Press Releases
Vattenfall and ZITON sign framework agreement
With a three-year framework agreement ZITON will become main partner to provide jack-up vessels for major component replacement at Vattenfall’s offshore wind farms. Both companies agree that this is an important step in the right direction for a more efficient and cost reducing offshore wind market. To both Vattenfall and ZITON the key to offshore… Read more »
Ingeteam’s starting assembling its new 4.92 MW power stations
Ingeteam has recently launched to the market its new INGECON SUN CON40 power station and has now started assembling the first units for different utility-scale projects. This 40-foot-long ISO container is able to reach an output power of 4.92 MWAC, as it features three 1,500 VDC central inverters, each one providing 1,640 kW. This new… Read more »
Senvion acquires EUROS as next step of its product strategy
Rotor blade manufacturing, master plug and mould design company to augment in-house blade development and manufacturing Hamburg: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has acquired 100 per cent of the shares of EUROS Group* in an all-cash transaction, just three months after announcing the acquisition of Kenersys assets in India. EUROS, located in… Read more »
skytron energy chosen by Sonnedix to equip largest power plant in the Caribbean
Berlin, 23 November 2016. skytron® energy has been commissioned to provide monitoring and supervision technology for a 57.6 MWp solar power plant in Isabela, Puerto Rico. The plant named “Oriana” is owned by solar power producer and investor Sonnedix and is the largest plant of its kind in the Caribbean. Oriana has started producing clean… Read more »
Meyer Burger apprentice wins gold at the IndustrySkills Swiss Championship 2016
The IndustrySkills 2016 in Basel was a major success for Meyer Burger with Fabien Gyger, an apprentice in automation mechanics, winning a gold medal and ensuring his spot at the WorldSkills 2017 in Abu Dhabi. The best young industrial talent in the MEM sector (machine, electronics and metal industries) competed for top medals in six… Read more »
Tesvolt and Africa Green Tec to provide solar power to 250,000 Malians
Mobile solar containers with battery storage systems reduce energy costs by over 75% Wittenberg, Hainburg/Germany, 22.11.2016 – The German firm Tesvolt, which manufactures commercial storage systems, has entered into an exclusive cooperation agreement with the start-up Africa Green Tec. Tesvolt is supplying lithium storage systems for 50 solar containers with a total capacity of 3… Read more »
PI Berlin and IRESEN join forces to promote PV in Morocco
Marrakech, Berlin, November 21, 2016 – Dr. Paul Grunow, Co-founder and Board Member of the Photovoltaik Institut Berlin (PI Berlin) and Mr. Badr Ikken, General Director of l’Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles (IRESEN) signed a cooperation agreement at the COP 22 climate summit in Marrakech, Morocco. The agreement defines a partnership… Read more »
TrinaBEST to design and construct one of the largest Microgrid energy storage systems in Nouakchott, Mauritania
Changzhou, China, Nov. 9, 2016 — TrinaBEST announced today that it has been awarded to design and construct a hybrid energy storage system in Nouakchott, Mauritania. This project is developed and operated by Damane Assurances Company. The project which encompasses 40kW solar system, 415kVA diesel generator system and 320 kWh energy storage system, is expected… Read more »
LM Wind Power to supply blades for CSIC HZ Windpower’s new 5 MW offshore turbine in China
LM Wind Power announces strategic collaboration with Chinese wind turbine manufacturer CSIC (China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation) HZ Windpower to deliver blades for its newly launched H151-5.0MW platform. The blades will be delivered from LM Wind Power’s plant in Jiangyin. The first sets are expected to be installed in Q4 2016 at Rudong wind farm. The… Read more »
Nordex: first N117/3600 to start operation in November
Hamburg, 16 November 2016. Just a short time after the market launch of the N117/3600, in September 2016 the Nordex Group received the first order from WIND-consult Measuring Company for a project with the new turbine for IEC-2 sites. In November the first N117/3600 is to start operation in Bargeshagen, near Rostock. With a wind… Read more »
