New back contact module with ‘Best in Class’ efficiency (20%) London, 21 March 2018 – Sharp today launches the industry’s most efficient 48 cell PV module for the European market. The NQ-R258H is a new addition to its NQ-R product family of highly efficient back contact modules for residential and commercial use. The NQ-R258H (258W)… Read more »
• First nacelles shipped from Cuxhaven to Ostend harbor in Belgium, installation port for Rentel wind power plant • Further step in industrialization of offshore wind technology • Heavy components to be moved in tailor-made “Roll-on/Roll-off” process Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has now fully implemented its cutting-edge offshore logistics concept announced in late 2015:… Read more »
Leading offshore inspection company, AISUS has announced its first major contract win in the Middle East with North Oil Company (NOC). The six-figure agreement marks a significant milestone for the firm and provides the foundation on which the company plans to build its growing business in the Middle East. The project, which is currently underway,… Read more »
Fabrice Leveque, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “Offshore wind is a UK- wide success story, with recent cost reductions a testament to the sector’s ability to rise to a challenge. “Scotland has a strong heritage of offshore expertise, as well as some of Europe’s best wind resources. This new deal is an opportunity… Read more »
Program provides solar power for underserved communities in Nicaragua, Mexico and Nepal SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif., March 19, 2018 – Trojan Battery Co., LLC, the world’s leading manufacturer of deep-cycle batteries, today announced an expansion of its support for GRID Alternatives’ International Program in 2018 via the supply of solar batteries to power various off-grid… Read more »
The technology group Wärtsilä today announced that it has delivered the world’s largest solar hybrid power plant. Wärtsilä will provide a reliable and sustainable supply of round-the-clock energy which is essential in operating the off-grid gold mine and demonstrate the enormous potential of integrating renewables as the baseload electricity. Wärtsilä was selected by the global… Read more »
London, March 20, 2018: The Energy Industries Council (EIC), the leading trade association for companies that supply goods and services to the energy industries worldwide, celebrated its 75th anniversary on 15 March by holding an exclusive members’ afternoon tea at the House of Lords hosted by Lord Popat and with special guest of honour Minister… Read more »
Working on behalf of Element Power the projects’ developer, renewable energy and infrastructure consultancy, Natural Power, has reached project close on the construction phase at Meenwaun Wind Farm in County Offaly, Ireland, where the team acted as owner’s engineer and provided construction project management and ecological services. The 1OMW MEC site consisting of four GE… Read more »
More security with less effort and lower costs Geislingen-Binsdorf, Germany – March 19, 2018 – Faults in the functioning of photovoltaic plants that are detected too late can have serious effects on their energy yields. Financial losses and thus lower profitability are often the result. In order to prevent possible malfunctions and to be able… Read more »
Munich, 19 March 2018: This year, the solar module manufacturer LG Electronics once again presented BayWa r.e. with the “LG Sales Award” for Europe. In doing so, the company honoured BayWa r.e.’s extraordinary service in the sale of solar modules. BayWa r.e. had the largest share of sales of LG solar modules in Europe last… Read more »
Munich, 15 March 2018 – BayWa AG will, subject to final approval from the relevant antitrust authorities, enter the solar project business in the Netherlands through BayWa r.e.’s acquisition of a 70 per cent shareholding in a project pipeline of around 2 gigawatts (GW) of solar plants from a consortium of GroenLeven Group, the country’s leading… Read more »
• Since 1st October, Siemens Gamesa has secured orders for the supply, transport and installation of 39 wind turbines with aggregate capacity of 104 MW in France • The orders include 22 SWT-3.2-113 turbines, nine G97-2.0 MW and eight SG 2.1-114 • All the contracts include servicing agreements for the next 15 to 20 years… Read more »
– CY 17 revenues at EUR 1,890 million, adjusted EBITDA of EUR 152 million, with a margin of 8.0 % in line with guidance – Order intake of EUR 1,776 million, 36 % year-on-year growth – 4th largest in EMEA region, market share gains in key geographies Hamburg: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind… Read more »
Eco-friendly and economical EV charging utilizing grid and PV power MILAN, ITALY — March 13, 2018 — At MCE Italy, SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”) (NASDAQ: SEDG), a global leader in smart energy, is launching the world’s first EV-charging inverter for the European market. By supplementing grid power with PV power, SolarEdge’s Mode 3 EV charger offers… Read more »
The company brings its VARTA pulse energy storage system to market in Australia VARTA Storage is expanding again – after Italy and Great Britain, the company is now taking on the fifth continent. Effective immediately, households from Perth to Brisbane can purchase energy storage systems “made in Germany” – the VARTA pulse to be precise…. Read more »
Non-compliant discharge of oily water continues to be an environmental threat – and an expensive headache for the marine industry. With the tamper-proof Alfa Laval BlueBox SA, a stand-alone oil content monitor and data recorder, Alfa Laval is providing peace of mind to ship owners and operators. Despite many years of strict enforcement when it… Read more »
UK and Netherlands-based subsea provider N-Sea is part-way through a multi-million-pound unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance campaign for ScottishPower Renewables. The contract for unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance works commenced in December 2017 and includes UXO inspection, identification and clearance on the array area and export cable route of the East Anglia ONE Offshore Windfarm, located in… Read more »
Hamburg: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has received Notice to Proceed for the first stage of the 429 MW Murra Warra wind farm near Horsham in Western Victoria. All conditions precedent have been fulfilled and the contract is now firm and in force. This announcement follows the signing of a Delivery Partnership… Read more »
Lannion, France, March 13, 2018 – RECOM-SILLIA, a major solar module manufacturing company based in France, is awarded with the “Top PV Brand” seal by EuPD Research, Europe’s leading sustainability research firm. French installers and intermediaries have RECOM-SILLIA as their first choice for solar modules and they are highly likely to recommend RECOM-SILLIA to their… Read more »
Natural Power provided technical due diligence reviews on behalf of Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co. LLC on two recent wind plant acquisitions, Georgia Mountain Wind Farm in Vermont, and Wagner Wind in California. The independent evaluations included turbine technology reviews, turbine, blade and BOP inspections as well as of key contracts including PPAs and turbine service… Read more »
Jenny Hogan, Deputy Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said: “This disappointing news reflects clearly the state of this sector in the UK. “Small wind turbine manufacturers like Gaia-Wind have suffered from both cuts to support provided by the UK Government and, more acutely, a lack of direction for the policies which should sustain a viable… Read more »
he Company won all tenders for robotic cleaning technology issued by tier-1 players in 2017, maintaining leadership February XX, 2018 – Ecoppia, the world-leader in robotic, water-free photovoltaic solar panel cleaning solutions, announced today the completion of additional 3 deployments in the Bhadla region, which consists of a 2,255 MW Bhadla Solar Park, in Jodhpur,… Read more »
SeaRenergy has successfully completed a two year construction site safety contract for the Veja Mate wind farm. The service agreement started in early 2016 and included provision, installation, maintenance, as well as the recovery of 5 cardinal marker buoys and 3 mooring buoys. The cardinal marker buoys were required to mark the outside boundaries of… Read more »
SW-Registry notation meets requirements of IACS revised Unified Requirement (UR E22) SYS-COM notation covers requirements for ship-shore data security Guidelines for Autonomous Shipping now available Paris – La Défense, France, March 13 2018 – Bureau Veritas has developed a comprehensive approach to support shipowners in addressing maritime cyber risks. A new series of classification notations,… Read more »
Global subsea equipment specialist, Ashtead Technology, has invested £2.8m in new technology over the past month in response to anticipated market demand. The company, which now has the largest rental fleet in the world has stocked up with core survey, imaging, mapping and positioning systems from a range of industry suppliers including Teledyne, Sonardyne, R2Sonic,… Read more »
Scottish Renewables’ Annual Conference on March 26-7 will also hear from UK Government on sector’s future Event will also feature Red Dwarf actor Robert Llewellyn The future of Scotland’s £5.5 billion-a-year renewable energy industry is up for debate at Scottish Renewables’ Annual Conference later this month (March 26-7). First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will take to… Read more »
Japan: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has signed a contract to supply and service seven Senvion 3.4M104 turbines for the Wakami Wind Farm developed by Japan Wind Development Co., Ltd. (JWD) and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES). The turbines have a hub height of 80 meters, and have been specially… Read more »
TEMPE, Ariz., March 13th, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Amtech Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS), a global supplier of production equipment and related supplies for the solar, semiconductor, and LED markets, today announced its solar subsidiary, SoLayTec B.V., has shipped a next generation solar Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) to an Asian customer. While the PV market is shifting… Read more »
120 meters diameter – installation of the largest rotor in 2 MW class in India Hamburg / Mumbai / New Delhi: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has been awarded a 30 MW onshore wind project from Engie – one of the world renowned clean energy companies, to deliver the Tithwa Project (won… Read more »
Unexploded mine and bomb specialist Ordtek has secured its first offshore wind farm projects in the US and Taiwan with energy giant Ørsted. The Norfolk-based unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk management expert will be supporting the company, formerly DONG, on two offshore wind farms to be developed off the US east coast, Bay State Wind and… Read more »
The National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) has appointed Tony Laing as its new director of research and market acceleration. Bringing more than 35 years’ experience, Mr Laing will be tasked with ensuring the UK’s subsea technology needs are understood and met within an increasingly diverse business environment and the associated complex innovation and funding landscape…. Read more »
Green energy developer Rob Forrest takes over as Chairman of Scottish Renewables New Board represents all renewable energy technologies Scottish Renewables, the voice of Scotland’s renewable energy sector, can today (March 12) announce the appointment of its new Chairman and Vice-Chairman, as well as several new Directors. Rob Forrest, Chief Executive of renewable energy developer… Read more »
CRONIMET Mining Power Solutions Namibia, a renewable energy company financing, developing, building and operating solar plants, completed its latest project by the end of January 2018. The plant built on O&L Leisure’s Mokuti Lodge has now officially been connected to the grid. The project is the second utility scale solar PV plant CRONIMET implemented within… Read more »
The Mermaid and Seastar projects are amongst the last offshore wind projects to be built in the current designated offshore energy area in the Belgian EEZ. In a rapidly changing environment with a growing importance of offshore wind in the energy mix and decreasing cost levels, the Mermaid and Seastar projects adopted a combined approach… Read more »
UK-based water quality monitoring specialists Rivertrace will be showcasing its Smart PFM 107 Oil-in-Water Monitor and Smart Turbidity Monitor, at Asia Pacific Maritime, Basement 2 Hall 4 Booth F-B26, March 14th – 16th 2018 in Singapore. Rivertrace, an ISO9001 Quality-Assured Company and market leader with over 30 years’ experience of oil-in-water monitoring, produces a range… Read more »
ONYX InSight is a new predictive maintenance brand giving wind turbine owners and operators unparalleled control by combining data analytics and engineering expertise Nottingham, 8 March 2018 – Global lubricant manufacturer, Castrol, and Romax Technology (Romax), a leader in software, analysis and services for rotating machinery, have launched ONYX InSight, a new predictive maintenance brand… Read more »