Category: PES+

Heavy-duty brake manufacturer Dellner Bubenzer Group has put a U.S. team through a wind turbine climbing and rescue certification course. Dellner supplies rotor, yaw, and pitch brakes for various wind energy applications. Rotor brakes are typically caliper style (active or passive) and Dellner offers rotor lock style pins (hydraulic, manual) for safety locking and maintenance… Read more »

MALAWI | October 19, 2022 – Today, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) launches the ‘Scaling Renewables in Malawi to Underpin Development’ energy program to assist Malawi in achieving universal access by 2030. The program will support Malawi in its goals to increase electricity access from 18% to 100% and improve energy… Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 17th October 2022: Grandweld, a leading shipbuilder with 38 years track record of successfully delivering more than 150 vessels, has signed a landmark contract with Jana Marine Services Co LLC to build five 42m GrandExtreme crew boats. Delivery of the first vessel will be in 9 months. This order brings the total… Read more »

Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has appointed Gregory Dudziak as Head of Advisory – Europe. Based in the company’s Glasgow office, Gregory is returning to Natural Power following his role as Head of Wind Energy Europe at Black and Veatch since 2019. He first joined Natural Power’s construction team in 2014… Read more »

ABB has provided electrical switchgear and control equipment to China Mobile International (CMI), an international telecommunications company located in 36 countries and regions, for its new data center in Frankfurt, Germany.  The solution was delivered via electrical power distribution supplier E+I Engineering, with the package including four medium-voltage (MV) switchgear panels equipped with ABB’s Relion®… Read more »

The Scottish Government today (October 12) announced that a total of 7,358 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of renewable electricity was generated in April, May and June 2022. This contributed to 18,568 GWh of renewable electricity being generated in the first half of 2022 – up 29% on the same period in 2021. Renewable electricity capacity increased… Read more »

Paris, October 13, 2022 – Capgemini has published the 24th edition of its annual World Energy Markets Observatory (WEMO), created in partnership with De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, Vaasa ETT and Enerdata.According to the report, there is an urgency to create balance between two equally important imperatives – the security of affordable energy supply and the fight… Read more »

TagEnergy and Balance Power today announce they have signed a framework agreement to build, own, and operate 500MW of the Balance Power pipeline. The partnership will drive the UK forward on its journey to establish a clean, secure energy system, and will require investment of over £300m to build the projects over the next four years…. Read more »

An LCA helps to balance the environmental impact of a product and shows companies where energy and emissions can be saved. In a further step towards more sustainability, HOFFMANN MINERAL has therefore had an LCA prepared for the Aktifit AM product by TÜV Rheinland in accordance with ISO standards 14040:2021 and 14044:2021. “Aktifit AM represents… Read more »

ABB has achieved carbon neutral operations at its factory in Porvoo, Finland, reducing CO2 emissions by 636 tons in its first year. This saving is equivalent to driving 112 times the length of the equator or warming an electric sauna every day for 373 years. By combining digital solutions, electrification, and renewable technologies the Porvoo factory… Read more »

Asslar, October 10, 2022. This year, Pfeiffer Vacuum Components & Solutions GmbH in Göttingen is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The company has one of the largest storage facilities for vacuum components in Europe. The portfolio includes standard vacuum chambers as well as customized vacuum chambers and solutions with wide-ranging functions, which are manufactured using the… Read more »

As power systems around the world transform, ABB is continuing to lead their seamless digital transformation with the evolution of its respected VD4 medium voltage (MV) circuit breaker. Transforming the operational excellence and cost-efficiency of modern electrical distribution applications, the new VD4 evo takes the popular existing range – which is already established in over… Read more »

With ongoing emphasis on providing futureproof lighting and energy controls, CP Electronics – part of Legrand UK & Ireland – has appointed Gilles Silva as its new Director of Product Development. Having gained almost 20 years’ experience – 14 of which spent in Legrand Brazil’s R&D team – Gilles’ new role will see him take… Read more »

Balance Power today announces it has won an appeal on a 50MW battery storage project in Wolverhampton West, on the edge of South Staffordshire. The battery storage project was approved on appeal after an inspector found that the environmental benefits provided special circumstances for being located in the Green Belt, and directly align with national efforts to decarbonise… Read more »

Food manufacturers are being urged to prioritise quality checks when choosing new CO2 suppliers, in order to minimise food fraud risk. The warning comes from global assurance provider, LRQA, following the recent closure of two plants which provided a combined total of 60% of the UK’s food grade CO2. The shutdowns came as the cost… Read more »

Wilsonville, Ore. and Sacramento, Calif. – September 20, 2022 – ESS Inc. (“ESS”) (NYSE:GWH), a leading manufacturer of long-duration iron flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications, and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), the nation’s sixth-largest, community-owned, not-for-profit electric service provider, today announced an agreement to provide up to 200 megawatts (MW) / 2 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of ESS’… Read more »

Singapore, Tuesday 20th September 2022: AAL Shipping (AAL) has appointed Mumbai-based shipping company Merchant Shipping Services PVT Ltd. to be its exclusive commercial agency representative in India – a move that will harness yet further the cargo opportunities available to local shippers through its expanding ‘Europe – Middle East/India – Asia Monthly Liner Service’ (EUMEIA) and… Read more »

Robert Buckley, Head of Relationship Development at Cornwall Insight said: “The new government scheme will bring significant relief to many businesses and public sector organisations as they try to navigate the unprecedented energy rises. Economically it was important that government took action. “The reduction in energy costs will be substantial. As a proxy and noting… Read more »

Gareth Miller, CEO at Cornwall Insight said: “Cornwall Insight welcomes the government’s objective to address the affordability of energy for both domestic and business consumers in the UK. The policy announcements made today will alleviate some of the hardship consumers have been concerned about for many months. “On the household side of the equation, industry… Read more »

ABB and Caverion, a Northern & Central European-based expert for smart and sustainable built environments, today announced an agreement to strengthen their collaboration to advance energy efficiency and sustainability. The shared aim of the collaboration is to address carbon reduction challenges in select markets by providing advanced, joint offerings in line with evolving customer needs… Read more »

Green shift is vital for Scotland to hit net-zero targets Energy supply chain expert Emma Harrick appointed to lead role Industry body Scottish Renewables is broadening its range of services by introducing an expert team to support Scotland’s renewable energy supply chain and those transitioning into the industry from other sectors such as oil and… Read more »

Leading European energy company Vattenfall and CAKE, the Swedish-based producer of electric motorcycles, have unveiled an initiative to visualize the carbon saved by producing the world’s first truly fossil-free dirt bike. Vattenfall and CAKE’s “Cleanest Dirt Bike Ever” project highlights the climate impact of producing one CAKE Kalk OR electric off-roader by placing it in… Read more »

Through a collaboration between the world-class University of Strathclyde; Scotland’s Innovation Centre for data and artificial intelligence, The Data Lab; and the leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power; a PhD completed by Rosemary Tawn, has developed a short-term (less than four hours) power forecasting system that demonstrates up to 20% improved forecast… Read more »

CessCon Decom (CessCon) will launch a decommissioning hub at the Port of Aberdeen’s £400 million South Harbour expansion in Q3 2022, creating up to 50 new jobs. The new hub will be located within Crathes Quay at South Harbour and deliver dismantling, recycling, and reuse services with a key focus on subsea infrastructure. The jobs… Read more »

Cornwall Insight are releasing our final predictions for October’s Default Tariff Cap (Price Cap) prior to Ofgem’s announcement on Friday 26th August. Predictions show a typical household1 will be paying £3,554 equivalent per year for their energy bills. As the observation window for Q4 (Oct-Dec 2022), the period of time Ofgem use to monitor the market… Read more »

LevelTen MarketPulse provides instant access to anonymized power purchase agreement (PPA) price data, as well as renewable energy project data and analytics from the industry’s largest renewable energy platform. LevelTen Energy, the leading provider of renewable transaction infrastructure and operator of the world’s largest marketplaces for energy and asset sales, today launched LevelTen MarketPulse, cloud-based… Read more »

Alfa Laval technology is playing a leading role in the marine industry’s transition to carbon-neutral green methanol. In this year’s largest methanol order to date, the Alfa Laval FCM Methanol will be the low-flashpoint fuel supply system (LFSS) on six dual-fuel container vessels. The system was chosen for both its real-life performance and its high… Read more »

StormGeo, part of Alfa Laval, expands with bunker procurement optimization through the acquisition of BunkerMetric Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire BunkerMetric, a Scandinavian software company that develops advanced decision support tools for the marine bunker segment. The company will be merged into StormGeo, a global leader in weather intelligence software and decision… Read more »

Businesses in the UK will see their energy bills rocket when new contracts are negotiated in October1 according to data from Cornwall Insight. Some will face bills five times their current price, as concerns over Russian gas supply, tight electricity markets in Europe, and a global disruption to Liquified Natural Gas see prices spike. Business… Read more »

Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has acted as technical due diligence advisor to Harbert Infrastructure for its investment of up to $400 Million in D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) to support its operations across the renewable energy sector in the United States. Claude Estes, Head of Investments at Harbert, said:… Read more »

More clarity is required on how environmental sustainability is measured, after an international survey by global assurance provider – LRQA – revealed that only 38% of organisations are using at least one management standard to drive progress. Detailed in a report – Climate Focus – more than 1,100 sustainability professionals across 11 countries and 13… Read more »

A report from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (BEIS) on Energy pricing and the future of the energy market, published today (26 July), has laid out a number of recommendations on how Ofgem and the government could lower consumer energy bills and reduce instability in the energy market. Using Default Tariff Cap (price cap)… Read more »

Global renewable energy developer, service provider and distributor, BayWa r.e., today announced the promotion of Niranpal Singh as Managing Director of BayWa r.e. Malaysia.  Niranpal will lead developments in BayWa r.e. ‘s several business units, namely Energy Solutions, Solar Project Development and Solar Equipment Trade for Malaysia. Maintaining his current portfolio as the General Manager… Read more »

Following a decision by its Board of Directors, ABB today announces its intention to spin off Accelleron (formerly ABB Turbocharging), its market-leading turbocharging division, by way of a dividend in kind of Accelleron Industries Ltd’s shares to ABB’s shareholders. Accelleron’s listing on SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich is planned for October 3, 2022, and is… Read more »

Renewable energy sources are vital in making the ambition to reach net zero by 2050 a reality. Green hydrogen, powered by renewable sources such as wind and solar, is a clean and viable solution recognised by the UK government, which recently doubled national targets for low carbon hydrogen production capacity to 10 GW by 2030… Read more »