The numbers speak for themselves. Around one billion people still live without electricity and another billion lack access to a reliable power source. Solar solutions present a unique opportunity to increase energy access and fundamentally improve living conditions in many countries, without affecting the climate or environment. Things are changing in Africa, the main energy… Read more »
Lee Gordon, president and founder of Morningstar Corporation, gave PES an interesting insight into this employee owned company. They provide over-spec’ components, with their smart digital designs and serve the whole spectrum of the solar industry. They took a chance and it paid off. PES: Hi Lee, welcome back to PES Solar. It’s great to… Read more »
While PERC has long since become the standard in the production of solar cells and the first major solar cell producers have already set their sights on the next upgrade technology, meaning TOPCon, a revolutionary technology is now reaching market maturity and promises the ‘solar cell of the future’. Solar cells with so-called heterojunction technology… Read more »
Impressive launch of The smarter E South America – LATAM’s innovation hub for the new energy world took off with record breaking numbers São Paulo, August 31, 2019: Three exhibitions, one special exhibition, one mission: setting the stage for developing a clean and advanced energy industry in South America. After three successful days, it’s clear… Read more »
Distributed renewable assets such as solar PV, wind, biogas, and biofuels provide greater energy security and resiliency along with emissions reductions September 16, 2019 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market for distributed renewable (DRen) technologies, providing global market forecasts, broken out by region and application, through 2028…. Read more »
Hamburg, 19 September 2019. Iberwind, one of the leading wind turbine operators in Portugal, is extending its service contracts with the Nordex Group for 132 of its turbines. As part of a Premium Service contract the Nordex Group will be handling the service and maintenance of 110 N90/2500 and N90/2300 turbines and 22 N60/1300 machines… Read more »
Lack of maintenance leads to rapid overhaul of generator rotor Carrying out routine maintenance on a large turbine generator calls for expertise as well as the experience to achieve an efficient and cost-effective project. Resolving bigger issues that are uncovered during the inspection requires considerable engineering capabilities, especially if they are to be repaired quickly… Read more »
New garments are half the weight and more durable than existing products ProGARM, the UK’s leading Arc Flash protection specialists, has announced an innovative new range with waterproof trousers, jackets and coveralls set for launch. The new products are designed with the purpose of providing comfort and durability to the wearer, utilising an advanced composition… Read more »
North America solar technology contracts in Q2 2019 saw 84 contracts announced, marking a rise of 14% over the last four-quarter average of 74, according to GlobalData’s power industry contracts database. The proportion of solar technology contracts by category tracked by GlobalData in the quarter was as follows: The proportion of solar technology contracts by… Read more »
Portland, Oregon, September 18, 2019. Coronal Energy, a leading North American IPP specialized in solar PV projects, has selected QOS Energy, an innovative independent software vendor specializing in data intelligence solutions for renewable energy assets, as its primary monitoring and performance analytics software partner. Coronal will benefit from the Qantum® platform’s unique ability to aggregate data from… Read more »
More efficient, cost and time saving operations & maintenance of power plants: the worldwide increasing requirements demand special software solutions that are adapted to the needs of operations & maintenance managers, technicians as well as asset managers. For the first time, Tobias Brüser, product manager cloud applications at meteocontrol GmbH, shares his insights. He gives… Read more »
PES asked Tyler Ogden, Lux Research Inc. to give us his expert viewpoint on the longevity of PV systems. Lux Research is a leading provider of research and advisory services, helping clients drive growth through technology innovation. Utility-scale systems are now a competitive choice for electricity supply, with bids undercutting conventional sources of generation in… Read more »
Loser Chemie GmbH (LC), a chemical plant from Saxony, acquired parts of the former Solarworld AG, an internal recycling site, to launch recycling over the whole photovoltaic value chain. LC are now in a position to close material cycles for the photovoltaic industry, by exploiting all existing synergies. There is an invisible tidal wave looming… Read more »
With calls to drastically reduce carbon emissions, there has been a steady increase in the demand for reliable and cost-effective PV energy globally. This need for high yield energy production is fuelled by fast moving technologies in PV manufacture, industry, communications, and commercial and domestic applications. By increasing cell and module capacities through the development… Read more »
Optical integrated metrology systems enable rapid and non-destructive process and quality control during the production of thin film photovoltaic (PV) devices. Given today’s price pressure, and the increasing complexity of the device architecture and process sequences, such methods become mandatory for economic thin film PV device manufacturing. Both technological and financial aspects have to be… Read more »
Increasingly, the solar energy industry is reporting an unsatisfactory incidence of losses, both financial and productive, that relate to the detrimental effects of solar module soiling. Here at PES we decided to take a closer look to find out what solar module soiling is, what the effects of it are, and what can be done… Read more »
The commercial availability of larger-diameter SiC substrates and improved crystalline quality has fostered an ever-increasing interest in the development and manufacture of power electronic devices, exploiting the unique electrical and thermophysical properties of this wide-bandgap semiconductor material. Silicon carbide (SiC) isn’t a new material, but its use as a semiconductor substrate is helping to advance… Read more »
Dr Rob Grant FRSC, CEO at Gas Recovery and Recycle Limited, dropped in on PES to bring us up to date on their argon recycling process. They have experienced tremendous growth already and more is expected. The ArgonØ ¬™ is good for the environment and through recycling, delivers cost reductions to companies implementing it. No… Read more »
With ample desert space and swathes of sunshine all year round, the solar power industry is starting to heat up in the countries of the Gulf Coorporation Council (GCC). Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates are all well placed to benefit from technology advancements and lowering costs. Over the past… Read more »
Q CELLS to reveal first gapless solar modules at the 2019 Solar Power International exhibition Gapless solar module prototypes, the Q.PEAK DUO BLK ML-G9 and the Q.PEAK DUO XL-G9.2, will be exhibited as part of a range of Q CELLS’ high performance modules at Solar Power International, held in Salt Lake City, between September 24-26,… Read more »
The time has come for the new Solar-Log Base Geislingen/Binsdorf, Germany, 17. September 2019 – After the successful presentation of the Solar-Log Base at this year’s Intersolar trade fair, it is now available from dealers and the Solar-Log™ online shop. The Solar-Log Base offers an impressive comprehensive package for more efficient management and monitoring of… Read more »
Company expands agreement with ZX Lidars by distributing and supporting Vertical Wind Profiler ZX 300 through its extensive reseller network September 16, 2019, Hinesburg, Vermont, USA – NRG Systems, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of smart technologies for a range of wind, solar, and meteorological applications, has reached an agreement with Lidar OEM ZX Lidars… Read more »
•First Siemens Gamesa offshore wind power nacelle assembly facility outside of Europe to be built •Lease contract signed with Taiwan International Ports Corporation for land parcel of over 30,000 square meters in the port of Taichung •Location will be used for offshore nacelle assembly, testing, warehousing, office buildings, and outdoor storage •Production start planned for… Read more »
Energi Coast, North East England’s offshore wind cluster, has expanded to further promote the regional capabilities in offshore wind, to help deliver the ambitions of the offshore wind sector deal. It will also ensure companies are aware of the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership and support available to help them develop further into the sector. Originally… Read more »
We have once again sent our DP2 walk-to-work accommodation vessel, Wind Innovation, away on a new long-term project. Since the end of July 2019, Wind Innovation has been out on a new mission. This time she is located in the German sector of the North Sea to service the installation and commissioning of the Trianel… Read more »
Ørsted and Systematic have just signed a framework agreement that makes Systematic a new supplier of marine planning & coordination software for the company’s offshore wind farms worldwide. The global leader in developing and building offshore wind farms and the largest energy company in Denmark – Ørsted – has selected software company Systematic to supply… Read more »
EKO Instruments, Tokyo, Japan, is well known for its advanced measurement instruments for solar energy industry. Irradiance instruments such as pyranometers, pyrheliometers and sun trackers can be found at solar monitoring stations on solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP) plants around the world. EKO I-V curve tracers are widely used to monitor the… Read more »
Solar Power International (SPI), Energy Storage International (ESI), and North America Smart Energy Week, powered by the leading solar organizations the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), is the largest gathering of solar, smart energy, energy storage, and hydrogen fuel cells professionals in North America. PES is thrilled to… Read more »
The way to the optimal subfab process byproduct gas abatement system: accurately tune to the desired application to ensure the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO). Processes with many safety concerns, such as silicon epitaxy, require looking across many possible technologies. Increasingly complex production processes in the industrial sector lead to rising expectations to the… Read more »
In case you missed it, Bloomberg New Energy Finance just revised its already bullish estimates for the growth in storage deployments upward – again, predicting a 122-fold boom in the installation of stationary energy storage over the next two decades. For its part, solar continues its high double-digit growth, making it the fastest-growing form of… Read more »
A particular irony in the process of adopting renewable technologies is that the locations, which are most suited to the introduction of solar and wind energy sources, are those which face the greatest barriers to implementation. Many of these are developing nations in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the South Pacific. While… Read more »
With innovative GPS/GSM-based security systems for solar panels and solar parks, viamon has made a name for itself globally for protecting solar parks around the world from theft. PES invited, engineer, founder and managing director Oliver Strecke, to give us his insight into the company’s technology and the expanding market. PES: Welcome back to PES… Read more »
PES met up with Stacey Delzeit, Sr Applications Engineer at Trojan, which as you know is a world-famous name in batteries. Despite making batteries for almost 100 years, R&D continues to produce new, exciting and innovative products, which provide great flexibility to the end user. There are still more markets to conquer and they relish… Read more »
Global energy consumption is steadily increasing, with an average increase in energy demand twice the year before. The demand was primarily met by fossil fuels, followed by renewable energy sources. In the year 2018, renewables accounted for more than 25% of global electricity supply capacity and this share is expected to increase significantly in the… Read more »
Solar photovoltaic systems, once an emerging technology, are rapidly moving towards becoming a mainstream source of electricity throughout the world. However, less than a decade ago the solar industry was undergoing a difficult period of transition, with the price of PV panels decreasing globally, driven partly by an increase in competition from China. Many solar… Read more »
Figures released to mark start of Scottish Renewable Energy Festival today (Sept 16) Renewables already providing 75% of Scotland’s electricity demand, and 6% of heat Almost half of Scots are more aware of where their energy comes from than five years ago – mirroring a trend which has seen concern about climate change reach a… Read more »