Press Releases
Reef Subsea restructures its business and appoints new Divisional Managing Director
Bergen, Norway – August 29, 2013: Reef Subsea has taken the step to restructure its business into two divisions – one being a new division focused on integrated subsea projects and the second a restructure of the Dredging & Excavation division. In the restructure, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical and Reef Subsea Norway has merged… Read more »
Siemens to supply Direct-Drive Wind Turbines to France
• 24 wind turbines with a total capacity of 72 megawatts (MW) ordered • Orders for four projects with gearless wind turbines • Erection to begin in 2014 Siemens received an order from France for the supply, installation and commissioning of a total of 24 direct-drive wind turbines for four French wind projects, located in… Read more »
EUROSOLAR – The European Association for Renewable Energy – celebrates its 25th year
At the initiative of Hermann Scheer, around 100 individuals founded the European Association for Renewable Energy in Bonn exactly 25 years ago. EUROSOLAR invited its members to join in celebrating this special occasion in Bonn on August 24, 2013. Founding members, representatives of EUROSOLAR’s international sections, the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) and EUROSOLAR’s… Read more »
GL Garrad Hassan Commissioned for "FINO Wind" Research Project
Hamburg, 28 August 2013 – DWD (German Weather Service) has commissioned GL Garrad Hassan to be responsible for an extensive sub-project within the scope of the “FINO Wind” research project. This involves taking an inventory of the metadata, utilisation and collection of LiDAR wind measurement data for the correction of mast effects, as well as the uncertainty estimation and assessment… Read more »
LiSEC: Filip Miermans New Head of Marketing and Communications
Filip Miermans (39) was appointed Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications of the LiSEC Group on 1 August. He has thorough knowledge and many years of experience in communications and marketing. Prior to joining the LiSEC Group, Miermans was Head of Marketing and Communications at Miba (Laakirchen, Upper Austria). Before that, the native Belgian had… Read more »
Martifer Solar develops 50 MW of plants in the UK
• Around 50 MW under development marks another round of projects in the UK • The company intends to ensure the sale of the ready-to-build projects during the licensing process running until the end of 2013 • The projects will be located in the UK’s southern region and will have an average size of 10… Read more »
F.L.I. Energy begins construction of major Biomethane-to-Grid AD project in Suffolk
F.L.I. Energy has announced today that it has begun construction at the Biomethane to Grid Anaerobic Digestion Ellough project, located in Beccles, Suffolk, UK. The project installed capacity will be 12MW of thermal energy. Anaerobic digestion is the simple, natural breakdown of organic matter into carbon dioxide, methane and water by microorganisms. Through this process,… Read more »
Two new customers select the flexible ALD production machine from SoLayTec
Last year at the 27th PVSEC in Frankfurt, SoLayTec introduced the InPassion ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) mass production machine for low cost deposition of Al2O3. SoLayTec today announces that it installed its first two mass production machines. Both machines are installed at solar cell manufacturers of high efficiency crystalline solar cells in Asia. The total… Read more »
Innotech Solar modules replace traditional greenhouse roofs
High temperature performance produces greater energy yield Munich, August 27, 2013 – The solar modules produced by Scandinavian-German manufacturer Innotech Solar AS (ITS) are particularly suitable for warm regions, as they demonstrate an outstanding temperature coefficient, meaning that they retain their excellent level of performance even in high ambient temperatures. A typical application where this… Read more »
30 year performance warranty on Centrosolar glass-glass modules
Significantly longer service life for glass-glass modules Solar modules with glass sheets on the front and back sides have an almost unlimited service life. This was the result of a long-term climate chamber test in which Centrosolar glass-foil modules were compared with glass composite modules. With conventional modules, performance decreased after 30 years at the… Read more »