Luxcara, one of the leading asset managers for renewable energy investments, has again pioneered the structuring of project financing solutions. A Spanish solar project in Luxcara’s portfolio has issued debt in accordance with the German Investment Ordinance for infrastructure debt, section 2 (1) no. 4c. Luxcara advised on structuring the project financing, which privately placed… Read more »
On 31 October, international renewable energy developers will submit proposals to Abu Dhabi to develop a 2 gigawatt (GW) solar scheme in the emirate – the biggest single-site solar project in the world. Andrew Roscoe, Editor at GlobalData’s MEED energy comments: “The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is now a leading player in the development of… Read more »
Geislingen-Binsdorf, October 11, 2019: Solare Datensysteme GmbH (SDS), the energy management company owned by BKW AG, announced that effective immediately, CEO of Strategy, Finance & HR Brigitte Beck will assume the overall management of SDS. Brigitte Beck will be taking over the Engineering & Operations divisions previously directed by Dr. Frank Schlichting. “Dr. Frank Schlichting… Read more »
Morag Watson, Director of Policy at Scottish Renewables, said: “We welcome the Scottish Government’s commitment to local energy systems which link the supply and demand of electricity, heat and transport to support the growth of vibrant, net-zero local economies. “Renewable energy must lie at the heart of our transition to a decentralised and decarbonised energy… Read more »
Ideol SA (Headquarters: France/ CEO: Paul de la Guérivière, hereinafter Ideol) and Taisei corporation (Headquarters: Shinjuku Tokyo/Representative Director: Yoshiyuki Murata, hereinafter Taisei) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint development and promotion in Japan of concrete foundations for floating offshore wind using Ideol’s patented Damping Pool® technology. Ideol is a leader in… Read more »
• Attractive cash offer of €4.00 per share, representing a premium of 31% to the closing price of PNE AG shares on 26 August 20191 as well as a premium of 42% to the three-month volume-weighted average share price and of 50% to the volume-weighted average share price over the previous 12 months • Long-term… Read more »
Claire Mack, Chief Executive at Scottish Renewables, said: “While we have made great strides towards our world-leading renewable energy targets, access to finance is a major issue for Scotland’s renewable energy sector. “The uneven playing field created by the UK Government for onshore wind and solar PV, alongside the scale of offshore wind projects, means that significant… Read more »
The Fraunhofer IWES was founded in 2009 and, since then, has developed into an internationally highly regarded research institute in the wind energy sector. With the support of the central government and the federal states, it has proved possible to set up a testing infrastructure in the past few years that is truly one of… Read more »
In a joint research project with the Institute of Automation and Information Systems at the Technical University of Munich, teamtechnik has developed a new method of software testing that enables the quality of individually adapted control and test software to be evaluated faster and more accurately. It thus allows system builders to make software development… Read more »
Transaction comprises KEMA Laboratories for testing, inspection and certification of high power and high voltage equipment. Acquisition of KEMA Laboratories makes CESI the world’s leading provider of independent testing of power components. All former KEMA advisory services for power and renewables, branded DNV GL since 2014, will remain with DNV GL. DNV GL continues strategic… Read more »
Specialist rotating equipment services available 24/7 in Malaysia SAs a leading provider for rotating equipment services globally, Sulzer is uniquely placed to offer specialist technical knowledge and support for all types of pumps, electrical equipment and turbomachinery. The opening of the Semenyih service center marks another milestone for Sulzer’s operations in Asia-Pacific. With some 20… Read more »
Further 146 Gamesa wind turbines have been added to Deutsche Windtechnik’s Spanish subdivision as part of full service agreements. The G58 turbines with a total of 124 MW rated capacity are clustered in three wind farms in Castilla-La Mancha. The new contract confirms the reliability and multi-brand expertise of the independent service provider, having signed… Read more »
Series production has already started, with an order for 200 units for Brazil Pamplona, Spain. XX October, 2019. Ingeteam is finalizing the launch of its new INGECON® SUN 160TL photovoltaic string inverter, offering the possibility of achieving a power output of 160 kWAC in a single 75kg/165lbs unit. This inverter, which has already been physically… Read more »
Shenzhen and Jinan, China (October 7, 2019) – SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”) (NASDAQ: SEDG), a global leader in smart energy, announced today that it has filed three lawsuits for patent infringement against Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., a Chinese entity. SolarEdge is evaluating filing additional actions to protect its patents. The lawsuits, filed in the Regional… Read more »
A major milestone has been reached in an ambitious plan to bring marine manufacturing and support industries back to the Upper Clyde. Malin Group, a Glasgow-based engineering company with a worldwide operation whose Clydeside roots go back to the Victorian era, wants to create a marine manufacturing hub at Old Kilpatrick – one of Scotland’s… Read more »
Luxcara, one of the leading asset managers for renewable energy investments, has acquired another solar project in Andalusia in Southern Spain. The solar project Utrilla is situated adjacent to the solar farm El Salobral, whose acquisition Luxcara announced at the end of 2017. A projected capacity of 30 MW leads to a total capacity of… Read more »
Friday, October 4, 2019 — On 3 October 2019, DEME Offshore’s ‘Sea Challenger’ and crew completed the installation of 174 SWT-7.0 MW turbines at Hornsea One, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. “I am very proud to announce that DEME Offshore’s ‘Sea Challenger’ and crew together with our client and colleagues from Ørsted, Siemens Gamesa Renewable… Read more »
Ben Hunt has been appointed new global Head of Corporate Affairs for Siemens Gamesa María Cortina, former Head of Communications and Public Affairs, will lead a strategic project for the company, and act as senior advisor for Corporate Affairs in Spain Siemens Gamesa today announced a new structure for its Corporate Affairs department, with the… Read more »
To verify the energy gains of PERC bifacial modules in different environments, LONGi cooperated with the top third-party organizations to build many pilot projects in 2018. Among them, pilot project of TÜV SÜD in Hainan focused on the energy gain of bifacial modules under different surface reflection conditions and verify the effects of the modules… Read more »
8 MW Direct Drive machine with 167-meter diameter rotor is fully compliant to the new IEC’s Renewable Energy scheme for type certification of wind turbines Turbine will be installed in offshore wind parks worldwide including the Hornsea 2 project in UK and Greater Changhua 1 & 2a project in Taiwan. Hamburg, Germany, 3rd October 2019… Read more »
generating power equivalent to saving 45,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per annum specialist infrastructure investment manager Foresight acquires assets from Glennmont acquisition boosts Foresight’s wind portfolio by 11% to 372.5MW LONDON, 03 October 2019: Foresight Group (“Foresight”) is pleased to announce the acquisition of two wind farms with an aggregate generating capacity of 37.5MW from… Read more »
North East England’s offshore wind industry and the opportunities open to UK companies from significant upcoming wind farm developments will be the focus of a major event taking place in the region in November. Offshore Wind North East, which is being held on 7 November, follows the government’s recent Contracts for Difference announcement, which gave… Read more »
By integrating onsite DER, companies are able to improve customer relationships, use energy efficient technologies, and drive the global clean energy transformation October 2, 2019 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Navigant Research explores the current landscape of corporate onsite distributed energy resources (DER) deployments. Corporate sustainability initiatives have become prominent, public-facing components… Read more »
Dresden / Leuna, 02 October 2019. Sunfire, a leading global cleantech company, has signed a cooperation agreement with the French major energy company Total SA. Sunfire will provide a megawatt-scale high temperature electrolyser for use in industrial environments as part of the E-CO2MET research and development project. The company will also be responsible for the integration… Read more »
NOF Chief Executive George Rafferty has praised the joint venture developers of the Dogger Bank Wind Farms for unveiling GE Renewable Energy as its preferred turbine supplier, less than a fortnight after being successful in the latest round of Contracts for Difference (CfD) awards from the UK government. SSE and Equinor, 50:50 joint venture partners… Read more »
In late September 2019, Cargostore Containers LLC received ADNOC’s ICV (In-Country Value) certification, demonstrating the company’s support of local business. ADNOC launched the ICV program with the objective of growing and diversifying the U.A.E’s economy by supporting local suppliers within the U.A.E’s Oil and Gas Industry. Cargostore Containers LLC; part of the Cargostore Worldwide Group,… Read more »
Today, Shell UK and PassivSystems are pleased to announce the launch of B-Snug, a smart hybrid heating system for British homeowners. The B-Snug system uses advanced technology to manage a combination of an air source heat pump and a traditional boiler. The intelligent controls continuously monitor the temperature in the home and analyse weather forecasts… Read more »
ONYX InSight has been selected by Dongkuk S&C to replace the main bearing on a wind turbine generator at their wind farm in the Jollanam Province, South Korea South Korea, 1st October – ONYX InSight, a leading provider of predictive maintenance in the wind energy industry, was chosen by Dongkuk S&C to replace one of… Read more »
Monday, September 30, 2019 — Following the planned sale of PMV nv’s stake in REBO, DEME has taken the decision to sell its own participation to the Port of Ostend. DEME possessed a 30% share (15% DEME Blue Energy & 15% DEME Offshore) in the company. The REBO terminal in the outer port of Ostend is… Read more »
DNV GL’s independent wind farm monitoring and reporting services, including WindGEMINI and the Operations control room will be rolled-out across eight wind farm sites to provide Banks Renewables with a 24/7 view of its operations. Glasgow, UK – 30th September 2019 – DNV GL has been awarded a contract by Banks Renewables to provide monitoring… Read more »
InnoLas Solutions had a strong 3rd quarter 2019 and booked orders in the value of 7,6 Mio. EURO. Several major orders came from leading cell/ module manufacturers outside China. “The high investments in new, very competitive devices are showing first results”, says Markus Nicht – CEO of InnoLas Solutions. The orders are divided between the… Read more »
SUCCESS IN US AMERICAN PROJEKT-DEVELOPMENT: PFALZSOLAR INC. SOLD FIRST PROJECT PFALZSOLAR Inc. has been developing its project development in the USA since 2016 and is celebrating its first major successes this September. One of these successes is the fully engineered “Fine Farms” project with an output of 4.8 MW, which was sold a few days… Read more »
Responding, Morag Watson, Director of Policy at Scottish Renewables, said: “These new figures show once again that renewable energy is the backbone of Scotland’s energy system. “As we seek to meet some of the world’s most stretching emissions targets we must do more to decarbonise our heat and transport sectors, and the success shown to… Read more »
Oakland, U.S. (27th September 2019) – DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, has developed an advanced tool that uses very granular data from the past 20 years to create the equivalent of 10,000 years of plausible realities – simply put, a parallel universe generator that has 10,000 times… Read more »
First study of its kind demonstrates scale of potential future green energy workforce Figures show ‘enormous range of courses’ on offer from Borders to Highlands 36% of students studying renewable energy are female Almost 13,000 students are studying courses related to renewable energy at Scotland’s universities and colleges, the first survey of its kind has… Read more »
Growth of C&I EaaS will create new opportunities for sustainable finance September 26, 2019 – Boulder, CO – A new report from Navigant Research examines the global market for the deployment of turnkey Energy as a Service (EaaS), providing market forecasts, segmented by region, application, and deployment model, through 2028. Corporate commercial and industrial… Read more »