REpower Systems SE (WKN 617703) and Alerion CleanPower SpA, an Italian-based renewable energy company, signed a contract for a wind project in the South of Italy. REpower will deliver 13 3.4M104 wind turbines to San Marco in Lamis, a 44 megawatt (MW) wind farm situated north-east of Foggia. The turbines will have a rated [...]

    Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar", has just announced that the Company has entered into supply agreements with Huanghe Hydropower [...]

Last week, in the presence of a number of personalities from civil society, the not-for-profit sector and social entrepreneurs, GDF SUEZ disclosed details on its program "GDF SUEZ Rassembleurs d’Energies". This initiative is dedicated to offering the industrial performance of GDF SUEZ to sustainable energy access to all. On this occasion, a report was made [...]

  Siemens publishes Green City Index – First environmental study of twelve major German cities   Compared to other European cities, Germany’s urban centers are better than average and, in fact, among the best when it comes to protecting the climate and the environment. This is the finding of the German Green City Index, an [...]

Sunny Boy HF-US Now Shipping SMA America is now shipping the Sunny Boy HF-US line of high-frequency, residential solar inverters. SMA’s most installer-friendly models to date, the UL-Certified Sunny Boy 2000HF-US, 2500HF-US and 3000HF-US grid-tied inverters feature a slim enclosure, reduced weight, modern graphic display and industry-leading CEC efficiencies. Sunny Boy HF models are ideal [...]

Continuous quality improvement ensured / production time and rotating stock reduced   Nordex SE has modernised its European production centre in Rostock in line with industrial principles. The aim was to significantly improve the efficiency and production quality of the plant. “We have introduced professional series production in order to make us more competitive,” explains [...]

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world’s largest producer of solar panels, announced that Just-Roof(TM), Suntech’s best-selling building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) product, has been approved by CEIAB in France and qualifies for the highest solar feed-in tariff for end customers. CEIAB, France’s Evaluation Committee for BIPV products, has added Just Roof(TM) into the [...]