Press Releases
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 »
SAL Offshore installed a Tidal Turbine as standalone vessel
North Sea Scotland (Orkney Islands) SAL Offshore’s main vessel, the DP Class II equipped MV Lone complete with Work Class ROV, successfully installed a VOITH Hytide 1000-13 tidal turbine. Coming directly from her previous employment on the Parbuckling Project (Costa Concordia), MV Lone pro- ceeded to Stavanger in Norway to mobilize an ROV spread and… Read more »
Valentin Software Launches Simulation Programme with New Features for Designing Solar Power Plants of up to Two Megawatts
Berlin, 22. Jan. 2014. The Berlin-based software company Valentin is launching its programme PV*SOL Expert 6.0 R7 today. The new software enables users to plan and visualise roof-integrated, roof-top and free-standing plants with a power of up to two megawatts. For the new version, Valentin has increased the maximum number of solar modules that can… Read more »
JA Solar and Powerway Establish Solar Module Manufacturing Facility in South Africa
SHANGHAI, China, January 22nd January, 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, and Powerway PV SA Pty., Ltd (“PWSA”), a leading provider of comprehensive solar farm construction services, today announced that they have formed a Joint Venture… Read more »
JuWan Ren of SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Appointed to the Management Committee of the Chinese Thin-Film PV Industry Alliance
Kahl am Main/Shanghai, January 21, 2014 – In 2013 an industry alliance for thin-film solar (China Thin-Film PV Industry Alliance & Thin-Film PV Committee of CNECC) was established in Beijing, China. Mr. JuWan Ren, General Manager of SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Shanghai (SINGULUS) was appointed to represent SINGULUS as Managing Director in the Management Committee of this… Read more »
CT Offshore enters Gwynt y Môr OWF
Last week an agreement was finalised and signed between CT Offshore and Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited, covering free-laying, installation and burial of 63 cables of the in total 161 inter-array cables at one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms. The cable laying and installation will be conducted by the company’s own cable… Read more »
Empowering Solar Development in the GCC region
New Solar GCC Alliance to Launch during the World Future Energy Summit 2014 Riyadh, 17 January 2014 – The GCC region has some of the most energy-advantaged countries in the world. While each of these nations shares a vast potential for solar power, each has its own unique solar business model and cultural identity. Oman,… Read more »
Parat Halvorsen wins major contracts in German renewable energy sector
Norway’s leading supplier of steam and heat solutions, Parat Halvorsen, has made a major breakthrough in Germany’s rapidly developing renewable energy sector with the delivery of two of its unique 20MW 10kV electrode steam boilers to Infraserv Höchst in Frankfurt. The contract, comprising complete boilers with control system, instruments and pumps, underscores Infraserv’s growing awareness… Read more »
First Damen Twin Axe FCS 2610 handed over to Sure Wind Marine Limited
The first of two Damen Twin Axe Fast Crew Suppliers has officially been handed over to British company Sure Wind. A specialist in the German offshore wind market, Sure Wind already has work for the two newbuild FCS 2610 vessels. The first vessel Sure Star will head straight to Esbjerg and will then be deployed… Read more »
