Author: Francesco

Cyberhawk Innovations announces double shortlisting for Offshore Achievement Awards

Cyberhawk Innovations is delighted to be recognised as a finalist at the 2017 Offshore Achievement Awards for the categories Safety Innovation and Export Achievement. The world leader in aerial inspection and survey using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), otherwise known as drones, continues to pioneer the use of this technology to conduct close up inspections of live… Read more »

RNRG’s SRA Systems Improve Power Prediction Accuracy by 14% at Japanese PV Project

Hinesburg, VT, USA – January 16, 2017: When developing a utility-scale solar PV project, accurately projecting the site’s power output is crucial. For its 33 MW Kumenan PV project in Japan, Pacifico Energy experimented with publically available data before seeking a more precise measurement solution. After implementing SRA Systems from Renewable NRG Systems (RNRG)—a leading… Read more »

Energy efficiency in the kitchen

20% energy costs saving in the restaurant industry Griddles, fryers, electric hot-plates, ovens, refrigerators, air conditioners: these are just some example of energy consuming devices in a restaurant. Most of them are not on 24 hours a day, nevertheless energy saving is mandatory to reduce the electric bill. That’s why power monitoring and power management… Read more »

Nordex supplies 22 large turbines to Australia

Hamburg, 12 January 2017. Uptrend Down Under: End of 2016 the Nordex Group has signed a contract for supplying 22 AW125/3000 turbines for the construction of the first phase of “Mount Gellibrand” wind farm in Australia. This 66 MW project is located near Colac, in Western Victoria state, in the south-east of the country. The… Read more »

BayWa r.e. acquires O&M service provider Green Hedge Operational Services, bringing its UK O&M portfolio to 620 MW

Munich, 12 January 2017: BayWa r.e. has acquired the stand-alone operations & maintenance (O&M) service business that was previously part of the Green Hedge group of companies. With this successful acquisition, BayWa r.e. is adding 160MW of O&M mandates for photovoltaic (PV) plants to its existing operating portfolio in UK, bringing the total to 620MW.  Green… Read more »

Increase in Nordex Group’s order intake to over EUR 3.3 billion in 2016

33.6% increase in new orders Acquisition of Acciona Windpower drives growth in South and North America Working capital ratio meeting 2016 target Hamburg, 11 January 2016. The order intake of the Nordex Group (ISIN DE000A0D6554) grew by 33.6% to EUR 3.30 billion in 2016 (2015: EUR 2.47 billion). The geographical distribution of 2016 orders mirrored… Read more »

Goldbeck Solar reaches very good results in customer satisfaction

85 percent of the O&M customers are satisfied or very satisfied with the on-the-spot operations and maintenance service Goldbeck Solar GmbH successfully completed its latest customer satisfaction survey. Almost all respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with the quality of the service provider. Especially the commercial processing and the maintenance technicians were rated positively (5.1… Read more »

WINDSOURCING.COM is official Distribution Partner for the new MiComm IP-Box by Mita-Teknik (01/2017)

Mita-Teknik chooses WINDSOURCING.COM as Sales Partner for the new MiComm IP-Box Hamburg, 10 January 2017. Already in 2015 WINDSOURCING.COM welcomed the leading industry player Mita-Teknik on board and became official distribution partner for the Danish company’s wind energy products. Mita-Teknik is an international company specializing in complete control concepts for wind turbines. Among others control… Read more »

Lightsource Secures 365MW Third Party Operation & Maintenance and Asset Management Portfolio

Lightsource Renewable Energy, Europe’s leading solar energy company, has partnered Vortex, a European renewable energy platform managed by EFG Hermes Private Equity arm, on the acquisition of one of the UK’s largest solar PV portfolios. Lightsource will provide long-term Operations & Maintenance and Asset Management services to Vortex which has entered into a sale and… Read more »

Solar-Log™ Hybrid eControl-Box –reduce diesel consumption and CO2 emissions

With the Solar-Log™ Hybrid eControl-Box, the interaction between PV plants and diesel generators in regions with unstable power grids can be optimally regulated. In many countries, there are regions with unstable power grids. When grid power failures occur in these regions, diesel motors are often used to provide temporary power. When used in combination with… Read more »

Photovoltaik-Institut Berlin ensures future profitability of PV power plants in Jordan

Module quality is a crucial factor in securing project profitability in this competitive environment Berlin/Amman/Abu Dhabi, 9 January 2017 – Acting as an independent consultant, the Photovoltaik-Institut Berlin (PI Berlin) has assisted in the acceptance of four photovoltaic power plants with a total capacity of 57 megawatts (MW) in Jordan. The project developer, Adenium Energy… Read more »

Meyer Burger awarded orders for industry-leading MB PERC upgrade cell technology from two existing Asian customers for a total amount of about CHF 20 million

Two existing PV customers located in Asia have awarded Meyer Burger contracts with a combined value of about CHF 20 million for the delivery and installation of the MAiA 2.1 technology platform with the industry-leading upgrade cell technology MB PERC. Delivery and commissioning of the equipment is scheduled to start as of the second quarter… Read more »

Sungrow wins a contract supplying 200MW PV inverters to Blue Capital Management Co., Ltd, in Japan

Tokyo, Japan / Jan 9 – Sungrow, the world’s leading PV inverter manufacturer, has recently signed an agreement with Blue Capital Management Co., Ltd, a Japanese developer, for the supply of 200 MW of central inverters in Japan. Tokyo-based developer Blue Power noted that they felt confident in the agreement “as Sungrow has an excellent manufacturing… Read more »

Project start for Wind Innovation

C-bed marks the New Year by seeing Wind Innovation heading off to the German North Sea and immediately initiate a new challenging offshore wind assignment. The new project is located 95 km North West from Borkum Island, which is an ideal location with strong, steady winds. In total, the wind farm will compose 67 single… Read more »

Change in the Management Board of 3D-Micromac AG

Uwe Wagner appointed as Chief Technology Officer The chairman of 3D-Micromac AG has appointed Uwe Wagner as Chief Technology Officer. Effective January 1, 2017 he takes charge of technological management at the Chemnitz machine manufacturer and heads the company divisions of engineering and process development. Uwe Wagner was born in 1971. He studied Electrical Engineering/… Read more »

Trimark SCADA Selected for First Utility-Scale Solar Resource on Grand Cayman Island

Folsom, CA –  In a field just off the beach on Grand Cayman, Trimark will deliver an advanced SCADA system to monitor and control the first, utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) power generation resource in this island nation. The 5 MW electric power generation resource in Bodden Town, Grand Cayman, is being developed by Entropy Cayman Solar… Read more »

Delta’s Photovoltaic (PV) Inverters Bring High Energy Efficiency to a Cluster of Solar PV Plants in Denmark with a Total Capacity of 50.4MW

Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, announced today its state-of-the-art PV inverter technology has been successfully integrated into a conglomerate of 126 solar PV power plants in Vandel, Denmark totalling 50.4MW A total of 1,008 units of Delta’s M50A series solar PV inverters, featuring leading efficiency of up to 98.6% and… Read more »

Siemens wins first offshore wind project in Belgium

• Rentel offshore wind power plant with a capacity of 309 megawatts • 42 SWT-7.0-154 wind turbines • Clean power for 300,000 Belgian households • 17-year service and maintenance contract Siemens, as a significant player in offshore wind power, has successfully entered the offshore wind market in Belgium with a first order for the 309MW… Read more »

GRS nets Taiwanese Job

Hamburg-based specialist shipbroker GRS – Global Renewables Shipbrokers – has provided brokerage services on turnkey solution basis for a geotechnical soil investigation campaign in Taiwanese waters. The campaign represents the first assignment of GRS in Taiwan. GRS supported the European wind farm developer during the entire purchasing procedure for a one-stop-shop contractor and eventually partnered… Read more »

A connection for the future: Multi-Contact becomes Stäubli Electrical Connectors

Multi-Contact, the leading international manufacturer of electrical contacts and system solutions for industrial applications has been part of the Stäubli Group since 2002 and is now taking on the latter’s name and brand identity. Starting January 1, 2017 the company will offer its quality products and tailored customer solutions worldwide as Stäubli Electrical Connectors. A… Read more »

WACKER POLYSILICON Under New Leadership

Munich, December 16, 2016 – Dr. Tobias Brandis (45) is taking over as president of the WACKER POLYSILICON division effective January 1, 2017. He succeeds Ewald Schindlbeck who, effective the same date, is retiring after 33 years at the company. Brandis was previously Chief Financial Officer of the Group’s US subsidiary Wacker Chemical Corporation. Dr…. Read more »

Senvion wins firm framework over more than 500 MW in India Big Contract emphasizes the planned growth story

Hamburg/Mumbai: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has concluded its first contract in India for the supply of 220 Senvion turbines totaling more than 500 megawatts (MW) under a firm framework agreement with one of the large Indian IPPs. The 220 turbines will consist of turbines from the recently acquired Kenersys portfolio. Turbines… Read more »

Younicos selected by Centrica to design one of the world’s largest battery storage systems

49 MW lithium-ion system in UK will support multiple, market-driven use cases ranging from peaking to frequency regulation / Deal underscores versatility of Younicos solutions Windsor (UK), Berlin (Germany) and Austin, Texas (USA), December 14, 2016 – Energy storage pioneer Younicos has been selected by Centrica to design one of the world’s largest and most… Read more »

Aquila Capital expands its photovoltaic portfolio with new investment in Japan

Aquila Capital has made an investment in the three-digit million euro range in a photovoltaic park in Tomakomai, Hokkaido in the north of Japan on behalf of institutional investors. It is the company’s second investment in the country. The park will be one of the largest PV plants in Japan with an integrated energy storage… Read more »

Ailes Marines deploys AXYS WindSentinel to provide wind resource assessment for Bay of St. Brieuc site in France

AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS) is pleased to announce that the FLiDAR WindSentinel buoy has been deployed in Brittany, France as part of the energy assessment for the Bay of Saint-Brieuc commercial offshore wind farm development managed by Ailes Marines.  The FLIDAR WindSentinel system is equipped with dual LiDAR sensors to measure the wind resource and expected energy production at the offshore wind… Read more »

WACKER Builds new Pyrogenic Silica Plant

 WITH AN ANNUAL CAPACITY OF 13,000 METRIC TONS, THE NEW PRODUCTION FACILITY FOR PYROGENIC SILICA SUPPLEMENTS THE CHARLESTON SITE’S VALUE CHAIN  CONSTRUCTION WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN SPRING OF 2017, WITH COMPLETION PLANNED FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2019  CAPITAL EXPENDITURE OF SOME US$150 MILLION TO BE INVESTED AND AROUND 50 NEW JOBS TO… Read more »

Turkish customers order 19 turbines totalling 68.4 MW

N117/3600 also proving a success in Turkey Hamburg, 14 December 2016. The Nordex Group has received its first order for wind farms with the N117/3600 in Turkey. Its customers Bakir Enerji and Marmarares Elektrik have ordered a total of 19 turbines with a combined capacity of 68.4 MW for the “Esenköy” and “Kürekdagi” projects. “Esenköy”… Read more »

EES AWARD 2017: REVOLUTIONIZING THE MARKET THROUGH INNOVATION

Companies are invited to submit their applications by March 17 Munich, December 13, 2016 – Innovative storage solutions are driving the energy transition forward: The ees AWARD is set to be presented for the fourth time running at ees Europe, the continent’s largest exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems. The celebratory award ceremony will… Read more »

PIONEERING INNOVATIONS: INTERSOLAR AWARD CELEBRATES ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY

Applications can be submitted from January 2017 Munich, December 13, 2016 – In 2017, the Intersolar AWARD will pay tribute to innovative solutions in the solar industry for the 10th year in a row – true to the motto ‘Powering the Future with Innovation!’. Companies and project owners are invited to submit their entries for… Read more »

Buss Orange Blue Terminal in Eemshaven given green light as base port for Nordsee One wind farm

Hamburg-based Buss Group’s Orange Blue Terminal in Eemshaven signs agreement with wind turbine manufacturer Senvion / Order includes handling of 54 wind turbines for the Nordsee One wind farm / Components to start shipping from February  Hamburg, 13 December 2016. The Buss Orange Blue Terminal and the international wind turbine manufacturer Senvion have signed an… Read more »

Solar-Log™ in Combination with Building Automation Systems

The Solar-Log™ makes the basic data from the PV plant available via Modbus TCP FREE. The building automation system can retrieve and process this data in real time. This allows the PV plant to be presented and analyzed together with other components of the building and to increase self-consumption with specific switching operations. If you… Read more »

Nordex Group secures new order in the US

IPP purchases safe harbor components from Nordex for future wind farm projects Ordering components ensures that wind farm operator obtains top tax credit from Production Tax Credit Hamburg, 13 December 2016. An international IPP has now signed a contract with the Nordex Group for PTC qualifying components corresponding to a value of 32 million US… Read more »