Netherlands
100% European Solar Panel Partnership
13 June 2013POSTED IN Business News
The Pufin Group and Eurener Group sealed an industrial partnership will increase its manufacturing capacity of PV modules while ensuring the use of European PV cells.
Royal DSM Expands Manufacturing of Solar Coatings
22 April 2013POSTED IN Business News
Royal DSM, a global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has opened its newly constructed manufacturing plant for KhepriCoat anti-reflective coating at the Chemelot site in Geleen (Netherlands). The need for additional coating supply is a direct result of the fast growing market for solar energy.
Royal DSM Acquires Light Trapping Technology for Solar Modules
19 March 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Royal DSM, a global life sciences and materials sciences company, announced that it acquired the SolarExcel company. Based in Venray (Netherlands) SolarExcel has developed a proprietary light trapping technology that can significantly increase the efficiency of solar panels. With the acquisition DSM expands its growing portfolio of solar energy enabling technologies. Financial details of the acquisition are not disclosed.
Nedap Replaces PowerRouter Solar Module
07 January 2013POSTED IN Business News
Nedap today announced that because a small number of PowerRouters solar modules do not function properly, the company will replace the solar module in all PowerRouters as a precautionary measure.
Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 Winners Announced
01 October 2012POSTED IN Applications News
At the Solar Decathlon Europe 2012, held in Madrid, the Canopea house of Rhone Alpes (France) team was named overall winner.
Kipp & Zonen Launches User-Friendly Mobile Website
18 September 2012POSTED IN New Products
In response to the increasing number of visits to its website via mobile devices, Kipp & Zonen now launches a user-friendly, mobile-optimised version. All the basic information visitors need is now available on their smart phones: from product information to finding a local distributor.
AEG Power Wins Activ Solar Contract
23 July 2012POSTED IN Business News
AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS), a global manufacturer of power electronic systems and solutions for industrial power supplies and renewable energies, signed a major contract with Vienna, Austria-based company, Activ Solar. This deal covers photovoltaic (PV) utility-scale equipment and services for a minimum of 170 megawatts (MW) until the end of 2013. It is an extension of the first agreement signed in the second half of 2010 covering the complete electrical systems for 14 PV power plants, each of approximately 20MW.
WhisperPower, Vripack Join Forces in Frisian Solar Challenge 2012
31 May 2012POSTED IN Applications News
WhisperPower, a diesel generator company based in the Netherlands, today announced its participation in the Frisian Solar Challenge as the main sponsor of the Vripack Solar Team.
The Frisian Solar Challenge is a sustainable event in the Netherlands, focused on the design and construction of ultra-lightweight high-speed solar vessels strong enough to complete a 220-kilometre race past 11 cities in the Dutch province of Friesland. This year’s race will take place from 8 to 14 July.
Intersolar Europe 2012: Enphase Energy to Exhibit Microinverter System
30 May 2012POSTED IN New Products
Enphase Energy, Inc. will exhibit the complete Enphase Microinverter System at Intersolar Europe 2012 on 13-15 June at the New Munch Trade Fair Centre (booth C3.340) in Munich, Germany. Visitors can discover the benefits of alternating-current (AC) solar through hands-on product demonstrations at the booth.
Ecobuild 2012: Mastervolt Presents Inverters and EnergySwitch
08 March 2012POSTED IN New Products
At Ecobuild 2012 on 20-22 March 2012 at ExCeL (booth N3419) in London, UK, the Dutch solar inverter manufacturer Mastervolt will showcase an innovative switching solution that increases the on-site consumption of solar power, the new transformer-less inverter SunMaster ES3.6TL and the extended transformer-less CS inverter series.
Solar Tumult: Hanging on with hope
29 February 2012POSTED IN Editors Blogs
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again—there’s never a dull day in the solar industry. Just this week (and it’s only Wednesday), First Solar, Inc. announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended 31 December 2011, which showed that net sales were down $345 million from the third quarter of 2011. Abound Solar announced it is cutting its workforce in Colorado (US). Solar Millennium AG (Germany) announced the start of insolvency proceedings and that the remaining staff of about 40 people was terminated yesterday. But believe it or not, there's some good within the bad, which gives us hope.
WREF 2012: Robyn, El-Ashry, Kimman and Eckhart Join Speaker Roster
23 February 2012POSTED IN Business News
Dorothy Robyn, Ph.D., Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Installations and Environment, will address the World Renewable Energy Forum (WREF 2012) in Denver, 13-17 May. Also joining the distinguished list of speakers will be Mohamed El-Ashry, Senior Fellow of the United Nations Foundation; Jacques Kimman, Ph.D., Professor of Renewable Energy at Zuyd University in the Netherlands; and Michael Eckhart, President of the American Council on Renewable Energy.
GreenPeak Unveils Wireless PV Control System
05 January 2012POSTED IN New Products
GreenPeakTechnologies, a Utrecht, The Netherlands-based fabless semiconductor company, today announced a wireless monitoring and control system solution for solar panel installations that will allow individual panel parameter tracking and control.
T-Solar Group Enlists $145 Million to Fund Projects in Peru
22 December 2011POSTED IN Business News
T-Solar Group is pleased to announce that it has signed three loan agreements for a total of $145 million (USD) to finance two photovoltaic (PV) power plants with an aggregate capacity of 44 megawatts (MW) in Peru.
Enphase Microinverter System Now Shipping in France and Benelux
05 December 2011POSTED IN Business News
Enphase Energy today announced that the Enphase Microinverter System is immediately available in France and in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (i.e., Benelux) from Enphase-authorised distributors.
Sungevity Takes Equity Stake in Dutch Residential Solar Company
17 November 2011POSTED IN Business News
Sungevity, Inc. today announced that it is expanding internationally by taking an equity stake in new Dutch solar company, Zonline. Through the partnership, Sungevity will provide Zonline with its proprietary software tools, including the company’s remote solar design services and brand identity assets, enabling the new Dutch company to quickly establish itself in the second highest priced energy market in Europe, and provide homeowners an easily accessible, competitively priced source of clean energy.
AEG Power Solutions Equips Spanish Solar Thermal Plants with UPSs
14 November 2011POSTED IN Applications News
AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS) has equipped two 49.9 megawatt (MW) solar thermal power plants in southern Spain with uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems.
Provisional Results of the Solar World Challenge
20 October 2011POSTED IN Applications News
According to provisional results of the solar car race in from Darwin to Adelaide in Australia, a distance of 3021 kilometres (~1877 miles), it appears that Tokai University from Japan has won the Solar World Challenge.
AEG PS Opens Power Electronics Factory in India
13 October 2011POSTED IN Applications News
AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS) today inaugurates its power electronics factory in India.
Silicon Nanocrystals Efficiently Multiply Charge Carriers
12 October 2011POSTED IN Research
Physicists from the University of Amsterdam with a colleague from Charles University of Prague have shown that closely packed silicon nanocrystals can efficiently convert incoming photons in at least twice as many carriers. This method of achieving charge carrier multiplication could potentially increase the efficiency of solar cells.
