The final turbine for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) has been successfully installed with the project recording what is believed to be the world’s fastest installation of a gigantic, game-changing suction bucket jacket foundation. Saturday’s (Saturday, May 26) turbine installation comes just nine weeks after the first foundation for the 11-turbine EOWDC scheme… Read more »
Expanded and integrated portfolio of pastes, products and services to help solar wafer, cell and module manufacturers achieve greater performance and efficiency. SHANGHAI, China -May 28, 2018- Heraeus Photovoltaics, a leading technology solution provider for the renewable energy industry, announced a new and expanded portfolio of products and services at the 2018 SNEC International Photovoltaic… Read more »
Nantes, France, 28 May 2018. DHYBRID, the leading German solution provider for PV hybrid, energy storage and smart-grid projects, has announced its partnership with QOS Energy, the data intelligence cloud specialist, to monitor PV hybrid and energy storage plants. DHYBRID will benefit from the versatility of QOS Energy’s monitoring software, which is unique in its… Read more »
Benchmarking report finds that despite general trend of improved performance, a significant number of PV products still experience failures 9% of submitted Bill of Materials (BOMs) failed one or more of the test criteria 12% of model types failed one or more of the test criteria 22% of manufacturers had at least one failure according… Read more »
From May 28th to 30th, 2018, SCHMID Group will present itself and its production equipment to the international business audience at the SNEC in Shanghai (booth E3-535). SCHMID Group looks back on a successful first half of the year in the Business Unit Photovoltaics. In particular, increased CSi expansions of Asian customers led to the… Read more »
Hamburg, 25 May 2018 – The global wind industry continues to look with optimism towards the future in 2018, with positive signals coming from the Asian markets and some European markets. That compensates for the somewhat cautious mood in established markets such as Germany. The market situation in 2020 is expected to be significantly better at… Read more »
WindEnergy Hamburg To Welcome 1400 Exhibitors From Around 40 Countries WindEurope Conference will host more than 500 expert speakers and presenters Hamburg, 25 May 2018 – From 25 to 28 September the world´s largest wind industry event, the Global Wind Summit, will take place at the Hamburg Messe fair site. Comprising the world’s leading wind… Read more »
Engineer Award winner saved employer £250,000 17-year-old analyst given Special Commendation for development of bespoke SMART training course Ten up-and-coming green energy stars have been honoured at the 2018 Young Professionals Green Energy Awards. Winners included James Williamson, who won the Engineer Award for saving employer SSE over £250,000 by suggesting refurbishing rather than replacing… Read more »
Kahl am Main, Germany / Singapore, May 25, 2018 – SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES) and the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) are entering a second phase in the joint research collaboration on developing cost-effective manufacturing tools with lower cost of ownership. After an initial phase… Read more »
Scottish Renewables member company Natural Power announced today (24 May) that it has invested £540,000 in a new state-of-the-art Control Centre to manage 5GW of onshore and offshore wind, biomass, solar and hydro capacity. The facility was opened this morning by Scottish Government Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse MSP. Commenting, Fabrice Leveque, Senior Policy Manager at… Read more »
Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse officially opens Natural Power’s new ControlCentre and Brockloch Rig Wind Farm Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse today (Thursday 24th May) visited Natural Power’s global headquarters, ‘The Green House’ in Dumfries and Galloway, to mark the official launch of the new over £540,000 ControlCentre, and to mark the opening of Fred Olsen Renewables’… Read more »
• 25-year turbine lifetime • Full service agreement over entire lifetime with cutting edge remote diagnostics included • Minimized environmental impact during installation and operation Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) will supply three onshore wind farms in Norway including 70 units of its Onshore OptimaFlex wind turbines. The SWT-DD-130 turbines will each feature a rated… Read more »
Paul Wheelhouse MSP officially opens Natural Power’s new ControlCentre and Brockloch Rig Wind Farm Paul Wheelhouse MSP and Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, today (Thursday 24th May) visited Natural Power’s global headquarters, ‘The Green House’ in Dumfries and Galloway, to mark the official launch of the new over £540,000 ControlCentre, and to mark the… Read more »
COORDINADORA has been working for over a year on a demanding project that has shown most of our capabilities and our ETM methodology. After managining several airfreight transport operations for this project, at the beginning of May, we began the transport process of the heaviest pieces entrusted to us: 5 slug catchers of 2,008 t. These… Read more »
Strategic sales partnership established with IMC, Mumbai Strong potential for growth in emerging photovoltaics industry in Asia Wiesbaden, Germany, May 24 2018 – VITRONIC, a global leader in industrial machine vision, will expand its presence in the Indian photovoltaics market. At the start of 2018, the German SME with headquarters in Wiesbaden formed… Read more »
Floating Lidar company EOLOS sign further agreements with sole supplier ZephIR Lidar 23 May 2018: Turn-key offshore wind measurements team extend order coverage with leading offshore Lidar company ZephIR in response to increasing opportunities geographically and in support of new wind technologies. “EOLOS has been successful in a number of new geographical markets as part… Read more »
Trina Solar, the Chinese leading supplier of global solutions for the photovoltaic sector, has reached an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Nclave. This agreement consolidates the strategic one signed this March between both companies; an engagement to jointly develop, commercialize and install integrated solutions for the photovoltaic sector with Nclave’s advanced photovoltaic tracker…. Read more »
Table tennis legend will meet fans and share success principles at SNEC 2018 in Shanghai. SHANGHAI, China -May 23 2018- Heraeus Photovoltaics, which has helped customers achieve PERC efficiency world records five times in the past 18 months, announced today that table tennis star Timo Boll will meet fans at the Heraeus Booth (W3-510) at… Read more »
Ideol, the internationally recognized leader in floating offshore wind, and STX Europe Offshore Energy, the well-known EPCIM supplier of substations to the bottom-fixed offshore wind industry, announce the development of a breakthrough floating substation. This one will be compatible with both bottom-fixed and floating offshore wind farms. Their universal and modular solution is expected to… Read more »
SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif., May 22, 2018 – Trojan Battery Co., LLC, the world’s leading manufacturer of deep-cycle batteries, has named Okada Corp. as a master distributor of Trojan batteries in Japan. “Okada’s team of battery experts can now effectively support the Trojan brand for customers throughout Japan, as well as ensure that they have… Read more »
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, PetroVietnam and Vietnam Electricity take part in inaugural EIC Connect Energy Vietnam conference and exhibition Ho Chi Minh City, May 21 2018. Over 180 delegates from across the UK energy supply chain attended the first ever EIC Connect event to take place in Vietnam on 17 May in Ho… Read more »
Responding, Fabrice Leveque, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “The offshore wind projects which are currently being developed in Scotland are already providing enormous economic benefits to our country. The Beatrice scheme in the Moray Firth, for example, will deliver up to £1.2 billion into the UK and Scottish economy via employment and supply… Read more »
DP Contract – the largest in Global Maritime’s history – will facilitate DP testing and implementation, and reduce vessel downtime Stavanger, 21 May 2018. Global Maritime, a leading marine, offshore and engineering consultancy, and Unisea, a software and consultancy house with a dedicated shipping focus, have won a five-year contract to provide dynamic positioning (DP)… Read more »
SeaRoc Group has announced the launch of its Strategic Alliance Program where it will be working with a number of reputable industry partners to expand its range of marine coordination services. Recent years have seen the increasing development of the Marine Coordination function in the construction and ongoing management of offshore wind farms. As offshore… Read more »
Ingeteam will once again be present at the world’s leading event in the solar sector: Intersolar Europe. At its 150 m2 stand, the company will showcase its very latest products and technology for PV plants, as well as control, monitoring and automation systems and battery inverters. Ingeteam will also present its latest developments in predictive… Read more »
Jan De Nul Group signs Formosa 1 Phase 2 Offshore Wind Contract image002.jpg17 May 2018 – Jan De Nul Group signs another important Offshore Wind Contract in Taiwan for the design, procurement and installation of the wind turbine foundations for the Formosa 1 (Phase 2) Offshore Wind Farm, owned by Formosa Wind Power Co., a… Read more »
VARTA Storage and E-One Moli Energy to develop high performance Lithium-Ion battery applications for the European market VARTA Storage and E-One Moli Energy (Moli) have announced a collaborative relationship to develop the European market for high performance Lithium-Ion-Battery (LiB) applications. With the new cooperation the companies will meet the demand for LiB’s in high performance… Read more »
Installation jackup vessel installs 87 turbines on largest offshore windfarm Total installed turbines could power nearly 1.4million homes* 17th May 2018: The world’s largest and most advanced installation jackup vessel has successfully completed work on the biggest offshore windfarm project in the Irish Sea, with its operators reaching an installation milestone. Scylla, owned and operated… Read more »
Photovoltaics (PV) is one of the key technologies of a sustainable energy supply based on renewable energy. Besides silicon-based photovoltaics, which presently dominates the market, there are other materials, such as perovskite, that also show great potential. Scientists are testing the proof of concept of these new types of solar cells. Very innovative is a… Read more »
GES contributes with its expertise in the installation of wind turbines The tower prototype will validate a new design to reduce the turbine installation costs May 2018. GES is cooperating with Nabrawind in the installation of a new self-erecting tower prototype, patented by the Spanish engineering company. GES has taken part in the first assembly… Read more »
Efficient storage solution for industry and commerce Wittenberg/Munich, 16 May 2018 – The Tesvolt high-voltage storage system has been shortlisted for the ees AWARD. The manufacturer from Wittenberg (Germany) has launched a storage system which is exceptionally economical: the TS HV 70. The levelized cost of storage (LCOS) is a mere 9 euro cents. With… Read more »
Petrofac has secured a long-term Framework Agreement (FA) with Transmission Capital to provide engineering services across six of its OFTO (Offshore Transmission Owner) assets. Under the Agreement, which is for five years, Petrofac has already been awarded two subsea engineering work scopes on key export cables connecting the Lincs and Robin Rigg offshore windfarms with… Read more »
SeaRoc Group, has announced the integration of innovative metocean risk management software – ForeCoast® Marine – with its SeaPlanner™ marine management, providing enhanced tools for planning works offshore. Through the integration of ForeCoast® Marine, the SeaPlanner system will provide a cutting-edge metocean risk management feature for accessing and viewing metocean data from various sources. It… Read more »
System Oil by Blending-on-Board’ a whitepaper which explores the many benefits for system oil that are conferred by the company’s SEA-Mate® Blending-on-Board (BOB) system. The paper details how BOB – developed in-house by the AP Møller subsidiary as a means of producing cylinder lubricant suited to different fuel types and engine operation modes for crosshead… Read more »
New joint venture company ENcome Energy Performance France SAS Joint O&M portfolio in France increases to approximately 150 MWp ENcome France becomes one of the leading O&M providers in France Paris/Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (15.05.2018) – ENcome Energy Performance GmbH and Green Services Group have announced to merge their French O&M operations. Both partners will transfer… Read more »
Milton Keynes, 15 May 2018: BayWa r.e., a global renewable service provider, energy developer and wholesaler, has purchased the UK based renewable energy service provider, Becon Consultancy. Based in Scotland and established in 2009, Becon Consultancy has grown to be one of the leading service providers for high voltage maintenance and switching services, landscaping maintenance… Read more »