Maximum Efficiency and Substantially Reduced System Costs: SMA Sunny Central 800CP Distinguished with the Intersolar Award 2010

SMA Solar Technology AG received the Intersolar Award in the photovoltaics category at this year’s Intersolar in Munich. The prize was awarded for the entirely redesigned Sunny Central 800CP. “CP” stands for compact power: the new SMA central inverters offer both superior output and performance in a small space, and is the first PV inverter [...]

AES China Expands Small Hydro Platform to 266 MW

The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) has recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, AES China Hydropower Investment Co. Pte. Ltd., has entered into an agreement to acquire a 49 percent interest in the Jianghe Rural Electricity Development Co Ltd. ("Jianghe Rural") joint venture. AES China Hydropower is acquiring the interest from the China Water Affairs [...]

Iberdrola Renovables Starts Up Its Largest Facility In The World –Penascal Wind Farm In The US

  The wind facility includes a radar system that detects large flocks of migratory birds This renewables facility comprises the Penascal I and Penascal II wind farms and has installed capacity of 404 MW The wind farm, which is located in Texas, will be able to meet the average electricity consumption of 150,000 US families [...]

SGS Provides Marine Engineering Consultancy Services in Tidal Energy Project

SGS Provides Marine Engineering Consultancy Services in Tidal Energy Project SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company,has recently announced its involvement in the pilot project of the Electricite de France Group (EDF). Aiming to test the technology in real-life conditions, EDF builds a tidal turbine farm to generate electricity from tidal energy. [...]

REpower Offshore Wind Turbines at Thornton Bank and Alpha Ventus Achieve First Class Operational Results

  The systems installed at the Thornton Bank wind farm achieve outstanding levels of power output and technical availability REpower turbines at the alpha ventus test site reach positive performance levels as well Almost one year after final commissioning of the Thornton Bank wind farm in Belgium, REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) is in a [...]

Energy Providers Invest in Sharp Solar Power Plants

For the first time, Sharp Energy Solution Europe is building solar power plants for energy providers in Germany.  It is a project in cooperation with EnBW Erneuerbare Energien GmbH on the one hand and a project for the PFALZWERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT through the partner EUROSOL on the other. With an investment sum of around € 6 [...]

SunPower High Efficiency Solar Panels Selected by Six Teams Competing in the 2010 Solar Decathlon Europe

  SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) has recently announced that six of the 17 university teams participating in Solar Decathlon Europe, held this month in Madrid, will use SunPower’s high performance solar panels to power homes the students have designed, and are building for the competition. SunPower panels are the most efficient solar panels available [...]