Press Releases
naming jack-up vessel ‘Neptune
Amid great public attention, the new DP2 jack-up vessel ‘Neptune’ was named today at the port of Ostend by Mrs Isabel Casteleyn, partner of Federal State Secretary for Energy and the Environment Melchior Wathelet. This self-propelled jack-up vessel was built by IHC Merwede for GeoSea N.V., the offshore marine construction specialist of the Belgian DEME… Read more »
MAGE POWERTEC PLUS modules are PID-resistant
MAGE SOLAR AG, the German based brand supplier of photovoltaic systems and components, had its modules tested at Underwriters Laboratories (UL) at the end of 2011 for potential-induced degradation (PID). The result: the modules are insensitive to power losses due to high voltages, temperatures and humidity. Ravensburg (Germany), March 8, 2012 – The MAGE POWERTEC… Read more »
Solar Energy on a Grand Scale – Intersolar Europe 2012 Spotlights Large-Scale Photovoltaics
The demand for large-scale PV installations is growing worldwide. Intersolar Europe shines a light on technologies, trends and markets. Munich, March 08, 2012 – Newly installed photovoltaic capacity reached all-time record levels in 2011, and PV plants with an output of over 200 kilowatt peak (kWp) occupy a rapidly growing share of the market. Europe… Read more »
Pilot production system at Arnold Gruppe
Precise glueing of silicon bricks onto wire-saw beams is of high significance for wafer production. Only a constantly reproducible and durable adhesive bonded joint guarantees a high cutting yield in the later wafer cutting process. Arnold specialists are demonstrating the automated brick glueing process in their technology centre in Weilburg/Germany at a specially installed pilot… Read more »
MPC Industries is the new owner of Ferrostaal
With the closing, Ferrostaal AG, Essen, officially belongs to MPC Industries GmbH, Hamburg. Following the takeover the company will be rebranded to a GmbH and in future operate under the name MPC Ferrostaal GmbH. The company headquarters will remain in Essen. The majority owner of MPC Industries GmbH is Axel Schroeder senior, together with his… Read more »
New endurance test confirms: SCHOTT Solar modules even stand up to air that contains salt
• SCHOTT PERFORM POLY meets toughest level of the new salt spray test• Official certificate presented by TÜV Rheinland Mainz, March 8, 2012 – SCHOTT Solar AG again reports that its quality strategy has been confirmed by TÜV Rheinland: the modules from the SCHOTT PERFORM POLY series have now passed the salt spray corrosion test… Read more »
Masdar of Abu Dhabi procures two ZephIR 300 wind lidars to support renewable energy development in the UAE
Masdar Power and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have each chosen industry leading ZephIR technology to provide wind measurements in challenging desert conditions in Abu Dhabi. The two ZephIR 300 systems will be used to produce high resolution wind resource maps for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) while assisting a number of partner developing… Read more »
SCHOTT Solar and CANOPY complete 2.2 MWp Solar Park in Corsica
• Around 10,000 solar modules supply environmentally friendly power• SCHOTT Solar and CANOPY to strengthen their partnership and develop more projects together Mainz, March 6, 2012 – SCHOTT Solar AG and CANOPY SAS announce the successful completion of their Mediterranean solar energy project. A solar park that features approximately 10,000 photovoltaic modules from the German… Read more »
Microsol acquires key assets of SOLON and forms SOLON Energy GmbH
Microsol, an United Arab Emirates (UAE) based cell manufacturer, has acquired essential components of SOLON’s insolvent companies together with two foreign subsidiaries. With the recently established SOLON Energy GmbH, as the core of the new group, an integrated solar-system provider has been set up that has a strong presence in the leading and emerging photovoltaic… Read more »
Hempel wins 2011 Europe Frost and Sullivan Award
Hempel’s accomplishments in the wind turbine protective coatings market have won the company the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy Award. Business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Awards recognise outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service and strategic product development. Hempel caught the… Read more »
