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Around the world, renewable energy systems have developed to the point where they are now a competitive, effective and preferable alternative to conventional electricity sources in satisfying fundamental human needs, ranging from health care to energy extraction and production. In Haiti, the internationally-renowned Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) turned to…

Enphase technology is a totally new and different way to design, install and maintain solar PV installations. And the outcome is a more productive, smarter, safer and more reliable system. Not all PV systems are made equal. In the past, the accepted industry standard was to install string inverters. An alternative way…

With increasing proportions of renewable generated electricity feeding into the distribution network, contributing to grid instability and with high voltage grids approaching their capacity in some regions, feed-in management is the topic currently surrounding larger commercial installations. It was certainly one of the considerations for installers sizing up a 1.2…

Martifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, has built a new PV plant in the Vinnytsia region of Ukraine. The 8 MW PV project, called Shargorod, represents one of the most challenging projects to date that the company has successfully completed in the country. Despite the complex political and economic events…

Centrica plc’s North American subsidiary, Direct Energy, has acquired the US residential solar business, Astrum Solar, for US$54 million (£32 million). Astrum Solar designs, installs and maintains solar power generating equipment for use in the home. It currently has around 4,000 customers, predominantly in the US Northeast and California, and…

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has joined forces with Lappeenranta University of Technology and the Finland Futures Research Centre at the University of Turku in the launch of an extensive development project for a brand new energy system and its associated business sector in Finland. The NEO-CARBON ENERGY project,…

ISTANBUL, Turkey, and CHICHESTER, UK, 29th July, 2014 – CSUN, a specialized manufacturer of solar cells and modules is pleased to announce that it has finalized a contract with CPH Solar Ltd from Chichester UK to supply its modules made in Turkey, which CPH Solar will supply to distributors and installers in the UK. CPH…

LUTON … Power management company Eaton has launched a new ‘next generation’ MTL GIR6000 biogas analyser to help ensure reliable, accurate measurement of gases in biogas production. The MTL GIR6000 gas analyser is the first truly modular biogas analyser, requiring minimal maintenance and enabling process engineers and biogas plant managers…

SolarBOS has expanded operations with a 40,000 ft2 facility in Grand Rapids, MI. The new facility puts SolarBOS within two day’s transit of customers throughout the Eastern half of the US and Canada, and within hours’ transit of many of the company’s key suppliers. What this adds up to is…

Stapelfeld, Germany, 2014/07/30 – GE’s Distributed Power business announced the delivery of its first Jenbacher J920 gas engine project to E.ON Hanse Wärme GmbH’s Stapelfeld plant, which will be its largest combined heat and power (CHP) plant using a gas engine • GE Delivers Its First 10-Megawatt Class, J920 Gas…