WORLDNEWS
Partner announced for liquid encapsulant module line
GLOBALWATT has announced it has chosen KUKA Systems to be its supplier/equipment partner for the world’s first greenfield liquid encapsulant solar panel module line to be installed in Saginaw, MI. This advanced module manufacturing line will be staged to a total of 250 megawatts of annual production capacity. The initial semi- automated line is estimated to cost under $10M and will be operational by November 2010 with production to begin in the first quarter of 2011.
“We have evaluated a series of equipment suppliers for months and have committed to KUKA Systems to form a partnership which we believe will meet our needs over the next five years. They have experience in advanced encapsulant technology, and being local ensures the support for our manufacturing needs,” said Moji Zahedi, VP of Operations for GlobalWatt.
“We are pleased to partner with GlobalWatt to meet the industry’s need for modules with enhanced efficiency, increased reliability and longer lifespan.
These advanced modules are critical for specialty market segments,” said Robert Giaier, Vice President for KUKA Systems.
“GlobalWatt is fortunate to have an experienced supplier like KUKA Systems . Both companies working together can meet the growing energy demands for high end solar modules to build a mutually beneficial relationship. Our business is to integrate high performance photovoltaic modules for applications in defense, emergency power, distributed utility, telecommunications and other markets,” remarks Sanjeev Chitre, CEO of GlobalWatt, Inc.
Larry Drake, CEO of KUKA Systems states: “We welcome GlobalWatt to Michigan, joining us in forming part of the state’s emerging Solar Valley. We look forward to our partnership with them in developing the world’s first greenfield liquid silicone encapsulation module line and creating employment in their Saginaw facility. We have the resources to meet the current and future solar manufacturing needs of GlobalWatt.”
Circadian tops in spin out
CIRCADIAN SOLAR, one of the Europe’s developers of concentrated photovoltaic technology, has been named 16th in a list of the top university spin out businesses, compiled by The Telegraph newspaper. The company’s highly-efficient technology has been developed by top scientists and engineers from the University of Warwick, the semiconductor industry and the automotive industry.
Jeroen Haberland, recently appointed CEO of Circadian Solar said: “It is great to see this sort of external validation for the hard work that has gone into developing this technology over a number of years. Following our rebrand in 2009, we have established a number of demonstration units producing exciting results, and there is definite momentum driving the company forward at the moment. Our
tracker was also selected by Siemens, to showcase its work on gearboxes and control systems for use in solar energy technology at the 2010 Hannover Messe exhibition, and we look forward to further work with them in the coming months.” The ranking is based on the company’s YouNoodle Score, which is a quantitative measurement of a startup’s progress and traction based on its traffic, funding, employees and other activity. The score is based on information pulled in from thousands of online sources such as traffic sources, mainstream media and funding sources.
Circadian Solar is privately owned, and has received investment from Seven Spires Investments. It employs more than 20 people in the UK, and works with an extended team across Europe.
Kender Energy to industrialise solar engine production
KENDER ENERGY is close to announcing the company it has chosen to carry out the building of its prototype solar engine.
Its technology is based on the premise of a closed circuit of gas, usually helium, within a solar panel, which, through a heat exchange, powers a turbine, thereby creating 100 per cent clean and renewable energy.
“Our next phase is to improve efficiency and reliability of the engine,” said Sean Kelly, chief executive officer of Kender.
“The engineering firm selected will help us with the necessary tests, as well as completing a design that can be industrialised,” he added.
Kender is headquartered in Stourport- on-Severn, Worcestershire in the UK and also has offices in Geneva, Switzerland. The company is presently in the design phase of a number of new innovations in solar energy and has a number of prototypes that it hopes will become full-scale solar energy production systems in the future.
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