Interviews
Interviews with the leading minds in the renewable energy industry from the PES magazine and website.
Setting the supplier standard
Luvata has been established for hundreds of years and has contributed to a host of products, some familiar and some not so well known. In the 1990s Luvata pioneered technology that made automated mass-production of photovoltaic solar panels possible by enabling automatic ribbon soldering. In this revealing Q&A, Justin Roux, Luvata’s Senior Vice President of Communications, explains how the company came into being and what it is doing now to create opportunities for itself in the 21st century.
PES: Luvata has a long history under various names. Could you tell us something of it, and what you do now?
Justin Roux: Yes, Luvata is proud of its long history!
A place in the sun see's great growth
China is at the cutting edge of photovoltaic manufacturing and Solarfun is one of Asia’s leading companies in the sector. The upswing in PV interest mirrors the company’s rapid growth rate of the last few years and there is confidence this curve can be maintained. We talk to new CEO Harold Hoskens, who has joined the company after extensive experience with Philips, and has great insight into the East-West working environment, and the measures Solarfun is taking to succeed in 2009-10.
Phaesun offgrid-specialists start project on rural electrification in Mozambique
Solar energy vendor in Memmingen/Germany establishes distribution network and trains traders on the spot
Phaesun GmbH in Memmingen/Germany provides households, small business enterprises and public institutions in Mozambique with solar energy. With an inaugural event on 23 July 2010 which was attended by about 70 visitors, the Offgrid specialist started the project on the rural electrification of Mozambique in the parish of Pessene, situated approx. 50 kilometres from Maputo , the capital of Mozambique . The day before, Phaesun had built up the first Pico systems included in the project there (Pico systems are small offgrid systems with a capacity of up to 10 watts). From now on, a primary school and two accommodations for teachers
REF WELCOMES PÖYRY STUDY ON WIND INTERMITTENCY
The Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) today welcomed the new Pöyry study on the effects of wind intermittency on European power markets.
The report by the global consultancy Pöyry places special emphasis on the implications for the proposed European super-grid, and for investment in and operation of conventional generation, which must be retained for reasons of security of supply.
The Pöyry study is a commercial product, but is available to the public in summary form as The Challenges of Intermittency in North West European Power Markets(*).
The analysis finds that even a large wind fleet distributed over much of Northern Europe will still exhibit significant variability, and that market prices
Trina Solar Extends Distribution Agreement with Australia's RF Industries
Trina Solar Limited ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from ingots to modules, today announced through its subsidiary, Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd., the extension of its national distribution agreement with Australia's leading renewable energy distributor, RF Industries Pty Ltd. ("RFI").
The agreement, initially signed in January 2010, has been extended until December 31, 2012. Under the terms of the agreement, Trina Solar recognizes RFI as their exclusive distributor in Australia, and is expected to supply RFI with up to 40 MW of PV modules during 2011.
"We are pleased that RFI has extended the distribution agreement with us in A
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