On the market for a year now, HOPPECKE’s high-performance large hybrid storage system has been given a new name that precisely describes its unique advantages. The sun|systemizer scalecube has a modular structure and can therefore be configured individually for every customer requirement. Not only is the storage capacity scalable, also the lead and lithium storage… Read more »
Today, the jack-up installation vessel “Sea Installer” will start the installation of the Rentel wind turbines in the North Sea. Start of the installation of the offshore wind turbines Rentel NV has started the offshore installation of its wind turbines. The jack-up installation vessel “Sea Installer” of DEME loaded the first wind turbine components for… Read more »
From 7 until 10 May 2018, ELA Container Offshore USA Corp. will be exhibiting at the biggest US-based windpower exhibition. Hosted by the American Wind Energy Association. The AWEA Windpower 2018 will be held in the McCormick Place Convention Centre in Chicago, Illinois (US). At booth #3223-8 in the German pavilion, ELA Container Offshore USA… Read more »
Spain, May 07 2018. Ingeteam and Indar, independent suppliers of electrical conversion equipment, will exhibit at AWEA WINDPOWER 2018, to be held this year in Chicago, United States, May 7-10. At this occasion, Ingeteam will present its latest developments in the field of O&M predictive maintenance with its Ingeboards data analysis platform, as well as… Read more »
SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif., May 3, 2018 – Rafiki Power and Trojan Battery have been named as finalists for the Intersolar Europe “The Smarter E Award” for a microgrid project in Tanzania. The remote microgrid features maintenance-free, non-spillable Trojan deep-cycle Solar AGM batteries as the energy storage solution and provides electricity to homeowners and businesses… Read more »
Responding, Fabrice Leveque, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “We’re delighted to hear that Windhoist has secured its first work in Scotland’s growing offshore wind sector. “This partnership shows how SMEs can benefit from offshore wind, and also that companies can utilise their expertise in one sector to secure contracts in another. Windhoist’s ambition… Read more »
The solution supports a new model of energy generation HERZELYA PITUACH, ISRAEL — May 3, 2018 —SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”) (NASDAQ: SEDG), a global leader in smart energy, is launching an innovative solution for grid services and virtual power plants, to support a shared energy economy. SolarEdge’s grid services offer aggregative control and data reporting… Read more »
As one of the first companies in Germany, SeaRenergy successfully implemented the Safety Culture Ladder into its organization. TenneT introduced this new safety certification to the offshore wind industry as a tool to further increase safety awareness and enhance safety culture within the organization. SeaRenergy has already been working on a high safety standard before… Read more »
RIMS have joined forces with Dutch Drone Company (DDC) to create a new partnership which will allow RIMS to offer the market an enhanced package of drone services for both indoor and outdoor drone flights in the Netherlands. The use of drones for inspections enables remote live on-screen object inspection, which can result in the… Read more »
Hamburg/Paris, 3 May 2018. RIVE Private Investment and Mirova, through its fund Mirova-Eurofideme 3, have acquired “Le Douiche” wind farm, a ready-to-build onshore wind project in France from the Nordex Group. The manufacturer will be supplying 20 N117/3000 turbines with a total capacity of 60 MW for the wind farm, split into two project companies…. Read more »
The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics (ETIP PV) elected during the meeting today in Brussels the Chairman and two Vice-Chairmen for the term 2018 – 2020. Marko Topic, Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Elec. Eng. and Affiliate Professor at the Colorado State University, was reelected as ETIP PV Chairman. Wim… Read more »
Virtual Power Plant (VPP) by Ecotricity & Next Kraftwerke British green electricity company Ecotricity is the first client to implement NEMOCS, Next Kraftwerke’s new software-as-a-service solution. The German Virtual Power Plant operator recently introduced NEMOCS to third parties as a way to network and optimize operation of power-producing and consuming units. NEMOCS can connect thousands… Read more »
2nd May 2018 – Seajacks has won a contract from Siemens Gamesa to install its 6MW turbines at phase 2 of the 120MW Formosa 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The award is the first time the Great Yarmouth-based company has won a renewables contract outside of Europe. Seajacks Zaratan will site all 20 SWT-6.0-154… Read more »
The European market for residential storage systems is continuously growing. Where around 31.500 systems were sold in 2016, the market reached 50.000 new installed systems in 2017. A current analysis from EuPD Research shows that despite various market entries, sonnen and LG Chem were able to maintain their strong positions ahead of VARTA Storage. Bonn…. Read more »
FCS 2710 builds on the success of the FCS 2610 Damen Shipyards Group has announced the introduction of a new model to its Fast Crew Supplier range. The FCS 2710 builds on the success of the best-selling FCS 2610, first introduced in 2011. The first vessel is already in build at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem for… Read more »
Cargostore Worldwide Trading cements its position as the world’s largest operator of DNV 2.7-1 Reefer Cargo Carrying Units. The London-based global shipping container specialist, Cargostore Worldwide Trading Limited has reached a growth milestone as the world’s largest operator of DNV 2.7-1 certified Reefer Cargo Carrying Units (CCUs). With the deployment of an additional 70 20ft… Read more »
Edinburgh, Scotland /Bremen, Germany, 01.05.2018 In addition to Scottish Power and Ventient Energy, the global developer and operator RES will now also be working with the independent full-service provider Deutsche Windtechnik in the UK: Effective July 2018, Deutsche Windtechnik Ltd. is in charge of providing complete maintenance for RES’s wind farm Forss. The wind farm,… Read more »
The A2Sea wind turbine installation vessel Sea Installer arrived this afternoon at Port Oostende. Once it was moored at the head of the REBO offshore wind terminal, Siemens immediately started the loading procedure of the 7 MW wind turbines, which are ready for use on the quay. A spectacular installation Two wind turbines will be… Read more »
Dutch offshore company, C-bed Floating Hotels, presents a new important assignment for the DP2 Walk-2-Work vessel, Wind Innovation. In 2015, C-bed decided to buy and completely re-build a former seismic survey vessel into a floating four-star hotel and project basecamp. The result reflects C-bed’s experience in offshore wind with every detail of the ship supporting… Read more »
Taipei, 30 April 2018 – Jan De Nul Group and Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501) today announced that they have signed the contract with overall work for the manufacturing and installation of 21 5.2MW wind turbines (109.2MW) for the Changhua Offshore Wind Farm Project, which Taiwan Power Company plans to construct off the coast of Fangyuan in… Read more »
Focus on innovation in solar building skins / building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) The second IPV workshop was organized in Berlin with the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin and SETA Network, London Further events planned in Spain, France and the Netherlands The conference and workshop on Innovation in Solar Building Skins & Energy Efficiency towards Sustainable Cities took… Read more »
April 26, 2018 – ABB inaugurates innovative microgrid with battery energy storage at its Vadodora manufacturing campus – a first in India. ABB’s world-class power institute to train customers on latest technologies ABB today inaugurated an innovative microgrid solution at its Vadodora manufacturing facility in Gujarat, India. This is the company’s largest facility in India,… Read more »
Siemens has received an order from Inter Pipeline Ltd (“Inter Pipeline”) to provide long-term service for two SGT-800 gas turbine generator sets in Canada. The units are scheduled for operation at the Central Utilities Block (CUB), part of the company’s Heartland Petrochemical Complex currently under construction in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland near Fort Saskatchewan. The 25-year… Read more »
At Intersolar Europe, leading manufacturers and experts will showcase how digital solutions and business models are driving the market for inverters Munich, April 26, 2018 – Inverters have become all-rounders, used not just for converting direct current into alternating current but for analyzing and controlling PV installations as well as solar batteries, power-to-heat and smart… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announces that it has entered into a Preferred Partnership Agreement (PPA) with Mondragon Assembly Group, a global specialist in the development of automation and assembly solutions and an internationally recognized producer of equipment for the manufacture of solar modules. Both Meyer Burger and Mondragon view this as… Read more »
China is well on the way to being a market leader in wind energy and ZF is already there, in the established Tianjin facility and the satellite plant in Beijing. The European trained Chinese staff includes designers and technicians all eager able to provide a top class service worldwide. PES brings you the latest developments… Read more »
Long standing heavy lift specialist company BigLift Shipping, member of the Netherlands-based Spliethoff Group, is more and more engaged with developments in the renewable energy markets in Europe, and also in the US and Asia. Where wind turbines used to be relatively small, new generation turbine parts, particularly monopiles, are now so heavy and large… Read more »
The renewable energy market is undoubtedly on the rise, particularly in Europe, where wind power is now the second largest source of electricity behind gas-fired power plants. According to a recent report from Wind Europe, the number of onshore and offshore wind turbines added a record 15.6GW of new energy capacity last year and the… Read more »
In Europe alone, tens of thousands of wind turbines produce energy for countless households. Turbine maintenance or servicing is fundamental to ensure it stays this way. Because employees regularly work at great heights they cannot manage without fall protection systems – for example, when climbing a tower by means of a fall arrest system. PES… Read more »
24SEA has been involved in various projects over the last years all focussing on foundation monitoring. Typically, up to 10% of the foundations within offshore wind farms are equipped with a Foundation Structural Health Monitoring (FSHM) system, consisting mainly of installing accelerometers and strain gauges in the transition piece. In the recent projects, for both… Read more »
Global wind capacity is set to double by 2027, and the United States is in the midst of the most lucrative time to increase production of wind energy. Renewable companies are fueled by an urgency to capture tax subsidies and currently in many parts of the country; wind is the cheapest source of new electric… Read more »
André Moura, Founder and CEO of Pro-Drone, Integrated Solutions for the Inspection of Energy Infrastructure, sat down with PES to tell us his perspective on drone inspections and how his company differs from other players in the market. Their experience and strategy means this company is here to stay and remain one step ahead of… Read more »
Wind power technology is advancing at a fast pace. The demand for full scale test systems is on the rise. All investors and manufacturers in the wind power industry want to make sure that turbines function flawlessly. A malfunctioning turbine is a nightmare, especially on offshore wind farms. PES brings you the latest from the… Read more »
Over the past couple of years we have heard more and more about successful floating wind turbine projects. It seems there is huge potential for these floating wind farms. These structures bring with them numerous different security issues. PES brings you an update on the partnership between Orga and Sabik Offshore. It lights up the… Read more »
Gerry Lalonde, CEO, Orenda Energy Solutions explains to PES that Farmers have a great opportunity to ‘pledge a field’ and reap a financial windfall through small wind renewables. Farmers are having a bad time of it. Many have witnessed a fall in income due to the recent spate of bad weather. There is the worry,… Read more »
The global power cable provider NKT believes an even stronger focus on sustainability is emerging in the offshore industry to meet the global demand for renewable energy. The company is continuously investing in projects ensuring sustainability in all areas of its offshore operations and has already seen its energy efficient cable-laying vessel play an important… Read more »