ABO Wind orders three N131/3000 turbines Hamburg, 14 March 2017. The international developer ABO Wind has placed another order with Nordex to build a wind farm in Finland. Following the customer’s last order covering nine turbines in November 2016, a new one has now been placed for three N131/3000s for a new project in west… Read more »
Amsterdam-based shipping company Spliethoff has placed an order for six multipurpose vessels at the Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., shipyard in China. The vessels of this new R-Class are designed in accordance with the Polar Code and are therefore highly suitable to trade in remote areas such as the Arctic. Moreover, they will be optimized… Read more »
On behalf of its client Seaway Heavy Lifting, subsea technology company Seatools completed the development, manufacturing, and installation of a piling instrumentation and control system for the Pile Installation Frame (pre-piling template) which will be used for the construction of a large offshore Windfarm. Seaway Heavy Lifting will commence the offshore installation operations in April… Read more »
Plug&Play replacement for 3.000 PV Inverter out of production Elettra, official distributor for AEG low voltage products in Italy, has announced it will replace old, failed PV invertors with new inverters that have the same technical features as the original – even though the original manufacturer has stopped producing them. Moreover, the replacement inverter offers… Read more »
One of the largest PV plants in Australia has been now inaugurated, namely the Moree Solar Farm, with a rated power of 56 MWac (70 MWp). This project has been the first utility-scale solar plant in the country to be equipped with a system that allows the PV panels to follow the path of the… Read more »
– Program secures wind turbine maker’s long-term international competitiveness – Company plans to reduce number of jobs by 780 worldwide Hamburg: Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has presented an extensive program today. It will secure the company’s long-term competitiveness. The initiative will identify excess costs across the entire company, opportunities to reduce… Read more »
An offshore company has set up a cylinder pressure testing centre in Great Yarmouth to expand the scope of its services. The staff at EPIC International Limited have more than 10 years’ experience of servicing and testing of cylinders for the diving industry. Managing director Dave Rowan has converted part of the company’s Vanguard Road… Read more »
Guetenbach, 10 March 2017. RENA Technologies GmbH offers advanced solutions to customers for texturing of both mono and multi crystalline silicon sliced by diamond wire saw technology. Further, RENA has received significant orders from major Asian customers for alkaline texturing and wet-chemical edge isolation for high efficiency monocrystalline silicon solar cells. The continued decline in… Read more »
In Frauenfeld, Switzerland, the logistics firm Rieser + Vetter installed on their distribution center one of the largest Swiss commercial rooftop PV systems in order to offset carbon emissions and benefit from remuneration via a feed-in tariff The firm Rieser + Vetter specializes in transportation of goods and materials throughout Switzerland that are large, bulky… Read more »
TS4-L and TS4-O, new additions to the Flex MLPE offering, now optimize any photovoltaic module up to 475W with 99.6% efficiency Los Gatos, CA, March 09, 2017 – Tigo®, pioneer of the smart modular Flex MLPE platform, today announced the worldwide release of its next generation of solar optimizers, now featuring UHD-Core (Ultra-High Definition) technology. The UHD-Core technology… Read more »
Improved On-Grid/Off-Grid Capabilities Outdoor cabinet lowers global Battery Energy Storage installation costs Warstein-Belecke, Germany, March 9, 2017 – AEG Power Solutions, a global provider of power supply systems and solutions for all types of critical and demanding applications, announces its latest version of their Protect SC. 600 Storage Converter, now with a new outdoor enclosure… Read more »
A Joint Industry Project (JIP) funded by the Scottish Government and administered by the Carbon Trust, under the Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund (MRCF), has combined the efforts of nine European organisations (see the full list below) with the objective of testing and qualifying new synthetic mooring components. After being successfully tested, nylon has been qualified… Read more »
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that the verdict by the High Court of the Canton of Berne dated 20 January 2017 has become final after expiry of the appeal period. The verdict approved the amendments of the conditions for the CHF 100 million convertible bond as previously approved by the… Read more »
Cairo/Egypt, Berlin, Hamburg/Germany, 08/03/2017. Egyptian-based company Infinity Solar S.A.E. and German-based companies ib vogt GmbH and Solizer GmbH & Co. KG have announced the successful closure of a 64.1 MWp solar power plant project in Benban, Aswan, Egypt by the Infinity 50 consortium of which they are members. The project was approved by the Egyptian… Read more »
During 2016 GES was in charge of the installation of 840 MW GES is currently working in Mexico, Chile, Egypt and France 8th March 2017. Global Energy Services (GES) reached the 24 GW in the installation activity. The company installed more than 400 turbines during 2016 in eight different countries all over the world. Alberto… Read more »
Brussels, 8 March 2017 Save the Date: 18 &19 May 2017 PV Manufacturing Europe Brussels, Belgium #PVManufacturingEU The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics (ETIP PV) announced today the debut of the PV Manufacturing Europe Conference covering the complete value chain and takes place on 18 & 19 May, 2017, at the BIP House… Read more »
Hailo Wind Systems already presented the beta version of its new eLearning platform at the WindEnergy trade show in Ham- burg last autumn. Now it’s ready to go live: the system design has been brought up to date with many new features. The currently 8,000 training course participants who have already completed a total of… Read more »
Battery Energy Storage System comes with 15.9 MWh rated capacity that equates the battery capacity of two million smart phones Kolitzheim (Germany) – As a general contractor for “eins – energie in sachsen GmbH & Co. KG” (eins) BELECTRIC is currently constructing the largest battery storage system of Saxony in Chemnitz. The storage system will… Read more »
SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, has introduced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to its existing inspection service offering after obtaining the Civil Aviation Authority‘s Permission for Aerial Work and following extensive testing in 2016. The renewable energy and grid integration consultancy’s UAVs, or drones as they’re more commonly known, are equipped with a… Read more »
On March 15 and 16, 2017 the “Offshoredays” organized by Spreewind will take place in Heiligendamm, Germany. During these days, speakers from renowned companies will share their experiences. Hans Gatzemeier, Managing Director of the ELA Container Offshore Gmbh will be one of these experts. With his many years of expertise in the field of accommodation… Read more »
Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, has doubled production capacity at its Boulder, Colorado, U.S. operations center for the Triton Wind Profiler. Vaisala has increased capacity to meet the needs of wind farm developers and operators for quick, reliable access to accurate hub-height wind measurement data. The increase in demand for Triton… Read more »
Siemens has won a significant order from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) in India to overhaul 18 units of RT48S & RT56 power turbines of Siemens fleet of aeroderivative gas turbines driven by Industrial AVON & Industrial RB211 gas generators along with installation and commissioning services. The turbines are operating at Mumbai High… Read more »
Kahl am Main, 03. March 2017 – SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES) has signed a contract for the delivery of VISTARIS vacuum sputtering systems as well as systems for wet chemical buffer layer deposition with the brand name TENUIS II with the subsidiary of a major public energy company and producer of solar modules from… Read more »
Finnish wind power producer Suomen Hyötytuuli and Bladefence have signed a 5-year Spindurance blade maintenance contract, which covers all Suomen Hyötytuuli’s onshore turbines in Finland. The fleet consists of 39 wind turbines, including Vestas 3.3 MW and Siemens 2.3 MW turbines. “The blade maintenance contract follows our service and maintenance strategy. By focusing on preventive… Read more »
Schiedam, The Netherlands – March 2, 2017 – GustoMSC released a special report entitled ‘LNG fueled Mobile offshore units’. The report describes the use of LNG for mobile offshore units, and considers the most relevant technical, operational and economic factors for the use of this fuel in such units. The maritime industry is experiencing increasingly… Read more »
NDEOtec SA wins a new order for a combined OCTOPUS II – PECVD/PVD deposition system for High-efficiency and heterojunction cell development from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia Neuchâtel, February 2017 – INDEOtec SA (Switzerland) announces another order intake released by the KAUST Solar Center (KSC) of King Abdullah University… Read more »
Shipping company Bernhard Schulte and ICBC Leasing jointly named the second wind farm service vessel for their customer SIEMENS. The godmother Dai Ling named the second wind farm service vessel of the Hamburg based shipping company Bernhard Schulte and Beijing based ICBC Leasing “WINDEA LEIBNIZ”. The German mathematician, philosopher and physicist Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz… Read more »
Zurich, Switzerland, March 1, 2017 – Battery Energy Storage System connected to main grid capable of supplying electricity to 60 households for 24 hours ABB today announced the successful commissioning of Denmark’s first urban energy storage system. The Lithion-ion based battery energy storage system (BESS) will be integrated with the local electricity grid in the… Read more »
Herzelya Pituach, Israel (March 1, 2017) – SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”) (NASDAQ: SEDG), a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, announced today that it is rolling out its new complete residential solution throughout Europe. Combining PV inverter, storage and home automation, the complete residential solution manages and monitors solar energy… Read more »
‘Orion’ will feature an unrivalled combination of exceptionally high transport and load capacity, impressive lifting heights and green technology. The vessel will be built at COSCO in China and is set to be delivered in 2019. ‘Orion’ will be deployed by DEME’s subsidiary GeoSea for the construction of the largest offshore wind farms, to service… Read more »
The combination of power, size and new innovations make mega cutter ‘Spartacus’ a new benchmark in the dredging industry. ‘Spartacus’ will be built at Royal IHC in the Netherlands and will be delivered in the summer of 2019. With a total installed capacity of 44.180 kW ‘Spartacus’ will be the most powerful Cutter Suction Dredger… Read more »
The WIND EXPO 2017 will be held at Japan’s largest exhibition centre, Tokyo Big Sight, from 1 to 3 March. Hailo Wind Systems will be attending the WIND EXPO for the first time this year. The technology and market leader in the area of wind turbine ac- cess and servicelift systems will be exhibiting its… Read more »
Enhanced crucible performance able to deliver close to additional 2GW per year without increasing wafer production capacity Heraeus Photovoltaics, the worldwide leading supplier of metallization solutions to the PV industry, introduced HeraGlaze, a high-purity SiO2 diffusion barrier coating for enhanced crucible performance in wafer production. It is the first product of Heraeus Photovoltaics beyond metallization… Read more »
The Spanish companies Grupo Clavijo and MFV Solar, with the support of the Q-Growth Fund, have reached a merger agreement to form NCLAVE, the new name of this partnership, aimed at becoming the world leader in the design, manufacture and installation of structures and trackers for the solar photovoltaic market. NCLAVE now has more than… Read more »
A new look and intelligent functions Fronius Solar Energy, the quality leader on the global solar energy market, has recently overhauled its Fronius Solar.web online portal for photovoltaic systems. Replete with its new look, the clear and comprehensive portal allows operators to easily monitor and analyse data from their own system(s). Among the new features… Read more »
Ann Arbor, MI – February 28, 2017: Siemens is collaborating with US-based company SkySpecs to deploy automated drone technology for onshore and offshore wind turbine inspections. The goal of the collaboration is to develop a push-button inspection system that is faster, repeatable and more efficient than existing methods. Siemens is involving its Wind Power business… Read more »