Letter of Intent signed Cologne, Germany, January 25, 2017 – Renusol GmbH, a subsidiary of Gibraltar Industries, Inc., and PARI Group agreed on a Letter of Intent under which the PARI Group acquires substantially all the assets of Renusol GmbH. The PARI Group intends to continue to serve Renusol GmbH’s customers in Europe, Middle East… Read more »
Total capacity 3.04 MWp Robinsons Land Corporation extends cooperation with Phoenix Solar after successful commissioning of initial projects Sulzemoos, Germany, January 25th, 2017 / Phoenix Solar Philippines Inc., the Manila based subsidiary of Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed on the official market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock… Read more »
Scottish Government publishes Energy Strategy for Scotland Responding to today’s (Tues 24 Jan) publication of the Scottish Government’s Energy Strategy Scottish Renewables welcomed the detailed plan, which sets out a clear vision for the future of the sector in Scotland. Jenny Hogan, Director of Policy, said: “This is a landmark moment in Scotland’s transition to a low-carbon… Read more »
The commercial production of thin-film photovoltaic systems with semiconductors made of copper, indium, gallium and selenium (CIGS) is on the verge of a breakthrough: Two leading Chinese energy companies, Shanghai Electric and the Shenhua Group, have opted to invest heavily in CIGS technology manufacturing and development capabilities of the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen… Read more »
A report published today reveals that the cost of energy from offshore wind has fallen by 32% since 2012 and is now below the joint UK Government and industry target[1] of £100 per megawatt hour (MWh) four years ahead of schedule. It also shows high industry confidence of continued rapid cost reduction to below levels… Read more »
Solar-Log™ has won the Gold Award in the category India’s “Solar Monitoring Company of The Year”. The prize was presented on January 18th at the India Rooftop Solar Convention 2017 in New Delhi (India) to Dr. Frank Schlichting (CEO) and Nitin Bhosale (Country Manager India) from Solar-Log™. “We are deeply grateful for this award. The… Read more »
Moventas is expanding its wind gearbox assembly and testing capacity at its manufacturing locations in Jyväskylä, Finland. The investment includes expansion of component manufacturing, serial production facilities and new 6MW testing facilities. The investment expands existing gear manufacturing capacity to over 5 GW, with the ability to expand further as volumes grow. The expansion related… Read more »
Extreme weather is listed as the No.1 global risk this year by the World Economic Forum. In addition, the draft recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures call for a transparent and consistent process for identification of climate risks and climate action. DNV GL today releases a timely research paper exploring the role… Read more »
Pay-to-own solar energy system doubles off-grid customer base in just 12 months Fenix International reaches 100,000 customers as part of Africa’s infrastructure revolution 23rd January 2017 – Fenix International, a venture-backed technology company providing a next generation energy solution, has reached 100,000 customers in Uganda. This figure stands at double the 50,000 customers Fenix had… Read more »
Meyer Burger has been awarded further important orders for the delivery of its industry-leading MB PERC technology on the MAiA 2.1 system platform, SiNA cell coating systems for the production of high quality solar cells as well as DW 288 Series 3 diamond wire cutting technology for the manufacture of solar wafers for high performance… Read more »
As wind turbine blades get bigger, they are increasingly being worn down by weather and by the airborne particles they encounter as they spin at up to 350 km/hour. Producers and owners of wind turbines have been looking for a solution. After three years of development work, the Danish company PolyTech A/S has launched a… Read more »
• First power plant project from Hong Kong for the Black Point Power Station • Market entry with first H-class gas turbine in Greater China • Delivery of the 80th SGT-8000H unit worldwide Siemens received an order from Castle Peak Power Company Limited(CAPCO) for the delivery of a power block for a new combined cycle… Read more »
The European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC), has appointed Prof. Dr. Arno H.M. Smets General Chairman for its 33rd edition, which will take place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 25 – 29 September 2017. “I am honored and proud to chair the world’s largest international scientific photovoltaics conference in my home country,”… Read more »
New offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 818 megawatts went online in 2016. The industry views this expansion as positive and expects that, combined with optimised turbine technology and operating concepts, this will also lead to cost reduction in the forthcoming tendering processes in Germany. This momentum will however be upset by the… Read more »
Chelmsford, 18 January 2017, Global Marine Systems Limited, the world leader in subsea cable system design, installation and maintenance, announced today that it has been awarded the renewal of the Atlantic Cable Maintenance Agreement (ACMA), alongside its Atlantic partner for maintenance services, Orange Marine. The new contract began on January 1, 2017, and runs for… Read more »
Munich, 15 February 2017: BayWa r.e. has secured new projects totalling over 70 MW in recent renewable energy auctions in Italy and Malaysia. And confidence is high ahead of upcoming German auctions. The three wind projects in Italy include the 48 MW Eolica San Lupo Srl project in Campania and the 10 MW Arlena Energy… Read more »
Zurich, Switzerland, February 14, 2017 – ABB collaborates with DEWA to integrate solar energy and support UAE’s clean energy ambition ABB has successfully energized a major substation that will help evacuate power from the Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MBR) Solar Park, a key element of the vision to generate 7 percent of Dubai’s power… Read more »
Activity in the offshore windfarm sector reached a record high in 2016, as the total construction value for projects reached £4.1 billion, increasing from £2.45 billion in 2015 (see figure 1.1). According to the latest data from construction industry analysts Barbour ABI, offshore windfarms alone accounted for 42 per cent of UK construction contract value… Read more »
Berlin, 14 February 2017 – Today the German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation launched an extended English version of its website, offering international visitors all its available information and services at www.offshore-stiftung.de/en. “The Offshore wind energy sector is becoming increasingly international. With the enriched content of our English website we will be able to better inform… Read more »
Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion equipment, announced today that it achieved a new record year for the deliveries of its wind power converters worldwide. With nearly 5 GW of new capacity added in 2016 alone, a total of 36,414 MW of wind turbines have been equipped with Ingeteam’s technology since 1995, making… Read more »
For the ninth year in a row, EuPD Research, a market and economic research company from Bonn, published the study PV InstallerMonitor in January 2017. The results show that PV installers in Germany and the United Kingdom now carry storage solutions more often in their portfolio than in the previous year. Bonn. The current Global… Read more »
PIRIOU has just recorded a new order for an OST 30 of its tug range dedicated to towage. As the operator of Pointe-à-Pitre harbour in Guadeloupe (French Caribbean island), CARAIBES REMORQUAGE confirmed the construction of a 30.30m tug with 55 tonnes bollard pull and azimuth stern propeller. Built in Vietnam, its delivery is scheduled in… Read more »
Nantes, Tuesday, January 17th. At the nexus of cloud computing, the Internet of Things and renewables, QOS Energy has experienced exponential and international growth over recent years. The capital, raised from two independent growth equity investors: ETF Partners and current shareholder GO CAPITAL, will ensure QOS Energy increase this momentum. The investment will be used to… Read more »
ScottishPower Renewables has agreed a contract with Nexans and Darlington-based DeepOcean to fabricate and install the export cables for the East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm. The contract will safeguard 150 jobs in Darlington and the surrounding area, as well as enabling DeepOcean to offer significant opportunities to the UK supply chain. The cables will carry… Read more »
Munich, 17 January 2017: BayWa r.e. has successfully sold the wind farm St Fraigne, some 140 kilometres North of Bordeaux, to FPCI Capenergie 3 fund managed by Omnes Capital. This follows the sale of the 8 MW St. Congard wind farm to Omnes Capital in August 2016. The wind farm with a total output of… Read more »
ScottishPower Renewables has contracted marine engineering specialist Van Oord and Great Yarmouth-based Seajacks to transport and install the foundation jackets on the East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm. The main installation vessel will be Seajacks’ state-of-the-art Scylla, the world’s largest and most advanced working in offshore wind. The contract will support 140 current positions with Seajacks,… Read more »
German module manufacturer continues to increase production Frankfurt (Oder)/Germany, Ankara, 17.1.2017 – Astronergy is among the few international manufacturers of solar modules to receive an import licence from the Turkish Ministry of Economics. The German company is permitted to supply a total of 100 megawatts (MW) of capacity to Turkish photovoltaic projects. As a result,… Read more »
· DNV GL supports Siemens to prepare optimised turbine for the offshore market with a rated power increase of 14% compared to the previously certified turbine variant. · Certification confirms new turbine is built according to latest safety and performance standards · With the SWT-8.0-154, Siemens takes important third step in industrialising their offshore direct drive platform… Read more »
Cyberhawk Innovations is delighted to be recognised as a finalist at the 2017 Offshore Achievement Awards for the categories Safety Innovation and Export Achievement. The world leader in aerial inspection and survey using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), otherwise known as drones, continues to pioneer the use of this technology to conduct close up inspections of live… Read more »
Hinesburg, VT, USA – January 16, 2017: When developing a utility-scale solar PV project, accurately projecting the site’s power output is crucial. For its 33 MW Kumenan PV project in Japan, Pacifico Energy experimented with publically available data before seeking a more precise measurement solution. After implementing SRA Systems from Renewable NRG Systems (RNRG)—a leading… Read more »
20% energy costs saving in the restaurant industry Griddles, fryers, electric hot-plates, ovens, refrigerators, air conditioners: these are just some example of energy consuming devices in a restaurant. Most of them are not on 24 hours a day, nevertheless energy saving is mandatory to reduce the electric bill. That’s why power monitoring and power management… Read more »
28% increase in new business in Germany to EUR 1.17 billion Hamburg, 13 January 2017. The Nordex Group closed 2016 with strong December order intake in Germany. In the last month of the year alone, it received orders for 89 wind turbines in 33 projects with a combined capacity of 262.5 MW. Consequently, Nordex recorded… Read more »
As of 10 January 2017, C-bed’s floating hotel, Wind Ambition, is in full operation on a new offshore wind farm project in the Baltic Sea. C-bed is part of the installation and commissioning phases at the Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm, which is located in the German part of the Baltic Sea. This new project encompasses… Read more »
Hamburg, 12 January 2017. Uptrend Down Under: End of 2016 the Nordex Group has signed a contract for supplying 22 AW125/3000 turbines for the construction of the first phase of “Mount Gellibrand” wind farm in Australia. This 66 MW project is located near Colac, in Western Victoria state, in the south-east of the country. The… Read more »
Munich, 12 January 2017: BayWa r.e. has acquired the stand-alone operations & maintenance (O&M) service business that was previously part of the Green Hedge group of companies. With this successful acquisition, BayWa r.e. is adding 160MW of O&M mandates for photovoltaic (PV) plants to its existing operating portfolio in UK, bringing the total to 620MW. Green… Read more »
33.6% increase in new orders Acquisition of Acciona Windpower drives growth in South and North America Working capital ratio meeting 2016 target Hamburg, 11 January 2016. The order intake of the Nordex Group (ISIN DE000A0D6554) grew by 33.6% to EUR 3.30 billion in 2016 (2015: EUR 2.47 billion). The geographical distribution of 2016 orders mirrored… Read more »