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EU wind power will triple by 2020
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) today published its scenarios for onshore and offshore wind power deployment in the EU, ahead of the European Commission’s Energy Roadmap 2050, due to be published later this year. “Wind energy will more than triple its power output by 2020 with 194 billion Euros invested in European onshore and… Read more »
Meyer Burger Public Tender Offer Of Roth Rau Ag Antitrust Clearance By The Chinese Antitrust Authorities Received
– Final condition of the public tender offer fulfilled– Settlement of the tender offer and payment of the offer price anticipated to be effected on 9 August 2011 Meyer Burger Technology Ltd [Ticker: MBTN] published today that the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China confirmed in writing the antitrust clearance of the… Read more »
Intersolar India prepares for round three
This December the international solar industry is congregating at Intersolar India for third time in a row. From December 14-16, 2011, Hall 1 of the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) in Mumbai, India is being dedi-cated to solar power. There, 250 expected exhibitors are setting up their exhibits across 20,000 square meters of exhibition space to… Read more »
Critical Software signs contract with Brazilian AES Tietê
Critical Software announces that it has secured a contract for the development and integration of IT systems for AES Tietê, a subsidiary of the Brazilian Energy Company. The project is to provide a critical asset management system that will support the business activities of AES Tietê, which is primarily the production and distribution of sustainable… Read more »
Financing completed for AREVA’s Global Tech I project
The offshore wind project Global Tech I, for which AREVA is supplier of 80 M5000 turbines, has finalized raising debt financing for an amount in excess of 1 B€. This is the second AREVA-powered offshore wind project to achieve this and a new demonstration of the confidence of the financial community in the reliability of… Read more »
Onshore Conflict Increases Attractions of Offshore Windfarms
Reports that almost half of planning applications for onshore wind farms are being rejected will increase the attractions of building offshore wind farms. Figures obtained by legal firm McGrigors from the Department of Energy and Climate Change under freedom of information legislation show that during the last five years the rejection rate for wind farm… Read more »
EU offshore wind power shows solid growth in first half of 2011
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) today published offshore wind energy statistics for the first half year of 2011, showing a comfortable 4.5% increase in installations of offshore capacity compared to the first half of 2010. 101 new offshore wind turbines, with a total capacity of 348 Megawatt (MW), were connected to the power grids… Read more »
DuPont Expands in Solar Energy with Acquisition of Innovalight
Technology to Enhance Solar Cell Efficiency; Potential to Accelerate Adoption of Solar Energy DuPont today announced that it has acquired Innovalight, Inc., a company specializing in advanced silicon inks and process technologies that increase the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells. The acquisition further strengthens DuPont’s position as a clear leader in materials for the… Read more »
MAGE SOLAR delivers photovoltaic modules for the logistics centre and supermarkets of EDEKA Nord
EDEKA Nord – a German wholesale company – brings a 300-kWp installation into operation at the Neumünster logistics base in Schleswig-Holstein. More than 1.600 monocrystalline MAGE POWERTEC PLUS modules will be producing circa 270.000 kWh of environmentally friendly electricity per year. MAGE SOLAR AG, part of the globally operating MAGE GROUP, has equipped a total… Read more »
Top of the tree: SolarMax MT series awarded two "very good" marks at the Photon test
The trade publication Photon tested the SolarMax 13MT three-phase string inverter and awarded it with the prized “very good” seal of approval for its efficiency. The Sputnik Engineering AG device functions “not only precisely, but also efficiently” with MPP tracking and, according to the editors, also achieved other “very good results”. This means that the… Read more »
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SolarDuck and RWE successfully install offshore floating solar pilot Merganser off Dutch coast
Merganser, a 0.5 MWp offshore floating solar pilot, has been successfully installed at the North Sea Farmers offshore test site in the Dutch North Sea Next steps include technical and environmental monitoring to further investigate the technology With the support of RWE, the Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck, has installed its offshore floating solar (OFPV) project,… Read more »
Chemitek Solar adds to its range of solar cleaning solutions with the new Metal Oxides Removal Agent
Chemitek Solar, a pioneering leader in sustainable cleaning and soiling mitigation solutions for the solar industry, proudly announces the launch of its new Metal Oxides Removal Agent, an innovative product designed to efficiently and safely remove metal oxides (e.g. rust) from photovoltaic modules and tiles. The Metal Oxides Removal Agent features a specialized biodegradable formula… Read more »
Ginlong (Solis) Celebrates New National Standard PCS Certification at SNEC 2024
Ningbo, China – 1 July, 2024 – Ginlong (Solis) Technologies, the world’s third-largest PV inverter manufacturer, proudly announced at the SNEC exhibition earlier this month that its 30kW inverter supported an offshore photovoltaic empirical project. This news follows the establishment of the Offshore Photovoltaic Verification Base, a joint venture between the National Solar Photovoltaic Quality… Read more »
First offshore pilot project for large-scale oyster reef restoration in Belgian North Sea
· BELREEFS is the first offshore project for large-scale oyster reef restoration in the Belgian North Sea. · Innovative techniques will facilitate the introduction of a self-sustaining oyster reef. · The project relies on a unique collaboration between government, industry and science. Before 1850, flat oyster reefs were a dominant structural and ecological component of… Read more »
TE Connectivity’s ALR 11000 digital photocell with dimming capability helps significantly reduce electricity costs for street lighting
Zhaga D4i-certified ALR digital photocells from TE help lower power consumption and reduce CO2 emissions BERWYN, Pennsylvania – July 3, 2024 – TE Connectivity, a world leader in connectors and sensors, launches the Zhaga-D4i certified ALR 11000 digital dimming photocell. TE’s latest photocell controls the on/off switching of a streetlight, and also has the ability… Read more »
DNV’S LUCY CRAIG APPOINTED AS BOARD MEMBER FOR WINDEUROPE
Zaragoza, Spain, 02 July 2024 : DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, is proud to announce that Lucy Craig, Senior Vice President and Director of Growth, Innovation and Digitalization, Energy Systems, has been elected as a board member for WindEurope, the voice of the wind industry in Europe. With over 500 members from… Read more »
Sineng Electric Supplies 1,016MW of Inverters to the Al Kahfah PV Project in Saudi Arabia
Enviromena secures £30m funding from Close Brothers Energy for construction of 70MW solar farm in Essex
DNV CONDUCTS POWER CURVE VERIFICATION AT BAY OF ST. BRIEUC OFFSHORE WIND FARM USING ADVANCED NACELLE LIDAR TECHNOLOGY
Ciel & Terre EMEA has begun the European largest floating solar project’s installation
Solar and wind are increasingly competitive in wholesale power markets, offer a hedge against the uncertain cost of other generation sources
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