Month: June 2016

teamtechnik’s high-performance STRINGER TT2100, with 65 MWp annual output

The Stringer TT2100 is setting a new standard at 2100 cycles per hour or 1.7 seconds for a single cycle. It confirms teamtechnik’s position as the supplier of the fastest single-track soldering solutions for solar cells in the world, increasing the throughput per stringer to 65 MW per year and production system. The full teamtechnik… Read more »

Siemens to supply wind turbines for onshore wind power plant in Japan

• 16 wind turbines for the Setana Osato wind power plant in Hokkaido• Commercial operation scheduled for 2018• First project with the customer J-Wind Setana Siemens has received its first order from J-Wind Setana to supply, install and commission 16 direct-drive wind turbines with a capacity of 3.2 megawatts (MW) each. The customer is a… Read more »

DNV GL Expands Solar Capabilities with Purchase of Assets from Amplify Energy

Continuous growth of new and maturing solar assets increases the need for trustworthy, comprehensive component testing and system evaluation Global energy consultancy and certification expert DNV GL extends its PV testing bench and capabilities DNV GL to grow scope of asset management services with novel software tools OAKLAND, CA (8 June 2016) – DNV GL,… Read more »

Meyer Burger awarded important contract for over CHF 10 million for its newest generation DW288 Series 3 diamond wire saws.

The newly launched DW288 Series 3 diamond wire cutting technology from Meyer Burger has been selected for the manufacture of high performance mono-crystalline silicon solar wafers by yet another existing photovoltaic customer in Asia. Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) today announced that it has received an important contract from a manufacturer of… Read more »

Meyer Burger sells high-end equipment and technologies worth around CHF 22 million to the Russian solar company Hevel LLC.

Hevel LLC, the largest integrated solar company in Russia, has placed an order with Meyer Burger for the supply of high-end systems for the qualification of crystalline solar wafers, the coating and performance measurement of heterojunction cells, as well as SmartWire Connection Technology for connecting cells. These Meyer Burger systems will develop Hevel’s existing technology… Read more »

large PV plants

Spain, 6th June 2016. Ingeteam launches its new range of central PV inverters, the 1500 Vdc INGECON SUN PowerMax B series. With dimensions of just 2,800 x 885 x 2,010 mm, these inverters are able to supply up to a maximum power of 1,640 kVA in a single unit, making it the solar inverter with… Read more »

Sungage Financial lists Vikram Solar as an approved vendor

Boulder, Colo., June 6th, 2016 – Sungage Financial, a leading provider of solar financing solutions, has added the Tier 1 solar module manufacturer Vikram Solar to its approved vendor list. Vikram Solar Modules can now be installed in any residential solar system that is using financing from Sungage Financial. Ken Oatman, Head of Business Development… Read more »

Moray Offshore Renewables Consults On New Offshore Wind Development

Edinburgh 6 June 2016. Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd (MORL) has announced intention to open consultation on the development of offshore wind on the remainder of its zone in the Outer Moray Firth. In 2010, The Crown Estate awarded MORL development rights for offshore wind development in Zone 1 (Moray Firth). MORL split the site into… Read more »

Xtremeprint From Asm Alternative Energy Enhances Solar Cell Metallization Throughput Helps Improve Cell Efficiency

Realizing the successful result of its most recent R&D effort, ASM Alternative Energy (ASM AE) announced today that it has commercialized its new solar cell printing technology, XtremePrintTM. The innovative and rapidly responsive XtremePrintTM system is a novel approach to high-speed cell topography accommodation and an ingenious solution to the limitations of conventional printing techniques…. Read more »

Dnv Gl To Validate Edge Of Network Management Of Solar Energy Storage In Hawaiis 24 Million Doe Project

DNV GL chosen for fourth time to validate distributed energy project for U.S. Department of Energy Hawaiian Electric Company to integrate System to Edge-of-Network Architecture and Management (SEAMS) to manage high penetration of distributed energy resources DNV GL to validate SEAMS performance, assess role of technologies including energy storage to assist in system management with… Read more »

Windenergy Hamburg The Worlds Leading Expo For Wind Energy For New Products Applications And Efficiency Strategies

Wind energy is increasingly becoming the driving force of the global energy transition. The main challenge now is to reduce the production cost of wind power. The industry is taking up this challenge, as one of the most innovative industries in the world. Its new products, applications and efficiency strategies add up to continuous progress…. Read more »

XtremePrint™ from ASM Alternative Energy Enhances Solar Cell Metallization Throughput, Helps Improve Cell Efficiency

Realizing the successful result of its most recent R&D effort, ASM Alternative Energy (ASM AE) announced today that it has commercialized its new solar cell printing technology, XtremePrintTM. The innovative and rapidly responsive XtremePrintTM system is a novel approach to high-speed cell topography accommodation and an ingenious solution to the limitations of conventional printing techniques…. Read more »

New Solar Modules for Flat Roofs

Solarion is introducing the brand new solar module M210. The glass-foil module with solar cells made of monocrystalline silicon has a front side mounted junction box and is factory-laminated to a piece of roofing membrane. Due to a 10 cm wide welding seam the solar module can securely fastened by hot air welding onto PVC,… Read more »

DNV GL to Validate Edge-of Network Management of Solar, Energy Storage in Hawaii’s $2.4 Million DOE Project

DNV GL chosen for fourth time to validate distributed energy project for U.S. Department of Energy Hawaiian Electric Company to integrate System to Edge-of-Network Architecture and Management (SEAMS) to manage high penetration of distributed energy resources DNV GL to validate SEAMS performance, assess role of technologies including energy storage to assist in system management with… Read more »

WindEnergy Hamburg, the world’s leading expo for wind energy for new products, applications and efficiency strategies

Wind energy is increasingly becoming the driving force of the global energy transition. The main challenge now is to reduce the production cost of wind power. The industry is taking up this challenge, as one of the most innovative industries in the world. Its new products, applications and efficiency strategies add up to continuous progress…. Read more »

Energy Storage Is The Backbone Of Networked Energy Generation

ees Europe highlights the potential of virtual power plants Munich, June 2, 2016 – The future belongs to smart networks of decentralized energy generation plants: Energy consumption and generation in households, commercial enterprises and industry will only be balanced in the future, preferably at all times of day, when PV installations, wind power plants, micro… Read more »

VON ARDENNE signs contracts for the supply of thin-film photovoltaics coating systems

VON ARDENNE has received another major contract following the order of a coating system for the mirrors of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) in March. Last week, VON ARDENNE concluded contracts for the delivery of several coating systems for the production of thin- lm photovoltaic modules with subsidiaries of China National Building Materials (CNBM),… Read more »

Developers Turn To Rnrgs 80m Tilt Up Towers To Improve Power Performance Testing

Hinesburg, VT, USA, June 01, 2016: Renewable NRG Systems (RNRG), a designer and manufacturer of decision support tools for the global renewable energy industry, announced today the sales of twenty of its 80m tilt-up towers to high profile developers and consultants to support their power performance testing (PTT) activities. This departure from the traditional use… Read more »

The Construction Of Frances First Offshore Wind Turbine Is Officially Underway

Floatgen is the first wind turbine to be installed off the French coast. Equipped with a floating foundation designed by the French expert, Ideol, and built by Bouygues Travaux Publics in Saint- Nazaire Port, it will be installed on the Centrale Nantes offshore test site, SEM-REV, off the coast from Le Croisic. The construction was… Read more »