Industry experts are set to take to the stage to discuss the latest innovations in subsea technology at Subsea UK’s Underwater Robotics conference this month (September). The annual one day event will examine the new technology being developed by the industry and the benefits that using innovative robotics can bring to underwater operations. Principal sponsor… Read more »
An advanced and sophisticated algorithm based on a physical and data driven engine model has been developed by leading technical university ETH Zürich and WinGD (Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd) to enhance predictive maintenance for marine two-stroke engines. The solution, which deploys a new hybrid approach to modelling engine behavior, will be further tested and… Read more »
Luxcara, one of the leading asset managers for renewable energy investments, has acquired two more Finnish wind projects. Sievi and Pihtipudas have a projected capacity of 60 MW. The produced electricity, which can provide more than 50 000 households with clean energy, will be sold to an off-taker on the basis of a power purchase… Read more »
10 September 2019: ZX Lidars deployed as SCADA-integrated permanent met mast replacements on operational wind farms ZX Lidars has delivered ZX 300’s to Statkraft Ireland for the purpose of assisting with operational wind farm monitoring including power performance tests through to the provision of wind measurements for production forecasting / reporting. The use of wind… Read more »
Monday, September 9, 2019 — DEME Offshore is making strong progress on the installation of pin piles at the Moray East wind farm in the UK. Having started offshore construction works with the jack-up installation vessel ‘Apollo’ in May 2019, piling activities have now passed the halfway mark, with more than 156 pin piles out of… Read more »
The InvaSave mobile ballast water treatment system from Damen Green Solutions has demonstrated beyond doubt its capability to help ships meet the incoming D2 standard. All vessels will be required to comply with the standard which came into force on September 8th this year. This summer the InvaSave crew teamed up with local service provider… Read more »
PV technology will play a key role in transforming our energy systems – stated by Florence Lambert, Conference Director Connect with the global PV community at EU PVSEC to gain knowledge, explore trends and discuss what is needed to keep up the new solar momentum in Europe – stated by Robert Kenny, Technical Programme Chair… Read more »
One of the challenges for developing the DC multi-terminal grids of the future, is how to protect the system in the event of a fault, so that only the faulty components are isolated rather than having to isolate the whole DC grid. Such protection requires intelligent electronic devices to monitor the grid and quickly detect… Read more »
IJmuiden 4-9-2019 : Z-bridge B.V. announced today that first phase of the Bring-to-Work (B2W) development has been successfully completed. The Bring-to-Work system is a cost efficient, lightweight solution that is especially designed for safe and efficient access during maintenance activities. The objective of the design is to optimize visit times by deploying small team up… Read more »
ArcVera Renewables, NRG Systems, and Harness Energy will combine their expertise to help utility-scale PV developers estimate future energy production Golden, Colorado, 09/09/2019 – A new and complete solar resource assessment (SRA) solution has been introduced to the US market via a collaboration between ArcVera Renewables, NRG Systems (NRG), andHarness Energy. This end-to-end offering will… Read more »
Istanbul, Turkey, XX September 2019 – Sulzer Schmid, a Swiss company pioneering UAV technology for rotor blade inspections, and Ülke Enerji, the largest independent wind farm service provider in Turkey, have teamed up to provide autonomous drone-based blade inspections to Nordex / Acciona Windpower on all of their wind turbines located in Turkey. By licensing… Read more »
At Morningstar, we’re proud that TÜV Rheinland—an international organization at the forefront of testing, standards and certification for everything from consumer products to industrial and medical devices—selected us for their own case study in solar. You can read it here. As the case study notes, “in the solar industry, standards and regulations change quickly, with… Read more »
City of York Council’s programme to deliver 600 homes in the next five years has added another building block with the appointment of a widely-celebrated and multi award-winning architect’s practice. Following a national competition which saw over 50 entries from leading architectural practices across the country, Mikhail Riches have been appointed to work with the… Read more »
SeaMade and DEME are proud to announce that today the DP2 offshore installation vessel “Innovation” started with the first load out of the first 3 of the 58 wind turbine foundations and transition pieces for offshore installation, as support structure of the 8.4MW turbines. These foundations are the first to be hammered into the seabed… Read more »
Together with their project partners, scientists at the Photovoltaic Technology Evaluation Center PV-TEC at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg have succeeded in improving the traditional screen printing process for the fine-line metallization of silicon solar cells. Using specially developed fine-line screens, the project team was able to create contact fingers… Read more »
Claire Mack, Chief Executive at Scottish Renewables, said: “The Government’s focus on improving Britain’s infrastructure is encouraging, as is its commitment to funding COP26, which will hopefully take place in Glasgow. Scotland’s renewable energy sector can help to power Britain’s infrastructure and deliver on the Government’s commitment to achieving net zero emissions. “It is concerning, however,… Read more »
United Kingdom (5 September 2019): PROINSO, a global leader in the solar energy market, and SOLAREN, have won the 2019 Asian Power Award in the category “Solar Power Project of the Year – Philippines” for their 2.16MWp commercial rooftop solar project in the Philippines. The Asian Power Awards announced PROINSO and SOLAREN as the 2019… Read more »
The UK subsidiary of Deutsche Windtechnik is expanding its national portfolio by providing O&M for five wind farms operated by innogy Renewables UK. Besides Siemens, AN Bonus and NEG Micon, the independent service provider now counts also Senvion turbines as part of its knowledge base in the UK, and hence follows the path of the… Read more »
Hamburg, 5 September 2019. The Nordex Group continues to benefit from its broad global market position. In addition to the recently reported projects from Spain and Scotland, the manufacturer has secured further projects in Europe for more than 195 MW in recent weeks. Twelve different customers – including project developers, utilities and citizen wind farms… Read more »
Hamburg, Pustleben, Dresden, September 4th, 2019. Project developer, VSB, and turbine manufacturer, the Nordex Group, today commissioned the 238.5 metre high N149/4.0-4.5 turbine in Pustleben, Thuringia, Germany. Due to its dimensions, the system is very profitable and sets standards in terms of cost-effectiveness, even at locations with medium wind speeds. The electricity generation costs of… Read more »
Xi ́an, CHINA, September 3, 2019 – LONGi, the world’s most valuable solar technology company with its corporate headquarters in Xi’an, China, released its 2019 semi-annual report to shareholders, reporting stellar financial results and significant capacity achievements. Strong operating performance Operation revenue in 1H-2019 reached 14.11 billion yuan ($2081 million), a YoY increase of 41.09%…. Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider Natural Power has been selected to receive substantial funding to develop and test a smart curtailment system to protect bats while minimising power loss during wind farm operations. The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected ten projects to receive funding totalling $6.8 million that will reduce environmental compliance… Read more »
Global renewable energy developer, service provider and wholesaler, BayWa r.e has acquired Toronto-based software house PowerHub. The new addition to the BayWa r.e. group offers a leading cloud-based asset intelligence software solution and will continue to operate largely independently. The acquisition extends BayWa r.e.’s scope of digital technology services in the field of renewable energy… Read more »
The University of Aberdeen will showcase its expertise in energy research at this year’s SPE Offshore Europe, as it announces its ambition to create a new Centre for Energy Transition. The Centre – which aims to build on the University’s status as a global leader in energy research and teaching – will align research and… Read more »
Zurich, Switzerland, 02 September 2019 – Sulzer Schmid, a Swiss company pioneering UAV technology for rotor blade inspections, and NNAISENSE, a world leading artificial intelligence specialist, have partnered to develop an artificial intelligence engine to automatically detect rotor blade damages on wind turbine. This leapfrog technology is expected to bring the twin benefits of improving… Read more »
Hamburg, 2 September 2019. The management and visualisation software (SCADA) is a key component of wind turbine generators. The system controls and manages the wind turbines and the wind farm in order to ensure a maximum yield. With Nordex OSTM SCADA EDGE the Nordex Group now offers the next generation of their operations control system… Read more »
Abloy UK recently hosted a roundtable event, gathering together influential figures from the energy sector to discuss the security challenges faced by the industry in protecting critical physical assets. From speaking with key stakeholders, a number of common concerns were raised, as well as shared requirements for any potential future access control upgrades. Here, we… Read more »
The worldwide expansion of offshore wind energy, especially in Europe, but also in markets as Asia and North America, causes a further strong increase of global offshore wind capacity. Thus, in Germany, which strongly expanded its capacities within the last years, the electricity generation through offshore wind energy could be increased again: the growth rate… Read more »
Ørsted, together with ITM Power and Element Energy, has won funding from the UK Government for a green hydrogen project. The Gigastack feasibility study, led by ITM Power, is a six-month project to investigate the potential delivery of bulk, low-cost and zero-carbon hydrogen. The funding has been secured as part of the Department for Business,… Read more »
Europe solar technology contracts in July 2019 saw 28 contracts announced, marking a drop of 38% over the last 12-month average of 45, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The proportion of solar technology contracts by category tracked by GlobalData in the month was as follows: Project Implementation with 19 contracts and… Read more »
Asia-Pacific (APAC) is expected to lead the wind turbine market with an annual installation capacity of 33.14 gigawatt (GW) by 2023, largely driven by onshore deployment; followed by EMEA and Americas with capacities of 19.9GW and 11.7GW, respectively, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report ‘Wind Turbine, Update 2019… Read more »
Solar plus storage has emerged as a major opportunity and driver of new growth for the energy storage industry August 29, 2019 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Navigant Research provides forecasts for utility-scale energy storage systems (ESSs) deployed globally in terms of power capacity (MW), energy capacity (MWh), and revenue generated from… Read more »
Industry bodies Subsea UK and RenewableUK have joined forces to deliver the Cables 2019 conference, which will focus on knowledge sharing and driving collaboration across the subsea cable industry. The two-day event will take place on the 29 – 30 October at P&J Live in Aberdeen and will feature a series of panels and sessions… Read more »
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have once again succeeded in raising the efficiency value of monolithic triple-junction solar cells made of silicon and III-V semiconductor materials. Using a combination of multiple absorber materials, these multi-junction photovoltaic cells exploit the energy from the solar spectrum significantly better than conventional silicon solar… Read more »
Hamburg, 29 August 2019. The independent certifying agency TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH has awarded the worldwide valid IEC type certificate for the N149/4.0-4.5 turbine from the Delta4000 series. The type certificate officially confirms that the theoretical design calculations for the N149/4.0-4.5 done by the Nordex Group reflect the figures for the turbines actually measured… Read more »
• The company will supply 21 SG 4.5-145 wind turbines, operating at a flexible rating of 4.8 MW, as well as provide three and a half years of service and maintenance • Siemens Gamesa expands SG 4.5-145 footprint in the region, having sold close to 1.4 GW of this turbine model in the U.S., Canada and Mexico… Read more »