Out of thousands of innovators from across the globe, GridBeyond, a leader in intelligent energy technology for industrial, commercial, institutional and utility partners, was named a 2020 Global Cleantech 100 company by Cleantech Group. The 2020 Global Cleantech 100 is a respected annual guide to the leading businesses in sustainable innovation. It includes “the companies… Read more »
The recently ended year 2019 was a bright year for solar business as a whole and for Gantner in particular. Gantner is very excited about having commissioned monitoring and control solutions for another 1 GW solar power in 2019. Gantner’s complete monitor solution has been supplied for example in projects in Australia, Denmark, Germany, Greece,… Read more »
Responding, Claire Mack, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said: “Industry continues to work hard to demonstrate its commitment to ensuring that the enormous economic benefits of offshore wind are felt as widely as possible in Scotland. “Evidence provided to the Scottish Government has already demonstrated the impact of just some of those measures: more than… Read more »
Starting in February 2020, Deutsche Windtechnik will be taking over maintenance at the Bokel-Ellerdorf wind farm, Part 3. The new service contract covers full maintenance for the six Vestas V112 wind turbines, including large components. The reasons for switching service providers, from the manufacturer to the independent provider Deutsche Windtechnik, included factors such as flexible… Read more »
Northern Offshore Group (N-O-G), owner of Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and NYK Line has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate within the offshore wind industry, including the building and operating of Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV). The objective of the MoU is to define the basic terms of a joint study to build and… Read more »
Kahl am Main, 15 January 2020 – SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES) today signed contracts for a large order with the customer (CNBM) Bengbu Design and Research Institute of Glass Industry Co., Ltd., Bengbu, China, a subsidiary of China National Building Materials, China, for the Xuzhou site for the delivery of systems for the production… Read more »
15th January 2020, Xi ́an (CHINA) – Founder and President Li Zhenguo spoke about the development and trends of future energy at the Future Sustainability Summit. The World Future Energy Summit 2020 kicked off at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center in United Arab Emirates on January 14, 2020 with the theme of “Rethinking Global… Read more »
Orders of 1.5 gigawatts (GW) received in the fourth quarter of 2019 Order intake up 31 percent for the full year 2019 Delta4000 series makes up 44 percent of all orders Hamburg, 15 January 2020. The Nordex Group today announced that it continued to receive a large number of orders from Europe as well as… Read more »
Cara Dalzell, Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “Scotland’s small-scale hydropower sector provides jobs, investment and clean electricity in some of the most rural parts of the country. “Business rates make up a substantial portion of a small hydropower project’s costs, and uncertainty over how much those projects must pay, now and in future, puts… Read more »
French IPP uses datahub to monitor and optimise asset performance for a growing portfolio of wind farms Paris, 14th January 2019 – Kallista Energy, an independent power producer (IPP) of renewable energy, has chosen Greenbyte’s data platform to upgrade and reinforce its wind farm monitoring capacity as it expects its 213MW wind energy portfolio in… Read more »
Subsea technology company Seatools secured a contract from an undisclosed EPC player for the design and delivery of a piling template hydraulic and instrumentation system. The system will be used for pile installation during the construction of an offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Jan Frumau, Managing Director at Seatools, expresses his contentment with the contract:… Read more »
Ingeteam Power Technology has been awarded for the ‘Noor Abu Dhabi PV Plant’ constructed in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) and being built by Sterling and Wilson with an installed power of 1,177.39 MW. (Bonn, 13.01.2020) On the occasion of the ‘World Future Energy Summit’ in Abu Dhabi ‘Ingeteam Power Technology’ received the ‘Global Leading… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has acted as technical advisor to the Finnish renewable energy developer, Taaleri Energia, in a deal that sees funds managed by Taaleri Group divest part of their wind farm investment portfolio by selling their shares in the Nyby and Myllykangas wind farms to a consortium of… Read more »
Azelio has agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Jordanian company Hussein Atieh & Sons Co. (HAE), to work together on setting up a small-scale project in Jordan. The project paves the way for a commercial collaboration of about 25 MWe of Azelio’s energy storage technology in the Jordanian market until 2023. This… Read more »
An international Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition has been formed to advance sustainable deployment of ocean-based renewable energy and mitigate the harmful impacts of climate change. Ocean-based renewable energy—such as offshore wind, floating solar, tidal and wave power—could meet nearly 10% of the annual greenhouse gas emissions reductions needed by 2050 to keep global temperatures… Read more »
First wind farm to utilize N149/5.X turbines In December 2019, Ardian, a leading private investment house, and OX2, a leading Nordic developer, signed an agreement with Nordex to utilize more powerful turbines at the Åndberg windfarm Hamburg, 10th January 2020 – Ardian and Nordic developer OX2 are relying, for the first time, on Nordex turbines… Read more »
Hatboro, PA – Alencon Systems LLC will demonstrate its unique line-up of power electronics solutions for repowering older PV systems, coupling Solar and Storage and Microgrids at Intersolar North America 2020 in San Diego, CA, February 4 – 6, 2020. The Alencon products on display at Intersolar will include the SPOT Version 6, the newest… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has assisted AQUIND Ltd. with the application for development consent for the AQUIND Interconnector, a new 2,000 MW subsea and underground high voltage electric power transmission link between the south coast of England and Normandy in France.The application to the Planning Inspectorate has been accepted. By linking… Read more »
ECA Group, expert in robotics, automated systems, simulation and industrial processes, will establish its new factory in the port of Oostende. From there, drone systems will be built for the Belgian and Dutch navies. This is part of the contract for 12 minehunters. In 2016, the Belgian-Dutch Navy decided to buy 16 vessels: 4 frigates… Read more »
The Climate Transparency My view is that 2020 will be a ‘make or break’ year for our efforts to effectively address climate change. Industries are gearing up to deliver reductions in CO2, but need low carbon alternatives that are commercially viable. Investments in low carbon infrastructure take time and time is running out. If we… Read more »
Legacy cylinder oils may not protect ship engines from the variable fuel characteristics of very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO), global additive supplier The Lubrizol Corp has advised. In a new whitepaper, Lubrizol outlines the research that underpins its advice that ship owners should use lubricants specifically formulated for these challenges. Marine bench and engine… Read more »
Augsburg/Dubai, January 09, 2020 – meteocontrol GmbH, a global provider of independent PV monitoring systems, is strengthening its international business once again – this time with a focus on the Middle East through the addition of meteocontrol AMEA DMCC in Dubai. meteocontrol GmbH’s monitoring systems currently monitor and control over 48,000 photovoltaic systems worldwide with… Read more »
6th January 2020, Xi ́an (CHINA) – LONGi’s 10GW mono-crystalline module production facility in Chuzhou is now running at full capacity, with its Phase II 5GW reaching construction close. The additional capacity increased total global module production capacity of LONGi to an estimated 21GW, exceeding its previously announced “Three-year Capacity Plan” (2019-2021). Zhong Baoshen, Chairman… Read more »
Merger creates industry’s largest global provider of engineered heavy lifting and transport services Mammoet is happy to confirm that as of January 8, 2020, the acquisition of ALE has been completed, and the businesses will now operate as one company under the Mammoet brand. Integration Over the coming months a fully developed integration plan will… Read more »
Manufacturer to supply 44 turbines with minimal electromagnetic radiation Hamburg, 8th January 2020. In addition to the already published European orders received end of 2019, in December the Nordex Group was awarded on top to those orders a contract to install the Dutch wind farm “De Drentse Monden en Oostermoer” (DMO) as well. The manufacturer… Read more »
Dominion Energy selects Siemens Gamesa for USA’s largest offshore wind power project to date< Long-term service and maintenance agreement included at site off the coast of Virginia< Installations of Siemens Gamesa Direct Drive offshore wind turbines expected to be completed by end of 2026 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been named as the preferred… Read more »
UK-based solar energy company, Solarcentury, has secured new financing to build two of the largest solar plants in Spain demonstrating the UK’s leadership on climate change. UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s export credit agency, has today (7 January 2019) guaranteed £47.6 million worth of financing for Solarcentury, in a boost to UK solar exports…. Read more »
New policies, technologies, and changing customer behavior are expected to drive value to homeowners and the energy ecosystem Jan. 7, 2020 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Navigant Research examines how regulators, homebuilders, energy suppliers, and OEMs can together address residential energy needs with new technologies and business models. The report provides strategies… Read more »
Monday, January 6, 2020 — DEME has successfully completed the installation of 58 monopile foundations and two offshore substation foundations at the SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. The last monopile foundation landed on the seabed on January 2. With a 487 MW capacity SeaMade is the largest offshore wind farm in Belgium…. Read more »
Hamburg, 7th January 2020. In December 2019, the Nordex Group received orders totalling 308 MW from diverse countries in Europe. The main sales market was Turkey with three projects totalling 105 MW. In addition to orders from Spain and Italy, among others, the Nordex Group secured orders in France (68 MW), Finland (43 MW), Germany… Read more »
Three-in-five (58%) UK retail industry leaders are concerned about changes to energy costs Two-fifths (38%) say they have not incorporated energy management or efficiency technologies into their operations due to the perceived upfront expense E.ON experts advise retailers to view energy efficiency as an investment rather than just a cost Wholesale costs of goods (63%),… Read more »
QUBE Renewables, creators of ‘flat pack’ anaerobic digestion kits that create energy from waste, is installing fifty QUBES in the paddy fields of the Punjab in a bid to tackle Delhi’s air quality crisis. Farmers in the region will be able to turn their problematic crop stubble into electricity, cooking and vehicle fuel. This is… Read more »
The compatibility of Imeon solar inverters and Dyness’s lithium batteries, certified by both actors, allows Imeon Energy to better meet the expectations of its customers who look for safe, reliable storage solution, which in case of Dyness’s product comes in an eye-catching IP65 enclosure. This compatibility gives Imeon Energy an opportunity to strengthen its position… Read more »
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is moving forward in its strategy of making sustainability a key element of all aspects of its business, including its funding strategy. Siemens Gamesa recently extended a guarantee line from Danske Bank to €150 million from an initial €100 million and included Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) criteria. Likewise, the company has… Read more »