Press Releases
News Blitz from the Weather Market – EWC at E-world
EWC Weather Consult, a private weather services provider in Karlsruhe with an international portfolio, are presenting their extended weather data management service at E-world energy & water 2014 in Essen, hall 3, booth 531. In the sector of renewable and conventional energies, weather forecasts as well as meta forecasts have a central role to play… Read more »
PPG awarded $2.1 million by DOE to help automate PV module manufacturing
PPG liquid encapsulant technology key to streamlining production process PITTSBURGH, Jan. 31, 2014 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) industrial coatings business has received a $2.1 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help design and pilot a rapid photovoltaic (PV) module assembly process that uses automation to eliminate time and labor from the… Read more »
Polysilicon Duties: Wacker and OCI Win the Day Both producers profit from latest Chinese rulings, says Bernreuter Research
Würzburg (Germany), January 30, 2014 – Wacker Chemie AG and OCI Company Ltd., the world’s No. 2 and 3 polysilicon manufacturers, respectively, are the big winners after the latest rulings of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) regarding anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on polysilicon imports into China. While final duty rates of up to 57%… Read more »
SolarMax – successful in Chile
Biel, January 30, 2014 – The Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering (SolarMax) is expanding its local operations in Chile with the realisation of several photovoltaic projects. The South-American country with its high solar irradiation and huge surface availability, especially in the Atacama desert, belongs to the emerging PV markets. Recently SolarMax finished a hybrid system… Read more »
Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Moves to its New Logistics Centre
Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum, one of the largest high-tech vendors for vacuum pumps and systems has at the beginning of this year moved into its new, modern lean logistics centre at the Cologne site. Designed by planning company Dr. Schönheit + Partner, the building was erected by construction company Günther GmbH & Co. KG from Netphen,… Read more »
Powerteam Surges On
Scotland-based Powerteam, a high voltage (HV) electrical design and build company, which specialises in the construction and refurbishment of electrical substations and overhead lines, has joined the global VINCI Energies Group of Companies following its recent acquisition by VINCI Energies UK plc. VINCI Energies, which generates a turnover of over €9 billion per annum, is… Read more »
Siemens wins turbine order and service contract for 79 wind turbines in Texas
• 79 SWT-2,3-108 wind turbines for Panhandle 2 wind power project in Carson County, Texas• Environmentally friendly power for nearly 56,000 American households Siemens Energy has secured an order for the 182-megawatt (MW) Panhandle 2 wind power project located in Carson County, Texas, northeast of Amarillo. The project will consist of 79 Siemens SWT-2,3-108 wind… Read more »
Ingeteam supplies 1 MW of ARRA compliant PV inverters in Jefferson
Ingeteam, a leading solar inverter manufacturer, has supplied its new Ingecon Sun PowerMax 500 kW inverters in Jefferson, Wisconsin. The 1.2 MW PV project came online in December and it is one of the largest in the State. This large-scale PV plant was built by the Chicago-based company Half Moon Ventures and it features the… Read more »
Avanti in the World’s Largest Wind Turbine
The world’s largest wind turbine is now in operation at the Danish National Test Center in Oesterild in Thy near the coast in the north-western part of Denmark. Vestas V-164 has a 140 metre high tower. Each blade measures 80 metres and weighs 35 tons. The nacelle alone is 8 metres high and weighs 390… Read more »
The Switch PVI 1000 (1 MW) outdoor inverter successfully commissioned as first for Tamil Nadu solar power plant in India
Vantaa, Finland, January 27, 2014 – The Switch, a leading supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generator and full-power converter packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications, successfully commissioned its 1 MW single module PVI 1000 solar inverter for Ultra Cosmic Solar Energy, a newly established Indian solar energy company. The Switch PVI 1000… Read more »
