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Mounting system for lightweight roofs Sunset Energietechnik, a module wholesaler based in Adelsdorf, Germany, has introduced an unconventional mounting system for flat roofs.
At the Staffelstein conference, the Freiburg-based company Tritec introduced LEO, a fascinating device for monitoring PV system performance. LEO measures the irradiation of the sun; sends the data to a central server platform, where a comparison of rated and actual values is conducted; and in case of error, sends the customer an alert via email, fax, or SMS.
Delphi Study: Photovoltaics in 2020 Wolfgang Berger, the author of "Photovoltaics in Europe in the Year 2020," claims his Ph.D. thesis is aimed at the "community of specialists working with photovoltaics." The book is primarily based on a Delphi Study in which 37 PV experts from Germany, Italy, and Spain forecasts PV developments in Europe through the year 2020.
The German company Syglas (Systeme für Aktivglas GmbH) has come out with a novel window blinds product that not only offers protection from sunlight, but captures it as well.
Solar-powered camping lantern from Würth Solergy Whether for a hike in the woods or a garden party, Würth Solergy offers an alternative to traditional kerosene lamps with its new solar-powered camping lantern.
New roof-integrated system with Isofoton modules The SOLRIF roof-integrated system, from the metal construction firm Ernst Schweizer AG, is now available as a standard commercial product.
AstroPower's cell-phone battery charger hits the market Delaware, US-based PV manufacturer AstroPower has come out with a solar cell-phone battery charger, the vanguard of a move to expand its market beyond the rooftop realm.
The German company energie bau köln used the Sharjah Solar
Energy conference and exhibition, which took place in mid-February in Sharjah,
the United Arab Emirates, to present a new solar module.
New PV boat from Kopf Solardesign Following the development of the large PV catamaran RA series, featuring a wooden deck on a stainless steel hull, the German company Kopf Solardesign GmbH & Co. KG has now introduced a small solar boat constructed of fiberglass-reinforced plastic. Book: Achieving Energy Independence One Step At A Time Jeffrey R. Yago, an engineer with his own PV system, wrote this book for all those people who want to become independent of the electric grid or who are at a place where access to the grid is not possible but nevertheless still need electric power.
BIPV is gaining growing interest in Germany. As a reaction to the requests of homeowners for solar roofing tiles, the system integrator Sesol Gesellschaft für solare Energiesysteme has developed a new solar roofing tile named »Solardachstein Sesol.«
It makes no difference if you bump into the »Sunny display« placed in a dark cellar or slightly knock against the front cover on purpose. Touching this new inverter device will light up the display in any case so that one can check the parameters of the PV system.
Measuring solar radiation precisely and economically While the European Comission’s Joint Research Centre located in Ispra, Italy, had already put an inexpensive quality sensor, the ESTI Sensor, on the market, the European Union bureaucracy kept causing delivery problems.
Analyzing PV system operation with PV Watch At the 15th PV symposium in Staffelstein, Germany, in March, a new means of analyzing data and controlling PV systems was presented by IST EnergieCom. AstroPower's adds 150-watt module With its 150-W module the US cell and module manufacturer AstroPower is following the trend towards larger modules.
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