Solar Asset Management Europe 2016 from 2016-11-09 to 2016-11-10

Solar Asset Management Europe 2016

from 2016-11-09 to 2016-11-10
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Italy

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Solar Asset Management is Solarplaza’s flagship event widely considered as Europe's leading conference dedicated to optimization of the operational phase of PV plants and portfolios

For the third year in a row, Solar Asset Management Europe will bring together the leading investors, owners and service providers in the European PV industry. The event provides an unparalleled networking opportunity, as well as the best way to learn about innovations and best practices for optimizing performance, management and financial returns of PV assets.

Key characteristics include:
• THE must-attend event fully dedicated to the operational phase of PV assets

• 400+ attendees, representing the value chain from service provider to asset manager and investor

• 50+ leading experts on stage sharing their vision, expertise and experience

• 30+ sponsors and exhibitors profiling themselves and their leading products/services

sources:http://www.solarserver.com

Europe, world no 1 in renewables: European SmartGrids and PV platforms to address challenges of repowering Europe

The European Technology Platform on SmartGrids (ETP SG) and the European Technology and Innovation Platform Photovoltaics (ETIP PV) are jointly organising the conference: “Repowering Europe” on May 18^th and 19^th in Brussels. This two-day event will attract more than 300 participants all together.

Solar PV at the forefront of both the challenges and opportunities in transforming the grid

Most of Europe’s power system was built in the middle of the last century on the basis of centralised generation and passive distribution. This robust infrastructure has served us well even in the first waves of distributed power generation. Now Europe’s ambition to decarbonise its energy supply and to be world number one in renewables requires a step change in the way we adapt and operate our grids.

Solar photovoltaics (PV) is the generation technology most widely connected to distribution networks. As such it is at the forefront of both the challenges and opportunities in transforming the grid.

This is why the two European Technology and Innovation Platforms, Photovoltaics and SmartGrids, are teaming up this year to address in their annual events the state of the art and the technical and strategic challenges ahead to achieve a sustainable repowering of Europe facilitated by a smart, adaptive and integrated grid.

source:http://www.solarserver.com

Report: Advanced energy industry employs 143,000 workers in Texas, with employment expected to increase 7% this year

Employment in Texas’s advanced energy industry stands at an estimated 143,023 workers, according to a new report released on May 10^th, 2016 by the Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA).

That’s more people than are employed in chemical manufacturing and petroleum refining, twice as many as employed by airlines, and nearly as many working in building construction in the Lone Star State, finds “Advanced Energy Jobs in Texas”.

Employers engaged in advanced energy business expect to increase their workforce by 7 percent this year, which would bring Texas’s advanced energy industry to over 152,000 jobs.

At nearly 39,000 workers, employment in Texas advanced electricity generation, makes up 27 percent of the advanced energy workforce. Wind accounts for about 44 percent of these jobs, solar 28 percent, and advanced natural gas 16 percent.

“Advanced energy is a large and growing industry in Texas, and it’s paying off in real jobs for Texans,” said Suzanne Bertin, Executive Director of Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance (TAEBA), a business association of advanced energy companies in Texas.

“The reliability and cost benefits of advanced energy technologies are driving growth in the industry, and employers expect to add jobs in the coming year. That’s good news for our companies and for the Texas economy.”

A new Energy Employment Index, produced by BW Research Partnership, makes it possible to quantify jobs in the advanced energy industry for the first time. The Index is based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and a detailed survey of more than 20,000 businesses nationwide conducted between September and November of 2015.

In this report, advanced energy employees are defined as full-time and part-time permanent employees of businesses that are engaged in making or deploying advanced energy products and services for all or a portion of their revenue, and who themselves support the advanced energy portion of these businesses.

Advanced energy workers are those who spend some or all of their time on advanced energy work such as energy efficiency, advanced electricity generation (including wind, solar, and natural gas), biofuels, advanced grid technology, and advanced vehicles.

The report also illustrates the variety of jobs with eight profiles of Texas advanced energy workers.

“Working in the solar industry was the number-one draw for me,” said Robyn Kenkel of Sunnova Energy Corp. in Houston, one of the workers profiled.

“It’s rare that you have an opportunity to be part of something so innovative and transformational.”

The TAEBA jobs report follows Advanced Energy in Texas, published last year, a market report that found advanced energy represented a USD 16 billion industry in Texas.

source:http://www.solarserver.com

Randstad Survey: Canadian Solar named Canada's Most Attractive Employer

Canadian Solar Inc. (Guelph, Ontario) on May 9^th, 2016 announced it has been named Canada's Most Attractive Employer in the sixth-annual Randstad Award survey.

The Randstad Award Program awarded Canadian Solar for its commitment to work-life balance and environmental and social awareness. This is the third consecutive year that Canadian Solar has been honored with a Randstad Award and the first time it has taken the top spot, the company notes.

In an independent survey polled among more than 9,500 Canadians between the ages of 18 and 65, the Randstad Award program ranks companies in the areas of financial health, positive training opportunities, job security, career advancement, strong management, engaging work content, a reasonable work-life balance, and corporate social responsibility.

“Canadian Solar, whose corporate slogan ‘Make the Difference’ embodies the company's core values, is proud to be a Canadian company with global reach,” reads the press release. The company has grown to almost 9,000 team members in 20 countries worldwide.

Dr. Shawn Qu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Solar, commented: “Being named Canada's Most Attractive Employer is an honor and real sign of achievement for Canadian Solar. We thank Randstad Canada for hosting this annual event and recognizing the companies throughout the nation that reflect the career aspirations and employer mentality of the nation. With our commitment to renewable energy, we look forward to improving the lives of both Canadians and the international community through our sustainable solutions.”

source:http://www.solarserver.com

100 MW concentrating solar power project Kathu in the Northern Cape of South Africa will start construction

ENGIE (Paris, France, formerly GDF Suez) on May 10^th, 2016 announced that the Kathu Solar Park project in South Africa, owned by an ENGIE-led consortium with South African partners, has signed a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Eskom – South Africa’s state owned power utility – making it possible for construction at the site to begin shortly.

The concentrating solar power plant (CSP), situated in the Northern Cape Province, 600 km South-West of the national capital Pretoria, is expected to be operational in the second half of 2018.

Kathu Solar Park is a 100 MW greenfield CSP project with parabolic trough technology and equipped with a molten salt energy storage system that allows 4.5 hours of thermal energy storage and thus limits the intermittent nature of solar energy.

“This is an important milestone for our first Concentrated Solar Power project in the ENGIE Group,” said Bruno Bensasson, CEO of the ENGIE Africa Business Unit.

“The Kathu Solar Park project supports South Africa’s strategy of increasing the contribution of renewable power and also underlines our commitment to be a key partner in achieving sustainable energy generation in Africa.”

The consortium, which is led by ENGIE (48.5%), includes a group of South African investors comprising SIOC Community Development Trust, the Investec bank, Lereko Metier and the Public Investment Corporation.

The CSP project is funded by a mix of debt and equity. The debt is funded from a club of South African banks, namely Rand Merchant Bank, Nedbank Capital, ABSA Capital, Investec and the Development Bank of South Africa.

Kathu Solar Park has been awarded preferred bidder in the third round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program (REIPPPP) led by the South African Department of Energy (DOE).

source:http://www.solarserver.com

JA Solar adds another 1.5 GW fully automated PV module manufacturing facility

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Beijing, China), on May 9^th, 2016 announced that it has started mass production of high performance PV panels at its newest module manufacturing facility in Xingtai, Hebei province, China.

The new manufacturing facility has an annual capacity of 1.5 GW with fully automated assembly lines using the latest module manufacturing technologies, the company notes. The facility is capable of producing both 60- and 72-cell modules, primarily with JA Solar's high-efficiency PERCIUM cells.

All the stringers installed in this facility are equipped with artificial intelligence capable of switching soldering configurations between four busbars and five busbars of cell contact patterns, JA Solar emphasizes. All the assembly lines also have the flexibility of either making regular modules or making double-glass modules with the easiness of converting between them back and forth.

In addition, the facility is designed to have all the functional sections including module assembly, test and measurement, stockrooms, and warehouse placed under one roof.

Mr. Baofang Jin, JA Solar's Executive Chairman of the board and CEO, said: “The grand opening of our fully automated module manufacturing facility in Xingtai marks JA Solar taking one step forward in terms of intelligent manufacturing. We will keep focusing on technological innovation as well as continue to improve the performance of our products to meet our customers' demand for high quality products.”

source:http://www.solarserver.com

NextEra Energy Resources commissions a 6.8 MW ground-mounted solar PV array in Oregon

NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (Juno Beach, Florida, U.S.), a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc., on May 9^th, 2016 announced that it brought into service a 6.8 megawatt (MW) ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) array in Klamath County, Oregon.

The PV project, which includes 21,964 sun-tracking solar panels, is located on a former Weyerhaeuser industrial site.

The PV plant is expected to generate enough electricity to power an estimated 1,200 homes. Construction began in 2015 and employed more than 100 construction, security and electrical workers from Oregon over the course of the project.

Pacific Power will purchase the solar power generated by the PV system as part of a 15-year power purchase agreement, which may be extended for up to two five-year increments.

“This is currently the largest solar project in Oregon and we are proud to have it delivering energy to our customers,” said Todd Andres, regional business manager for Pacific Power, which is part of PacifiCorp.

source:http://www.solarserver.com