All publications in August 2016

Largest store PV rooftop installation in Norway with 111 kW – monocrystalline modules from ET Solar

SOLARWATT appoints partners for its expanded PV and energy storage business in UK and Ireland

Refu Elektronik reports update to its Design Planning Software and Monitoring Portal

UK: Slowdown of new PV installations – only 16 MW added in July 2016

Jinko Solar: 1.7 GW module shipments in Q2 2016 – expansion of PERC production lines

France starts PV tenders with 3 GW – six bidding rounds of 500 MW until 2019

Energy storage: UK turns to batteries for frequency response to stabilise increasingly green grid

innogy signs contract to acquire BELECTRIC Solar & Battery

Solarmax Group presents Self-learning energy management

Energy storage: Renewable based microgrid and smart batteries aimed to make Tilos energy independent

Portugal/Spain: Storage and self-consumption main new market drivers - removal of minimum price crucial Frank Niendorf says

IHS Markit: Growing ground-mounted PV pipelines in Ireland, Portugal and Spain await policy support – next hotspot Ireland

San Marino dedicated to climate protection – largest PV installation with aleo modules inaugurated

Krannich Solar now with online shop in Switzerland – advanced delivery options

Solar Frontier expands its Powerset portfolio for private rooftops

Trina Solar with impressive growth – revenue and sales increase – cell efficiency records

Commercial rooftop installation: Lyreco PV plant in Telford UK outreaches expected performance

Skytron Energy has updated PV Guard with integrated controls

Lithium-ion batteries: Capacity might be increased by six times with very thin silicon films

Voltalia acquires Martifer Solar – shift to stronger PV business

17th Forum Solarpraxis: The next energy era 2016 – November 10-11, 2016 Berlin

In energy storage business you have to know your customers, says Philipp Schroeder from Sonnen

Steca Elektronik presents a new smart meter which controls the feeding power

Energy storage and solar batteries: venture capital funding doubled in Q2 2016 to $125 million

SMA are transforming into a full system supplier of power electronics, says CTO Juergen Reinert

Scatec Solar realizes biggest solar park in Mali and a 100 MW PV plant in Nigeria

SMA takes over operational management of the largest PV farm in Scandinavia from WIRCON - further cooperation planned

TÜV Rheinland: Don`t use crossover PV connections if you want to prevent risks and secure your return of invest

The modular energy storage system Siestorage improves grid stability

Deutsche Post DHL Group pushes e-mobility – 2,000 electric vans until end of the year – carbon free parcel delivery now also in Bochum

SolarWorld: Significant growth in international markets in Q2 2016 - ongoing legal dispute with Hemlock

Generation in line with Consumption trough the Sol Connect Energy Manager

How cross-border electricity trading can work better in Europe to increase the share of renewables

Krannich Solar extends its activities in Mexico – interesting market for own-consumption

SunPower: focus on distributed generation due to increased price pressure in the utility-scale segment in the U.S. – restructuring of manufacturing

First Solar wins 160 MW of module contracts in Turkey – sales pipelines of over 300 MW

SMA with strong international utility scale PV business – two fab closures due to increased price pressure

Optris offers outdoor protective housing for infrared cameras

IHS Markit names Trina Solar, SunPower, First Solar, Hanwha Q-Cells and Jinko Solar as leaders in PV module supplier scorecard 2016

SolarPower Europe passes the 150 member milestone – new members in the field of energy storage and financing

Vaisala and IRENA enable free global resource data downloads

Middle East: Over 4 GW of solar to be tendered in 2016 – Intersolar Middle East as platform for new business opportunities

Solar biddings Germany: average bid amount for €0.073 per kilowatt hour

IBC Solar power calculator receives extensive upgrade

Total will implement a squeeze-out on Saft Groupe shares – further development of energy storage business strategy

SolarEdge increases revenue by 50.7 percent compared to fiscal year 2015 - increased gross margin of almost 6 percent

ABB unveils self-commissioning residential inverters

Solar self-consumption: Black Forest based company wants to be more energy independent – 366 kW PV installation of Wirsol

Solar self-consumption: Growing trend in the Philippines for commercial rooftops -Phoenix Solar completed first 0,7 MW project

Solar batteries: Attractive retrofitting of PV systems with energy storage Enerkeep finds out

Offgrid-PV: Over 50,000 rent-to-own systems installed in East Africa – comprehensive service and training – additional income for 15,000 small businesses

DC-System EnergyHub includes integrated energy storage

Renusol mounting solution for a 756 kW solar microgrid system on ABB headquarters in South Africa – high quality installation within 2 weeks

Solar Frontier: 10 kilometer submarine power cable and antireflective modules for a 30 MW plant next to Nagasaki Airport

Global solar market: record growth by 43 percent – U.K. saw record installations in Q1 2016, but now declining says GTM Research

Phoenix Solar awarded EPC contract for 19.6 MW PV single axis tracking plant in Texas – part of a hybrid solar/wind plant

Africa: Optimum Tracker builds biggest PV plant in Senegal with 30 MW

Kostal presents new single-phase inverters with low performance

Netherland`s largest solar park in the industrial area of Groningen Sea Ports – innovative installation with east-west orientation

Solar farms UK: Lightsource connects first contracts for difference projects

Bifacial solar modules with optimized racking Sunfix Bisun

Self-consumption: smart designed 1 MW rooftop installation on a shopping mall in Namibia

Segen offers Tesvolt’s large-scale storage units starting at 30 kilowatt hours

1.5-axis trackers from HeliosLite improve on-site solar power generation

Vienna International Airport improves environmental footprint with a 509 kW-PV rooftop system for self-consumption

Aquion Energy introduces 24-volt version of Aspen battery system