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24.05.2013

Bonfiglioli to supply inverter stations for a 170 MW project in California

Bonfiglioli USA has announced that the inverter manufacturer will supply its utility-scale RPS Station systems for the 170 MW AC Centinela project near El Centro, California. The fully integrated 2 MW power platform includes two 1 MW modular inverter systems that are enclosed in a precast concrete container. The platform is completed by a 2 MW medium-voltage transformer.The project for Centinela Solar Energy will be realized by Fluor Corporation in more...

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Wind turbines provide more than 3 % of global electricity demand

According to the World Wind Energy Report 2012, currently launched by the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA), the worldwide wind power capacity reached 282 GW. All wind turbines installed by the end of 2012 worldwide can provide 580 TWh/a, more than 3% of the global electricity demand. more...

The UK doubles its subsidies for solar energy

The British Ministry of Energy and Climate Change has increased subsidies for renewable heat. The Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) for solar thermal systems has been doubled to £ 600 (approximately € 707). more...

Investment in British bioenergy market

Approximately 30 kilometres south-east of London, a biomass power plant with an electrical output of around 23 MW is taking shape. It is being built by the energy company MVV Energie from Mannheim, Germany. MVV Energie is investing around 140 million euros. more...

Offshore Wind Energy

23.05.2013

All turbines are erected at Anholt offshore wind farm

On 19 May, the installation vessel Sea Power erected the last of the 111 turbines at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. Now, ahead awaits the job of having all of them delivering electricity to the Danish grid. More than 75 wind turbines are already in operation. more...

Photovoltaics

22.05.2013

Supply and demand in balance in 2015

The solar photovoltaics market is poised to rise from the ashes of its present crisis with a healthy 10.5 % compound annual growth rate (CAGR), to reach US$ 155 billion in 2018, at least according to predictions by market analyst Lux Research. Taken the most likely scenario of a report titled “Market Size Update 2013: Return to Equilibrium” Lux Research has just released, the PV market will grow to 35 more...

Photovoltaics

22.05.2013

SolarMax to enter the US solar market

The Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering has launched its SolarMax brand onto the US market with the opening of its office in Atlanta area, Georgia. The operational expansion will allow SolarMax to deliver its portfolio of Swiss-made grid-connected PV inverters to the rapidly growing US solar market. more...

Photovoltaics

22.05.2013

How to integrate solar energy in the European grid

The German forum covering the EU’s PV GRID project is set to meet at Intersolar Europe 2013. PV GRID seeks to identify the regulatory obstacles blocking the path to a better integration of large amounts of solar energy into European power grids. more...

Photovoltaics

22.05.2013

Project for the development of dye solar cells

The company Merck, together with partners, is launching a project for the development of cobalt-based dye solar cells. The project, named COBRA (organic cobalt-based low-cost printable large-area photovoltaics), is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).The total cost of the three-year project is stated to be approximately € 3 million. The consortium leader is Merck; 3GSolar from Israel and Colour Synthesis Solutions Ltd. (CSS) from the more...

Photovoltaics

22.05.2013

American Solar Association urges negotiations with China

After China's trade ministry had warned the EU and the USA during the past week of a trade war, a growing number of business leaders and politicians are calling for the differences to be reconciled at the negotiating table. Now, several large organisations, including the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the most important solar Association of the USA, and the Asia PV Industry Association, have issued a joint statement urging more...