On the 14th of April 2016, Ampelmann, the global leader in offshore access solutions, and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (Sakhalin Energy) signed an agreement to install and operate a winterized version of an Ampelmann’s motion compensated gangway system. This system will be capable of safely and efficiently transferring work crew up to -28 degrees… Read more »
The percentage of renewables in the electricity supply is steadily growing worldwide. Using a combination of different renewable sources, an ecological and economical electricity mix can be realized across national borders. Decisive here is the reliable supply, storage and distribution of renewable electricity. In the Supergrid project, several Fraunhofer institutes joined together to research just… Read more »
• Wiki-Solar’s current global EPC ranking places Phoenix Solar at No. 17 in terms of MWp capacity commissioned, and No. 8 in terms of projects completed Sulzemoos, Germany, April 18th, 2016 / Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has been… Read more »
This unique event brings together an international group of experts armed with the latest knowledge to highlight the potential use of high performance marine battery systems and stored energy. The objective is to identify a range of genuine solutions for workboats, pilot boats, wind farm support vessels, survey vessels, scientific research craft, fishing vessels, superyachts,… Read more »
• Memorandums of Understanding for development of distributed generation as well as power and transmission infrastructure In connection with Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s visit to Germany, Siemens has signed today two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with the state power company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN). Both parties agreed on the development of 500 megawatts (MW) of… Read more »
Dumfries and Galloway-based renewable energy consultant Natural Power has been appointed by Kite Power Solutions (KPS) to support proposals for consenting a test and development site at RAF West Freugh (now operated by QinetiQ), near Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Founded in 2011, KPS was established to develop a deep water wind energy technology… Read more »
Munich, April 15, 2016 – Two months before the exhibition opens, Intersolar Europe is sending the market positive signals: The exhibition space at the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry and its partners has been fully booked. And the same is true for ees Europe, Europe’s largest exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems…. Read more »
The trade fair season is in full swing – the MCE in Milan and the ifh/INTHERM in Nuremberg are behind us already, two more appointments in Munich and Istanbul are still to come. All who lack the time to visit us on one of these trade fairs are welcome to take a look around our… Read more »
C-bed’s floating hotel, Wind Ambition, is applying its full single cabin capacity on a new offshore wind project in the German North Sea. Along with workshop, storage, and office facilities, Wind Ambition provides accommodation for a total 137 persons in single cabins. This new assignment involves a routine offshore wind service campaign and composes four… Read more »
Zwoenitz, 14 April 2016. With installations of 367 megawatts in the first quarter of 2016, the German-based company Gantner Instruments has established itself as one of the biggest independent photovoltaic monitoring companies worldwide. Since January 2016, the PV business unit Gantner Instruments Environment Solutions has already provided turnkey monitoring and control solutions for 33 projects… Read more »
When the Fraunhofer ISE Photovoltaic Technology Evaluation Center PV-TEC was inaugurated in Spring 2006, it was the first research-based pilot line for crystalline silicon solar cells. Back then with support from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Fraunhofer ISE PV-TEC was able to build a new, unique service center for the photovoltaic (PV) industry…. Read more »
London, UK (APRIL 14, 2016) – Solar Plants, one of Wales’ leading independent PV installers, completes a 250kW commercial installation with SolarEdge’s DC optimized inverter solution at Sony UK Technology Centre. Looking to promote the use of green energy, Sony UK Technology Centre was specifically interested in SolarEdge’s solution as it increases system production by… Read more »
Zwoenitz, 14 April 2016. With installations of 367 megawatts in the first quarter of 2016, the German-based company Gantner Instruments has established itself as one of the biggest independent photovoltaic monitoring companies worldwide. Since January 2016, the PV business unit Gantner Instruments Environment Solutions has already provided turnkey monitoring and control solutions for 33 projects… Read more »
When the Fraunhofer ISE Photovoltaic Technology Evaluation Center PV-TEC was inaugurated in Spring 2006, it was the first research-based pilot line for crystalline silicon solar cells. Back then with support from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Fraunhofer ISE PV-TEC was able to build a new, unique service center for the photovoltaic (PV) industry…. Read more »
Moventas has been chosen the best wind O&M service provider of the year 2015 in the USA. The award was handed to the Moventas team last night in the Dallas Wind O&M conference by Wind Energy Update. Moventas won by both votes from the conference participants and a separate panel of independent wind O&M industry… Read more »
DENVER — Southern California Edison connected 1,258 new megawatts of solar power to the grid in 2015, more than any other utility in the United States, according to the annual utility solar market survey conducted by the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), formerly the Solar Electric Power Association. Edison was one of two utilities claiming… Read more »
The prices of the storage solutions and the resulting low margins are the main reasons why US installers choose not to carry this technology in their portfolio, as the latest study conducted by EuPD Research reveals. Bonn. 38% of the participants of the “PV InstallerSurvey USA 2015/2016” decide not to offer energy storage solutions to… Read more »
Hinesburg, VT, USA, April 13th 2016 – RNRG has announced today that the site-wide installation of its “TurbinePhD” condition monitoring systems has been completed at the 21 MW Grant County Wind Farm in Minnesota, USA. Originally constructed in 2010 and owned by Aspenall Energies, the project is composed of ten 2.1MW Suzlon S88 wind turbines…. Read more »
Bibby Marine Services, owners of the recently commissioned Service Operations Vessel (SOV) for offshore wind farm operators, Bibby WaveMaster 1, has announced a key appointment. Stephen Bolton has been appointed Operations Director. Stephen brings a wealth of industry experience to this strategically important role, having worked in the electricity industry for over 20 years. He… Read more »
The emerging technology reaches 21% efficiency in the lab, leading to deal-making between companies and academic institutions driving research, Lux Research says BOSTON, MA – April 12, 2016 – Perovskite solar cells are hailed as the next generation of photovoltaic material, and are hoping to drive adoption in new applications. While there are challenges to… Read more »
This is the real experience in a PV plant in Piacenza (Northern Italy) where the wide range of input voltage of the Omron Inverter maximize productivity hours in the year The best solution to repair at the uncertainty of the incentives scheme experienced recently in Italy is to increase solar productivity hours during the year:… Read more »
Solar energy company PROINSO will donate solar equipment to sixteen United World Colleges (UWC) to assist students in comparing renewable energy data from different parts of the world. PROINSO’s first donation has been made to UWC Atlantic College in Llantwit Major, South Wales. The equipment will be set up in the college’s ‘Valley’, an on-site… Read more »
WindEurope has elected Francesco Venturini, Chief Executive Officer of Enel Green Power, as its new chairman. Mr. Venturini was elected for an 18-month term by WindEurope’s Board of Directors, which is comprised of corporate members, national associations and other organisations. Upon his appointment, Mr. Venturini said: “It is an honour for me to have been… Read more »
Helsinki, Finland, April 7, 2016 – The Switch, a specialist of megawatt-class permanent magnet (PM) machines for advanced marine drive trains, has been selected to deliver its PM shaft generator for an LNG carrier with a 45,000 cubic meter cargo capacity, allowing the vessel to gain greater efficiency over its entire speed range. This order… Read more »
Meyer Burger receives significant contract for over CHF 18 million for upgrade equipment and technologies including the MAiA 2.1 system platform, SiNA cell coating systems and innovative DW288 diamond wire cutting equipment and technology. JA Solar, a leading solar manufacturer in Asia, has awarded Meyer Burger a contract for the delivery of its industrially proven… Read more »
— Flexitricity opens doors for new connections to its demand response network — Businesses and organisations across the UK are being urged to become part of a network of ‘virtual’ power stations and secure a share of £4.5million. Flexitricity is seeking new organisations to join its network of Energy Partners who help National Grid balance… Read more »
Mumbai/Pforzheim/Freiburg, April 05, 2016 – Strong partners for the energy transition in India: HUSUM Wind and Intersolar are forming a strategic partnership. From October 19-21, 2016, the internationally renowned exhibition for wind energy will be represented with a special area at India’s largest exhibition and conference for the solar industry in Mumbai. The special area… Read more »
Where can you find updates and meet the people involved with bioenergy; geothermal; hydrogen and fuel cells; hydropower; solar; offshore and onshore wind; wave and tidal energy; business energy efficiency; energy storage; sustainable cities and their needs; carbon capture and storage …….and more? The list is seemingly almost endless, but if it is to do… Read more »
Augsburg, 04/06/2016 – Green City Energy AG, an alternative energy provider based in Munich, is determined to increase the efficiency and returns of the operation management in its system portfolio, which comprises about 40 MWp of installed PV power. To accomplish this goal, it asked meteocontrol GmbH to integrate all 25 solar parks into a… Read more »
Goldbeck Solar expands its activities The Turkish solar market may expand to 600 megawatt peak over the course of this year. Goldbeck Solar, a solar EPC contractor from Hirschberg near Heidelberg in Germany, wants to provide between 30 and 50 MWp. In a country with an average 7.5 sun hours per day, photovoltaic energy simply… Read more »
SunEdison Australia is one of Australia’s largest companies solely dedicated to solar energy. The Australian business was founded in 2006 and has since installed over 23,000 solar systems on homes, schools and commercial buildings. The Energy-Management Specialist Solare Datensysteme spoke with Sun Edison about the photovoltaic projects in Australia and the special challenges of the… Read more »
Ingeteam has won an EU tender for the supply, installation and maintenance of a battery storage system for the European Commission that will serve as a test bench for this technology institution. The lab will use a real system (no simulation) for feasibility analysis of the energy storage systems developed in the coming years. Ingeteam…. Read more »
OSTEND (BE) – KARLSKRONA (SE) After an European tender procedure the planned Belgian offshore wind farm Rentel has awarded the contract for the export cable to the Swedish company ABB AB. This leading power and automation technology group will design, produce and install the approximately 40 km long cable connecting the offshore substation to the… Read more »
ACL is proud to announce that it officially took delivery of the ATLANTIC SAIL, the second of five new vessels in the G4 fleet, on March 31st. The ATLANTIC SAIL will sail from China early in the week of April 4th and will take its place in the company’s transatlantic schedule in early May. The… Read more »
From April 28-29, 2016, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE will hold the sixth SOPHIA PV Module Reliability Workshop hosted by the Austrian Institute of Technology AIT in Vienna, Austria. International experts from research and industry will speak about innovations in materials, module reliability on the system level and PV module integration in… Read more »
One of the UK’s biggest renewable energy companies is allowing members of the public to invest in its assets for the first time ever. Anesco Asset Management, one of the world’s top 100 cleantech companies, has joined forces with peer to peer investment platform Abundance Investment to allow individuals to invest in energy efficiency and… Read more »