Bibby Marine Services Ltd’s Bibby Wavemaster 1 to serve the needs of the offshore renewables market. Great care has been taken to design a ship which will meet the ever increasingly high demands of the offshore wind market. This brand new vessel is being built by Dutch ship builder Damen. PES talks to Stephen Blaikie,… Read more »
It’s March 2016 and Virtual Reality is becoming more and more visible. Facebook buying Oculus Rift for 2 billion dollars made everyone realize this could be the next big thing. And not only Facebook is investing. Big companies – like Google and Samsung – are developing both hard- and software for Virtual Reality. Even small… Read more »
Fredrik Larsson, CMO, Breeze explains to PES… Major failures in wind turbines are often expensive to repair and cause loss of revenue due to long down times. With a downward spiral in electricity prices wind turbine owners and operators have started to focus more on methods to predict failures in order to reduce long downtimes… Read more »
SR’s Offshore Wind Conference in January tackled some big issues at a great new venue, as well as bringing together more than 250 renewables professionals in Glasgow, Scotland’s green energy capital. Here, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, Lindsay Roberts shares with PES what she took from the event… Time really does fly when you’re… Read more »
Michael Schulz, Head of Marketing and Communications at Corporate Energies company group, talks to PES about momentum of wind industry developers in emerging markets, the positive ripple effect of the wind industry on the local economy and an aim for close cooperation… Berlin based Corporate Energies company group has recently accompanied the purchase process of… Read more »
According to statistics published by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) in February this year, China has now overtaken the EU for total installed wind energy capacity. In fact, China installed almost three times as much wind than the EU and now has 145GW total capacity to the EU’s 142GW. PES takes a closer look…… Read more »
Klaus Georg Hansen, Principal Engineer at DNV GL Renewables Certification – Energy explains how it is possible to save costs and maximize return by extending the life of wind turbine and wind farms… Extension of the operating life can be highly interesting for operators, investors and manufacturers in order to maximize the profitability of their… Read more »
• Banks show active support for new growth phase• New financing volume of €101 million allows for continued international expansion of differentiated solar EPC services Sulzemoos, March 24th, 2016 / Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leading international photovoltaic system integrator, listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, concluded an agreement on March… Read more »
The global renewable energy consultancy, Natural Power, is gearing up its Irish operations in response to market requirements. As the business moves to a new larger office in Dublin to accommodate the growing staff role, new start Roger Macnaughton has been appointed as a senior ecologist. This key hire will be pivotal to the continued… Read more »
New 2750 kVA generator set with the latest Cummins QSK60-G22 60-litre engine brings more power using less fuel in a smaller footprint Manston, Kent, England – Building on a tradition of technological innovation, performance and reliability, Cummins Power Generation introduces the QSK60-G22 engine as part of the QSK60 Diesel Series. Having previously only been available… Read more »
MERRIMACK, N.H., March 18, 2016 -GT Advanced Technologies Inc. today announced that it has emerged from Chapter 11 as a newly reorganized company. GT Advanced Technologies Inc. and its affiliated debtors (“GTAT”) have emerged with a solid balance sheet and renewed strategy focused on growth in the solar and sapphire industries. “Our emergence from Chapter… Read more »
Augsburg, 03/22/2016 – The state-owned oil company Production Association Belorusneft is relying on German know-how to plan its next solar park in Rechytsa, Belarus. Belorusneft has enlisted Augsburg-based meteocontrol GmbH to produce yield reports for a planned PV park with a capacity of 55 MW. The reports will allow the energy supplier to objectively assess… Read more »
Incoming orders +40.4% at constant exchange rates (CHF +28.5%) to CHF 418.9 million Net sales at constant exchange rates +8.3% (CHF +2.4%) to CHF 323.6 million EBITDA, impacted by delayed sales and negative special effects, was CHF -55.9 million Operating expenses substantially reduced Cost base adjusted to reach break-even at EBITDA level with net sales… Read more »
GCUBE EXCEEDS 1GW OF INSURED IRISH WIND Leading renewable energy underwriter supports growth of Irish wind industry both domestically and overseas Dublin, 22nd March 2016 – Specialist renewable energy insurer, GCube Underwriting Ltd. (GCube), has significantly expanded its portfolio of underwritten Irish wind energy assets, now surpassing 1GW of operational wind farms and construction sites… Read more »
Munich, March 22, 2016 – The accompanying program for ees Europe, the continent’s largest exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems, offers visitors numerous opportunities to engage in discussion with industry experts and to find out about new products, services and solutions for innovative storage technologies. The ees Forum features presentations on the topics of… Read more »
Hefei, March 21, 2016 – Sungrow, one of the leading worlds leading PV-inverter manufacturers, announces that one of its 1500V PV projects was successfully connected to grid, officially initiating the next phase of the project. With a total of 30MW installed capacity, the project uses mixed systems combining both 1000V and 1500V. In comparision to… Read more »
Blaubeuren, March 17, 2016 – centrotherm has exceeded its goal of achieving breakeven for the Group in fiscal 2015 due to non-recurrent effects. According to the preliminary figures, earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) amount to approximately EUR 19 million. Along with the cost-cutting measures introduced back in 2014, extraordinary income in particular has contributed… Read more »
Munich, March 17, 2016 – ees Europe, Europe’s largest exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems, is once again being accompanied by the ees Europe Conference from June 21-22, 2016. The presentations held by panels of experts at ICM – Internationales Congress Center München enable visitors to discover the latest technological developments in the field… Read more »
Power management company Eaton criticises lack of energy-efficiency measures in 2016 Budget The 2016 Budget didn’t do enough to encourage manufacturers to invest in more energy-efficient technologies, power management company Eaton has said. With the UK facing an estimated 40-55% electricity supply gap as a result of ageing coal-fired power stations coming offline, Eaton had… Read more »
Responding to today’s UK Budget as set out by the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, Scottish Renewables Chief Executive, Niall Stuart, said: “The lack of any further budget to support new renewable energy projects this side of April 2021 will be a major blow to large parts of the industry. “Likewise, there was no… Read more »
Lawrence, MA – March 16, 2016 – Yaskawa – Solectria Solar, the leading U.S. commercial PV inverter manufacturer, announced today that it has established a solar manufacturing plant and a sales/service office in São Paulo, Brazil to further its support in the Latin American (LATAM) PV market. The office will be co-located with Yaskawa Elétrico… Read more »
Meteodyn and Steadysun have signed a commercial and technological cooperation agreement to offer a comprehensive solution for renewable energy operators and network managers. Indeed, Meteodyn is a world expert in wind resource assessment and energy production forecast, while Steadysun is a recognized expert in solar production forecast. For the wind and solar sectors, the issues… Read more »
First team set to commence operation and maintenance (O&M) services at Meerwind OWF CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has today announced that it has won a contract to provide a team of technicians to support Siemens’ operations and maintenance services at offshore wind farms in Germany. CWind has been… Read more »
Sidney, BC Canada – AXYS Technologies Inc. has announced that three TRIAXYS Wave & Current Buoys were selected by Partrac Ltd as part of their recent metocean support services contract for the Rampion Offshore Wind farm. Partrac has been contracted to manage the supply, deployment, maintenance and delivery of metocean monitoring buoys throughout the wind… Read more »
Resulting from a corporate redesign Schiedam, Netherlands – March 16, 2016 – GustoMSC announced the launch of a new website www.gustomsc.com. Key features of the site include a cleaner and more attractive design, including a restyling of the corporate logo; the improved navigation and functionality provides an extremely user-friendly experience while allowing customers to see… Read more »
The module brand LG Electronics has built up a strong position within the most important European photovoltaic markets over the last few years. The most recent evidence is the commendation of the brand as a “Top PV Brand Europe 2016” by market researcher EuPD Research from Bonn. LG qualified for the European seal by achieving… Read more »
Augsburg, March 16, 2016 – meteocontrol GmbH, a leader in photovoltaic (PV) monitoring and quality assurance systems, is continuing to expand. The company is currently focusing its internationalization on the MENAT region – the Middle East, Northern Africa and Turkey – and participated for the first time this year as an exhibitor at the World… Read more »
Powys County Council voted to grant full planning permission for the Carno Wind Farm Extension Phase III (Carno 3) at a meeting of the Planning, Taxi Licensing & Rights of Way Committee held at County Hall, Llandrindod Wells on Thursday 10th March 2016, following a site visit earlier in the day. The application benefitted from… Read more »
QINOUS delivers an 800 kW battery system to an aboriginal community in Australia Berlin 15.03.2016. QINOUS, a manufacturer of smart energy storage solutions, won an international tender process to supply the battery system for a Diesel-PV-Battery Hybrid project in an Aboriginal community in northern Australia. The 800 kW / 1,987 kWh lithium-ion battery system stores… Read more »
Two new PV Power plants, located in Bataan/Central Luzon and in Negros Occidental, Western Visayas, Philippines, were commissioned on time to meet the deadline and cap of Philippine FIT (Feed-in Tariff) scheme – Silay 25 MWp PV Power Plant energized (power dispatch) and commissioned on February 23, 2016– Bataan 18 MWp PV Power Plant energized… Read more »
· Together with Polysolar and the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), Merck is participating in a trendsetting research project· Merck is optimizing its lisicon formulation for gray modules that are crucial to push the commercial use of organic photovoltaics Darmstadt, Germany, March 15, 2016 – Merck, a leading science and technology company, announced today that… Read more »
The new way of inspecting the latest solar cell designs: Tailored high-contrast checks to achieve maximum yield Currently the most economical solar cell design, the so-called PERC cells (passivated emitter and rear contact) can now individually be inspected with the highest contrasts. A new inspection system takes on the challenge of inspecting the cell’s rear… Read more »
Oldenburg/Hamburg. European wind-capital, wind-terminal or even most relevant hub for the whole international wind branch. The range of respective notations for the city of Hamburg related to wind-aspects is enormously long. Even Convent Energy focuses on the direct locational advantages with the opening (15th of March) of its new office in the hanseatic city.As from… Read more »
Siemens begins charter of WIND SERVER; DBB Jack-up’s purpose-built service vessel DBB Jack-Up Services A/S announced today that Siemens is beginning a three-year charter agreement for DBB Jack-up’s new purpose-built jack-up vessel, WIND SERVER. Delivered to Siemens today, the vessel will be part of an important initiative to service the rising number of large-scaled offshore… Read more »
Receive a 25% discount on the participation fee from March 15 to April 15 Munich, March 15, 2016 – The development of the global solar markets, smart renewable energy, photovoltaics (PV) installation maintenance and financing solar energy: From June 21-22, the Intersolar Europe Conference focuses on topical trends in the industry in the ICM –… Read more »
On March 17 and 18, 2016 the “Offshoredays” organized by Spreewind will take place in Berlin. During these days, speakers from renowned companies will share their experiences. Hans Gatzemeier, Managing Director of the ELA Container Offshore Gmbh will be one of these experts. With his many years of expertise in the field of accommodation containers,… Read more »