• Innovations in wind turbines, grid connection, operations and services• Michael Hannibal to outline cost-out targets after 2020 Siemens will present technologies and services that will help lowering the levelized cost of electricity at the Global Offshore Wind 2016 (GOW) trade show in Manchester, England. As further steps in cost reduction are crucial to enable… Read more »
Sterling and Wilson, a leading global Solar EPC player, has been ranked 6th Global Solar EPC& No.1 EPC outside USA & China by IHS Research and Consulting firm in its recently released Solar EPC and O&M Provider Tracker Q2 2016. Having commissioned over 1050 MW of solar power project installations in last 5 years, Sterling… Read more »
The world’s largest offshore wind farm off the Yorkshire Coast (UK) Tideway will deploy DEME’s newest DP3 vessel ‘Living Stone’ BREDA (NL) | Tideway BV, a subsidiary of the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME, announced with pride that the company has been awarded a Design and Build cable installation contract by DONG… Read more »
June 14, 2016 – The German commercial storage system manufacturer Tesvolt has been awarded the contract to supply the world’s largest decentralized off-grid storage system, which acts as a mini-grid during power cuts. The company is set to deliver a lithium storage system with a total capacity of 2.68 megawatt-hours (MWh) which will provide water… Read more »
Celebrates global market leadership in monitoring systems for utility-scale PV segmentBerlin, June 14, 2016. skytron® energy, a First Solar company and the global market leader in utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) monitoring, today announced the launch of version 2.3 of its PVGuard® Supervision Platform. The updated version will be showcased at Intersolar 2016, and features a new… Read more »
Offshore energy support vessel operator expands highly successful maritime apprenticeship scheme, introduces new traineeship and cadetship programmes 14th June 2016, Southampton – Class-leading offshore energy support vessel operator, Seacat Services, has announced a considerable investment in its unique Maritime Apprenticeship scheme, and has committed to creating further training opportunities with the launch of dedicated Traineeship… Read more »
The world’s largest offshore wind farm off the Yorkshire Coast (UK) Tideway will deploy DEME’s newest DP3 vessel ‘Living Stone’ BREDA (NL) | Tideway BV, a subsidiary of the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME, announced with pride that the company has been awarded a Design and Build cable installation contract by DONG… Read more »
June 14, 2016 – The German commercial storage system manufacturer Tesvolt has been awarded the contract to supply the world’s largest decentralized off-grid storage system, which acts as a mini-grid during power cuts. The company is set to deliver a lithium storage system with a total capacity of 2.68 megawatt-hours (MWh) which will provide water… Read more »
Celebrates global market leadership in monitoring systems for utility-scale PV segmentBerlin, June 14, 2016. skytron® energy, a First Solar company and the global market leader in utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) monitoring, today announced the launch of version 2.3 of its PVGuard® Supervision Platform. The updated version will be showcased at Intersolar 2016, and features a new… Read more »
Augsburg, June 14, 2016 – At this year’s Intersolar Europe 2016, meteocontrol GmbH, the world’s market leader for manufacturer-independent PV monitoring, will unveil its Pit Stop service for existing systems as well as the latest refinements made to its SCADA Center and VCOM monitoring solutions. meteocontrol’s exhibition at Booth 219 in Hall B1 will also… Read more »
· Contract covers inspections from manufacturing, transport, installation and commissioning of wind farm· Project follows successful partnership of initial design assessment phase of wind farm· Arkona marks 14th German offshore wind farm to be supported by DNV GL certification services Hamburg, Germany -13th June 2016, E.ON has awarded the project certification contract for the new… Read more »
A look at battery storage in the UK: is behind the meter storage the more attractive option? Read on to find out more… Electricity storage is far from being a new idea. Small-scale batteries have been household items for decades and increasingly powerful, yet relatively diminutive units are now a common part of our everyday,… Read more »
The machine manufacturer is expanding its premises and investing in new headquarters on the Smart Systems Campus, Chemnitz In the coming months 3D-Micromac AG, the leading specialist in laser micromachining, will build its new headquarters with office and conference space and a customer application center on the Smart Systems Campus in Chemnitz. Last year the… Read more »
Annual inspection and maintenance to be provided out of CWind’s Grimsby office CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has announced today that it has won a contract from E.ON to undertake the annual inspection and repair services as required at Humber Gateway offshore wind farm (OWF), covering latchways, mechanical services,… Read more »
· Contract covers inspections from manufacturing, transport, installation and commissioning of wind farm· Project follows successful partnership of initial design assessment phase of wind farm· Arkona marks 14th German offshore wind farm to be supported by DNV GL certification services Hamburg, Germany -13th June 2016, E.ON has awarded the project certification contract for the new… Read more »
Finland, June 13, 2016 – Finland-based Runtech Systems has placed its largest multi-million-euro order for high-speed turbo motors from The Switch for use in its turbo vacuum blower systems for paper machines. Using direct-drive technology developed jointly by both companies since the early 2000s, these turbos have now become widely accepted in the paper industry… Read more »
International engineering and operations support services contractor ODE, part of the DORIS Group, has successfully installed new pontoon and crane facilities on the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm base in Great Yarmouth. Project management experience and in-house engineering capabilities were key components of ODE’s bid, which saw it design, fabricate and install a 52-metre long concrete… Read more »
• Groundbreaking with political and company representatives• Wind turbine production already in 2017• Project leadership transferred to Carsten-Sünnke Berendsen Siemens new offshore plant in Cuxhaven is quickly progressing. Only one year after the initial investment decision, construction at the building site is already beginning. Soil compaction and the preparation of the pile foundation, with 1,900… Read more »
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has agreed the sale of an 800-ton carousel to Bibby Offshore Limited (BOL). Carousels are used in the storage and transportation of subsea cables, umbilicals and pipes and enable the safe deployment of equipment from a vessel to the seabed. Aberdeenshire-based ESS first diversified from its core seabed preparation and trenching… Read more »
Latest families of pastes designed to meet high efficiency solar cell requirements. HANAU, GERMANY- June 13, 2016- Heraeus Photovoltaics, the worldwide leading supplier of metallization solutions to the PV industry, will be showcasing its newest metallization pastes at the intersolar/PVSEC trade show and R&D conference, which will take place June 22-24, 2016, in Munich, Germany…. Read more »
The Stringer TT2100 is setting a new standard at 2100 cycles per hour or 1.7 seconds for a single cycle. It confirms teamtechnik’s position as the supplier of the fastest single-track soldering solutions for solar cells in the world, increasing the throughput per stringer to 65 MW per year and production system. The full teamtechnik… Read more »
• 16 wind turbines for the Setana Osato wind power plant in Hokkaido• Commercial operation scheduled for 2018• First project with the customer J-Wind Setana Siemens has received its first order from J-Wind Setana to supply, install and commission 16 direct-drive wind turbines with a capacity of 3.2 megawatts (MW) each. The customer is a… Read more »
Continuous growth of new and maturing solar assets increases the need for trustworthy, comprehensive component testing and system evaluation Global energy consultancy and certification expert DNV GL extends its PV testing bench and capabilities DNV GL to grow scope of asset management services with novel software tools OAKLAND, CA (8 June 2016) – DNV GL,… Read more »
The newly launched DW288 Series 3 diamond wire cutting technology from Meyer Burger has been selected for the manufacture of high performance mono-crystalline silicon solar wafers by yet another existing photovoltaic customer in Asia. Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) today announced that it has received an important contract from a manufacturer of… Read more »
Hevel LLC, the largest integrated solar company in Russia, has placed an order with Meyer Burger for the supply of high-end systems for the qualification of crystalline solar wafers, the coating and performance measurement of heterojunction cells, as well as SmartWire Connection Technology for connecting cells. These Meyer Burger systems will develop Hevel’s existing technology… Read more »
Spain, 6th June 2016. Ingeteam launches its new range of central PV inverters, the 1500 Vdc INGECON SUN PowerMax B series. With dimensions of just 2,800 x 885 x 2,010 mm, these inverters are able to supply up to a maximum power of 1,640 kVA in a single unit, making it the solar inverter with… Read more »
Boulder, Colo., June 6th, 2016 – Sungage Financial, a leading provider of solar financing solutions, has added the Tier 1 solar module manufacturer Vikram Solar to its approved vendor list. Vikram Solar Modules can now be installed in any residential solar system that is using financing from Sungage Financial. Ken Oatman, Head of Business Development… Read more »
Edinburgh 6 June 2016. Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd (MORL) has announced intention to open consultation on the development of offshore wind on the remainder of its zone in the Outer Moray Firth. In 2010, The Crown Estate awarded MORL development rights for offshore wind development in Zone 1 (Moray Firth). MORL split the site into… Read more »
Realizing the successful result of its most recent R&D effort, ASM Alternative Energy (ASM AE) announced today that it has commercialized its new solar cell printing technology, XtremePrintTM. The innovative and rapidly responsive XtremePrintTM system is a novel approach to high-speed cell topography accommodation and an ingenious solution to the limitations of conventional printing techniques…. Read more »
DNV GL chosen for fourth time to validate distributed energy project for U.S. Department of Energy Hawaiian Electric Company to integrate System to Edge-of-Network Architecture and Management (SEAMS) to manage high penetration of distributed energy resources DNV GL to validate SEAMS performance, assess role of technologies including energy storage to assist in system management with… Read more »
Wind energy is increasingly becoming the driving force of the global energy transition. The main challenge now is to reduce the production cost of wind power. The industry is taking up this challenge, as one of the most innovative industries in the world. Its new products, applications and efficiency strategies add up to continuous progress…. Read more »
Realizing the successful result of its most recent R&D effort, ASM Alternative Energy (ASM AE) announced today that it has commercialized its new solar cell printing technology, XtremePrintTM. The innovative and rapidly responsive XtremePrintTM system is a novel approach to high-speed cell topography accommodation and an ingenious solution to the limitations of conventional printing techniques…. Read more »
Solarion is introducing the brand new solar module M210. The glass-foil module with solar cells made of monocrystalline silicon has a front side mounted junction box and is factory-laminated to a piece of roofing membrane. Due to a 10 cm wide welding seam the solar module can securely fastened by hot air welding onto PVC,… Read more »
DNV GL chosen for fourth time to validate distributed energy project for U.S. Department of Energy Hawaiian Electric Company to integrate System to Edge-of-Network Architecture and Management (SEAMS) to manage high penetration of distributed energy resources DNV GL to validate SEAMS performance, assess role of technologies including energy storage to assist in system management with… Read more »
Wind energy is increasingly becoming the driving force of the global energy transition. The main challenge now is to reduce the production cost of wind power. The industry is taking up this challenge, as one of the most innovative industries in the world. Its new products, applications and efficiency strategies add up to continuous progress…. Read more »
ees Europe highlights the potential of virtual power plants Munich, June 2, 2016 – The future belongs to smart networks of decentralized energy generation plants: Energy consumption and generation in households, commercial enterprises and industry will only be balanced in the future, preferably at all times of day, when PV installations, wind power plants, micro… Read more »