Press Releases
Delta’s Virtual Tradeshow – the Easy Way to View New String PV Inverters and e-Mobility Solutions
Delta has been participating at Intersolar for many years, as it is an ideal platform to present its latest solar and e-mobility solutions. Although this year’s exhibition was cancelled, Delta is still keen to engage with the delegates that would have attended, to offer them the opportunity to see its latest products. In order to… Read more »
Constant dripping instead of a waterfall?
Parallelizing engineering processes increasingly has long been an enforced reality. Aucotec AG, a software developer for more than 35 years, is now setting new standards in this area. With “agile engineering”, the company wants to empower designers to much more efficiently and effectively master the simultaneous cooperation of different disciplines in mechanical or plant engineering projects…. Read more »
Offshore renewables expert elected to Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship
One of the UK’s leading offshore renewable energy academics has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Professor Deborah Greaves OBE has been working in the sector for more than two decades and is currently heading a £9million programme pulling together the country’s foremost figures in wave, tidal and offshore wind…. Read more »
First ever global record of land used in mining revealed by new research
The first comprehensive global-scale data set of the geographical area used for mining activities has been revealed by Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna) using satellite imagery. The study was undertaken by lead researchers Victor Maus and Stefan Giljum, from WU Vienna’s Institute for Ecological Economics. As Victor Maus explains: “One of the… Read more »
Sharp launches new 440W half-cut cell PV panel NU-JD440
Hamburg, 22nd September 2020 – Sharp today announces the addition of a new 440W monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) panel to its half-cut cell portfolio. Available today, the NU-JD440 has a module efficiency of 19.9% and uses 144 M6 wafer size half cells. This decreases the balance-of-system costs per watt-peak installed across the whole BOS component… Read more »
Extreme E partners with Unicef on mission to empower young climate changemakers in Greenland
22 September 2020, London: Extreme E, the new electric off-road motor racing series, has announced it is partnering with Unicef, the world’s leading children’s organisation, on a mission to empower young changemakers in Greenland through climate education. Extreme E, which will race in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland in August 2021 during its inaugural season, and its independent Scientific… Read more »
South Korea’s Green New Deal to create sustainable ecosystem with offshore wind and solar PV playing pivotal roles, says GlobalData
South Korea, one of the top CO2 emitting countries in the world, proposed a ‘Green New Deal’ to help accelerate the country’s transition towards the creation of a sustainable ecosystem by attaining net-zero emissions by 2050 and mitigate the risk of climate crisis. The deal affirms South Korea’s desire to make big advancements in the… Read more »
Hornsea Two SOV launched in Turkey
Danish wind energy leader Ørsted is set to welcome the latest edition to their burgeoning fleet of pioneering vessels as their new service operations vessel (SOV) was launched this week. The Wind of Hope is a state-of-the-art ship which is being built at Cemre Shipyard in Turkey for vessel owners, Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA). After… Read more »
EU research project PROMOTioN presents final project results: Technologies for a meshed HVDC offshore wind transmission grid in Europe are ready for use – political
The successful development and testing of technologies for a meshed HVDC offshore wind transmission grid such as HVDC circuit breakers, HVDC gas insulated substations, HVDC system control, and HVDC system protection systems within the project is completed – technologies can be commercially marketed immediately Focus: a full-scale pilot project at sea along with the initiation… Read more »
MKM Invest Group und Prime Capital schließen Mezzanine-Finanzierung für länderübergreifendes PV Portfolio mit 579 MW ab
MKM Invest Group (“Sponsor”), a Hamburg based independent power producer, raised a EUR 106m mezzanine debt financing for a portfolio of solar PV projects in Germany, France, and Spain with a total capacity of 579 MW (“Portfolio”) based on contracted and merchant revenues. The financing was provided by accounts managed by Prime Capital AG (“Prime… Read more »
