At Intersolar Europe, PV-Kraftwerker will be showcasing “Momo”, its assembly robot that can build open area solar parks. The robot is able to mount PV modules onto support racks through a gripper system, sensors and a 3-D camera, which also catches any aberration from the standard and corrects and adjusts deviations. The robot has no trouble covering large distances and the modules rarely suffer breakages on any sort of terrain, as PV-Kraftwerker’s Eberhard Schulz mentioned.
Delta-T Services will be showcasing the SPN1 Sunshine Pyranometer at this year’s Intersolar Europe. The instrument is an important research device for PV developers because it measures both, global and diffuse radiation as well as sunshine state in the same instrument and can detect and identify the most efficient sites for PV installations.
Recently adding another 1.2MW module order to its books, Upsolar has announced that its Greek activities have seen the shipment of 33MW of its PV modules to projects in the country since it first entered the market in March 2010. The 1.2MW order comes from RSEnergy Hellas Solartechnik, a Greece-based EPC firm that has several ground-mounted and industrial rooftop projects planned for the country.
SolarWorld will be showcasing its exclusive new technologies to increase the efficiency of monocrystalline and polycrystalline PV modules at Intersolar Europe. The technology is able to increase the efficiency of modules by five to 10%. The modules will be available to customers by the second half of 2012.
Conergy will be launching a complete PV system for roofs of all types and sizes at Intersolar Europe. The company has developed a system that will fit both, residential and commercial building rooftops, The Conergy Complete 500 for commercial rooftops and the Conergy Complete 300 for residential rooftops. The complete package includes three parts: Conergy components, a set of services like packaging and customer-specific requirements and PV modules.
Norwegian-based Scatec Solar and IFC InfraVentures have entered an agreement to develop a number of PV plants in West and Central Africa, the companies have announced. IFC will be financing the projects while Scatec will be responsible for designing, developing, constructing and operating PV plants with a capacity of 10MW or more in different African countries. Among the first countries in which Scatec and IFC are planning to develop solar power plants are Benin, Cameroon, Togo, Niger and Burkina Faso.
Coinciding with this year’s International Exhibition of Environmental Protection and Pollution Control Technology event, China Sunergy took the opportunity to promote its high-efficiency QSAR modules in Bangkok, Thailand. The company’s event introduced the QSAR modules to Thailand Provincial Electric Authority officials, local banks, customers and investors, such as Bangchak Petroleum Public, Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Public and IRPC Public.
Arxikon, the Greece-based project developer, has requested a shipment of 7.5MW of Solon’s PV modules for installation in various solar projects in the northern Greek cities of Kavala, Xanthi, Kastoria and Drama. The order will see around 30,000 of Solon’s Black 220/16 and 230/07 modules supplied for the projects that are scheduled for grid connection in July and August.
With a new marketing communications, public relations and advertising expert, it could be assumed that Sarasota-based Sunovia Energy Technologies could be taking steps to rebrand itself. Jon Di Gesu has been appointed head of marketing and will direct the company’s branding and positioning efforts to support its growing global sales force and customer base.
Taiyo Pacific Partners has upped its stake in Japan-based Ulvac to 18%, following its purchase of a 5% shares stake in September 2009. Taiyo is now Ulvac’s largest shareholder Pacific Partners and has, since its initial investment in 2009, acted as a “long-term friendly investor providing valuable advice and support”, according to Ulvac’s president Hidenori Suwa.
