Press Releases
Phoenix Solar AG presents its final figures for the financial year 2010
Phoenix Solar AG, a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed on the German TecDAX, is presenting its Annual Report 2010 today, together with its consolidated financial statements for the financial year 2010, which have been audited by the external auditor and ratified by the Supervisory Board. The company closed the financial year 2010 with the… Read more »
New Resource and Enfinity collaborate to expand solar energy production in US
New Resource Bank has announced that the company and Enfinity, a solar power project developer, are teaming up to expand solar energy production in California and across the US. New Resource will provide a line of credit and other banking services to support Enfinity’s construction of solar photovoltaic, or PV, installations. Enfinity will develop the… Read more »
SDG&E signs two power purchase agreements for 80MW of solar power
San Diego Gas & Electric, or SDG&E, a provider of energy services through electric and natural gas meters, has entered into two, 25-year solar power purchase agreements for a total of 80MW and revised its agreement with NaturEner to buy power from the company’s Rim Rock wind farm project in Montana. The first of the… Read more »
wpd and Boreas to Conclude a Contract on 32 Vestas Wind Turbine Generators
In cooperation with its partner, Boreas, the wind power planner and operator wpd has concluded a bulk order on 32 wind turbine generators with Vestas. The contract was signed within the framework of the Hannover Messe International last week on the backdrop of a major project in Thuringia, for which the companies acquired a total… Read more »
Tentec Launches New Bolt Tensioning Tools for Larger Wind Turbines
Tentec, a leading designer and manufacturer of bolt tensioning equipment is pleased to announce an expansion of its Aero range of tools for wind turbines. Ever mindful of the advances in wind turbine construction, equipment available from Tentec now includes tensioners ideally suited for larger bolt diameters. With the addition of these new tools, installation… Read more »
First Solar and SolarMax are compatible
First Solar officially approves its modules for systems with SolarMax inverters While crystalline modules can normally be combined with all inverters, this is not necessarily applicable to thin-film modules – particularly when you combine these with transformerless inverters. The world’s largest manufacturer of thin-film modules First Solar officially certifies that the SolarMax inverters made by… Read more »
2010 Renewables Target Missed By Large Margin
The Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) today published an Information Note on the performance of the UK renewables sector in 2010 based on analysis of new DECC and Ofgem data (see http://www.ref.org.uk/publications/229-renewables-output-in-2010). The work shows that the 2010 target for renewable electricity has been missed by a large margin, and confirms longstanding doubts as to the… Read more »
NorthWestern Energy Signs Asset Purchase Agreement With Compass Wind
NorthWestern Energy has signed an asset purchase agreement to purchase a projected aggregate nameplate capacity of 40-megawatt wind project in Judith Basin County in Montana to be developed and constructed by Spion Kop Wind, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Compass Wind, LLC (“Compass”). This project, known as the Spion Kop Wind Project (“Project”), consistent with… Read more »
Phoenix Solar AG builds a 12 megawatt solar park, the company’s largest power plant ever outside Germany
. First power plant project with KGAL in France Sulzemoos, 13 April 2011 / Phoenix Solar AG, a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed on the German TecDAX (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), has signed an agreement on the turnkey construction of a solar park with a peak power of around 12 megawatts in France. Phoenix Solar AG… Read more »
Italian PV Summit 2011 Photovoltaics Post Incentive Era Beckons
Speakers include world’s top 10 PV companiesExclusive presentation of EPIA study on prospects for grid parityEvent programme now available onlineVerona – Italy, 2-3 May 2011 As solar PV becomes a commoditized market, what are the implications for profit margins? What’s the forecast for prices on international markets? Is Italy likely to reach grid parity? These… Read more »