Press Releases
Fiscal Year Ends with Record Sales Revenues
The Carl Zeiss Group concluded fiscal year 2009/10 with an increase in revenues of 42 percent over the previous year. The high-tech group of companies has reversed the trend of the previous year that was characterized by the global economic crisis and is now on track to renewed growth. The Carl Zeiss Group presented its… Read more »
Upsolar Grows North American Distribution In New Partnership
Upsolar, a leading international solar module supplier, today announced it signed a 6 MW distribution agreement with Focused Energy, a wholesale distributor of residential and commercial solar photovoltaic (PV) products. Under the terms of the agreement, Focused Energy will offer Upsolar’s line of modules to its North American customers throughout 2011, with an option to… Read more »
Rickmers Group adds a tenth MPC to its fleet
The Rickmers Group has taken delivery of Rickmers Masan, its tenth MPC (multi-purpose carrier). Built at the Jingling yard in China, the new vessel is the first in a series of four Superflex Heavy MPC vessels that are being long-term chartered to Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) for a period of eight years. They will operate… Read more »
aleo solar AG supplies 24,000 modules for 5.5 megawatt solar farm in Italy
aleo solar AG has supplied the solar modules for a 5.5 megawatt solar farm in Italy for one of the largest open-area projects in the company’s history to date. Approximately 24,000 avim a_18 type modules have been installed in Corinaldo (in the province of Marches). The modules are manufactured by avim solar production Co. Ltd…. Read more »
Phoenix Solar AG builds two solar power plants for E.ON in Italy
Phoenix Solar AG, a leading photovoltaic system integrator listed on the German TecDAX, is building two solar power plants in Italy with an overall peak power of 8.9 megawatts (MWp). The customers are two project companies belonging to E.ON Climate & Renewables. Phoenix Solar AG is responsible for planning and building the photovoltaic power plants… Read more »
Vestas Selects Broadwind Towers for Glacier Hills Wind Project
Broadwind Energy, Inc. (BWEN 1.71, +0.03, +1.79%) today announced that its Tower Tech Systems subsidiary was selected as the supplier of wind towers for the Glacier Hills Wind Park project. The Glacier Hills Wind Park is located in the towns of Randolph and Scott in Columbia County, Wisconsin. The 90-turbine project is expected to generate… Read more »
ZEISS photomask registration system PROVE prevails in the market
Carl Zeiss reports two further orders for the mask registration metrology system PROVETM. The recently launched system is already installed at customer sites in Asia and USA and enables high resolution in-die registration measurements on photomasks. “The first customers using the PROVE tool confirmed the unique performance in terms of repeatability, tool stability, and measurement… Read more »
DNV developing new Offshore Standard for floating wind turbine structures
In order to support faster progress in the offshore floating wind industry, DNV and key players are developing a common design standard. The conclusions from this joint industry project will provide best practices on principles and technical requirements and guidance for design, construction and in-service inspection work. Although the offshore floating wind industry is still… Read more »
3S Modultec supplies first production line for crystalline solar modules in Korea
3S Swiss Solar Systems, a subsidiary of Meyer Burger Technology AG, is collaborating with emergent Korean solar company, KISCO. By the spring of 2011, with an integrated 3S Modultec 65MW production line, KISCO will be producing highly efficient crystalline solar modules only 6 months after signing the contract. A further extension of their production capacity… Read more »
Upsolar Establishes Italian Presence With Upsolar Italia
Upsolar, a leading international solar module supplier, today announced it has founded subsidiary Upsolar Italia SRL. Headquartered in Treviso, Italy, near Venice, the office will serve as the hub of Upsolar’s various projects throughout the country. The first major project serviced through Upsolar Italia is a 7.3 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) park in Alessandria for RAL Srl, a company instituted by hydropower producer Compagnia Valdostana delle Acque SpA… Read more »
