Category: Misc

Subsea Trenching More Than Just Spade Work

Global Marine Systems Limited has a strong track record in the installation of subsea cables that dates back to 1850. Since then, the company has installed more than 300,000 km of cable – approximately 23% of the world’s total. We take a look at the technology and the techniques behind the process. The installing of… Read more »

Lightsource Connects 23 New Ground-Mount Solar Sites in One Month

Lightsource Renewable Energy, Europe’s leading solar energy company, has connected 23 new sites in December totalling more than 100MW of new capacity. This includes 14 sites connected under the Feed-In tariff (FIT) and 9 sites under the Renewable Obligations Certificate (ROC) schemes. As well as a bumper month of connections, Lightsource has a busy New… Read more »

Lattice Power Receives National Science & Technology Invention Award for Development of Silicon Based LED Technology

HONG KONG, Jan. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Shunfeng International Clean Energy Limited (“SFCE” or the “company”, HK stock code: 1165) today announced that its subsidiary, Lattice Power Corporation (“Lattice Power”), has won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Invention Award for the “High Efficacy GaN-on-Si Blue LED” technology that was jointly developed… Read more »

iURBAN: International Survey on the Smart Energy City of the Future

In the “iURBAN” project, an interdisciplinary team made up of experts is researching Europe’s transformation into Smart Energy Cities. With the help of information and communications technology (ICT), an intelligent energy supply can be achieved at the local level. Even at Fraunhofer ISE, researchers are also involved in the “iURBAN” project. Sebastian Gölz and his… Read more »

Kiwi Power Welcomes Amber Rudds Speech And Further Consultation On The Uk Capacity Market

London, Wednesday, 18 November 2015. KiWi Power, a leading UK based, global demand side response (DSR) aggregator, today publically welcomed Amber Rudd’s ‘Energy Reset’ speech and backed recent calls by the UK Energy Experts for a complete review into the secure low carbon development of the UK’s demand side response energy policy. Yoav Zingher, Co-Founder… Read more »

Lufft wins innovation award of Baden-Württemberg

the measurement and control technology company Lufft was selected as one winner of the “Dr. Rudolf Eberle Prize” at “Haus der Wirtschaft” in Stuttgart. The award includes prize money of 10.000 Euros. With the innovation of its new mobile road sensor MARWIS, the company from Fellbach triumphed over a field of 77 competitors. Peter Hofelich,… Read more »

SICK and TRUMPF work together toward industry 4.0

Waldkirch, Germany, November 2015 – SICK AG is an original partner of AXOOM, an IT service provider founded by the laser and machine tool manufacturer TRUMPF. AXOOM offers a digital business platform for manufacturing companies that are steadily paving the way toward industry 4.0. Logistics processes are at the heart of this cooperation. As a… Read more »

Proposed change of name to RedT Energy plc

Name change reflects Company’s core focus on commercialising its RedT energy storage product. Camco Clean Energy (AIM: CCE), today announces its intention to change its name to RedT Energy plc. The name change reflects the Company’s core focus to commercialise RedT’s energy storage product. After an extensive period of research, development and prototyping, RedT has… Read more »

Saipem: Statutory Auditor resigns

San Donato Milanese (Milan), October 30, 2015 – Saipem announces that Professor Anna Gervasoni resigned today from the position of Statutory Auditor of Saipem S.p.A. due to “new professional and academic commitments”.Anna Gervasoni had been appointed from the list presented by Eni S.p.A. at the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 6, 2014. In accordance with… Read more »

New North American Partnership for Leading Software as a Service Provider

One of the UK’s leading engineering information management companies has this week announced its third partnership within only a matter of one month. Teesside based, Datum360, has expanded the business even further through partnering with PerfectProjects Inc – Asset Information Management Service specialists – as part of its growth strategy to position the company as… Read more »

Electricity Export Prices Higher than Import

On the website www.energy-charts.de, data on electricity exports and imports for Germany are prepared and displayed graphically by scientists of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE. The graphs show that Germany generates additional revenues in the billions each year through electricity exports. Revenues totaled about 1.7 billion euros in 2014, for example. Similarly,… Read more »

Catapults New Bespoke Blade Fatigue Analysis Software Certified By Dnv Gl

Innovative Knowledge Transfer Partnership blade project achieves important milestone in move to shorter and more cost effective blade tests. A project to develop a new bi-axial blade fatigue testing method – aimed at reducing fatigue test times by almost a half and overall test times by a quarter – has achieved an important milestone after… Read more »

Yaskawa to celebrate 100th anniversary while expanding into renewable energy and marine with The Switch technology

Yaskawa Electric Corporation, a world leader in industrial robotics, electrical drives and frequency converters, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The company is arranging special events worldwide to mark this special milestone. In Finland, Yaskawa will be participating in the Technologia 2015 exhibition in Helsinki, Finland, together with its Finnish subsidiary, The Switch, which… Read more »

Tuco reveals new Dive and ROV Support boats.

Just days before the Seatrade Offshore Marine and Workboats Middle East in Abu Dhabi beginning 5th of October, Tuco Marine of Denmark discloses their new Dive Support and ROV Support boats. These two new vessels are complementing Tuco´s range of ProZero Workboats and Daughter Crafts and the new boats are dedicated the Dive and ROV… Read more »

OTL Remote Handling solutions to be demonstrated at Manchester NDA show

Oxford Technologies, a world-leading developer of Remote Handling systems for extremely hostile environments including Nuclear Decommissioning, Nuclear Fusion, Space and High-Energy Physics, will be demonstrating its Dexter Master/Slave remote handling technology live at the NDA Supply Chain event in Manchester in November www.decommsupplyevent.co.uk. Dexter is a state-of-the-art Telemanipulator Arm optimised for a human operator and… Read more »

HELUKABEL Holds Ground-Breaking Ceremony for Manufacturing Plant Expansion

ELGIN, Illinois – HELUKABEL, one of the world’s leading cable manufacturers, held a ground-breaking ceremony in mid-September for the construction of a new expansion at its manufacturing plant in Windsbach, Germany. Once completed in the fall of 2016, the new building will offer more than 96,875 sq. ft. of additional office, laboratory and production space…. Read more »

Danish business desk set to bring European opportunities to Green Port Hull

A business desk is set to open in Denmark this week, to help establish and strengthen networks across Europe between companies involved in the renewable energy sector supply chain. Green Port Hull, working in partnership with the Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce, will launch the business desk in Copenhagen on Tuesday 22nd September 2015…. Read more »

Europe’s leading utilities write 22.9b euros off balance sheets in 2014

– Impairments in 2014 focus mainly on assets – Generation assets account for 75% of total at 14.6b euros – Pricing and regulation top drivers of impairments in sector LONDON, Sept. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — European utilities experienced yet another year of significant asset impairments (22.9b euros) in 2014 as depressed energy prices and regulatory… Read more »

Port Of Tyne Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

Marie Glanville has joined the Port of Tyne as Chief Financial Officer. Previously Marie was Group Financial Controller of Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings plc. She has worked in senior finance roles at other North East-based listed companies, including Grainger plc and the Go-Ahead Group plc, as well as the housing company Gentoo. Andrew Moffat, Port of… Read more »

ELA Offshore is traveling around: A full exhibition calendar for September: SPE OE in Aberdeen and the HUSUM Wind in Husum are about to begin

In September, there are two large international trade fairs where ELA Container Offshore GmbH will be exhibiting. Besides participating at the SPE Offshore Europe from the 8th – 11th of September, 2015 in Aberdeen, ELA Offshore will also have a large stand at the HUSUM Wind from the 15th – 18th of September, 2015 in… Read more »

Climeon partners with Dynamic Projects International to bring 100% clean electricity and energy savings into the Americas.

Through a strategic marketing agreement, Dynamic Projects International (DPI) will promote the Climeon OceanTM in the American market. Initial focus will be on land based oil and diesel power plants, a potential market of more than 2 000 of the 1MW Climeon OceanTM units, equaling a potential saving of more than 6 million tons CO2… Read more »

Professor Chris Baker to join Aveillant as Chief Technology Officer

Aveillant is delighted to announce that Professor Chris Baker will be joining the company as its new Chief Technology Officer. With the rapid development of Aveillant’s technology and capabilities – from the recent demonstration of its 40NM PSR offering, to successful 5NM drone trials with the CAA – Aveillant is keen to bring another exceptional… Read more »

EIVA launches NaviSuite eLearning site

NaviSuite users can now learn the ropes of the EIVA NaviSuite software online, when and wherever they want, via the new EIVA NaviSuite eLearning site. EIVA has launched a NaviSuite eLearning site, which via an annual subscription aims to offers users training modules covering various aspects of the NaviSuite features and applications that they can… Read more »

Full scale PSR Holographic Radar is now ready

In a week of demonstrations attended by delegates from across the surveillance, defence, and ATM industries, Aveillant exhibited its Holographic Radar technology out to a range of 40NM, tracking aircraft in true 3D and real-time. David Crisp, CEO of Aveillant, comments:“We are delighted to be able to share with the rest of the market what… Read more »

Baker Consultants nominated for 2015 Wales Green Energy Award for research and development of bioacoustics survey skills for monitoring of nightjar

The 2015 Wales Green Energy Awards finalists have been announced and Baker Consultants have been nominated alongside Newcastle University for a Contribution to Skills & Training award. Baker Consultants’ nomination relates to their research and development of bioacoustics survey skills for the monitoring of European nightjar, a species of bird often perceived as being in… Read more »

Horizon Geosciences Meet Survey Demand with Kommandor Stuart

Horizon Geosciences announced the addition of a new vessel to its fleet, primed for work in the North Sea and West Africa. Horizon Geosciences Business Development Manager Matthew Suchley commented: “Demand for Horizon Geosciences’ geophysical survey services in the North Sea has been such that we sought an additional specialist vessel to complement our ongoing… Read more »

Saipem: First half 2015 results and turnaround plan

Saipem: First half 2015 results and turnaround planRepositioning Saipem to compete and create value in the new market context San Donato Milanese, July 28, 2015 – The Board of Directors of Saipem S.p.A. today approved Saipem’s consolidated Six-Month Report at June 30, 2015, and endorsed an incisive turnaround and cost cutting programme that will enable… Read more »

CAPE Holland – Vibro Lifting Tool

CAPE Holland successfully deploys its new Vibro Lifting Tool During its first commercial application, the newly developed Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT) of CAPE Holland has successfully installed 4 piles in up to 90m water depth. This installation is part of the pre-piling project for the Culzean Wellhead Platform jacket which will be installed next year…. Read more »

MTU Friedrichshafen builds partnership with AKASOL

Objective is the joint development of energy storage units for hybrid propulsion systems Darmstadt/Friedrichshafen (jm).Close alliance for the future of hybrid propulsion systems: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of large diesel engines and complete propulsion systems has formed a close development partnership with Darmstadt-based AKASOL GmbH. The company is a subsidiary… Read more »

Romax Technology secures condition monitoring services agreement with leading independent power produce Mytrah Energy Ltd

Romax Technology Ltd, has secured an agreement to provide condition monitoring services for India’s largest independent power producer Mytrah Energy Ltd, including end of warranty inspection services for 32 x 2MW wind turbines, from sites in Rajasthan & Gujarat, India. Romax is widely regarded as a market leader in wind turbine drive train design and… Read more »

DEC and Veidekke to carry out remediation of historic refinery site for ESSO Norge AS

The Belgian company DEME Environmental Contractors (DEC), member of the DEME Group and the Norwegian company Veidekke Entreprenør AS have established a joint venture and entered into a contract for remediation of the historic refinery site located at Valløy near Tønsberg (Norway), on behalf of Esso Norge AS. The contract is valued at approximately 470… Read more »

Vaisala Forecasts U.S. Wind Production to Remain Low in Q4

Vaisala wind forecast predicts below average wind speeds to continue in many regions due to persistent El Niño California and southern Texas wind speeds to pick up following record Q1 lows After the record low wind anomalies that challenged many project operators in the United States in the beginning of the year, wind energy performance… Read more »

SFCE and NARI Group Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement

— Agree to jointly develop and deploy clean energy, smart city and low carbon solutions around the world SHANGHAI, July 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Shunfeng International Clean Energy Ltd. (SFCE), a leading global integrated clean energy solution provider, today announced its strategic cooperation agreement with the NARI Group Corporation (NARI in abbreviation which is a… Read more »

ELA Container Offshore confirms participation at SPE Offshore Europe 2015 in Aberdeen

ELA Container Offshore GmbH has confirmed its participation at SPE Offshore Europe from September 8th – 11th, 2015. The exhibition will take place at the Exhibition & Conference Centre in Aberdeen. At booth X09 on the outdoor exhibition area, ELA will showcase its offshore accommodation modules. “We are happy that we were able to contract… Read more »

Songa Offshore Places Large Order At Semco Maritimes Hanytangen Dock

One and a half month after the acquisition of the dock facilities at Hanøytangen, Bergen, Semco Maritime now wins the first of four potential orders for preparation of newly constructed rigs from operator Songa Offshore. With the order for preparation of the newly constructed Songa Equinox, Semco Martime now has the first of four potential… Read more »

ECOHZ takes pioneering step in Asian green power market

02 July 2015, Oslo – Companies increasingly want to document that the electricity they use, outside of Europe and North America, comes from renewable energy sources. ECOHZ is taking a pioneering step in the Asian green power market and is providing SGS, as the first company in the world, green power documented with the International… Read more »