppliers as client HOCHTIEF Construction has been awarded the contract for another offshore wind farm. From mid-2012, the HOCHTIEF subsidiary is expected to start constructing the wind farm Global Tech I in the German North Sea. The contract volume is… Read more »
Meyer Burger strengthens its sales- and service organization in the United States
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd strengthens its sales and service organization in the United States and acquires through its fully owned subsidiary 3S Industries USA Inc. (new: MBT Systems Ltd.) by way of an asset purchase transaction the employees and assets of SGS Slicing Solutions Inc. and SGS Machine Tool LLC. Closing of the transaction is… Read more »
aleo solar AG increases production capacity to 390 megawatts
aleo solar AG (ISIN: DE000A0JM634) today announced that it will increase the total annual production capacity of its three factories from 250 megawatts (MW) to 390 MW by the end of the coming year. Around EUR 20 million is being invested in the expansion, which will create a total of 100 new jobs. This expansion… Read more »
German solar company Wagner & Co starts joint venture in UK
German solar pioneer Wagner & Co has joined forces with one of the leading suppliers of photovoltaic equipment in southern England, AC Solartechnic Ltd. The new joint venture, “Wagner Solar UK “, will do business beginning in November from AC Solartechnic´s present site in Sidlesham, near Chichester, West Sussex . The premises provide enough space… Read more »
Hareon Solar Selects Applied Materials Smartfactory Automation Solution To Optimize Cell Manufacturing Across Multiple Facilities
Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that Hareon Solar Corporation has selected Applied’s SmartFactoryTM manufacturing automation software to improve productivity across Hareon’s solar photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturing operations in China. Hareon Solar will deploy Applied’s software at its cell subsidiaries Jiangyin Hareon Solar Technology Co., Ltd. and Altusvia Energy Co., Ltd. Hareon Solar selected the SmartFactory… Read more »
Demands Made To Sort Out Wind Maintence; European Profit Warnings Need To Be Heard
Wind energy has arguably become the dominant renewable energy in Europe. The number of turbines now production in mean that operators are looking at reducing O&M costs to see significant gains in profitability. With no fuel costs, a wind farm is totally dependent on smart use of operational expenditure (OPEX) to be profitable. In less… Read more »
Tidal Energy Experts To Outline Roadmap For Future Commercial Installations
Key industry tidal energy experts are set to map out their plans to deliver large scale installation projects for tidal energy devices in the Pentland Firth region at the 4th International Tidal Energy Summit and Awards this November. Following the announcements earlier this year by The Crown Estate on project winners of the Scottish waters,… Read more »
PES agreement with Wind Energy Update & Tidal Today
Event Listings:Wind Energy Update’s O & M Summit 2010 Event Blurb: Two day conference. Ensure reliable wind power generation through best asset management. Learn how to use your technicians, data and condition monitoring to deliver a rigorous O&M strategy. Highlights include: identifying and mitigating underperformance, improving margins through OPEX efficiency, data analysis, staff requirements –… Read more »
Johnson Stresses Economic Opportunities of Wind Energy During Roundtable with Local Officials
Aberdeen, SD-U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) brought together a cross-section of local leaders to find ways to help South Dakota reach its full wind energy output potential. Johnson highlighted bipartisan legislation he cosponsored in September to establish a national renewable electricity standard, which would help South Dakota expand its renewable energy production. “South Dakota ranks… Read more »
Mechatronic Systemtechnik has applications in the solar field as well
Thanks to its specialist know-how in the field of thin-wafer handling in the semiconductor industry, Mechatronic Systemtechnik, a supplier of thin-wafer handling systems based in Carinthia, Austria, has been selected by the European Commission to make its skills available to the photovoltaic [solar energy] industry. Mechatronic Systemtechnik is a technology partner within the EU project,… Read more »
