Global forecasting and assessment firm secures 30MW solar certification project wind, following successful entry into Brazilian auction process by EPE Rio de Janeiro, October 31, 2014 – Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, has entered the competitive Brazilian renewable energy market auction process as an energy assessment provider, and as a result,… Read more »
Month: October 2014
Siemens signs long-term service contract for U.S. wind energy projects totaling over 2 GW
• Siemens will provide service and maintenance at 12 MidAmerican Energy wind projects in Iowa through June 2024 • Largest onshore wind service contract to date for Siemens Siemens has signed a long-term agreement with the U.S. energy company MidAmerican Energy to provide service and maintenance for 958 SWT-2.3 turbines at 12 wind projects in… Read more »
Partners sign agreement to install a floating tidal energy platform near Texel
providing clean electricity, in the future to remote locations worldwide Amsterdam, 29 October 2014 – A group of leading offshore companies including Bluewater, Damen and Van Oord have joined together to realize a unique floating tidal energy platform which will be moored near Texel in the Waddenzee and generate clean electricity from the tides. The… Read more »
Acl Announces Names Of G4 Vessels
WESTFIELD, NJ – Construction is progressing on Atlantic Container Line’s new G4 vessels, which will be the largest RORO/Containerships in the world. The G4 vessels will replace ACL’s existing fleet of G3’s operating in the company’s transatlantic service. When the construction of the G‐4’s started in 2013, ACL’s parent company, the Grimaldi Group, decided that… Read more »
Hanergy Chairman Lauds Singapore’s Commitment to Solar with Launch of "China’s New Energy Revolution
SINGAPORE, Oct. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Speaking in Singapore on Wednesday, Hanergy Holding Group Chairman and CEO Li Hejun highlighted the relevance of launching the English-language edition of his first book, China’s New Energy Revolution, there, and lauded the island country’s sustained commitment to clean energy development. The English version of Li Hejun’s first book,… Read more »
Siemens secures two new orders for wind power projects in Canada
• Clean electricity for more than 100,000 households in Ontario• Total of 137 wind turbines to start operation by end of 2015• Local manufacturing of more than 400 blades Siemens’ Wind Power and Renewables Division has received two new orders for onshore wind projects in Ontario, Canada. The contracts include the supply, installation and commissioning… Read more »
Conergy Connects Rwes First Uk Solar Farm
Milton Keynes, 30 October 2014 – Conergy, one of the world’s largest downstream solar companies, announced today that it had connected a 37MWp solar power plant to the grid, for RWE Supply & Trading, the energy trading house of European utility RWE Group. Located on a disused airfield at Kencot Hill, close to the historic… Read more »
Greater than expected growth at Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2014
The 7th annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) held on 28 & 29 October at Amsterdam RAI attracted 13,452 visitors representing 81 nationalities, an increase of 47% compared to last year. OEEC 2014 featured 630 exhibitors on 21,000 sq.m. floor space and 106 speakers in 22 sessions. Official openingOEEC 2014 was opened by a… Read more »
Hanwha Q CELLS to Build 800 Megawatt Module Factory
-Hanwha Q CELLS continues on its growth path [Thalheim, Germany / Cyberjaya, Malaysia, 29 October 2014] – German headquartered Hanwha Q CELLS today announced that it will build a large-scale module factory at its existing site in Cyberjaya, Malaysia. The new facility will include four production lines and automated equipment for the company’s high performing… Read more »
Seacat Services Unveils First Tank-tested 26m Catamaran
Offshore energy support vessel operator celebrates launch of largest class-certified, tank-tested catamaran to date, building on unparalleled comfort and safety standards. Tuesday 28th October 2014, Cowes – Class-leading offshore energy support vessel operator Seacat Services today unveils Seacat Intrepid, the first DNV GL certified 26m-crew transfer vessel to profit from a unique workboat tank-testing programme…. Read more »
IKEA and Hanergy launch residential solar offer in Haarlem, Netherlands, one year since UK pilot
Haarlem, 28 October, 2014 – Today sees the launch of IKEA’s residential solar offer in Haarlem, Netherlands, in partnership with Hanergy, the thin film solar panel installation provider. Dutch consumers will for the first time be able to purchase solar panels from the Swedish retailer through Hanergy, starting at €3200 excluding VAT and with an… Read more »
PROINSO announces PPA offer for Distributed Generation projects in India
* The finance will be available under PPA model for all projects above 100 KW across India. * The product will be flexible with Build Own Operate & Build Own Transfer finance models. * Recruitment and Training of more PROINSO Qualified Installers is under way for full national coverage of the model. 27 October 2014…. Read more »
Moventas Announces Mobile Workshop Tour In North America
Moventas, the world’s leading wind gear manufacturer and service provider, has announced a multicity tour of the company’s innovative mobile workshop in North America. The tour started from Spearville, Kansas, yesterday. During the Mobile Workshop Tour, wind farm owners and operators will have the opportunity to see the self-contained, climate controlled workshop first hand and… Read more »
Enphase Energy Enters Into Energy Storage Business with AC Battery
Introduces a modular, plug-and-play solution that is fully integrated into the Enphase Energy Management System Las Vegas, Nevada (Solar Power International 2014 – Booth 812) — October 21, 2014 – Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH), announced today its Enphase AC Battery, an advanced energy storage solution with a modular, plug-and-play storage device fully integrated with the… Read more »
Enphase Energy Introduces New Energy Management System to Accelerate Mainstream Solar Adoption
Groundbreaking system enables large-scale implementation of solar globally Las Vegas, Nevada (Solar Power International 2014 – Booth 812) — October 21, 2014 – Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH), today announced the Enphase Energy Management System, a groundbreaking system for energy management that delivers on the vision of enabling large-scale implementation of solar power integrated with… Read more »
Nrg Energy And Mgm Unveil Worlds Largest Rooftop Solar Array
WHAT & WHY:NRG Energy and MGM Resorts International celebrate the world’s largest rooftop solar array, now positioned on the Mandalay Bay Hotel. NRG and MGM Resorts partnered together to power one of the largest conference spaces in Las Vegas, the Mandalay Bay Resort Convention Center. The 6.4 megawatt dc (MW dc) (5 MW ac) array… Read more »
AEG Power Solutions strengthens team with new Sales VPs
Zwanenburg, The Netherlands, October 22, 2014 – AEG Power Solutions announces the addition of two new Sales Vice-Presidents, Hans Van Nikkelen Kuijper, and John Ferriman. Both have highly experienced senior profiles and are experts in the power electronics business. Hans van Nikkelen Kuijper is a seasoned sales professional and manager having been in various management… Read more »
Schneider Electric Announces Launch of New PV Skid at Solar Power International 2014
Burnaby, Canada, October 16, 2014 – Schneider ElectricTM Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for solar power conversion chain, announces the launch of the new PV Skid, an optimized power conversion system designed for North American photovoltaic (PV) power plants. Schneider Electric will be exhibiting in booth #1024 at Solar Power International on October… Read more »
Schneider Electric to Showcase Several New Products and Solutions at Solar Power International 2014
Burnaby, Canada, October 16, 2014 – Schneider ElectricTM Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for solar power conversion chain, will be showcasing a suite of new products and solutions for PV power plants, commercial, residential and off-grid applications at Solar Power International, on October 20-23 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Solar Power International is North America’s… Read more »
DEK Solar Appoints Well-known Agent, Kromax, to Expand China Sales Channel
Adding to a string of recent announcements about capability and resource expansions, ASM Assembly Systems’ DEK Solar group yesterday appointed Kromax as its agent in China. During a ceremony that took place as part of the Kromax October 23rd seminar, PERC Solar Cells and Optimization tools, DEK Solar Director Brian Lau made a special presentation… Read more »
ROMO Wind press release
BVT Holding GmbH & Co. KG and ROMO Wind Deutschland GmbH announced today the signature of an agreement on improving the wind farm performance by measuring and correcting the yaw misalignment with the iSpin technology in the wind farm Sustrum-Renkenberge in Niedersachsen / Germany consisting of 16 wind turbines of the type NEG Micon NTK… Read more »
Energy Department Announces $53 Million to Drive Innovation, Cut Cost of Solar Power
WASHINGTON – Building on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution and continue U.S. leadership in clean energy innovation, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced more than $53 million for 40 innovative research and development (R&D) projects that aim to drive down the cost of solar energy, tackling key aspects of technology development… Read more »
Bedes School Undertakes 12 Million Biomass Heating Project With Energy Efficiency Financing Scheme
• 23 existing LPG and oil boilers replaced by three wood pellet biomass boilers• Conversion enables annual energy savings of £70,000 and yearly reduction of carbon emissions by over 580 tonnes• Tailored financing package by Energy Efficiency Financing scheme made investment affordable Bede’s, a co-educational independent day and boarding school located in East Sussex, has… Read more »
seebaWIND Service Looks After Largest Fuhrländer Wind Farm in Germany
Osnabruck, Germany, 16 October 2014. The manufacturer-independent service company seebaWIND Service GmbH has taken over the maintenance of the largest single-site Fuhrländer wind farm in Germany. The 20 wind energy plants, Fuhrländer MD-77 with 85-meter hub height, are located in the municipality of Märkisch Linden (in the state of Brandenburg) and have a total power… Read more »
Leds Go To Singapore Seris Acquires Wavelabs Led Solar Simulator
The Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) has joined the Fraunhofer Institute to become the next world-renowned research institution to acquire the WAVELABS SINUS-220 LED solar simulator. WAVELABS’ entry into the Asian market signifies the global recognition of its SINUS technology as an indispensable tool for photovoltaic research and testing, and offers a glimpse… Read more »
Polysun 7.1 helps the fields of photovoltaics and heat pumps grow closer together. And: the 4ErP4 energy label for heating systems can be generated directly from Polysun
Winterthur, October 16th, 2014 – The integration of PV and heat pumps into a single system is a current topic in the industry. With its new 7.1 version, Polysun brings a useful component in this respect, the new “Exhaust air heat pump” component. In addition, the “ErP” energy label for heating systems can now be… Read more »
New laser welding technology for lithium-ion battery production
Reutlingen, October 16, 2014. High-tech mechanical engineering for the future’s growth markets: Electronic Components, Electronic Devices, Solar, and Energy Storage – these are the business segments of Manz. Our expertise is based upon six core technologies: Automation, Metrology, Printing, Laser Processing, Wet Chemical Processing and Vacuum Coating. Today: Our laser expertise as shown by laser… Read more »
GeoSea acquires HOCHTIEF offshore assets
Zwijndrecht 16 October 2014 – DEME’s marine engineering specialist GeoSea acquires offshore assets of HOCHTIEF, one of Germany’s leading international construction groups. HOCHTIEF is selling offshore assets to marine contractor and long-term partner GeoSea. GeoSea has had decades of success in marine engineering and is now acquiring full ownership of the heavy-lift jack-up vessel ‘Innovation’,… Read more »
Nextronex Inc. Announces USDA Photovoltaic Solar Farm Project
October 16, 2014, pleased to announce that our RAY-MAX ® Distributed Architecture TM Inverter System has been specified for the 1.5 MWDC PV solar farm project located at the United States Department of Agriculture’s George Washington Carver Center (GWCC).. “This project will be the largest solar photovoltaics project in the Washington DC metropolitan area,” states… Read more »
Siemens signs two long-term wind service agreements in the U.S.
• Siemens to provide an additional 15 years of service and maintenance at Harvest Wind and White Creek wind projects in Washington State Siemens has signed two long-term wind service and maintenance agreements covering 132 SWT-2.3 turbines at two wind projects in Washington State, USA. Summit Power Group, LLC, based in Seattle, Washington (managing member… Read more »
Barge Master Installed On Walk-to-work Vessel
Capelle a/d IJssel, the Netherlands – Barge Master is nearing the completion of the construction of the first BM-T40 system. On the 14th of October the Barge Master motion compensated knuckle boom crane pedestal was installed on the new Wagenborg Walk-to-Work vessel, designed and built by Royal Niestern Sander. The vessel and Barge Master system… Read more »
BTU International to Exhibit at PV Taiwan
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., October 15, 2014 – BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the electronics manufacturing and alternative energy markets, announces that it will exhibit with its representative Gemmy-Tek Technology Co., Ltd., in Booth A0306 at PV Taiwan, scheduled to take place October 22-24, 2014, at TWTC Exhibition Hall… Read more »
Suntech Partners with Munich Re and Ping An to Insure its Performance Warranties
Wuxi, China, October 15, 2014: Wuxi Suntech today announced it is adding another measure of protection for customer warranties: Its modules’ performance will be insured by Chinese-based insurance company Ping An and reinsured by the leading risk carrier, Munich Re. This new insurance policy provides 25 years’ warranty protection for Suntech in the event of… Read more »
PROINSO attends Solar Power International 2014
The company will be taking part in the leading U.S. solar power sector event, to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from 20-23 October (Stand 4506), with an expected attendance of over 16,000 professionals. PROINSO will present its online store for PV products: Click & Collect, which has more than 200 collection points in 50… Read more »
Cost and Energy Efficient Vacuum Solutions
Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Offers Complete Pumping Systems for Architectural Glass Within the various application of coatings for architectural glass and large area coatings as such, the demand for high-quality functional glass is soaring, especially for Low-E glass in functional combinations with other glass types. The requirements for the manufacturing of such quality glasses are high… Read more »
Introducing a one-stop shop for offshore wind
In this issue, we turn our attention to Vlissingen – a bustling commercial base that’s high on the strategic agenda for wind executives throughout Europe. The North Sea is an ideal location for the generation of wind energy. The wind is favourable and thanks to the slight water depths it is relatively easy to build… Read more »