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Transporting wind power components by ship requires a lot of expertise and experience. Employing its own team of experts with many years of specialist knowledge in this arena, shipbroker COLI provides the appropriate tonnage - made-to-measure for all cargo components, including complete wind turbines.

When the ship intended to carry the cargo ties up at the port of loading, the majority of the work done by the COLI team has already been completed, even though the loading procedures are yet to begin. That's because during the initial bidding phase, the experts of the company's "Wind Desk" will have already gone through all the important and relevant questions associated with the shipment.

The COLI Wind Desk is a team of employees wh

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Goodbye to thin film

Thomas Rossmann, Sales Director Photovoltaic Solar Technology
Grenzebach Maschinenbau GmbH

Grenzebach is a corporation with six plants in three continents, more than 1,500 staff and a global customer base. The German-based company is a leading manufacturer of line and equipment for the production of flat and float glass, front- and back ends for thin film lines in many different technologies. Now Grenzebach presents its new laser edge deletion system for thin film modules to enhance its thin film portfolio ...

As a result of rising demand for laser edge deletion systems in the thin film industry, Grenzebach recognised huge market potential and expanded its product portfolio with a new innovative laser

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Emerson unveils innovative transformer-free central inverter system

US-based Emerson is poised to unleash a ground-breaking transformerless central inverter system for utility scale photovoltaic power plants. The Missouri company says this is set to maximise investor returns through optimised availability, efficiency and yield ....

Control Techniques' SPV is constructed using 145kWp, 176kWp and multiple 176kWp parallel connected inverter modules to produce any desired power rating up to 1760kWp. The inverter modules are based on a mature design that is well-proven in thousands of demanding industrial applications worldwide including the booming PV industry. Control Techniques is now introducing a unique control methodology which enables the modular inverters to switch between standby and active states to match the instantaneous

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Producing 100 per cent of the energy while expending 50 per cent less silicon and energy

Sustainability is at the heart of how business is carried out at Sovello, the German-based company, Romy Haase-Dotschko their spokesman says. Now one of the world's largest module manufactures, their STRING RIBBON wafers are produced through an economically and ecologically-balanced production process. "That's how we preserve our environment over the long term," he adds ...

Romy goes on: "It‘s what makes the effectiveness of our modules stand out. It comes from a high level of efficiency and the world's shortest energy payback time compared to products of its kind made by other manufacturers (1.25 years based on our own value creation).

"At our location, we have already produced more than a million modules. Our

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Innovative strength and social sustainability

In 2001, Canadian Solar began with the vision of helping to create a clean, sustainable energy future through solar power. With advanced technology and superior manufacturing capabilities, the company brings higher quality and better value to the marketplace. It is Canadian Solar's commitment to develop socially responsible, sustainable and innovative practices in every part of its business. Recently the company, as the first solar panel manufacturer, has launched Zep compatible NewEdge panels and made the first Ronald McDonald house solar-powered. PES investigates.

Canadian Solar's NewEdge solar modules come with the patented Zep Groove technology, and are compatible with both the new Zep Solar installation system for homes and with traditional systems. The Ne

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