Americas: Renewable NRG Systems nails wind Lidar deal with NOAA

Renewable NRG Systems, a designer and manufacturer of decision support tools for the global renewable energy industry, announced today the recent sale of two WINDCUBE 200S 3D Scanning Doppler Lidars to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). WINDCUBE 200S Lidars incorporate advanced techniques to measure the wind components on a large scale for short term […]

Service für Windenergieanlagen boomt

Unabhängige Dienstleister behaupten starke Position gegenüber Anlagenherstellern. Availon Geschäftsführung meldet hohen Kundenzuwachs. Rheine, 18.05.2015. Immer mehr Windanlagenbetreiber vertrauen ihre Windmühlen unabhängigen Serviceanbietern an und kehren dem Herstellerservice den Rücken. Das berichtet der unabhängige Komplettanbieter für Serviceleistungen rund um Windenergieanlagen Availon. „Das starke Wachstum des Vorjahres setzt sich 2015 bei uns und in der Branche fort“, […]

Availon records steady growth in Japan

Rheine, 14/09/2015 – Availon, the leading cross-brand provider of wind turbine generator services, announced today positive developments of its business  Japan, a market where they have received an increasing number of orders for main wind turbine generator components. Availon addresses the needs of the booming Japanese market in collaboration with local company EOS Engineering & […]

KIC InnoEnergy mobilizes 80M euros of investment for 65 innovation projects

Kic Innoenergy announced today the 2014 results of its sustainable energy innovation project support programme, which recorded 28 newly enrolled high potential project consortia in the space of just one year, adding up to 65 new projects since 2013. The success of this investment programme, which aims to boost sustainable energy innovation in Europe, is […]

The Switch receives new order of PM shaft generators from WE Tech Solutions

Vantaa, Finland, March 24, 2015 – The Switch, a supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet (PM) generator and full-power converter packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications, received another order to deliver two PM shaft generators to WE Tech Solutions of Finland. At the end of February 2015, WE Tech Solutions placed another order […]

Availon United Wind Services hits 2GW milestone

Availon announced today that its portfolio of wind turbine under maintenance has reached the 2GW milestone since its foundation in 2007. In just six years, Availon has established itself as global leader of multi-brand wind turbine maintenance services to reckon with. Availon has experienced steady growth and currently employs a workforce of around 300 employees. […]

JA Solar Module Performance in Extreme Environments Certified by China Quality Certification Center

SHANGHAI, China, February 11, 2014 – JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq:JASO) (“JA Solar” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that the performance of the Company’s solar modules in extreme environments has been certified by the China Quality Certification Center (“CQC”), China’s largest professional certification […]

Marine News: The Switch signs deal with WE Tech for permanent magnet shaft generators

Vantaa, Finland, February 17, 2014 – The Switch, a leading supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generators, motors and frequency converters, received a significant order from WE Tech Solutions Oy of Vaasa, Finland for four permanent magnet (PM) shaft generators. Coupled together with WE Tech’s WE Drive™, these PM shaft generators represent game-changing technology for merchant […]

JA Solar Multi-Si Solar Cells Surpass 19% Conversion Efficiency

Shanghai, China, February 18, 2014 – JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq:JASO) (“JA Solar” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that its multi-crystalline silicon (“multi-Si”) solar cells have surpassed 19% conversion efficiency. This latest improvement in efficiency, achieved using advanced cell technology recently developed by […]

YASKAWA brings the full range of The Switch advanced drive trains to Japan

YASKAWA Electric Corporation (“YASKAWA”), a global manufacturer of servomotors, controllers, inverters, and industrial robots, today announced that it will be the sole supplier of The Switch megawatt-class permanent magnet generator (PMG) and full-power converter (PMG) advanced drive train packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications to the Japanese market. The Switch products will […]

JA Solar Receives JISQ8901 Certification in Japan

SHANGHAI, March 24, 2014 — JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq:JASO) (“JA Solar” or the “Company”), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced it has recently received JISQ 8901 Certification from TÜV Rheinland, complementing the JET and JPEC certifications JA Solar obtained in Japan previously. The JIS Q 8901 […]

The Switch challenges the wind industry in drive train technology selection debate

Vantaa, Finland, 20 March 2014 – The Switch, a leading manufacturer of permanent magnet generators and full-power converters, released today a technology paper addressing the ongoing industry debate on drive train technology selection. With this paper, the Finnish manufacturer tackles the performance misconceptions still surrounding the main two drive train technologies that currently dominate the […]

The Switch delivers variable frequency drive and high-speed motor solution to US-based Coffin Turbo Pump

Vantaa, Finland, April 29, 2014 – The Switch, a leading supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generator and full-power converter packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications, successfully commissioned its variable frequency drive (VFD) and high-speed motor solution for Coffin Turbo Pump in New Jersey, USA, enabling exceptional performance in a much smaller package. […]

FLI Energy breaks ground on Fraddon biogas project

FLI Energy , one of the UK & Ireland’s leading AD plant EPC contractors, has announced today that it has begun construction of the Fraddon biogas plant, a Biomethane to Grid Anaerobic Digestion project located in Fraddon, Cornwall, UK.   FLI Energy signed the EPC contract in March 2014, with project developer Greener for Life Energy. […]

KIC InnoEnergy launches new round of call for proposals for clean tech innovations

KIC InnoEnergy, the European company for innovation, business creation and education in sustainable energy, has announced today the launch of a new call for proposals dedicated to boosting the effectiveness and speed of the go to market process of green innovations in Europe. KIC InnoEnergy is an organisation that brings together education, research and industry […]