Press Releases
The Switch to deliver full-power converter to Water Wall Turbine
Vancouver-based Water Wall Turbine Inc. (WWT) has selected The Switch to provide a 500 kW full-power converter for its innovative self-floating power plant. This new commercially viable system extracts potential and kinetic energy from large, fast moving water currents for conversion into electric energy. The Switch will supply its first 500 kW full-power converter in… Read more »
Hansa Heavy Lift Rescues Stranded Seafarers
Crew from the HHL Elbe rescued a couple from a dinghy in the Red Sea after spotting their distress flares. Stefan Jerkander and his wife, Svetlana Salnikova-Jerkander, took to their rescue dinghy after their catamaran, Cattarina, sank off the Sudanese coast during a voyage from Split in Croatia to Phuket in Thailand. The HHL Elbe… Read more »
Hanwha Q CELLS and AGR Power up 24MW PV Power Plant in UK for Ingenious Clean Energy
Hanwha Q CELLS has teamed up with AGRenewables (AGR), to power up a 24.3 MW photovoltaic power plant for Ingenious Clean Energy in record-time. Despite severe weather conditions, the park in Stowbridge, Cambridgeshire, England, was constructed and grid-connected ahead of the changes in ROC at the end of March. More than 94,500 Q.PRO-G3 solar panels… Read more »
SOLON appoints new head of Europe to restructure their operations
In the light of adopting operations and structures of the SOLON group to the changing market conditions in Europe, Dr. Rolando Gennari has been appointed to take over the co-ordination of the process. As the head of Europe, Dr. Gennari will be responsible for the strategic repositioning of SOLON as a leading player on the… Read more »
Cell cutting technology to increase PV module power output
InnoLas Solutions GmbH offers an automated laser machine with an integrated with soft wafer breaking process to produce half cells or quarter cells for later module assembly. Increasing cell efficiency is one way to reduce the cost of solar power. The reduction of the cell-to-module losses during module assembly presents another strategy which allows a… Read more »
Horizon Geobay Lends Support To Local Coast Guard Training Exercise
Horizon Geosciences are currently undertaking a site investigation of the seabed just off the UK South Coast. The wind park developer has contracted Horizon Geosciences, the geotechnical survey specialists, to take samples of seabed material that will help determine the most suitable type of foundation for the turbines at the proposed wind park. While carrying… Read more »
Tv Sd Pmss Appoints Doug Pfeister As Senior Vice President
Appointment underlines continuing commitment to and ongoing growth strategy in US offshore wind New York, NY, September 11 2014 – PMSS America, Inc., the US division of leading global renewable energy consulting firm TÜV SÜD PMSS, has announced the appointment of Doug Pfeister to the role of Senior Vice President as the firm gears up… Read more »
seebaWIND Service Exchanges Gear Box in Record Time
Maintenance at Polish Wind Farm seebaWIND Service Exchanges Gear Box in Record Time Osnabrück, 11.09.2014. In the middle of June, the manufacturer-independent service company seebaWIND Service GmbH exchanged the gear boxes in two 1.5 megawatt wind power plants at a Polish wind farm in Western Pomerania within only three days. The six service technicians from… Read more »
Recycling Company Benefits From Photovoltaic Plant With Q CELLS Solar Modules
-340 kilowatt solar plant on metal refiner’s roof feeds into the grid -Solar plants make sense for companies in Austria -Q CELLS modules impress with reliability and quality [Thalheim, Germany / Hall in Tyrol, Austria, 11 September, 2014] – The recycling company RAGG GmbH from Austria has started operations of their new photovoltaic system with… Read more »
Moventas To Service Two Turbines In Eesti Energias Aulepa Wind Park
Moventas and Eesti Energia have agreed on the service of two WWD3 turbines at the Aulepa wind park in Western Estonia, plus a lubrication upgrade for all of Aulepa’s sixteen turbines by year-end. Emerging failures were detected with the Moventas CMaS condition management system and detailed on-site inspections. At year-end, Moventas carries out a WinWind… Read more »
