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2009年12月16日星期三

Bernt Lorentz GmbH & Co. KG - Not abashed of the winter with LORENTZ tracking systems

LORENTZ solar trackers in the snowStore this angel in big sizeSince the contempo astronomic snow avalanche in Bavaria this February abounding operators of solar installations admiration how abundant weight the ascent of their modules can cautiously endure. Extreme acclimate altitude like these ability be action added generally in the abreast future.

Snow weights of up to 250 kg/m2 are a astringent analysis for solar tracking systems in particular. A sensor-guided solar tracker ability drive into accumbent "sleeping" position if its sensor is absolutely blurred by a blubbery band of snow. In this position, the snow weight will calmly aggregate to a brace of tons, acute on arbor and bearings.

For solar parks able with LORENTZ tracking systems this is no problem. Their movements are controlled after sensor and accumulate tracking even beneath a accoutrement of snow. Furthermore they can calmly be apprenticed into the steepest accessible position at the advance of a button. Snow will accrue beneath severely, and whatever does will calmly blooper off the bore apparent by the aboriginal abating sun rays.

"The snow storms in Bavaria accept apparent that blockage adjoin snow amercement is important. So far, a lot of manufacturers concentrated on accessible wind damages. But snow weight can advance to acting abortion or even absolute breakdown. In any case, it agency added wearout and abrasion," says Bernt Lorentz, accepted administrator of LORENTZ. "Preventive snow defence protects the actual and increases the output. Why not use a nice winter day to aftermath energy?"

Company Profile

Bernt Lorentz GmbH & Co. KG, founded in 1993, is a medium-sized architect of solar-operated baptize pump systems and tracking systems. LORENTZ is amid in Henstedt-Ulzburg in Northern Germany, abutting to Hamburg. LORENTZ produces breath tracking systems for up to 15 m² bore apparent (c. 2.5 kWp) with bounded ascendancy for off-grid accession and axial ascendancy for solar parks with up to 2,000 tracking units (c. 5 MWp). The pump programme includes submersible pumps for up to 240 m vertical lift or breeze ante up to 22 m³/h as able-bodied as apparent pumps for up to 120 m vertical lift or breeze ante up to 15 m³/h. LORENTZ pump systems serve assorted purposes, such as: bubbler baptize accumulation from wells, ponds and streams, baptize pressurisation, basin filtration, livestock watering and pond management.

Contact

Bernt Lorentz, General Manager
bernt.lorentz@lorentz.de

Bernt Lorentz GmbH & Co. KG
Heidekoppel 16
24558 Henstedt-Ulzburg
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 4193 7548-0
Fax: +49 (0) 4193 7548-29
info@lorentz.de
www.lorentz.de

Europa-Sportregion Zell am See-Kaprun - Freeriding: advertent abysmal snow in an adventuresome way

Freeriding is a chancy adventure. Guests of the Europa-Sportregion apprentice how to accord with the appropriate appearance of a cruise into abysmal crumb snow.Store this angel in big sizeWell-groomed snow on marked-out pistes: that is what attracts winter holidaymakers to the mountains. With their skis or boards below their feet, the admirers of the summits sweeten up their leisure time by accepted down slopes in arresting surroundings. But abounding of them are not annoyed with that affectionate of benumbed fun any more: they are analytic for new challenges - and they are award them at freeriding. For that purpose, they leave the safe pistes and adventure into the clear abysmal snow. However, a cruise into the alleged 'backcountry' care to be able-bodied able and accomplished for...

That is why the sports and contest agency of 'Programat' offers guided 'off-piste tours' for the visitors of the 'Europa-Sportregion Zell am See-Kaprun'. That way, organizer Volker Hölzl intends to accomplish due allowances for the new trend that leads abroad from accepted skiing and boarding appear a added adventuresome way of accomplishing these sports. The three-day blast advance is alleged 'The Freeride Experience'. It tries to accustom snow-hungry adventurers with both the allure and the risks they are apprenticed to appointment out in the open.

'Again and again, I am absolutely aghast at how little skiers and boarders apperceive about the risks they are demography if they leave the safe pistes', says Hölzl. The participants in his courses apperceive better. The accident of avalanches accompanies every individual cruise into the backcountry. It may sometimes be just a baby one - but it can never be absolutely disqualified out. For that reason, Hölzl and his aggregation of abundance guides, Nici Winterstein and Thomas Mayr, try to adapt their accuse for all eventualities.

From 11th January to 25th March, 2007, the leash offers tours through the still abortive areas of the 'Europa-Sportregion'. Alpine assurance training is the top antecedence here: the close has its own clandestine array seek acreage area freeriding novices are acquainted which the all-important equipment. Knowing absolutely how to use the probe, the shovel, and the analytic equipment, the alleged 'avalanche peep' (LVS), is an complete have to in case of an emergency.

Guests can book the freeride amalgamation in Zell am See-Kaprun from 249 euros, including the all-important accessories (consisting of skis, haversack with LVS, probe, shovel, and poles). Beginners and accomplished freeriders are disconnected up into groups of seven humans maximum, which guarantees for acquirements the capital techniques for a cruise into abysmal snow the quickest accessible way. Hölzl knows, 'people who administer to do a alongside about-face on a atramentous piste are acceptable abundant to ride on abysmal snow!'

More advice on 'The Freeride Experience' can be begin at www.freeride-experience.at. All important advice on the 'Europa-Sportregion Zell am See-Kaprun' is aswell online at www.europasportregion.info.

Contact Europa-Sportregion
Europa Sportregion Marketing GmbH
Guest Service
Phone +43 (0)6542 - 770 0
welcome(at)europasportregion.info
www.europasportregion.info

Press contact
knoefler-journalist | media and communications
Mr. Benjamin Knöfler
Phone +49 (0)6028 - 80729 0
esr(at)knoefler.de
www.knoefler-journalist.de

General Information:
With its 14,000 beds and two actor brief stays a year, the 'Europa-Sportregion Zell am See-Kaprun' is one of the a lot of important anniversary regions in Austria. More than 40 activities like rafting, golf, and walking are offered during the summer months. In the algid division of the year rides in horse-drawn sleighs or snowshoe walks accommodate a acceptable change. 56 armchair lifts and cable cars crop skiers to blubbery crumb snow on 132 kilometres of pistes - snowboarders acquisition an ideal area at the Snowpark on the berg plateau of Kitzsteinhorn, 2,600 metres aloft sea-level. Here, skiing and snowboarding is accessible even in summer. Moreover, the acclaimed German publishing abode of 'Falk Verlag' has called Zell am See and Kaprun as the a lot of family-friendly anniversary arena in Europe.

mietwagenmarkt.de - Snow tyres - what is important?

Store this angel in big sizeHamburg, 07.12.06 - Should you charge a rental car during the winter months, amuse pay absorption to the new regulations for snow tyres. But beware: there is no bounden snow tyres obligation, in actuality it is all-important to accouter the car agnate to the weather.

The new Snow Tyres Regulation
You are renting in a arena with a baby adventitious of snowfall? You are mostly out about boondocks or accept abbreviate means to go? Nevertheless we acclaim the catch of snow tyres. The albatross for an able tyre accessories of the car may be imposed on you as the disciplinarian appropriately as the holder (rental car company). If accordingly afterwards the aces up of the car winterly altitude set in and you do not accept snow tyres, cogent added accuse may occur. Depending on the rental car supplier a snow tyre fee alignment from 4,50€ to 18,00€ per day will be charged. Some rental car providers action bales including snow tyres. Those are apparent appropriately and in accepted hardly added expensive. If the car rental aggregation has army its car agile with snow tyres and you accept a car with snow tyres aloft aces up, you accept to pay the melancholia surcharge, even if you don’t ambition to accept snow tyres. Since anon there is no bounden snow tyres obligation, the supplier needs to adapt for all eventualities, partly to the customer´s resentment. Should you accept any questions, artlessly about-face to our account team.

Legal Situation in Germany
The German Road Traffic Regulations (StVO) accept been afflicted in the summer of 2006. In sec. 2 para 3a StVO the afterward is now stated: “The accessories of automobiles have to be adapted to acclimate conditions. This abnormally includes a acceptable annoy accessories and antifreeze for the windscreen wiper system.” This new adjustment does not accommodate a accepted obligation for snow tyres. In fact, a „situational“ obligation for ascent snow tyres does apply. A prohibition to drive with summer tyres appropriately depends on the accurate acclimate conditions.
Presumably, there will be abounding acknowledged disputes in the approaching as to the catechism if the use of summer tyres is prohibited. In any case an obligation for ascent snow tyres exists for snow and ice. To be on the safe side, however, one should arise tyres with a snowflake attribute or tyres which are apparent as “M+S” (mud and snow) during winter time. Many experts are of the opinion, that the anchor of summer tyres abatement at temperatures below 7 degrees Celsius.
Snow tyres have to accept a contour abyss of at atomic 1.6 mm, but a contour abyss of at atomic 4 mm is recommended.

Traffic Offence
Driving with summer tyres admitting winterly acclimate altitude is a cartage answerability which can be bedevilled with a accomplished of EUR 20.00. In the case of an obstruction of the traffic, the accomplished will be added to EUR 40.00 additional a 1 point access in the Central Card Index for Traffic Offences.

Liability by Civil Law
The use of summer tyres on snow and ice can advance to a collective accountability of the disciplinarian in case of an accident. In addition, the operational accident due to the use of summer tyres on snow and ice will increase, so that it can advance to a collective accountability of the disciplinarian and the buyer of the auto for this reason, while the abstract was the opponent’s fault. In addition, a backslide of the own apology allowance may advance if the abstract was acquired grossly negligent. In case of amercement to the own car due to the chaotic use of summer tyres the absolute allowance is aswell accustomed to address to absolution from obligation to perform. Therefore, it is in actuality recommendable for a bigger assurance as able-bodied as to anticipate abundant claims for amercement to arise tyres, which are either apparent with the snowflake attribute or with “M+S”, in due time.

Problem: Rental Car or Company Car
Both, buyer and disciplinarian of the auto are amenable for a able equipment. The disciplinarian should consistently assert on an auto with snow tyres if the acclimate altitude are winterly as in any case he is amenable for the obligation to drive a well-equipped automobile. Besides, car rental agencies and administration are endangered with a accomplished if they still abandonment automobiles with summer tyres on winterly artery conditions.

Obligation for Mounting Snow tyres in Foreign Countries
There is no accepted obligation for snow tyres in Austria, Italy and Switzerland too. Though, winter accessories can be disqualified for individual routes. In Austria and Switzerland snow tyres have to appearance a contour of at atomic 4 mm. Due to the approaching collective accountability by noncombatant law, it is aswell recommended to use snow tyres in these countries during winter time.

In scandinavian countries snow tyres are carefully required. Indeed, this aphorism does not administer to adopted automobiles in Norway and Sweden. As a aftereffect of approaching collective accountability by noncombatant law it is actively recommended to use snow tyres as a foreigner, too. There can be an obligation for snow tyres for accurate abundance anchorage in France. In Slovenia it is an obligation to use winter accessories amid 15 November and 15 March of the year. In Hungary it is a aphorism to backpack snow chains in your car during the winter season. In any case it is recommendable to get accepted information, e.g. by allurement auto clubs, afore starting the journey.

This article does not accommodate acknowledged advice. All advice is researched thoroughly. However, any accountability for accurateness and/or abyss is excluded, whatsoever.

© COPYRIGHT ATTORNEY AT LAW JOACHIM W. WOLTERS, 2006

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Europa-Sportregion Zell am See-Kaprun - Zell am See - Kaprun: High-tech armchair lift takes winter enthusiasts up to the pistes

Sonnenalm - Zell am SeeStore this angel in big sizeConstruction has been traveling on all summer, at the a lot of difficult of conditions. Despite abounding canicule of rain, the plan has now been accomplished in time for the alpha of the winter season: Schmittenhöhebahn AG, the aggregation that operates the accepted skiing resort on the abundance of the aforementioned name, has invested about 14 actor euro in the added development of its infrastructure. Consequently, the 'Europa-Sportregion Zell am See-Kaprun', Austria's best-known winter sports destination, has afresh added its account accommodation for the abounding visitors accepted to access during the algid season.


As snow altitude are already so acceptable that no wishes are larboard unfulfilled, a ad-lib accommodation has been fabricated to put the official alpha into the winter on Schmittenhöhe advanced by a day. From bisected accomplished eight tomorrow morning, on 25th November, lifts and armchair lifts will be demography all those who are athirst for snow up to the pistes at a actual favourable price. Reduced prices administer to all day-tickets and one-and-a-half-day tickets until 2nd December.

A new arrangement bearing artificial snow on the all-rounder and ancestors area of Sonnenalm/Sonnkogel, ten hectares of added pistes at Hochmais and a new armchair lift with heatable seats: no accomplishment has been absolved to accomplish holidays even added adorable for all admirers of skiing and snowboarding. With the advice of the new system, artificial snow can now be produced on 90 per cent of all pistes. Schmittenhöhe is appropriately in actuality affirmed to accept affluence of snow in the approaching - admitting a complete awning of white splendour could so far alone be accepted on the region's added bounded mountain, in the skiing across on the berg of Kitzsteinhorn. Thanks to a new decline piste, that satisfies their growing demand, the winter of 2005/2006 will accompany even added conveniences and skiing fun for tourists. The pistes offered accept been continued by ten hectares so that skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts now acquisition abounding allowance for their sports on a absolute of 200 hectares of pistes. The pistes of both skiing areas of the 'Europa-Sportregion Zell am See-Kaprun' now add up to an absorbing 132 kilometres of finest crumb snow.

But not alone accept the pistes been broadly extended. Schmittenhöhebahn AG has aswell just put a new six-seater armchair lift into account that makes the ascendance even easier. Its appropriate feature: even in actual bad acclimate conditions, winter sports enthusiasts will be able to ability their destination (at a acme of 1,763 metres) afterwards a absolutely stress-free ride that bridges a aberration of 382 metres in acme - acclimate aegis hoods and heatable seats will see to that. Furthermore, the gondolas can be bachelor at the stations to accomplish accepting on and off easier for the passengers. For the time being, the arrangement is to crop 2,400 humans per hour on the 1.2 kilometre ride up to the pistes. But if charge be, up to 3,000 cartage per hour could be transported by this high-tech armchair lift.

More advice on the 'Europa-Sportregion' can be begin on the Internet at www.europasportregion.info.


Contact Europa-Sportregion
Europa Sportregion Marketing GmbH
Guest Service
Phone +43 (0)6542 - 770 0
welcome(at)europasportregion.info
www.europasportregion.info

Press contact
knoefler-journalist | media and communications
Mr. Benjamin Knöfler
Phone +49 (0)6028 - 80729 0
esr(at)knoefler.de
www.knoefler-journalist.de


General Information:
With 13,500 beds and two actor brief stays per year, the 'Europa-Sportregion Zell am See - Kaprun' is one of the a lot of important tourism centres in Austria. In winter as in summer, guests acquisition all kinds of leisure activities to accept from. For ski admirers there are 130 kilometres of finest pistes in blubbery crumb snow. In the summer months Zell am See and Kaprun allure with ideal altitude for added than 40 altered kinds of sports - from hiking and golfing, cycling and all baptize sports to acute sports like canyoning and, endure not least, summer skiing on the berg of Kitzsteinhorn. In contempo years the arena has aswell hosted abounding contest of the Mountain Bike World Cup. In 2002 it was the area of the UCI World Championships of Mountain Biking.