Spain: 1.2 MW solar power plants for water company, sports facilities and schools

Conergy and Gamma Solutions realise 9 solar plants on public buildings Hamburg / Madrid, 20 May 2013 - Ther…

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Globeleq Inaugurates Nicaraguan Wind Project

Globeleq, the emerging markets power company, has inaugurated its 44 MW Eolo de Nicaragua S.A. (Eolo) wind farm in Nicaragua, strengthening its po…

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Expanding the range of technology products as a result of the strategic acquisition of GP Solar and GP Inspect

ISRA VISION is expanding its range of production automation and quality inspecti…

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INTERSOLAR INDIA 2013: THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES FOR A DYNAMIC MARKET

Mumbai/Pforzheim/Freiburg, May 16, 2013 : The Indian solar market is on its way to becoming one of the most important marke…

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Siemens wins 100 MW wind power order from South Africa

Siemens Energy has been awarded an onshore wind power order for the Sere wind power plant on the west coast of South Africa. This is alr…

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PES Exclusive Articles

Aluminum extrusions: enabling stronger more efficient structures in wind turbines

To date in the wind industry, steel and fiberglass structures have been the most commonly used materials. However, extruded aluminum structures offer a huge potential in offering strong but lightweight corrosion-resistant structures, capable of solving some of the wind turbines industries design cha…

Assessing the wind

Stephen Norman, the Met Office's Senior Wind Energy Consultant, examines recent developments in wind data and assessment, and speaks to PES about how data can be used to a far greater effect on wind energy investments.As the popularity of renewable energy solutions continues to soar worldwide, there…

Going places: breaking new markets and making new products

When PES last spoke to Abwood Machine Tools' Rob Nicholas, the company was embarking on a considerable expansion plan that would take it to ‘the next level'. We caught up with him six months later for a quick status update, and to hear all about the launch of the company's latest grinding mach…

Wind prospecting: when measurements matter

Wind energy is the fastest growing renewable energy source and Europe remains at the forefront of the market. By 2020 it is predicted that between 12 and 14% of the EU's electricity demand will be fulfilled by wind generated power - saving an amount of CO2 equivalent to taking 165 million cars off t…

Editor’s Note

As we've found over the years, controversy is never very far away in this industry. Despite the great many economic and environmental benefits wind energy offers, the scale and nature of both land and offshore developments are frequently the subject of protest. Our industry has done much to improve …

Wind farms pose maintenance challenge for operators

With many wind farms now well established, operators must consider the provision of maintenance and examine the latest component technology available to protect their investment and ensure continued reliability, warns industry expert Phil Burge... Clean power With the attraction of clean, free ren…

Welcome to Power and Energy Solutions’ latest Wind Industry Survey

Once again, we've polled thousands of our readers and asked them where they believe wind power is heading, and where the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats lie. The questions went out to our respondents in the closing months of 2011, and the answers here serve as a litmus for perhaps t…

Where is the next tractor coming from?

Andrew Jones, Managing Director of S&C At the helm of a company enjoying its centenary, Andrew Jones considers the pace of innovation in our sector, particularly in relation to the grid and storage, and looks to the next 100 years... Looking back over the last century, there are of course mass…

Presenting high performance technology that boosts production efficiency

Cutting production costs and improving product throughput - from thin-film through to CPV. At the next EU PVSEC, the equipment supplier and automation specialists Grenzebach will demonstrate their preparedness for market challenges. The high tech experts present their efficient process solutions fo…

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