Press Releases
Applied Materials Introduces the Most Advanced Fully Automated Wafer Inspection System for Solar Manufacturing
World-class photoluminescence and 100% automated inspection technologies predict final wafer efficiency and improve production yield and savings Integrates most advanced inspection capabilities, providing industry’s highest review accuracy of wafer quality SHANGHAI, May 20, 2014 – At the SNEC 8th International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference & Exhibition held this week in Shanghai, Applied Materials, Inc. today… Read more »
300W-Module with SCHMID PERC-Turnkey
21% efficiency with monocrystalline cells Savings in the two-digit million Euro range during ramp-up Freudenstadt / Germany. In less than one year the SCHMID Group has increased the efficiency for its turnkey production of monocrystalline PERC cells from 20 to 21%. The reasons are backside passivation progress, the multi-busbar cell architecture and the silver-free rear… Read more »
SolarMax promotes self-consumption
At the leading PV trade fair, SolarMax presents new inverter and self-consumption solutions Biel, May 20, 2014 – Self-consumption and energy storage devices are again the central topics of this year’s European photovoltaics trade fair, Intersolar. The Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering (SolarMax) will exhibit the P series inverters optimized for self-consumption with new energy… Read more »
Delta to unveil its latest solar energy solutions at Intersolar
The leading global provider of power and thermal management solutions will demonstrate its expanded solar inverter product line at Intersolar Europe in June. The new inverters from Delta will enable PV plants ranging in size from a single solar module on a residence all the way up to MW-scale solar parks.At Intersolar this year Delta… Read more »
SCHMID Group Sells First PERC Turnkey Production
Chinese manufacturer signs sales agreement for 40MW cell production Freudenstadt, Germany. The SCHMID Group announces the conclusion of a contract concerning a turnkey production with a Chinese PV manufacturer. The customer, who wants not to be mentioned, will produce high efficiency mono PERC cells with selective emitter (SE). The production line with a capacity of… Read more »
CT Offshore awarded cable installation contract for Gode Wind 1+2 Offshore Wind Farm.
Last week CT Offshore received the good news and now proudly announces that yet another contact is awarded to the Danish cable installation company. The scope of work covers the cable installation and burial of 97 inter-array cables at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind OWF 1 + 2.“In the current market this is an important contract… Read more »
Intersolar: Mastervolt presents flexible residential storage system
Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 15, 2014 – Dutch company Mastervolt is going to showcase a new, modular solar storage system at Intersolar 2014. The system is compatible with PV inverters from all manufacturers, which makes it particularly suitable for retrofitting existing photovoltaic installations. All components, including the MLI Ultra lithium-ion batteries, are developed and manufactured by… Read more »
Windenergy Hamburg The Offshore Challenge Experts From The Wind Industry And The Maritime Industry Meet In Hamburg
WindEnergy Hamburg – The global on- & offshore expo at the Hamburg Fair site from 23 to 26 September 2014 Hamburg, 15 May 2014/ WEHH4. Offshore wind farms present special challenges for plant builders, project designers and service providers. But they deliver power practically all the time, 24 hours a day, on an average of… Read more »
Siemens provides 150 wind turbines for largest Dutch offshore project
• Total order volume: more than EUR 1.5 billion• Winning combination of technological innovation and tailored financial solution secures largest order for Siemens Energy Service to date• 600 megawatt Gemini wind power plant will consist of 150 Siemens wind turbines• Financial Services unit closes on 20 percent equity investment, with the total shareholders’ investment almost… Read more »
wpd secures financing for onshore wind farms in Canada
The wind farm developer wpd, KfW IPEX-Bank and Helaba will jointly provide the funds for the construction of two onshore wind farms in Canada. wpd is delighted to make the announcement following its first “financial close” in Canada. The wind farms will be constructed in Springwood and Whittington in southern Ontario. Work has already started,… Read more »
