High-profile solar projects within Central Europe are adopting high-voltage string inverter solutions such as ABB’s award winning PVS-175 to deploy highly efficient photovoltaic (PV) installations and improve yields. ABB high-voltage inverter technologies have been deployed within the Netherlands, Italy and Spain as utilities look to increase GW capacity on large-scale PV installations. In 2018, Europe… Read more »
· The seven power plants with a combined installed capacity of 4.9 MWp are located in Fertőd and Kuszentmárton, and are connected to the grids of E.ON Észak-dunántúli Áramhálózati Zrt and E.ON Tiszántúli Áramhálózati Zrt, respectively · The power plants expand Photon Energy’s installed base in Hungary to 24.1 MWp and its total proprietary portfolio… Read more »
Chennai, India, November 5, 2019. Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion and turbine control equipment, has reached 1GW of production output within the first year of operations at its production facility in India. The company, which recently expanded this new facility, continues to implement its growth plans in the Indian wind energy sector…. Read more »
Hamburg, 5 November 2019. Around 15 – 20 per cent of the total cost of wind turbines are accounted for by the tower and the related logistics costs for transport to the wind farm. For the Nordex Group, keeping these costs low is a further lever for reducing project costs for their customers. This is… Read more »
The WindFloat Atlantic project is constructing the first floating wind farm on continental Europe, and will generate a capacity of 25MW; equivalent to the energy consumed by 60,000 homes in a year. Being a floating wind farm, it is secured to the sea bed with chains, and so avoids complex and disruptive offshore operations that… Read more »
Formerly the General Manager of Cargostore Containers LLC, Mr Ashraf has accepted this new role as the company received its ICV Certification from ADNOC and required a specialist representative to provide best-in-class service to its U.A.E clientele. Cargostore Containers LLC is in a unique position within the U.A.E Offshore Cargo Carrying Units (CCU) market as… Read more »
Vancouver based software company secures Start-up of the Year title at European awards Last night in a London banquet hall filled with industry peers, Clir Renewables was announced as Start-up of the Year at the inaugural European Wind Investment Awards. Hosted by A Word About Wind, the awards celebrated best practice in the European wind… Read more »
New Delhi, 4th November, 2019: Vikram Solar, one of India’s leading module manufacturers and a prominent rooftop solar & EPC solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Ms Sweta Sultania as its Head of Corporate Finance. Ms Sultania comes with around 15 years of diverse experience in investment banking and corporate finance with extensive knowledge… Read more »
Globally leading consultancy and specialist shipbroker for the planning and installation of offshore renewable energy projects focuses on growth markets in Asia (Hamburg, Nov 2019) Global Renewables Shipbrokers (GRS) from Hamburg is celebrating the start of the strategic partnership with COLI Schiffahrt & Transport GmbH & Co. KG in the offshore renewables market in Japan…. Read more »
Climate change global objectives for 2050 are under threat Geopolitical tensions and energy matters are strongly interrelated Renewables remain the fastest-growing segment and significant transformation will be fuelled by technology and digital combining by 2040 China and India, both giant consumers of energy and CO2 emitters and dependent on coal power,experience contrasting positions on the… Read more »
On July 22, 2019, Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced that it had signed an important framework contract with a solar cell manufacturing start-up company in North America for its heterojunction (HJT) core equipment. The contract volume is expected to reach around CHF 100 million and is subject to the customer successfully… Read more »
Nexans is SSE’s preferred supplier for the design, manufacture and installation of the onshore and offshore export cables for the 1,075MW Seagreen wind farm project Nexans will supply and install the three 65 km offshore export cables and three 20 km onshore export cables for the project Paris La Défense, November 4, 2019 – Nexans… Read more »
Working at the top of an offshore wind turbine is being brought to life for children by Swedish energy group Vattenfall using virtual reality technology. Technology and games that tell the story of the new industry taking shape off the east of England coast and the wide range of job roles generated by the industry… Read more »
Asia-Pacific solar technology tenders in Q3 2019 saw 243 tenders announced, marking a drop of 16% over the last four-quarter average of 290, according to GlobalData’s power industry tenders database. The proportion of solar technology tenders by category tracked by GlobalData in the quarter was as follows: Project Implementation with 211 tenders and an 86.8%… Read more »
Following the award of the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) of the foundations and subsea cables for the Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) in May 2019, Jan De Nul Group is on track with all project preparations. Aligning closely with the project financial close, reached by the Client on 29 October, the first… Read more »
The world’s largest floating offshore wind power plant, Hywind Tampen, will be located in Norway, with a total capacity of 88 MW and equipped with 11 SG 8.0-167 DD turbines By reducing the use of gas turbines on the fields, the project helps cut CO2 emissions by more than 200,000 tonnes per year Strong collaboration… Read more »
ZSW and BDEW on gross electricity consumption in the first three quarters of 2019 Lack of progress in wind power expansion and too few new photovoltaic systems could put 65-percent target out of reach Renewable energies collectively covered 42.9 percent of gross electricity consumption in Germany during the first three quarters of 2019. An increase… Read more »
Key investment drivers include energy savings, market awareness of Internet of Things, and voluntary building standards October 31, 2019 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Navigant Research examines and sizes the global commercial market for connected lighting, including hardware, software, and services within commercial buildings, from 2019 through 2028. The commercial lighting… Read more »
The delivery of the third Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 bought by Swansea, UK-based High Speed Transfers has taken place at Damen Shipyards Antalya. Named HST Harri, she joins the HST Hudson, delivered in May 2018, and the HST Sofia, which was handed over in March this year. A fourth FCS 2710 for High Speed… Read more »
43% of respondents put digitalization as a core part of their business strategy Improving operational efficiency (54%) and decision making (42%) as well as helping innovation (39%) stated as top priorities Value-stacking has been identified as a key digital application for Energy Storage helping perform multiple tasks with the same storage system. Singapore, 31st October… Read more »
Floating offshore wind technology leader Ideol and Elicio, a leading offshore wind farm developer and operator, have decided to join forces to co-develop floating wind projects in Scottish waters. Ideol and Elicio are currently preparing a joint offer for the upcoming ScotWind leasing to be launched by Crown Estate Scotland. Ideol has a proven track… Read more »
SIMEC Atlantis Energy Limited (“Atlantis”), is delighted to announced that it has signed a contract to supply tidal generation equipment and offshore construction services to Japan’s Kyuden Mirai Energy (“KME”) for a demonstration project in Japan. The project, located in the straits of Naru Island within the southern Japanese Goto island chain, has a total… Read more »
SIMEC Atlantis Energy Limited (“Atlantis”), is delighted to announced that it has signed a contract to supply tidal generation equipment and offshore construction services to Japan’s Kyuden Mirai Energy (“KME”) for a demonstration project in Japan. The project, located in the straits of Naru Island within the southern Japanese Goto island chain, has a total… Read more »
Atlantis, further to the announcement on 28 June 2019, is delighted to announce the acquisition of the Green Highland Renewables project development, asset management, operation and maintenance business (“GHR”) from SIMEC Energy. GHR is a profitable business with high growth prospects which provides a complete range of management, operation and maintenance solutions and services to… Read more »
To meet a market demand for lifejackets and immersion suits capable of withstanding the repetitive rigours of offshore training programmes, Survitec will introduce its 1300 Series training suit and Halo training lifejacket with Emergency Breathing System (CA-EBS) at OPITO Global this November. The 1300 Series training suit is based on the proven Survitec 1000 Series… Read more »
At the extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange MBTN) held on 30 October 2019, 306,733,596 registered shares were represented at the beginning of the Shareholders’ Meeting, corresponding to approximately 44.8% of the share capital registered in the commercial register. 391 shareholders attended the extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting. These shareholders and… Read more »
Novasec partners with Enlight Renewable Energy on Gecama, a 312-megawatt wind farm project, by offering qualified investors access to this attractive investment through a private placement on its end-to-end platform. Tel Aviv, October 30, 2019 –Novasec Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has secured the exclusive rights to raise €80 million to fund the… Read more »
The second International Green Energy Development Conference in China (IGEDC) was held on 15th and 16th October in Yangzhong (China). A complete overview of the latest green technologies in urban development, a glimpse into the future to build an international dialogue platform for sustainable development. Alessandro Barin, CEO of FuturaSun, attended in his capacity as… Read more »
MMS Offshore Renewable Services Ltd has taken delivery of a Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2610 from Damen Shipyards Group. The new vessel – to be called MMS Superior – will be deployed in a variety of roles in the offshore renewables, oil & gas and marine civil engineering sectors. MMS Offshore Renewable Services is located… Read more »
On Friday 18 October 2019, renewables service vessel (RSV) Isle of Jura was named at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld in The Netherlands. Isle of Jura is a newbuild vessel, constructed at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld, and is the second vessel built to a new Damen Renewables Service Vessel design. The RSV was commissioned by Seafast Marine for… Read more »
Following its latest successful investment round, Glasgow-based energy tech company Synaptec has expanded its business development team with the addition of two new sales managers. Gordon Lindsay and Tom Morley join Synaptec to support the company’s increasing customer base which covers the UK and European energy network operators and the global offshore wind sector. Most… Read more »
Jan De Nul Group completes Formosa 1 Phase 2 Offshore Wind Farm scope After four months of installation activities, Jan De Nul Group today announces the completion of an extensive EPCI scope for foundations, power cables and scour protection on the Formosa 1 (Phase 2) Offshore Wind Farm, owned by Formosa 1 Wind Power Co…. Read more »
To compete with market leaders, trailing companies must broaden their product portfolios and expand their geographic footprints Oct. 29, 2019 – Boulder, Colo. – A new Leaderboard Report from Navigant Research examines the strategy and execution of 10 companies offering advanced electric vehicle (EV) charger management technologies in the vehicle grid integration (VGI) industry,… Read more »
Siemens Gamesa will install 47 SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbines The contract includes a 20-year full-service agreement The order takes SGRE’s confirmed backlog in Taiwan’s market to close to 2 GW The launch of the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm project in Taiwan took a step closer to construction following the firm… Read more »
Leading solar cell manufacturers are ordering RENA machinery for a production capacity of over 10 GW State-of-the-art batch and inline machines for PERC technology Gütenbach, October 28, 2019: The machine manufacturer RENA Technologies GmbH has secured some substantial large-scale orders in the last three months for crystalline silicon solar cell production. The orders, placed by… Read more »
DNV GL was asked to carry out a power failure investigation after a major fire at a large-scale South Korean energy storage facility Results highlight need for facility developers and operators to put greater emphasis on monitoring and prevention systems Follow-up project will lead to criteria for bankability and validating remaining functionality of batteries after… Read more »