Press Releases
Bigger than batteries: energy storage in 2016
A flexible power network hinges on energy storage. But does the technology match the hype? Members of POWER-GEN Europe and Renewable Energy World Europe’s Advisory Board discuss the challenges facing the storage sector and the steps needed to overcome them, ahead of the conference and exhibition which will take place in Milan, 21 to 23… Read more »
Be a reed, not an oak: how a flexible European power sector can weather the winds of change
These are turbulent times for Europe’s power sector. Fabien Roques, Senior Vice President, Compass Lexecon and POWER-GEN Europe and Renewable Energy World Europe Advisory Board member discusses how to survive the storm, flexibility is more important than ever.As Aesop’s fable of the oak and the reed begins, there is a storm coming. The tall and… Read more »
Power dieting: slimming the sector with storage
There is much talk of 2016 as a year of transformation for the energy industry. But Simon Hobday, Partner at Osborne Clarke LLP and POWER-GEN Europe and Renewable Energy World Europe 2016 Advisory Board member, thinks there is work to be done. Here he argues that the transition to a flexible energy future requires governments… Read more »
Ees Award Ten Entries Have Been Shortlisted For The Energy Storage Industrys Innovation Prize
Munich, 19 May 2016 – For the third time running, the ees AWARD is set to be presented for outstanding solutions and innovations in energy storage technology. This year, the prestigious prize received a record number of submissions. Ten of these can now pride themselves on having been nominated as finalists. The winner will be… Read more »
Repowering Europe Conference Day 1 Greater Penetrations Of PV Through Optimal Use Of The Grid
The joint annual meeting of the European Technology and Innovation Platform (ETIP) on Photovoltaics and the ETIP on Smartgrids was hailed by Jeroen Schuppers, deputy Head of Unit for Advanced Energy Production in DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission as “very timely and relevant […] The event brings together two groups. Collaboration and… Read more »
Yaskawa Solectria Solar Launches PV Inverter Blog
Lawrence, MA – May 19, 2016 – Yaskawa – Solectria Solar, the leading U.S. commercial PV inverter manufacturer, announced that it has officially launched its new PV Inverter blog. This blog will focus on top industry topics, news, recently installed projects and life at Yaskawa – Solectria Solar. Readers can subscribe to the blog where… Read more »
Tailwind for GRS
Global Renewables Shipbrokers now also represented in France GRS is expanding its global outreach with an office in Paris Business growth is continuing unabated. After successful establishment of an office in Aberdeen, Scotland, in the summer of 2015, GRS has appointed Francois Richard as head of its new office in Paris. “The expansion in France… Read more »
The PV-center inaugurates a cleanroom and production laboratories
Cutting-edge installations reaching for the sun Neuchâtel, 19 May 2016 – Today CSEM unveils the new facilities at its PV-center. The existing infrastructures have been extended with a cleanroom, module testing, and production laboratories covering over a thousand square meters. This will allow researchers to continue the work begun three years ago and explore different… Read more »
DNV GL Releases 2016 Solar PV Module Reliability Scorecard
· In an industry too young to have long-term field data on reliability, DNV GL’s comprehensive lab study goes beyond standard testing to bridge knowledge gap, help minimize risk for solar investors· Latest edition of report provides data on module performance over timewith rankings of manufacturers of solar PV panels from around the world· Testing… Read more »
Intersolar AWARD and ees AWARD: Finalists announced
Munich, May 19, 2016 – Complete with a new category and record number of submissions, this year’s Intersolar AWARD pays tribute to ground-breaking innovations in the solar industry for the ninth time in a row. Joining the established Photovoltaics category is the category entitled Outstanding Solar Projects, which will this year make its debut on… Read more »
