Category: Press Releases

Offshore wind’s thriving supply chain highlighted

Offshore wind projects now building ‘show the scale of the prize for supply chain companies’ Businesses working in Scotland’s offshore wind supply chain are highlighted in a new report published today (Nov 20) to mark Offshore Wind Week (Nov 18-22). Ports, fabricators, underwater vehicle specialists, helicopter transfer operators and more are featured, demonstrating the breadth… Read more »

Silfab and Eurotron has entered into a strategic collaboration

Silfab and Eurotron have teamed up to introduce back-contact PV modules in North America. A unique collaboration between Eurotron, a global leader in equipment for manufacturing of back-contact PV modules and Silfab Solar, a North American leading manufacturer of premium quality PV modules. At their Bellingham factory, Silfab Solar is dedicated to produce PV modules… Read more »

Isotrol opens a new office in Canada

Isotrol, experts in developing technology for the international energy sector, has opened a new office in Canada. By opening this office in Calgary, Alberta, the Spanish company has consolidated in the North American market, where it has owned a permanent office in Boston, Massachusetts, since 2014. Recently, Isotrol was selected to install Bluence, its renewable… Read more »

Local supplier steels the limelight as contract is awarded for Hornsea Two

Offshore wind specialists, EEW Group has contracted Cheshire-based Hutchinson Engineering Ltd for the fabrication and on-site assembly of 30 Suspended Internal Platforms (SIPs) for Hornsea Two offshore wind farm, following a successful competitive tender process. The SIPs are highly complex steel components, each weighing 10 tonnes and towering 12m high, that will be suspended inside… Read more »

NKT confirms order for Dogger Bank offshore Wind Farms Creyke Beck A/B

As informed in Company Announcement no. 11 of 20 September 2019, NKT has entered a Preferred Supplier Agreement (PSA) as main contractor for delivery and installation of high-voltage DC on- and offshore export cable systems to the Dogger Bank Wind Farms Creyke Beck A and Creyke Beck B site. Now, with an agreement of a… Read more »

innogy delivers solar power to Audax Renovables

Audax Renovables S.A. has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with innogy regarding the supply of green power from innogy’s 50 Megawatt (MW) Alarcos solar plant. The agreement will cover an important part of the electricity that Audax needs to supply its Spanish customers with 100% green power. The long-term contract will run for 10 years… Read more »

Closing the sale of the Meyer Burger software business to S&T AG for CHF 14 million in cash

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today the closing of the sale of its subsidiary AIS Automation Dresden GmbH (Germany) to S&T AG in Linz (Austria). The two companies had signed a contract to this effect on October 24, 2019. S&T AG is taking over all business units of AIS as well… Read more »

Program Highlights of The smarter E India’s Premiere – India’s Innovation Hub for the new energy world

The smarter E India will celebrate its debut in less than two weeks on November 27 -29, 2019 in Bengaluru, variously known as the IT Innovation hub as well as Silicon Valley of India. With three parallel energy exhibitions, The smarter E India is India’s innovation hub for the new energy world. It presents cross-sector… Read more »

CSV Bourbon Oceanteam 101 extends charter contract with client for works in Angola

The current charter agreement of Bourbon Oceanteam 101 (CSV “BO 101”) has been extended until mid-first quarter 2020 with possible further extension options well into 2020. The initial charter started in 2016. Over the past period the CSV BO 101 has successfully assisted in installing jumpers and X-mas trees for its offshore client in Angola…. Read more »

VESTAS PARTNERS WITH NRG SYSTEMS TO RESELL BAT DETERRENT TECHNOLOGY

NRG Systems, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of smart technologies for a range of wind, solar, and meteorological applications, announced today that it signed a strategic agreement with Vestas Wind Systems A/S to offer turnkey Bat Deterrent Systems, complete with installation and service, for existing Vestas turbines. The global agreement covers Vestas turbines in all regions but is… Read more »

Wilton Engineering named in major national business scaleup report

Wilton Engineering has been recognised as one of Tees Valley’s leading scaleup businesses in a major national report. According to Scaleup Institute’s ‘ScaleUp Annual Review 2019’, Wilton has been named in the region’s top five visible scaleup businesses in terms of both employee growth and turnover growth. The company is highly active in the offshore… Read more »

JDR wins contract for first floating offshore wind project to power oil and gas platforms

 JDR Cable Systems Ltd, part of the TFKable Group, has signed a contract with Equinor for the Hywind Tampen pioneering project. JDR is designing and manufacturing eleven 66kV dynamic inter-array cables and two static export cables, each equipped with a JDR designed breakaway system and a range of cable accessories for delivery in 2022. The… Read more »

ROUTING EXPERTISE AND SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT OVERCOME CHALLENGING 1,000KM DELIVERY OF WIND COMPONENTS IN THAILAND

Demonstrating their expertise in logistics, civils works and the complete turnkey solution, ALE has completed the transportation of heavy wind components through a challenging 1,000km route to the Rom Klao wind farm in Mukdahan, eastern Thailand. ALE was contracted for the full-service package: the transportation, craneage and installation (TCI) scope of 13 wind turbines components,… Read more »

Hung Hua Construction of Taiwan orders third Fast Crew Supplier this year to support offshore wind ambitions

Hung Hua Construction of Taiwan has ordered a third Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) to add to the two it ordered at the start of the year. This latest vessel will be a Damen FCS 2610. The contract was signed by the two parties at the start of September and, with the vessel already on… Read more »

BIRAL PARTNERSHIP OFFERS REAL-WORLD SAFETY BENEFITS TO THE WIND TURBINE SECTOR

Meteorological equipment specialists Biral has been working closely with ORE Catapult to further develop its BTD-350 thunderstorm and lightning detection system for offshore wind farms and is installing its technology for testing at the Catapult’s 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine in Fife. ORE Catapult was established in 2013 by the UK Government and is part of… Read more »

Vattenfall creates dozens of offshore wind jobs after contract win for east coast business

A major contract to keep hundreds of Vattenfall’s wind turbines operational and safe has been awarded to east coast offshore wind services provider 3sun Group. Up to 30 new jobs will be created to service the largest contract in the history of the Great Yarmouth-based business. 3sun Group, which already employs 200 technicians, will carry… Read more »

The Nordex Group continues its successful sales in Turkey with new orders totalling 248 MW

Hamburg, 13. November 2019. Since entering the Turkish market in 2007, the Nordex Group has installed more than 2.03 GW of wind capacity there, representing a market share of almost 27 per cent. Now the company has again received orders from this country on the Bosporus: for its long-standing customer Boydak Enerji, the Nordex Group… Read more »

Siemens Gamesa named preferred supplier for 300 MW Hai Long 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan

Siemens Gamesa appointed as preferred supplier for providing turbines and service to the project; firm order subject to conditions including final investment decision by consortium partners Project to utilize and reinforce existing footprint of SGRE in Taichung, as part of initiative to fulfil localization requirements Offshore construction for the project to begin in 2023 Siemens… Read more »

SMA America and EnergyHub partner to deliver cutting-edge solar inverter management for utilities

ROCKLIN, Calif., Nov.12, 2019 – SMA America, a prominent specialist for photovoltaic system technology, and EnergyHub, the leading provider of distributed energy resource (DER) solutions for utilities, are proud to announce the two companies have finalized a partnership poised to deliver valuable inverter management functionality to EnergyHub’s utility clients. Utilities can use EnergyHub’s Mercury distributed… Read more »

Britain ranks second to last for power system flexibility in review of nine leading European countries-REA Report

Britain ranks second to last for power system flexibility in review of nine leading European countries-REA Report  Britain ranks eighth out of nine northern European countries in attracting and facilitating investment in electricity system flexibility , a new industry report finds  Delivering flexibility is crucial to power sector decarbonisation and achieving Net Zero targets Regulatory… Read more »

GE’s Haliade-X 12 MW nacelle, the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine, arrives in the UK for testing

The nacelle of GE’s Haliade-X 12 MW will undergo an advanced testing program at ORE Catapult in Blyth As part of the Haliade-X global testing program, Blyth has already taken delivery of one of the turbine’s 107-metre long blades for testing Haliade-X has been announced as the preferred turbine for 4.8 GW at offshore wind… Read more »

Energy Networks for the Future report

Responding to the release of new paper, Energy Networks for the Future, which highlights the need for a new partnership between the public and private sector to deliver the energy infrastructure needed to achieve net zero decarbonisation; Ben Miller, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “This new report from Regen and Scottish Power Energy… Read more »

KENZFIGEE SIGNS CONTRACT WITH DUKE ENERGY RENEWABLES FOR DELIVERY OF THE FIRST GENHOOKTM LT UP-TOWER CRANE PACKAGE

KenzFigee, a well-established supplier and service provider of tailor-made equipment for the marine, offshore and wind energy, is pleased to announce to have been awarded a contract by Duke Energy Renewables for delivery of the GenHookTM LT up-tower crane package. The contract comprises the design and fabrication of the first new generation GenHookTM LT temporary… Read more »

Navigant Research Report Finds Global Annual Revenue for Utility Asset Management Solutions Is Expected to Double by 2028

Utilities look to maximize value of their grid assets while lowering management costs   November 12, 2019 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Navigant Research provides an overview of the global asset management market, including a forecast of asset management solutions from 2019 through 2028. Asset management is one of the most complex… Read more »

Sulzer opens new regional headquarters for pump services

New service center in Pasadena, TX, provides increased repair capacity for the Americas Ongoing investment by Sulzer is widening the services available to customers and reducing the time to deliver repair projects. The opening of the new service center, just outside Houston, Texas, has delivered a large pump repair shop that is equipped with lift… Read more »

How do offshore wind farms change the wind?

Start of a new research project on wind energy utilization in the German Bight November 1, 2019, saw the start of the X-Wakes “Interaction Between the Wakes of Large Offshore Wind Farms and Wind Farm Clusters With the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer” research project, which is being funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs… Read more »

Scotland poised for Scandi-style heating revolution

New projects could increase the use of large-scale heat pumps manufactured in Glasgow Scotland already leads the UK in building innovative low-carbon heat networks: schemes recently commissioned in Stirling and Glenrothes use waste and biomass heat New research released today (Nov 11) shows the Scottish Government’s new Heat Networks Bill could see the equivalent of 460,000… Read more »

ROMO Wind: First long term deployment of the iSpin technology on a French wind farm

On top of being the first wind farm in Latin America equipped with the innovative iSpin technology Ste Rose wind farm in Guadeloupe is also the first French wind farm to have a long-term deployment of iSpin. At the beginning of September, ROMO Wind finalized the deployment of the iSpin technology on all 8 turbines… Read more »

Signing Ceremony im Rahmen Messe CIIE in Shanghai, China

Einigung über maßgebliche Vertragsparameter Noch keine rechtlich bindenden Verträge Auftragseingang im Volumen von rd. 57 Mio. € durch CNBM noch im vierten Quartal erwartet Kahl am Main, 11. November 2019 – Am 9. November fand im Zuge der China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai eine Unterschriftszeremonie zwischen Tochterunternehmen des chinesischen Staatskonzerns CNBM Group, Peking, und der… Read more »

Origami appoints Paul Clarke, CBE, CTO Ocado, to its advisory board

Origami to leverage Clarke’s experience in developing disruptive technology that has revolutionised the online grocery sector and do the same in the energy industry London, 11 November 2019 – Origami, a leading technology provider to the energy industry, is bolstering its advisory board team with the appointment of Paul Clarke. Paul currently serves as chief technology… Read more »

Succession solution for EPP Electronic Production Partners GmbH

EPP, a high-tech systems supplier in the electronics industry, is stepping into the future and setting up the succession of its current owners early on. They found the ideal buyer – Photonics Systems Group, a leading manufacturer of micro-materials processing laser machines. With this takeover, Photonics Systems Group is strengthening its operations in the electronics… Read more »

From oil spill response to clearing plastic from our oceans

On Friday 8 November 2019, “Clean Oceans” was awarded status as an Arena cluster in the “Norwegian Innovation Clusters” programme. The new cluster will make use of Norwegian technology from oil spill preparedness to clear and prevent plastic and other marine waste in the world’s oceans. “The new status represents a major recognition of the… Read more »

Liebherr sings cooperation agreement with leading wind turbine OEM in China

At the international wind energy fair China Windpower in Beijing (China), Liebherr Components signs a cooperation agreement with the leading wind turbine OEM, Mingyang Smart Energy. Under this serial manufacturing contract, Liebherr will supply the customer with significant quantities of main bearings. This will further secure Mingyang Smart Energy’s long-term business success in the Chinese… Read more »

Green energy Manifesto sets out key asks of next UK government

General Election ‘imperatives’ include allowing cheap, popular wind power access to energy market Document to be sent to all Scottish candidates ahead of Dec 12 poll The next UK government must commit to a package of measures to support Scotland’s renewable energy industry – including supporting innovation and the shift to low-carbon heat and allowing… Read more »

Navigating Sand, Wind, & Heat Successfully on Utility-Scale Solar Projects in the MENA Region

Join NEXTracker at Solar Asset Management MENA 2019 With close to 3 gigawatts of smart solar trackers installed in the MEIAT (Middle East India Turkey) region, we know the terrain and environmental parameters driving our award-winning design. Come hear VP Asset Management, Marty Rogers discuss O&M lessons learned for the region, and the solar tracker… Read more »

Ørsted’s East Coast Community Fund Reaches Million Pound Milestone

The sixth round of Ørsted’s East Coast Community Fund saw a major milestone reached, with the total funds awarded exceeding the million pound mark. The Fund was launched by leading renewable energy company, Ørsted in December 2016 and has now donated over £1.1 million to more than 95 projects in coastal areas of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire… Read more »