Press Releases
Winds of Change for Spanish PV Inverters
While the Swiss manufacturer Sputnik Engineering has mostly sold central inverters for free-standing systems to Spain in the last few years, since mid-2009 the Solar Max string inverters have become a new best-seller. Biel, 18 November 2009. Since the middle of 2009, fitters have increasingly installed PV plants on industrial roofs in Spain , a set… Read more »
SGS Presents its Wind Energy Services at China Wind Power 2009
SGS Wind Energy Competence Center presented its services at the Global Wind Power Conference 2009 in China. Marcel Poodt, Lead Engineer of the SGS Wind Energy Technology Center (WETC), introduced the Full-Scale Blade Testing services offered by SGS. Participants showed great interest in the services provided by the newly established center. Reliability of structures and… Read more »
EOW09 review and EWEC10 preview
European Offshore Wind 2009 conference and exhibition (EOW09) – the world’s largest gathering of offshore wind energy professionals took place in Stockholm from 14-16 September. The event, organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), was hailed a huge success, doubling in size from its previous edition in 2007. {pagebreak} Over 4,800 participants saw more… Read more »
SANYO Announces its Global Production Strategy for HIT*1 Solar Cells
Completing Osaka Nishikinohama Factory to increase production of solar cells Tokyo, November 17, 2009 – SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) is pleased to announce the completion of the third factory building (Bldg. C) of Nishikinohama Factory (Kaizuka City, Osaka), already a mother factory for SANYO’s photovoltaic system business. Bldg. C is expected to start high-volume… Read more »
Applied Materials, Merck and Braunschweig University Awarded Funding by German Government for OLED Research
ALZENAU, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Applied Materials, Inc., Merck KGaA and the Braunschweig University of Technology (TU-BS) today announced that they have been awarded a grant by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to develop processes to lower the cost of manufacturing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) lighting for general illumination applications. Applied will spearhead the… Read more »
Applied Materials to Acquire Semitool
Combination makes Applied Materials the leader in high-growth equipment market for advanced packaging of chips for mobile devices Strengthens Applied’s opportunity in the memory industry’s conversion to copper Live conference call and webcast today at 5:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time SANTA CLARA, Calif. & KALISPELL, Mont.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) and Semitool, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMTL)… Read more »
Phoenix Solar AG presents its figures for the third quarter and adjusts its revenue guidance to changed boundary conditions
Sulzemoos 12 November 2009 / Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leading photovoltaic system integrator listed on the TecDAX, is today releasing its figures as per 30 September 2009. Seen from an operational standpoint, the two segments of “Power Plants” and “Components & Systems” developed in very different directions in the third quarter of 2009… Read more »
SANYO to Mass Produce New Large-capacity High-voltage Lithium-ion Battery Systems
Tokyo, November 13, 2009 – SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) is pleased to announce that it has developed two new large-capacity high-voltage lithium-ion battery systems, and will begin mass production of the new products in March 2010. In recent years, there has been a lot of interest in electric vehicle technology as a replacement for… Read more »
Only the strong will survive the next 12-18 months intact
Trina Solar boasts a proud and successful history as a solar photovoltaic manufacturer since its inception in 1997. Here, PES speaks to Ben Hill about the company’s success story and hears it is far from complacent about its future. PES: Can you tell us a little about the history of Trina Solar and how it… Read more »
Zero Defects International and Viscom to Host Solar Test Open House
Zero Defects International and Viscom, Inc. have announced a day long event featuring demonstrations of inspection equipment utilized in the solar industry. This will be held at the Viscom Technical Center located at 1968 Junction Road in San Jose. The date is Friday, November 20th. Doors will open at 9:30 AM and demonstrations will continue… Read more »
