Wave, wind and PV: The innovative floating Ocean Hybrid Platform

Wave, wind and PV: An innovative floating ocean hybrid platform
Sinn Power

Starting this summer, Sinn Power will offer solar panel manufacturers the opportunity to demonstrate and test their PV modules on a floating platform in Iraklio, Greece.

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ETU Software GmbH

PV-Simulation 3D PLUS is a manufacturer-independent simulation software for the design and layout of photovoltaic systems.

Germany to help India’s southern region evaluate power balancing

Germany to help India’s southern region evaluate optimal power balancing
Wikipedia Commons

DNV GL has been contracted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to conduct a major control reserve study for the southern region of India.

Belectric builds PV system for Netherlands’ first green hybrid power plant

The Haringvliet Zuid energy park in South Holland will consist of a 38 MW solar farm, a 22 MW wind farm and a 12 MW battery storage system (photo collage).
Vattenfall

Construction of the Haringvliet Zuid energy park, that combines a large-scale solar farm (38 MW) with a wind farm and a battery storage system, has begun. Belectric will also take on the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the PV system.

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Topic of the Week: Solar parks (Part 1): Innovative solar park management system

Video: As part of the pv Guided Tours 2019 at The smarter E Europe in Munich, Phoenix Contact presented a new, integrated solar park management system.

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Solarnova Germany: coloured and semi-transparent modules

Video: As part of the pv Guided Tours 2019 at The smarter E Europe in Munich, solarnova Germany presented a wide range of options for producing coloured and semi-transparent modules.

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Esdec: Mounting system with adjustable roof hook

Video: As part of the pv Guided Tours 2019 at The smarter E Europe in Munich, Esdec presented its new mounting system with a bi-directionally adjustable roof hook system.

SolarEdge launching expanded new range of power optimisers
SolarEdge

Expanded new range of power optimisers

As part of its efforts to increase the availability of DC optimization, SolarEdge announced recently that it is expanding its residential and commercial power optimiser portfolio.

What a difference: With SOLAR WASH PROTECT cleaned solar panels (right) and uncleaned (left).
CHEMITEK

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CHEMITEK is a Portuguese company dedicated to developing, producing, and commercializing customized and innovative solutions for industrial maintenance, satisfying specific cleaning and maintenance needs.

Could solar farms offer second life for electric vehicle batteries?
MIT News

Could solar farms offer second life for electric vehicle batteries?

A modelling study by researchers connected to the MIT shows that battery reuse systems could be profitable for both electric vehicle companies and grid-scale solar operations.

Renewable generator revenues fall due to COVID-19 lockdown
Cornwall Insight

Renewable generator revenues fall due to COVID-19 lockdown

Research from Cornwall Insight’s Green Power Forecast reveals there has been a sharp decline in generator revenues. Solar and wind technologies have been particularly impacted by low demand levels due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

The “Choose Renewable Hydrogen” initiative currently includes 10 companies and associations: Akuo Energy, BayWa r.e., EDP, Enel, Iberdrola, MHI Vestas, SolarPower Europe, Ørsted, Vestas and WindEurope.
SolarPower Europe

Renewable hydrogen key for the decarbonisation of European industries

Eight industry leading companies, SolarPower Europe and WindEurope have launched “Choose Renewable Hydrogen”, a joint initiative highlighting the crucial role of renewables to ensure a sound economic recovery, aligned with the European Green Deal.

Vertex modules generate more than 500 watts
Trina Solar

Vertex modules generate more than 500 watts

Module manufacturer Trina Solar are now shipping the first Vertex Series modules.

Lux’s analysis found that across all renewable energy carriers, low-cost solar energy can be delivered to resource-constrained regions at 50% to 80% lower cost than generating that solar energy locally under less favorable conditions.
Lux Research

Decarbonizing the global energy trade

The future global energy trade will be electric using high-voltage AC or DC transmission lines, a new Lux Research report says.

Leaders of our industry: Willemijn Davidson of Van der Valk
Van der Valk Solar Systems

Leaders of our industry: Willemijn Davidson of Van der Valk

Every week we introduce you to one of the movers and shakers of some of the leading companies in the solar and renewables industries:

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Innovative Energy Storage system for Solar PV Power stations

Low cost Thermal energy storage system from India for Solar PV power plants. Store energy during the day and use it during the night to meet peak power demand

Secure up to 350,000 EUR in funding for your next data-driven environmental project

Civil society organisations, academic institutions and non-profit research institutes looking to secure funding to implement their next data-driven environmental project, can now apply for funding through the ICLEI Action Fund.The Action Fund is offering up to 350,000 EUR in funding to projects that aim to increase energy efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions, and drive environmental and climate action. The initiative is led by ICLEI, with support from Google.org

European sustainability award now accepting applications

Win 10,000 EUR and gain recognition as a European leader of sustainable urban transformation with the 2020 Transformative Action Award.

UKRAINIAN RENEWABLE ENERGY CRISIS: WHERE ARE WE NOW; WHERE DO WE NEED TO BE?

Free Online Session dedicated to the Ukrainian renewable energy crisis will be held on 28th May within the framework of Energy Week Black Sea 2020.

KOSTAL Solar Plan now connected with K2 Base

Fast transfer of project data for planning mounting systems and inverters

SolarEdge Announces First Quarter 2020 Financial Results

FREMONT, Calif. — May 6, 2020. SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEDG), a global leader in smart energy, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020.

OPES Solutions supplies solar technology for improved safety in ports

Off-grid solar module manufacturer OPES Solutions is expanding its commitment to the use of solar technology in safety-related applications. In addition to panels for smart lighting solutions and traffic sensors, the company supplies integrated solar technology for maritime safety ladders made by the Danish manufacturer Port-Safety.

Van der Valk Solar Systems opens office in Spain

Monster, May 4th 2020 – Dutch company Van der Valk Solar Systems, developer and producer of solar panel mounting systems, is strengthening its activities in Spain and Portugal by setting up a branch in Madrid. The office in Spain, which also serves Portugal, is renamed Valk Solar Systems Ibérica.

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