Press Releases
Carl Zeiss obtains licence from University of California for illumination technique
Carl Zeiss and the University of California, San Francisco, agree on marketing rights for light sheet fluorescence microscopy illumination techniques Carl Zeiss has received a licence from the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) for the commercialization of “Multidirectional Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy” (mSPIM), an advanced illumination technique for light sheet fluorescence microscopy. Light… Read more »
Solar power plant Andasol 3 produces environment-friendly energy for the first time
The solar thermal power plant Andasol 3 in Andalusia, southern Spain, for the first time produced solar generated steam during a test phase in which the rows of parabolic mirrors were aligned with the sun. This test is another successful step on the way to completing and commissioning the solar power plant which will generate… Read more »
New DNV well integrity guideline provides solution to CO2 storage challenges
DNV has released a new guideline for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects. The CO2WELLS guideline is the result of a major joint industry project which brought together upstream operators and power utility companies. Aimed at project developers and authorities, it describes a generic framework process for managing the risks associated with existing wells at… Read more »
Solar Energy Company Solon Replaces 1 Nuclear Power Plant Berlins Mayor Klaus Wowereit Congratulates
The solar energy company SOLON is celebrating a milestone: Since the start of production in 1997, solar modules with a total capacity of one gigawatt have been manufactured. This is equivalent to the power of an average nuclear power plant. All SOLON solar modules together provide enough energy to supply more than half a million… Read more »
Siemens Wins 20MW Idaho Solar Field Project
Siemens Industry, Inc. today announced it has received a multi-million dollar order from Interconnect Solar Development, LLC, to supply solar technology for the 20MW Murphy Flats solar field located in Idaho – the first commercial solar field to be integrated within Idaho Power Company’s (IDACORP, Inc.) service territory. IDACORP was prompted to explore renewable energy… Read more »
HARTING is the first company to be certified for social responsibility
As a corporate citizen the HARTING Technology Group is consistently aware of its social responsibility (CSR) and has anchored this position firmly in its company philosophy. Now the company’s management system for the awareness and assumption of societal responsibility has been certified by DQS – a project that is unique in Germany to date. “It… Read more »
PROINSO seals four new supply projects reaching 33 MW in India
The Spanish company PROINSO- specialized in the distribution of modules, inverters, trackers and fixed structures for photovoltaic solar installations, has closed two new agreements for photovoltaic solar energy projects in India together reaching 33 MW and are located in the city of Charakana (Patan District of Gujarat) and in Maharastra. These projects are distributed as… Read more »
Technology Strategy Board seeks bids to run Offshore Renewable Energy
The establishment of a UK centre of excellence to support the development and commercialisation of offshore renewable energy technologies across the country drew closer today as the Technology Strategy Board (www.innovateuk.org) announced that it is seeking expressions of interest from organisations that might lead or form part of a new Offshore Renewable Energy technology and… Read more »
centrotherm SiTec extends solar value chain to include two key plants for integrated solar production
With the introduction of ingot squaring and brick cropping equipment, centrotherm SiTec GmbH is expanding its range of products to include two key equipment items for integrated ingot and wafer production. The automated ingot squaring equipment saws the multi-crystalline ingots into bricks. The brick cropping equipment cuts these bricks to precise corresponding lengths. Wafers are… Read more »
LSM 780 wins R&D 100 Award 2011
The LSM 780 from Carl Zeiss has been awarded the Research & Development 100 Award 2011. The LSM 780 is a confocal laser scanning microscope, featuring a high-sensitivity GaAsP detector, innovative software functions for single molecule and high dynamic range imaging, and a 355nm CW laser. The highly advanced detector almost doubles sensitivity, enabling researchers… Read more »
