August 31st, 2010 | Posted in
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M+W Group has established a new subsidiary – M+W Solar – headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. The new business unit will deal with all solar development activities, ranging from silicon production, to the development, planning and realization of solar PV power projects.
So far, M+W Group has designed and built PV fabs to account for more than 7.7 GW of installed PV capacity worldwide. To top of the newly formed business unit, the company has just been awarded the Solar Industry Award 2010, at the PVSEC Trade Fair in Valencia, Spain.
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August 31st, 2010 | Posted in
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SCHOTT Solar and Solland Solar (Netherlands) announced a strategic partnership agreement, under which the two companies will license technology, perform joint R&D activities and jointly produce back-contacted solar modules. One of the bigger goals of the companies is to achieve serial production of solar modules with up 16% efficiencies by 2011.
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August 31st, 2010 | Posted in
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Iberdrola Renovables has been awarded a contract for developing nine wind farms in Brazil, totalling in 258 MW of installed capacity. The contract has been awarded after Iberdrola was announced as the winner of the tender by Agencia Nacional de Energía Eléctrica (Aneel).
Iberdrola Renovables will be developing the wind farms in a consortium with Neoenergia, a Brazilian holding company. Once completed, in January 2013, Iberdrola is to supply the Brazilian government with electricity generated at the wind farms for twenty years.
The tender awarded a total of 50 wind farm projects (about 1.5 GW), five hydroelectric plant projects (101 MW), and a biomass facility (64 MW), to a variety of operators.
[source: Iberdrola Renovables]
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Three companies have entered into an agreement for co-developing the largest to be onshore wind farm in Ireland. Coillte, an Irish company involved in forestry, land and renewable energy, Finavera Renewables and Scottish and Southern Energy are going to be collaborating on the Cloosh Valley wind farm, located in County Galway.
The project will be executed in two phases, the first of which will feature 22 wind turbines, totalling in 50 MW of installed capacity. Once at full capacity (105 MW), the wind farm will be able to generate enough clean electricity to supply about 60,000 average homes.
So far, Coillte has about 400 MW in its wind energy portfolio, making the company the second largest wind energy developer in Ireland.
[source: Coillte, image: Finavera Renewables]
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August 31st, 2010 | Posted in
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Gurit inaugurated its new production site of Red Maple, in Taicang, China. The new production site features advanced technology, allowing the manufacture of wind turbine blades for new generation wind turbines with up to 7 MW of capacity.
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August 31st, 2010 | Posted in
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Andasol 1 parabolic trough power plant.
Solar Millenium has completed the sale of stakes in the Ibersol power plant to Ferrostaal, which now owns 50% of the project. This represents one of the final stages before the beginning of construction at what's to be Spain's fourth parabolic trough solar power plant project.
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According to media sources, and unnamed officials from the French Energy Ministry, France seems to be planning a huge array of offshore wind farms totalling in 3 GW of installed capacity. The whole endeavor will require an estimated EUR 10 billion in investments. The planned projects will involve the installation of some 600 wind turbines, for which tenders will be announced by the French Energy Minister in September this year.
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August 26th, 2010 | Posted in
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Following an 8.5 MW supply deal recently, MiaSolé announced another supply agreement with juwi Solar. This time, the long-term agreement will result in 600 MW of solar modules (CIGS), to be delivered over the duration of the period under the agreement. The first shipment of 50 MW will be delivered in 2011.
juwi Solar is pursuing a rapid growth strategy, to take advantage of the growing solar energy market worldwide.
[source: MiaSolé, image: juwi Solar]
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August 26th, 2010 | Posted in
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Vestas announced an order from CLP for 24 V82-1.65 MW units for the first phase of the Harpanahalli wind farm in the State of Karnataka, in India. Under the supply contract, Vestas is to deliver, install and commission the wind turbines, and its remote performance monitoring system. Additionally, Vestas is to provide S&M services for ten years. Delivery is to begin in Q3 2010, while completion of the project is expected in Q1 2011.
CLP has about 300 MW of wind capacity in operation in India, and another 150 MW in development. Vestas has established its presence in India ten years ago, when the company opened its subsidiary there – Vestas India. So far, the company has installed more than 2.3 GW of capacity in that country.
[source: Vestas]
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August 26th, 2010 | Posted in
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The US Department of Energy has chosen Princeton Power Systems for the development of advanced power conversion systems for application in commercial tidal, wave, and other hydropower projects.
The technology uses a high-power (1.5 MW) converter design which allows much higher power density as well as direct connection to a 12 kV (or higher) power lines, without the need for a transformer. This could significantly reduce the space and logistical requirements of marine energy projects. Additionally, the direct power grid connection will increase efficiency of remote marine energy power plants, which will eventually bring down the cost of marine energy derived electricity.
[source: Princeton Power Systems]
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