Press Releases
Industry stands together to make economic case for wind energy in Poland
The European wind industry will descend on Warsaw today to make the economic arguments for wind power in a market that faces increasing uncertainty. The Wind Power Poland 2016 event is organised by the Polish Wind Energy Association and is supported by EWEA. GE and Vestas are headlining as the two event ambassadors. Poland’s wind… Read more »
Sharp Launches Smart Chap At Ecobuild 2016
Sharp Energy Solutions, stand E3330 London, 8 March 2016 – Sharp will showcase its full energy solutions portfolio at EcoBuild 2016 (8-10 March, ExCel Centre) stand E3330, including its new home energy management system, Smart Chap. Taking a larger than planned stand to show its expanded range, Sharp will also exhibit the latest additions to… Read more »
Offshore works underway for EOWDC
Offshore works have started off Aberdeen Bay in preparation for full construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), reaffirming the project partners’ commitment to seeing the much-needed industry scheme come to fruition. The geotechnical site investigation will take place at each of the EOWDC’s 11 turbine locations to assess the seabed, with the… Read more »
Great Yarmouth prime to be world-class centre of excellence for decommissioning
Great Yarmouth has a “golden opportunity” to be the world-class centre of excellence for the multi-billion pound decommissioning programme in the southern North Sea (SNS) and beyond, industry leaders announced. The town’s industry and port is prime to become the decommissioning pioneer for offshore platforms and wells in the SNS as well as in the… Read more »
Pathways for Transforming the German Energy System by 2050
Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Henning / Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing.Andreas Palzer, Fraunhofer ISEFull Study: February 2016 / Short Summary: December 15, 2015 The transformation of the energy system in Germany is a declared political goal of the federal government. By 2050, greenhouse gas emissions are to be reduced by at least 80 percent under 1990 levels. This necessitates… Read more »
NexWafe and Lynwood sign investment contract
EpiWafer Technology Starts “Series A” on its Way to Commercialization NexWafe GmbH and Lynwood (Schweiz) AG sign investment contract NexWafe, a Fraunhofer ISE spin-off founded in June 2015, is now starting “Series A”, commercializing its EpiWafer technology after signing a funding contract with Lynwood (Schweiz) AG. NexWafe’s highly innovative EpiWafer technology developed at Fraunhofer ISE… Read more »
22 MW aleo modules for solar park in the Philippines / independent study attests to aleo module "bankability"
Prenzlau, Germany / Palo, Philippines 3 March 2016, aleo solar GmbH has supplied around 76,000 high-performance modules for the Sepalco solar park in the Philippines. The 22MW project on the central Philippine island of Leyte incorporates aleo monocrystalline modules manufactured at the factory in Germany. The solar park, which is one of the world’s largest… Read more »
Expansion Product Portfolio with PV Backsheet films
DSM, a global company active in health, nutrition and materials, has entered into a commercial alliance with Chinese backsheet producer Suzhou Sunshine New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. to extend its offering to the solar photovoltaic (PV) market. DSM will exclusively market the Sunshine portfolio of innovative PV backsheet products based on patented Sunshine technology outside… Read more »
Deutsche Windtechnik takes over all offshore maintenance contracts from Dutch construction company Ballast Nedam N.V.
Deutsche Windtechnik AG has finalised an asset deal with the listed construction company Ballast Nedam N.V.; with immediate effect, the foundations and cables for the offshore wind farms Westermeerwind in the IJsselmeer and Butendiek, Luchterduinen and Prinses Amalia Wind Farm in the North Sea will be maintained by Deutsche Windtechnik. The company is also taking… Read more »
ads-tec High-Capacity Batteries provide Primary Balancing Power to stabilize Grid Frequency
For more than 100 years, the hydro power plant in Dörverden has been a reliable supplier of sustainable electricity. Now, the plant gets a powerful upgrade in the form of a modern lithium-ion large battery system made by ads-tec, to provide important network services for the local connection. With a capacity of 3 megawatts the… Read more »
