Press Releases
Hansa Heavy Lift Grows Latin American Presence
Hamburg, Germany, Monday 30th June 2014 – HANSA HEAVY LIFT has appointed Platetrade S.A. to support its Sao Paulo/Brazil office as part of the ongoing development of its agency network. Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Platetrade will act as HANSA HEAVY LIFT‘s agent to strengthen the shipping line’s customer base in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay…. Read more »
Smartenergy ramps up crystalline silicon solar panel production
· Successful upgrade and certification· 1.9 MW solar project completed· Senior appointments strengthen management team Zurich, Switzerland – June 27, 2014: Smartenergy Renewables AG successfully completed the conversion and upgrade of its fully-automated solar panel manufacturing facility in Luckenwalde, near Berlin, Germany. The factory is certified to DIN ISO 9001, 14001, and 50001 standards. The… Read more »
VITRONIC inspection systems guarantee highest product quality in the field of battery production
Wiesbaden/Frankfurt, June 18, 2014 – In many areas of battery production, camera-based inspection systems from VITRONIC are taking over demanding inspection tasks to optimize production processes and guarantee final battery quality. Camera-based inspection systems from VITRONIC are taking over demanding inspection tasks in many areas of battery production, such as coating, joining and assembly. They… Read more »
Optical inspection systems from VITRONIC impress Asian solar cell manufacturers
Wiesbaden, June 3, 2014 – More than 1,000 successfully implemented inspection systems at more than 70 end customers and over ten years’ experience in photovoltaic production make VITRONIC a sought-after partner for solar cell producers. Following the resounding success of automated, camera-technology-based quality controls in most production facilities in the Western world and several Asian… Read more »
PALFINGER MARINE wins contract for Gode Wind
97 stiff boom cranes for Gode Wind 1 and 2 Continued success of proven stiff boom crane range One liferaft davit for each transformer station PALFINGER MARINE has won the order for 97 PF 8000 cranes, which has been developed especially for the wind farms Gode Wind 1 and 2. The wind farms are located… Read more »
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Receives a Major Order from Hanergy Solar Group for the Supply of a CIGS Production Machine
• The order volume exceeds € 15 million• Leading Buffer Layer Technology• First stage of major project Kahl am Main, June 26, 2014 – SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS) signed an agreement with Apollo Precision (Fujian) Limited, China, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hanergy Solar Group (Hanergy). The signed contract includes the supply of a production machine… Read more »
The Evolution of Wind Power
The team behind wind power software Breeze has built a free interactive infographic map showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country and continent from 1981-2013. Drag the slider or push play to see the how the global wind power capacity distrubtion changes between nations over time. It might come as a surprise how… Read more »
ASD presents hybrid battery at Intersolar North America
Advantages of stand-alone and grid-tie storage systems in one device/AC and DC operation possible Freiburg, Germany, June 25, 2014 – German company ASD Automatic Storage Device is to present its new hybrid battery, combining the strengths of stand-alone and grid-tie storage systems, at Intersolar North America. Compared to existing batteries, the new device significantly raises… Read more »
JA Solar Starts Mass Production of PERCIUM Solar Cell – Conversion Efficiency Reaches 20.4%
SHANGHAI, China, June 23rd, 2014 — JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) (“JA Solar” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that they have started mass production of their PERICUM Solar Cell The PERCIUM solar cell, is the first P-TYPE solar cell in the industry… Read more »
Vikram Solar increases its footprint in MENA – Middle East & North Africa Region
Vikram Solar appoints Unidaan FZ LLC to supply solar products and services in MENA Kolkata, June 23, 2014- Vikram Solar, internationally acclaimed Tier 1 enterprise which specializes in manufacturing of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules and EPC contracts for solar power plants has recently entered into a distributorship agreement with Unidaan FZ LLC to supply solar… Read more »
