The wind project developer PNE WIND started the fiscal year 2016 with strong tailwinds. The Group achieved a positive operating result in the first quarter and thereby has laid the foundation for a financially and operationally successful year. With the planned sale of the Wind Farm-Portfolio with a total nominal output of up to 150 […]
KGAL market report photovoltaics H1 2016
Anyone reading various media publications on the European photovoltaics industry during the first quarter of 2016 might have concluded that photovoltaics was on a downward slope: The industry publication PV-Magazine ran a story titled “Less than 1500 MW of new photovoltaic capacity in Germany in 2015”, while the French Environment Ministry also reported a decline in France. By comparison, […]
Phoenix Solar completes first, starts second photovoltaic power plant project in the Philippines
Phoenix Solar Philippines Inc., the recently founded, Manila based subsidiary of Phoenix Solar AG , a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has successfully completed its first photovoltaic project and intensifies its operations.The most recent project executed on the Philippines is a 0.7 MWp commercial rooftop […]
New study of UK’s CO2 storage asset confirms massive opportunity for affordable climate action
Last month, the UK joined 176 other countries and parties in signing the Paris Agreement, an ambitious deal to limit global warming to “well below 2C” and, if possible, 1.5C. This stated goal will require substantial efforts to decarbonise the world’s economies. The capture and storage of carbon emissions from power, heat, industry, transport and […]
SolarWorld AG continues growth with quality and high-efficiency products
SolarWorld AG sees a growing demand for its quality and high-efficiency products on the international solar market. In the first three months of 2016, the group increased its revenue by more than 40 percent, compared with previous year’s quarter. The company released its consolidated quarterly statement today and confirmed its preliminary figures. “We are quality […]
U.S. EIA projects 48% increase in world energy consumption by 2040
“The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s recently released International Energy Outlook 2016 (IEO2016) projects that world energy consumption will grow by 48% between 2012 and 2040. Most of this growth will come from countries that are not in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), including countries where demand is driven by strong economic growth, […]
Greenpeace slams Eskom CEO’s anti-renewable energy propaganda
Reacting to claims made by Eskom CEO Brain Molefe during his State of the System briefing in Cape Town yesterday, that Renewable Energy is a ‘disappointment’, Greenpeace (www.Greenpeace.org) has said: “Greenpeace condemns the anti-renewable energy propaganda coming from Eskom in the strongest possible terms, at a time when renewable energy projects have added more than […]
Moving offshore—the future of tidal energy
As the planet increasingly looks to curb greenhouse emissions, it is not uncommon to see solar and wind energy take center stage in the debate. However, a sometimes-neglected form of energy could play a major role in preparing economies for a future that is less dependent on fossil fuels—tidal energy. The potential energy that could […]
Solar Cells/Modules manufacturing capacities
As per the National Solar Mission targets, indigenous manufacturing capacity to the tune of 4-5 GW is to be achieved by the year 2020 in India. As per the information available with MNRE till date, the installed capacity of Solar cells and Modules in the country is 1212 MW & 5620 MW respectively ( details given below). All […]
Development Trend & Challenges of String Inverters—No-external Fan Design
With the depletion of coal and petroleum resources as well as the increasing importance of environmental protection throughout the world, grid-tied power generation technologies of renewable resources, including solar power, and the application of these technologies, are becoming a global focus. It is known that photovoltaic (PV) inverters are the core equipment of the solar […]
