Archive for February, 2010

Oerlikon Solar announced that Gadir Solar is using its amorphous thin film silicon PV technology at the solar fabrication plant located in the bay of Cadiz, Spain. Gadir Solar’s plant, one of the largest in Europe, began operation in October 2009.

NV Energy and NextLight Renewable Power LLC, have announced a 25-year contract for the purchase and sale of energy to be produced at NextLight’s 50 MW Silver State Solar Power photovoltaic facility near Primm, Nevada. Silver State Solar Power is located on Bureau of Land Management land, and will interconnect at NV Energy’s Bighorn substation adjacent to the project site.

The two plants developed by Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas have produced a total of 55 GWh since they came into operation two years ago

Both plants, located in Ciudad Real and Toledo, Spain, are producing highly efficient clean energy with a total of 15 MW of power.

NextEra Energy Resources has selected GE’s WindBOOST technology to enhance the output from its fleet of approximately 800 GE 1.5sle wind turbines. GE’s WindBOOST control software makes it possible for GE 1.5sle wind turbines to increase output by up to 100 kilowatts, enhancing productivity from 1.5 to 1.6 megawatts (MW).

Telvent (NASDAQ: TLVT), the IT company for a sustainable and secure world, announced today that its electrical distribution geographic information system (GIS) software is available to enhance engineering curriculums at higher education intuitions. With an increased emphasis on energy efficiency and smart grid developments, the energy industry is in critical need of highly trained and educated workforce to meet these needs. Providing engineering students and educators with the industry’s latest GIS technology tools allows them to gain better understanding of how to solve real-world problems.

Bill Gates talks about his vision for the world’s energy future at TED. Every year the atmosphere receives another 26 billion tons of Carbon dioxide. In his speech he says that the carbon emissions have to get down to zero globally by 2050 to avoid a catastrophe for our planet.

There are five important sources that may contribute to lower the carbon emissions but they need a miracle if they should lower the carbon emissions to zero. The sources that Bill Gates mentions are Carbon Capture and Storage of CO2, Nuclear power, Wind Power, Solar Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal. But they all have some challenges that need to be solved.

Would it be possible to burn out the waste from the Nuclear Power plants to come down to zero carbon emissions and at the same time power the world for a couple of centuries?

Listen to Bill Gates at TED.com
The speech is called: Innovating to zero!

A commercial video from Capgemini about their Smart Meter Project with Hydro One

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BB11F48qz8

Enerway.se will be present at the Smart Metering Conference on the 10th and 11th of March in Copenhagen. The mission is to get video interviews with visitors, companies and speakers and to publish the interviews on this website and at Youtube.

If you are interested in the video interviews and would like to be scheduled for an interview, please contact us as soon as possible.
We want you to tell us about your company, your products and how they could make the grid smarter.
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Haven’t been registered to the event just yet?
Here’s some links for more information about the event:

Link to the Conference brochure.
Link to copenhagen2010.smartmetering.eu!

Day4 Energy Inc. has signed a 10-megawatt (MW) solar module framework agreement with Solera Sunpower GmbH for projects in Southern Germany. Solera Sunpower has been installing solar photovoltaic (PV) systems for the German market since 2004.

Solmetric Corporation today announced the introduction of the Solmetric SunEye™ 210, an advanced handheld electronic instrument for solar site evaluation. Building on the features of the popular SunEye 110, the SunEye 210 (patent pending) provides analysis of shade and solar access for site evaluation and energy production estimates using a calibrated fisheye lens and digital image processing. The SunEye 210 comes in a new rugged enclosure, enabling one-handed operation and improved user control. It includes the convenience of an integrated electronic inclinometer, compass and optional GPS.