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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...
Review
08.05.2013

Russia has ambitious goals for renewable power

Russia has had a draft for a new Renewable Energy Sources Act on the table since mid-April. According to this draft, renewable energies are to provide 2.5% of the Russian power supply by 2020. The proportion is 1% today. more...
Bioenergy
08.05.2013

Method for deriving energy from green waste in commercial test operation

With a new process developed by the University of Kassel, bioenergy can be won from green waste. The much-discussed disadvantages of bioenergy production, such as corn monocultures, food competition or rising lease prices in agriculture, are irrelevant in this context. more...
Bioenergy
07.05.2013

MT-Energie receives major order from the UK

MT-Energie has received an order for four biogas plants in the UK. It is a follow-up order from the sweet corn supplier Barfoots. Three years ago, the company had gone into the production of biogas and had built a system with MT-Energie that ferments the waste from vegetable production. more...
Solar Thermal
06.05.2013

Solar heat for an entire town

The international solar industry often gives Denmark envious looks. Large solar thermal heating networks are being built there on a grand scale. Even more gratifying is the fact that a 1,000 m² collector field will now also supply a German solar thermal heating network in the county of Büsingen. more...
Photovoltaics
06.05.2013

SolarWorld: Dramatic numbers and a debt haircut

In 2012, SolarWorld made an operating loss of € 492.4 million. The company stated this in an ad-hoc announcement at the end of April. This means that the past year was even worse for the Bonn solar group than 2011. more...
Photovoltaics
03.05.2013

EU expected to levy duties on Chinese solar panels by June 6

Fox Business reported that EU’s Commissioner of Trade Karel de Gucht is likely suggesting punitive duties worth billions of euros on imported solar panels from China. more...

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