Category: Press Releases

WinGD expands engine technology investment with Global Test Centre

Swiss based marine engine technology developer WinGD continues to invest in its R&D testing infrastructure with the opening of a new collaborative Global Test Centre in Shanghai, China. The new test centre which opened on the 16 December, is a collaboration with CSPI (China Shipbuilding Power Engineering Institute Co., Ltd.) for the advancement of a… Read more »

ABB powers progress for Milan’s electric bus network

ABB’s Terra 124 chargers have been installed in the depot’s parking area. One charger can fast charge two vehicles at the same time, optimizing the installation cost and minimizing impact. The e-buses are scheduled to charge during the night when it is more cost effective, and with a range of up to 180km in normal conditions, this… Read more »

Smart Grid Technology vital to achieving net zero targets

London (UK), 17th December 2021: According to research from Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, and the world’s most sustainable corporation 2021 as ranked by Corporate Knights, the seismic energy transition is having a massive impact on the power supply and grid networks, which needs to be quickly addressed as businesses buy into the net zero energy transition. Included in Schneider’s Powering Change report – developed… Read more »

The Nordex Group receives 110 MW order from Statkraft in Chile

Hamburg, 17 December 2021. Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, the Norwegian Statkraft, has placed an order with the Nordex Group for 19 N163/5.X turbines for Chile. The order also includes a Premium Service contract covering three years.  The Delta4000 turbines are intended for the 110 MW “Torsa” project. The wind farm will be built… Read more »

DemoSATH floating offshore wind platform manufacturing moves forward in the Port of Bilbao

Bilbao, 17 December, 2021. DemoSATH manufacturing works speeds up in the Port of Bilbao (Spain). The latest milestone has been the handling operation of the prototype. This consists on lifting, pivoting, and positioning the 6 precast elements that have initially been prefabricated. These elements compose the floaters of the platform and include 4 conical elements… Read more »

Bladena – Blade specialist and front runner celebrates 10-year anniversary

By Journalist, Berit Jarmin Published December 20th, 2021 How can you develop wind turbine blades with a stabilizing structure that ensures they last longer and are capable of resisting greater power? That was the objective of Find Mølholt Jensen’s research at DTU Risø carried out for 10 years which led him to establish Bladena in… Read more »

Osbit announces new appointments as part of growth strategy

Osbit, the energy transition-focused engineering company, has announced a series of new appointments as it enters a significant growth phase. As part of its expansion strategy, the business, which was recently acquired by offshore wind services company Venterra Group, has strengthened its leadership team to enhance the running of day-to-day business operations. The new appointments… Read more »

DNV Ocean’s Future to 2050: Rapid growth of offshore wind will trigger an unprecedented race for ocean space

Høvik, Norway, 16 December 2021 – The exponential growth of offshore wind power will be the main driver of a nine-fold increase in demand for ocean space by the middle of the century, according DNV’s Ocean’s Future to 2050.  The report forecasts that by midcentury, offshore wind will require ocean space which is the equivalent… Read more »

FIMER SIGNS A JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT IN ALGERIA WITH ENIE (THE NATIONAL ENTITY FOR ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES), A HOLDING OF THE ELEC EL DJAZAIR GROUP

The agreement means that FIMER, the leading solar and e-mobility company, is officially the only local manufacturer of photovoltaic inverters for the Algerian market. Thanks to the agreement signed on December 14th 2021, FIMER and ENIE will collaborate on the local production of photovoltaic inverters to support all national government tenders and the free market,… Read more »

SEACAT WEATHERLY SECURES O&M CHARTER AT MORAY OFFSHORE WINDFARM (EAST)

Seacat Services sends OESV to support Moray East’s operations team off the coast of Fraserburgh, Scotland Aberdeen, 16 December, 2021 – Class leading offshore energy support vessel (OESV) operator Seacat Services (Seacat) today announces that it has signed a long-term charter for catamaran Seacat Weatherly with Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited. Seacat Weatherly began its… Read more »

Fleetwide Extension – Miros Extends Services to Prysmian Advanced Cable Lay Vessel

[Oslo, Norway]: Miros AS today announced it has signed an agreement with Prysmian Group, a world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, for the installation of their IoT dry-sensor WaveSystem including Miros Cloud Services, delivering real-time wave and current data onboard the MV Leonardo Da Vinci. Miros AS is excited to extend… Read more »

WINDESCO’S MARKET-FIRST SWARM™ TECH ANNOUNCED FOR LONGROAD’S MILFORD WIND FARM IN UTAH

WindESCo Swarm™ to unlock 3-5% annual energy production gains for 306MW Milford wind farm in first-of-its-kind deployment Boston, MA, USA: 7th December 2021 – Pioneering wind asset optimization innovator WindESCo has closed a pre-launch deal with Boston-based renewable energy developer, owner and operator Longroad Energy to deploy its market-leading swarm optimization technology onto Longroad’s 306 MW… Read more »

Building a new major industrial player: Scana merges with PSW Group

Together, the two Norwegian companies will create a leading global service provider for the green shift in maritime industries. Based on hundreds of years of industrial history, listed Scana ASA has sharpened its focus and become a strong equipment and service supplier to the maritime industries in recent years. Now, the company is taking a… Read more »

DEME Offshore secures sizable inter-array cable contract for Dogger Bank C wind farm in the UK

250 km of inter-array cable to be installed at world’s biggest wind farm. Thursday, December 16, 2021 — Antwerp, BE – Earlier today, DEME Offshore, subsidiary of the DEME Group, announced it has been awarded a sizable (1) EPCI contract for the inter-array cables at the Dogger Bank C wind farm in the UK. Dogger… Read more »

ORE Catapult appoints Andrew Macdonald as Offshore Wind Development & Operations Director

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the UK’s leading research and innovation centre for offshore wind, wave and tidal energy, has promoted Andrew Macdonald into the role of Offshore Wind Development & Operations Director, effective from 1st February 2022. Andy will take responsibility for the Catapult’s extensive portfolio of projects in Smart Operations & Maintenance… Read more »

ABB and HydrogenPro to optimize green hydrogen production for a low-carbon future

ABB has signed an order with HydrogenPro, a hydrogen plant company, to provide electrical equipment for the world’s largest single stack high-pressure alkaline electrolyser – a system that generates hydrogen by using electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Once deployed, at a specially built test facility in Herøya, Norway in 2022, the system will… Read more »

Pfeiffer Vacuum Opens New Silicon Valley Innovation Center

Pfeiffer Vacuum, one of the world’s leading providers of high-tech vacuum solutions for the semiconductor market as well as the analytical, industrial and research & development markets, opened up a new 10,000 square foot Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) in San José on December 10th. This state-of-the-art facility is located at 2381 Bering Drive, San… Read more »

ARIKON and Doosan Lentjes manage projects with Newforma

The construction group ARIKON AG and Doosan Lentjes, a global provider of proprietary environmental technologies for thermal waste treatment and energy generation, are breaking new ground together in terms of digital collaboration. The current joint construction project, a thermal waste treatment plant in Wiesbaden, is being centrally managed in the planning and execution phase with… Read more »

WinGD outlines simple steps to decarbonize deep-sea shipping

Swiss based marine engine technology developer WinGD has published a new white paper outlining the steps it believes will enable deep-sea shipping to decarbonize in line with IMO provisions. The guide aims to provide shipowners with an illustration of the choices that can be made with confidence today to drastically reduce emissions, rather than waiting… Read more »

ABB powers Red Sea tourism project with smart energy technology – the 28,000 square kilometre luxury destination will run on 100 per cent renewable power

ABB has been appointed to ‘power’ the Red Sea Project, Saudi Arabia’s biggest sustainable tourism scheme owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF). Spanning 28,000 square kilometers, the project is one of the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism projects and will bring together the natural world with first class personalized accommodation, across an archipelago of… Read more »

Verton attains their first Australian distribution with Sparrows Group

In an exciting move for Verton, they have today announced that Sparrows Group (Sparrows) has signed up to be their first Australian distributor. Sparrows is a global provider of specialist engineering, inspection, operations and maintenance services to the offshore energy, renewables and industrial markets. Their mission is to support their clients to optimise their efficiency,… Read more »

SkySpecs announces expanded solution offering to simplify renewable energy asset management.

Autonomous blade inspection pioneer set to enable next phase of renewable energy industry growth with solutions that help customers manage their fleets across the full asset lifecycle. SALT LAKE CITY, UT (December 8, 2021) – SkySpecs CEO Danny Ellis today announced the launch of SkySpecs’ expanded suite of asset management solutions for renewable energy. The… Read more »

UK Power Networks Partners with GE Digital on Smart Substation Project to Drive Net Zero Outcomes

SAN RAMON, Calif. – December 9, 2021 – GE Digital today announced that it is partnering with its valued customer UK Power Networks on a world-first smart substation project. The project, known as Constellation, is designed to optimize utilization of the distribution network to facilitate the rise of renewable energy generation across the United Kingdom…. Read more »

Dieseko supplies world’s largest Vibratory Hammer to Saipem for Monopile installation on Calvados Offshore Wind Farm

Dieseko, the Dutch manufacturer of Innovative Foundation Equipment, has secured a contract with Saipem for the supply of the Vibratory Hammer used to install the Monopiles on the Calvados Offshore Wind Farm (Courseulles-sur-Mer). The Calvados OWF is a 450MW offshore wind farm (64 Wind Turbines) and is located approximately 15km north of the city of… Read more »

Jan De Nul has been awarded the transport & installation for Vesterhav Nord & Syd wind farm in Denmark

For the offshore wind farm Vesterhav Nord & Syd in Denmark, Jan De Nul Group will transport and install a total of 41 wind turbines of 8.4 MW each on behalf of Vattenfall Denmark. All together, these turbines will produce enough green electricity for the annual needs of approximately 380,000 Danish households. Jan De Nul’s… Read more »

Renewable energy generation boosted by more than 100% in US-first demonstration project

Energy software provider, Smarter Grid Solutions, in partnership with AVANGRID, a leading sustainable energy company, have delivered a ground-breaking US grid integration project that has the potential to more than double wind and solar generation connections by using innovative new software that maximises grid capacity. The Flexible Interconnect Capacity Solution (FICS) project has successfully connected… Read more »

Expansion of offshore wind energy creates value and employment across Germany

Bremerhaven, 7 December 2021 – The expansion of onshore and offshore wind energy can create more jobs in the wind industry in North Rhine-Westphalia than would be reduced by a faster coal phase-out. This is the result of a recent study by the market research institute wind:research, which was supported by WAB as part of… Read more »

UK rare-earth-free innovator GreenSpur receives generator order from US firm Wind Harvest

The delivery of three patented 70kW rare-earth-free generators in mid-2022 will support Wind Harvest’s vertical axis wind turbine design ambitions UK firm GreenSpur Wind has today confirmed an order for three 70kW rare-earth-free permanent magnet direct drive generators to Wind Harvest International of the United States. The transaction represents a first US sale for GreenSpur…. Read more »

Waga Energy and Meridiam secure refinancing of four biomethane units from French banks consortium

Waga Energy, the European leader in the production of biomethane from landfill gas, and Meridiam, an investment fund specializing in public infrastructure finance, obtained a non-recourse loan of 10.4 million euros from BNP Paribas and Banque Populaire Grand Ouest to refinance four WAGABOX® biomethane units located in France. The deal underpins Waga Energy’s ability to rely… Read more »

Leading renewable energy projects crowned at Scottish Green Energy Awards

More than 1,000 people returned in-person to Edinburgh to see 13 winners announced Director of industry body says shortlist highlights the “leaps of innovation” of Scotland’s renewable energy industry A pioneering energy storage system which has been developed using the simple principle of gravity has been handed a top award by Scotland’s renewable energy industry… Read more »

The Crosby Group acquires Airpes

Innovative lifting, handling, and weighing solutions for the Wind Energy & Industrial markets Richardson, Texas, USA — The Crosby Group, a global leader in lifting, rigging, and load securement hardware, today announced that it has acquired Airpes Sistemas Integrales de Manutencion Y Pesaje S.L. (“Airpes”). Airpes, based in Barcelona, Spain, is the leader in developing… Read more »

Nordex Group receives order for 50 MW from Scotland

Hamburg, 2 December 2021. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT), managed by Octopus Renewables Limited, has commissioned the Nordex Group to supply twelve N133 turbines for the Cumberhead wind farm in Scotland. The turbines will each be operated in an optimised mode of 4.165 MW. The order also includes a Premium Service for the maintenance and… Read more »

FIMER DRIVES NEW ERA FOR UK EV MARKET WITH ‘BEST-IN-CLASS’ CHARGEPOINT

Global renewable energy equipment manufacturer FIMER, has announced its market-leading FIMER FLEXA AC Wallbox family of chargepoints has received certification from the UK’s Office of Zero Emissions (OZEV) – part of the Department for Transport – meaning it is now available for installation in the UK. The Italian-based company, which is the fourth largest tier… Read more »

3D-Micromac AG Announces Change in the Management Board

Marko Gerlach appointed Chief Financial Officer Chemnitz, Germany, December 1, 2021 – 3D-Micromac AG, the industry leader in laser micromachining and roll-to-roll laser systems for the semiconductor, photovoltaic (PV), medical device and electronics markets, announces that its management board has appointed Marko Gerlach to the role of chief financial officer effective immediately. As CFO, Marko… Read more »

Koch Engineered Solutions Acquires DEPCOM Power to Build New Industry Platform In Renewables And Electrical Infrastructure Value Chain

DEPCOM’s full-service solar power solutions will be central to Koch Industries’ development of renewable electric generation platform Wichita, Kan. – Nov. 30, 2021 – Koch Engineered Solutions LLC (KES), a unit of Koch Industries Inc. (Koch), today announced the acquisition of DEPCOM Power Inc. (DEPCOM). DEPCOM is a leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm… Read more »

Ingeteam supplies battery inverters to a 20MW/80MWh ESS project in California

The Johanna 1 & 2 projects try to determine whether clean distributed energy can offset the increasing demand for electricity in central Orange County. Ingeteam has supplied 20 battery inverters for this milestone project owned and operated by Hecate Energy and built by Mitsubishi Power. Ingeteam. December 1, 2021. Ingeteam Inc., a manufacturer of solar… Read more »