The market for energy has always been affected by climate, global policies and new technologies. According to Energy and Climate Academy, who works worldwide in further education for the energy and climate sector, there are changes ahead. The future parameter for success is not another invention, but the ability to be able to process the… Read more »
Renting accommodation, locker rooms or temporary storage space is a cost effective way of ensuring worker comfort during offshore installations. PES finds out about the ELA Container Offshore GmbH mobile room solutions, their various sizes and the different accommodation configurations available to meet customers’ requests. ELA Container Offshore GmbH produces stand-alone offshore containers, to be… Read more »
Suddenly the news is spreading. The installation market is developing so fast that large floating cranes seem to be the answer to the ever-increasing turbine size in the wind industry. Jack-ups have long been the installation vessel of choice in the offshore wind industry; however we are now seeing various contractors using large offshore floating… Read more »
Raymond Fisch, Senior Vice President, at BBC Chartering, talks to PES about the changes in the shipping market, the importance of training and the strong ethos which runs throughout the company. PES: Welcome back to PES Wind magazine. It’s been two years or so since we last spoke. Thanks for talking with us. For our… Read more »
The American Wind Energy Association is heading back to the U.S. which has championed the wind energy industry for decades for WINDPOWER®. PES brings you the latest information on this unmissable event. If you are invested in U.S. wind energy or looking to enter the market, AWEA WINDPOWER 2017 Conference & Exhibition is the place… Read more »
The renewables market, particularly wind, is a key sector for ALE. Building on experience in the power sector, we have used our knowledge and expertise to develop smarter solutions to the challenges created by the increasing heights of wind turbines and associated components. In relation to the on-shore wind enery market, ALE offers a bespoke… Read more »
Why is using a transducerized tooling system important to me and my customers? To understand the importance you must understand the accuracy difference between Transducerized and Current Controlled tooling. Current Controlled (Open Loop) tools are a dedicated system consisting of a tool, cable and controller. They are pre-calibrated in a lab using an external transducer… Read more »
In this, first of four articles, we look at how ActSafe Powered Ascenders are making wind turbine maintenance quicker and more efficient. We are all familiar with the adage “time is money”, and in offshore wind energy nothing could be more true. Getting people and material onsite quicker and allowing work tasks to be completed… Read more »
Offshore wind turbines suffer from severe corrosion and with limited access to them, the choice of the right corrosion protection is crucial. The most widely used protection methods are anti-corrosion coatings, often in combination with cathodic protection (in the submerged zone). However, these coatings often suffer from premature failure due to mechanical damage, application errors… Read more »
A new innovative approach to windfarms could, at last, make them more popular and community friendly. Bringing the benefits and the profits home to local communities. Daniel Dubbelhuis, Account Manager Netherlands at Lagerwey tells us how. Large multi megawatt parks in concentrated areas developed by and for the local community, anonymous big developers – ensure… Read more »
SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, has supported the 115MW Santiago Solar PV plant in Chile to financial close. The leading renewable and grid integration consultancy was appointed by Santiago Solar S.A. to undertake technical due diligence during the financing period at the site which is located in Til-Til, Santiago. SgurrEnergy’s scope of… Read more »
GRS Global Renewables Shipbrokers, OWS Off-Shore Wind Solutions and A1 Offshore Solutions announce the Sale of the DP2 Walk-to-Work Vessel OCEAN ZEPHYR. GRS has developed and arranged the sale of OCEAN ZEPHYR (incl. Ampelmann A Type) from Emden based OWS Off-Shore Wind Solutions to Denmark based A1 Offshore Solutions. The delivery took place on the… Read more »
Heraeus Photovoltaics will introduce eight new products and services at SNEC 2017 in Shanghai to significantly enhance solar cell and production process efficiencies to meet fast growing renewable markets SHANGHAI, CHINA – April 5, 2017 – Heraeus Photovoltaics, a leading technology solution provider for the renewable energy industry, will be introducing plenty of new products… Read more »
SeaRoc Group has hosted its second industry workshop, attracting a number of wind energy companies from across the globe with attendees travelling to the SeaRoc’s office in West Sussex for the event from Spain, France, Orkney and Singapore. Furthermore, the workshop has proven to grow in popularity with double the number of attendees compared to… Read more »
• Integration kicks off to create a leader in the renewable energy business • First appointments of the leadership team confirmed to drive integration forward • First Annual Shareholder Meeting to take place in June Initial steps for the creation of a leading company in the global wind energy industry are well underway with the… Read more »
Hamburg, 5 April 2017. The Nordex Group is widening its range of efficient solutions for medium and light-wind locations with the addition of two new models. The N131/3900 is an enhanced version of the N131/3600 from the Generation Delta range. With the N131/3900, Nordex is raising the nominal output of its most powerful light-wind turbine… Read more »
Leading technical advisor expands Australia team as it guides owners and lenders through financing and construction of renewable energy projects, including Australia’s largest solar project financing deal to date Sydney, 5th April 2017 – OST Energy (OST), a leading independent engineering consultancy, has provided technical advisory services to inform a $232 million, 198MWp transaction led… Read more »
Munich, 5 April 2017: BayWa r.e. has successfully connected seven solar farms to the grid in the UK. These plants achieve a total output of 76MWp and are situated in locations across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. BayWa r.e. has set up all of these turnkey plants within the last five months. The commissioning in… Read more »
With the Solar-Log™, Solare Datensysteme GmbH (SDS) offers the most sophisticated energy management system. Solar-Log™ represents professional PV monitoring, efficient control of PV energy feed into the grid and innovative solutions for Smart Energy.This allows various electrical appliances such as heat pumps, battery storage systems, heating rods and combined heat and power (CHP) plants to… Read more »
On 3 April 2017 Jan De Nul Group successfully installed the 50th and final wind turbine of the Nobelwind offshore wind farm from the Heavy Lift Vessel Vole au vent. The 165MW offshore wind farm, owned by Parkwind, is situated some 45 kilometres off the coast of Ostend and will provide green energy to 186,000… Read more »
The first use of a new offshore innovation by Ampelmann and Siem Offshore Contractors delivered major operational efficiencies on Germany’s first commercial offshore windfarm. Ampelmann’s E1000 motion compensated access system, with a gangway which transforms into a crane boom, performed over 12,000 people transfers and 7,000 cargo transfers safely between an offshore support vessel and… Read more »
The 105MWp financed by Bayern LB have all been successfully connected to grid WIRSOL Energy Ltd (WIRSOL), the company responsible for the UK and Australian markets within WIRCON Group today announces that it has successfully connected 19 solar parks. The 19 solar sites located in England and Northern Ireland total 105.5 MWp and range from… Read more »
Rhenus Offshore Logistics has replaced two containers on a cable access platform at the Nordergründe wind park. The job involved fully coordinating and completing the work and included solving the technical problem and making available the suitable cargo fastening equipment. The special challenge in this job involved replacing the two 10-foot containers at a height… Read more »
• Clean energy for 24,000 households • Seven direct-drive wind turbines of the type SWT-3.2-113 • Service and maintenance included over a period of 21 years Siemens Wind Power has received an order for a new onshore wind project in the southwest of France. The new wind power plant, owned by Futuren, an international independent… Read more »
Consolidated 2016 revenues increase 17% Positive EBIT result for the first time in several years Excellent gross margin driven by supply chain efforts, despite market price declines Further strong revenue and earnings growth expected for 2017 Sulzemoos, Germany, March 31st, 2017 / Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed on… Read more »
SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, has been appointed by Meridiam, lead developer and investor, to advise on the Senergy and Ten Merina solar photovoltaic (PV) power projects located in Senegal, Africa. As the first large-scale projects of their kind to be developed in Senegal, each 30MWp site will consist of a ground-mounted… Read more »
Würzburg (Germany), March 30, 2017 – The German chemicals group Wacker Chemie AG has become the world’s largest manufacturer of polysilicon, the feedstock for semiconductors and solar cells. With a production volume of more than 70,000 metric tons (MT) in 2016, Wacker superseded Jiangsu Zhongneng Polysilicon, a subsidiary of GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. in China,… Read more »
Vendres, France – In the French regulator’s recently published bidding round „AO CRE4“, BELECTRIC has positioned itself perfectly based on its many years of experience in the French PV power market. Winning a volume of 20 MW, the company belongs to the top ten tender winners. A total of three projects were entirely developed by… Read more »
· Group revenue up 4 % to EUR 144.4 million · Order intake increases by 55 % to EUR 141.8 million · Group achieves EBITDA of EUR 2.8 million · Core businesses of Photovoltaics & Semiconductor and Thin Film & Customized Equipment generate positive EBITDA of EUR 6.0 million · Silicon segment weighs on the consolidated result in an amount of… Read more »
Three companies step up to implement government low carbon energy policy, despite steep funding cuts Iver, Buckinghamshire, UK: BELECTRIC UK has completed a 3.42 MWp (megawatt peak) solar power installation on the rooftops of the Rolls-Royce defence aerospace manufacturing facility in Bristol, UK. The new solar power plant — Rolls-Royce’s first in the UK —… Read more »
Bremen-based shipping company Harren & Partner is proud to become technical manager of Wind Lift I. Harren & Partner’s Offshore Department headed by Robert Fowler (offshore@hp-shipping.de) will be responsible for managing the jack-up vessel starting in April. Wind Lift I, built in 2010 at Western Shipyard in Klaipėda, Lithuania, is owned by Ocean Breeze Energy… Read more »
Russia’s Hevel Solar has successfully finished the conversion of the existing production line for a-Si thin-film solar modules More than 21.75 % cell efficiency after upgrading to heterojunction (HJT) technology The SILEX II supplied transports four carriers in parallel, thus offering a capacity in excess of 5,000 wafers per hour Kahl am Main, 29. March… Read more »
Augsburg, 3/29/2017 – meteocontrol GmbH, a leading provider of independent photovoltaic monitoring systems, has officially entered into Japan market and launched a new company “meteocontrol Japan” starting business operation in April. Meteocontrol Japan is a joint venture with Suntech Power Japan Corporation, a subsidiary of one of the major Chinese module manufacturers, Suntech Power. Meteocontrol… Read more »
SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, supported Bayerische Landesbank and Arab African International Bank as lenders’ technical advisor on one of the world’s largest utility-scale grid-connected solar power complexes. Located in Aswan, Egypt, the 64.1 MWp Infinity 50 Solar Park, which is part of Benban’s solar development complex, will comprise of almost 200,000… Read more »
The new B-Box HV model complements the B-Box series of easy-to-install modular and scalable battery cabinets March 28th 2017 – BYD Co. Ltd., the world’s largest supplier of rechargeable batteries, launched its newly expanded line-up of B-Box Battery Energy Storage Systems in Europe. With the newly introduced B-Box HV, the easy-to-install modular battery cabinets are… Read more »
Supports Trojan Strategic Worldwide Expansion into New Market Segments SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif., March 28, 2017 – As part of its global innovation strategy, Trojan Battery Co., LLC, the world’s leading manufacturer of deep-cycle batteries, has named Ivan Menjak as director of global product solutions. In this role, Menjak will be responsible for managing Trojan’s… Read more »