The new year has just begun and with that comes figures over last year’s development in wind energy. A cooperation between The Global Wind Energy Council and renewable energy software company Breeze has resulted in The Evolution of Wind Power – an interactive map showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country, continent and… Read more »
A special interest group for the marine industry in the east of England energy sector is to be launched next month. The group will examine how the industry uses the diverse range of vessels across the oil, gas and renewable energy sectors in the Southern North Sea – from catamarans to huge jack-ups used to… Read more »
Full offshore wind farm inter-array turnkey supply for the Group Milan, 11 February 2015. Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a contract by Iberdrola Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH – German subsidiary dedicated to offshore wind activities of the world-leading wind farm developer and operator Iberdrola –… Read more »
Wiki-Cleantech is a free and collaborative knowledge online platform designed to gather all renewable energy scientific and technology information in one easily searchable place. It includes technical papers and presentations on wind, solar, biomass and other clean energy technologies, contributed by the industry and research communities. Wiki-Cleantech was created to give the opportunity to clean… Read more »
Companies hoping to build wind farms off the East Anglian coast under the government’s new funding regime will have a bigger pot to vie for. An extra £25m has been made available as the first projects under the new Contracts for Difference funding mechanism compete for £325m investment for low carbon technologies – £25m more… Read more »
Total project investment of £8.3m £1m grant through Round 6 of RGF 120+ new jobs including 15 apprenticeships Brightlingsea/Essex, 12 February 2015 – CTruk’s plans to build larger vessels for offshore wind and diversify for sustainable growth were given a boost today with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s announcement that the Essex-based SME has been… Read more »
The new RESOL app VBus®Touch Trainer is ideal for all who wish to train – themselves or others – in operating RESOL controllers. The app simulates a controller in real-life operation – all sensor inputs can be fed with freely adjustable values, all relay outputs are displayed with their status and pump speed. Thus, users… Read more »
Morgan Advanced Materials offers carbon brushes for wind turbine applications to lower maintenance costs and improve reliability Superior materials and design offer a long lifetime of performance, even in harsh conditions Morgan Advanced Materials Electrical Carbon business announces that its range of carbon brushes are ideal for wind turbine applications, with new designs and materials… Read more »
Medium-scale wind manufacturer counters FiT fall by boosting blade length and productivity of its innovative nED100 turbine 11th February 2014, London – Medium-scale wind turbine manufacturer Norvento has launched a new, extended 24-metre rotor for its nED100 turbine, capable of increasing the Annual Energy Production (AEP) of the 100kW machine by 8% on average. With… Read more »
Suzhou, China, 11.02.2015 Zeversolar continues to expand its training opportunities for retailers and installers worldwide. The Chinese PV inverter manufacturer will be instructing and training its customers on location and informing them about its new products during upcoming roadshows in Australia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In addition, Zeversolar will conduct webinars in German… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has kicked off 2015 with the launch of a new office in San Francisco, California. The Wood Group company’s growth follows the recent expansion into Austin, Texas in October 2014, and complements SgurrEnergy’s existing North American offices, located in Vancouver, Canada and Portland, Maine. With over 5.8GW, California has the… Read more »
China has the world’s largest wind power installed capacity, with plans to grow further and surpass US wind power generation by 2016 US added around 4.9 Gigawatts (GW) of new installed wind capacity in 2014, whereas China added about 18 GW, says GlobalData LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 11 February 2015 – Pranav Srivastava, GlobalData’s Analyst covering… Read more »
GOLDBECK Solar GmbH takes over the SOVENTIX GmbH PV power plant operation and maintenance portfolio retroactively as of January 1, 2015 and expands targeted growth of its operation and maintenance activities. The spectrum of plants in the portfolio includes rooftop and open land PV power plants in Germany and other European countries. GOLDBECK Solar is… Read more »
GERMANTOWN, WI – February, 2015 – Ellsworth Adhesives, a global distributor of adhesives, specialty chemicals and dispensing equipment, is pleased to announce that they will be exhibiting again at this year’s Strategies in Light on February 24-26, 2015. Ellsworth Adhesives will be displaying the latest technology of adhesives, sealants, lubricants, coatings, and dispensing equipment for… Read more »
The European wind energy industry installed more new capacity than gas and coal combined in 2014. Across the 28 Member States, the wind industry connected a total of 11,791 MW to the grid with coal and gas adding 3,305 MW and 2,338 MW respectively. Moreover, the coal and gas industries in Europe both retired more… Read more »
Due to the rapid growth of the offshore market, market participants are increasingly required then to react quickly and adapt to the new market conditions,” says GRS-Managing Partner, Matthias Mroß. Denitsa Tineva joined the GRS team in January. With her knowledge and support, GRS is now providing the additional service of analytical market research. GRS… Read more »
Company provides temporary power supply at Borkum Riffgrund Offshore Wind Farm CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, announced today that it has secured its third temporary power supply project in German waters. At Borkum Riffgrund Offshore Wind Farm, which is in the final stages of construction, CWind is providing an… Read more »
Annual market grows by 44%, passes 50 GW for the first time After a slowdown in 2013, the wind industry set a new record for annual installations in 2014. Globally, 51,477 MW of new wind generating capacity was added in 2014 according to the global wind market statistics released today by the Global Wind Energy… Read more »
• Logan’s Gap Wind is 12th Siemens-Pattern project to date• Siemens to supply and service 87 wind turbines for Logan’s Gap project• 200-MW onshore wind power plant located in Comanche County, Texas Siemens has been awarded another order from Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Development) to supply and install 87 wind turbines for the Logan’s… Read more »
On behalf of Centerbridge Partners LP / Implementation of the technical due diligence / Securing the transaction through technical evaluation London/Hamburg/Cologne, February 9, 2015. TÜV Rheinland provided American investor Centerbridge Partners LP important consultancy support and technical due diligence prior to its purchase of German wind-energy facilities manufacturer Senvion from the Indian Suzlon Group. TÜV… Read more »
• A further milestone in achieving the Federal German Government’s goals of expanding offshore wind power• Second direct-current grid connection now in commercial operation• Transmission capacity enough to supply more than 700,000 households with power Siemens has now handed over HelWin1, the second North Sea grid connection in quick succession, to its client TenneT. The… Read more »
Kahl am Main, February 9, 2015 – SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS) received the contractually agreed payments for the already reported orders for CIGS process machines. Accordingly, the relevant boards agree to the deliveries with a volume of around € 20 million and on part of SINGULUS the orders are booked as order intake. The assembly of… Read more »
Both contracts were awarded to Prysmian Group by the Dutch-German grid operator TenneT BorWin2 is the first offshore grid connection in operation with HVDC technology Milan, 9 February 2015. Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces the successful commissioning of the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore grid connection… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has developed the Onshore Wind Health and Safety Guidelines 2015 on behalf of the UK’s renewable energy trade association, RenewableUK. The guidelines aim to assist those involved in onshore wind energy projects, at any stage of the lifecycle in understanding and managing health and safety risks effectively and in compliance… Read more »
Den Helder/Netherlands, February 4 2015 – Acta Marine contracted CIG Shipbuilding for the design and construction of a large Wind Farm Support Vessel. The DP-2 fitted vessel measures 108 by 16 meters and offers comfortable accommodation and workspace for 75 persons onboard. The vessel will be equipped with two dedicated boat landings for Crew Transfer… Read more »
Phillip Sykes and Graham Bushby of Baker Tilly Restructuring and Recovery LLP were appointed as Administrators of Enecsys UK Limited on 30 January 2015. Enecsys is a leading supplier of smart, highly reliable grid-connected micro inverters and monitoring systems for the global Solar Power market. Headquartered in Newark, California, Enecsys boasts an impressive patent portfolio… Read more »
24 turbines completely installed in the North Sea The offshore wind farm Butendiek in the North Sea started operation of its first wind turbines. This is reported by wpd, the Bremen wind developer and operator. All foundations, cables and the substation were installed according to schedule during the last year. Today the first of the… Read more »
Kolkata/India, Mannheim/Germany, 5th February 2015: With effect from 1st February 2015, Vikram Solar, one of India’s leading solar module manufacturing companies, has extended the product warranty for its Eldora Ultima Series 60-cell polycrystalline solar modules from 10 to 12 years. A series of in-house reliability tests, product design changes and process improvements were carried out… Read more »
Off-grid Multicontainers to replace diesel generators Berlin, Germany, February 4, 2015 – The German armed forces purchase mobile solar containers equipped with high-power modules from manufacturer aleo solar. These photovoltaic modules are built into Multicon Solar containers, which act as mobile power plants to generate environmentally friendly power for the armed forces’ military camps and… Read more »
Chinese PV inverter manufacturer doubles sales and minimises failure rates Suzhou, China, 04.02.2015After having completely redesigned and extended its photovoltaic inverter portfolio in 2014, Zeversolar is now planning to double its sales and become one of the leading PV inverter manufacturers in its budget segment. While completely redesigning its portfolio, the Chinese manufacturer has enhanced… Read more »
Global solar photovoltaic balance of system (BOS) market value to fall from an estimated $34.9 billion in 2014 to $24.9 billion by 2020 However, China’s BOS market value will expand to $8.2 billion by 2020, cementing its position as the world’s leader in this space, says report LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 3 February 2015 – The… Read more »
A team of European experts, led by Robert Gordon University (RGU), are to look at ways of accelerating and streamlining the environmental requirements associated with consents for offshore wind, wave and tidal projects. The RiCORE (Risk Based Consenting for Offshore Renewable Energy Projects) project has been awarded €1.4 million from the European Commission’s competitive Horizon… Read more »
CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has created a new role in the business to ensure that it continues to develop and maintain the highest levels of SHEQ as it expands its global footprint. Mr Kevin ‘Pat’ Paton has been appointed to the role of Global Head of SHEQ (Safety,… Read more »
TBC 2015 – Lightsource Renewable Energy Limited (“Lightsource”), the UK’s leading utility scale solar PV developer and operator has secured a £103m term loan for the acquisition of 14 UK solar assets (13 UK ground mounted solar farms and 1 UK commercial roof top) with RBS.Also known as solar farms or photovoltaic power stations, these… Read more »
Offshore energy support vessel (OESV) operator places £6 million, two-boat order and prepares to launch second tank-tested 26m catamaran ahead of 2017 construction boom 2nd February 2015, Cowes – Class-leading offshore energy crew transfer vessel operator Seacat Services has placed an order worth £6 million with local boat builder South Boats IOW for two DNV-GL… Read more »
The European offshore wind industry saw new capacity installations decline by 84 MW (5.34%) in 2014 as the sector stabilised following record figures the previous year. In 2014, 408 new offshore turbines were fully grid connected, adding 1,483 MW to the European system. The total installed capacity for Europe now stands at 8,045MW in 74… Read more »