Technology giant says manufacturers face more operational pressures and evolving energy requirements, but some will fall foul of unmaintained legacy electrical systems. The spectre of legacy equipment failure could interrupt operations, damage reputation, cost (in fines or revenues) or even be a risk-to-life. Calls for UK manufacturing to adopt a more strategic, comprehensive and innovative… Read more »
Two new wind energy sites acquired, including the firm’s first subsidy-free wind development Blackfinch Energy has expanded its renewable energy portfolio, following the acquisition of two new wind energy sites. The two new sites, both based in Scotland, take Blackfinch Energy’s total annual renewable energy generation capacity to c. 104 Gigawatt hours (GWh), spanning 49… Read more »
Hamburg, 16 February 2021. The Nordex Group has secured an order for a total of 33 MW for a wind farm in the Netherlands. The Nordex Group will supply nine N117/3600 turbines for the “Den Tol” wind farm. The turbines will be supplied in the 3.675 MW operating mode. The order also includes a Premium… Read more »
HomePort/Website teaser: Den Helder PSVs continue high-quality North Sea service Den-Helder-managed VOS Base and Pool Express were delivered to Vroon fresh from the shipyard in 2008. These sister DP1 platform-supply vessels (PSV) were designed and purpose-built by Damen Shipyards and Vroon for Peterson’s SNS Pool operations. Equipped with diesel electric propulsion, 620 m2 clear deck… Read more »
Aberdeen, UK, 15 February 2021: New analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood), the specialist energy market research and consultancy firm, reveals Total will outpace clean energy majors Iberdrola and Ørsted on renewable power capacity by 2030. The insight highlights the oil and gas major’s ambitions to reach 100GW of renewable power capacity by 2030,… Read more »
Lachen, Germany, February 16, 2021. SunBrush® mobil, the world market leader for solar cleaning equipment, and Infinity, the Egyptian solar project developer, have opened a service base at Africa’s largest solar power plant. From now on, four Infinity employees will maintain and repair the 24 SunBrush® mobil Compact cleaning devices currently in use at the… Read more »
The University of Kent has led a study highlighting the urgent need for the UK’s Government and renewable energy industries to give vital attention to decommissioning offshore wind turbines approaching their end of live expectancy by 2025. The research reveals that the UK must decommission approximately 300 and 1600 early-model offshore wind turbines by 2025… Read more »
What: Two-part documentary podcast exploring the potential of floating offshore wind. Published in two parts, each episode will focus on different aspects of floating wind’s journey towards the ultimate goal of achieving commercialization across the globe. Please find sample here Episode 1: The first episode examines the vast potential that floating… Read more »
Pforzheim, February 16, 2021 – by adding more than 2.6 GW in 2020, Spain remains in the Top 3 solar markets in Europe. The forecasts for future development remain promising. According to SolarPower Europe, Spain is expected to have a total installed solar PV capacity of 29.0 GW by 2024 in the medium scenario, making… Read more »
The recently completed combined heat and power (CHP) plant supplied by technology group Wärtsilä to Kraftwerke Mainz-Wiesbaden (KMW) in Germany has been officially handed over for commencement of commercial operations. The handover took place on 23 December, allowing municipal energy provider KMW to reliably provide 100 MW of electrical power. The CHP plant feeds the… Read more »
Longterm cooperation between CNPEM and Pfeiffer Vacuum Vacuum crucial for carrying out the experiments Asslar, Germany, 15, February 2021. Sirius is the name of the brightest star in the night sky, but also the name of the new Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source. Designed to be one of the first 4th-generation Synchrotron Light Source in the… Read more »
STAMFORD, Conn., February 15, 2021 – Hexcel is pleased to announce its latest HexPly® XF surface technology that significantly reduces shell manufacturing time within the wind blade surface finishing process. HexPly XF increases overall blade manufacturing efficiency by reducing time in the mold by up to two hours and by banishing surface defects that require… Read more »
NKT has finalized an offshore repair of the 450 kV HVDC power cable system BritNed connecting the national power grids of UK and the Netherlands. Speed was essential when the BritNed interconnector needed to be repaired, and NKT was awarded the turnkey contract to bring the 450 kV mass impregnated (MI) HVDC power cable back… Read more »
SSEN Transmission has today published a discussion paper calling for views on the current Transmission Network Use of System (TNUoS) charging regime, which results in Scottish renewable generators paying significantly higher costs to connect their electricity to the grid than those in other parts of Great Britain (GB). To illustrate the disparity, while a wind… Read more »
PolyTech has initiated the establishment of a test center in China, which will be the company’s first testing facility outside of Denmark. The center will specialize in performing lightning tests and is expected to open in Q2 2022. PolyTech is a full-service provider of solutions to the wind industry with leading expertise in lightning protection… Read more »
Supporting Renewables in Pembroke Leading marine and logistics company Williams Shipping provides key services to the marine energy sector and is a recognised supplier to the Port of Milford Haven at the heart of the UK’s energy supply and development industry. “We have unparalleled experience in supporting and servicing renewable off-shore industry innovations, including wave,… Read more »
Leading strategic infrastructure projects and physical asset lifecycle management company and owner of the Harland & Wolff shipyards, InfraStrata plc, is delighted to announce it has acquired the assets of the Scottish-based offshore energy fabrication company, Burntisland Fabrication Limited. This highly strategic acquisition of assets and leases spans across two sites in prime Scottish locations… Read more »
Responding, Helen Melone, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “We welcome The Scottish Government’s ministerial statement on how the hydrogen economy is progressing in Scotland. “Green hydrogen will play a critical part of the just energy transition we must make to tackle climate change. With 25% of Europe’s wind resource, Scotland’s renewable energy industry has the… Read more »
Responding, Claire Mack, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said: “Developing an offshore wind farm does not begin and end with deploying turbines in the sea and our members have already invested many thousands of hours, and many millions of pounds, preparing to bid into the ScotWind Leasing process. That process, which industry was first told would conclude… Read more »
Contract executed for the delivery of the 69 SG 11.0-200 DD offshore wind turbines and 15-year service and maintenance agreement for the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind project First project for Siemens Gamesa with joint venture partner Shell; second offshore project with joint venture partner Eneco Third project of Dutch national offshore wind… Read more »
Schmidbauer was commissioned a project in France to handle the heavy load logistics of three prototype floating wind turbines for an Offshore Wind Farm that is being built off the Mediterranean coast near Marseille in 2022. France, January. The view of wind turbines near or on-shore have become a familiar sight. In order to reach… Read more »
WEA 2021 in March will be a physical/live exhibition and forum and also hybrid with a great virtual platform. Register to visit in person in Kaohsiung, or virtually from afar. The platform is unlike any other: the look-and-feel of the real hall, move with the floorplan to talk to exhibitors, chat in the virtual lounge… Read more »
Munich/Pforzheim, February 11, 2021 – Photovoltaics (PV) is booming in Europe, with around 18.7 gigawatts of new capacity installed last year. In addition to rooftop and ground-mounted solar module installations, the development of new areas of production – such as on façades, artificial bodies of water and fields – is key. Agrivoltaics involves the use… Read more »
More than 20 case studies of firms working in offshore wind highlighted in new document Scottish Renewables CEO: this is ‘just the tip of the iceberg of what the future holds’ A busy year for offshore wind in Scotland is highlighted in a new edition of Scottish Renewables’ Supply Chain Impact report, launched today (Feb 11)…. Read more »
Sunderland, UK 11 February 2021 – Power Roll, a developer of a game-changing, ultra-low-cost and lightweight flexible film for energy generation and storage, confirmed today that it has raised a further £3m, which takes total investment in the firm to £5.8m over two funding rounds completed in the last six months. Equity investors in the… Read more »
11 February 2021, London: The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), a collaboration of eight developers and the Carbon Trust has today published new recommendations for fibre optic cable design to mitigate the risk of export cable failure. The cost-effective design changes are the outcome of the Fibre Optic Cable Protection Assessment project managed by the Carbon… Read more »
Valencia (09-02-2021). – The multinational Power Electronics has closed 2020 with a figure of 40GW of installed AC power, which places them as world leaders in energy storage and the first manufacturer of solar inverters in the US, LATAM, UK, and Spain. The company has concentrated its efforts in recent years on the international side,… Read more »
(Gorinchem, THE NETHERLANDS; February 11, 2021) – Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics, a leading developer of autonomous command and control systems for commercial vessels, announced today that it has entered a strategic alliance with Damen Shipyards Group, of the Netherlands, to incorporate the company’s autonomous and wireless-helm systems as standard features in Damen’s global vessel build… Read more »
Azelio’s long-duration energy storage system, TES.POD, has been awarded the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label. The Solar Impulse Foundation aims to select 1,000 solutions capable of tackling climate change. The selection process involves both economic and environmental assessments from independent experts and is only eligible for products that have reached a high level of technical… Read more »
Investigations into a potential seven turbine wind farm underway Local community being asked for their views RWE Renewables has today launched a first phase of community consultation to introduce its proposals for a new onshore wind farm east of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, and to seek local views. As the largest investor in renewable energy… Read more »
On January 7th, this year, the award ceremony for the Watt d’Or 2021 trophies was held in Bern by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE). Among the five categories of the competition, the one for “Buildings and Spatial development” was won by Umwelt Arena Schweiz and the architectural office René Schmid Architekten AG. It… Read more »
Under the influence of Covid-19, business people from various countries are restricted from coming to Taiwan. In addition to launching the O2O virtual and real integration exhibition plan, WEA 2021 also jointly promotes the country pavilion with the offices of many countries in Taiwan, strengthens the international industry connection, once again create an international event… Read more »
Copenhagen, 10 February 2021 – DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, has officially issued the project certificate to Vattenfall for its Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm. The certificate proves a safe and cost-efficient operation of the largest offshore wind farm in Denmark. The 412 MW Horns Rev… Read more »
Hamburg, 10 February 2021. The Nordex Group has again received an order from its regular customer Enel Green Power, a subsidiary of Enel S.p.A., comprising seven N133 turbines for a wind farm in Italy. The turbines will be installed at a 30 MW wind farm in the Basilicata region in the south of the country…. Read more »
Representing a significant milestone in the largest job in its history, Jumbo has completed the transportation part of its Transport & Installation contract for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Jumbo mobilised ships from its own Heavy Lift Vessel fleet, together with subcontracted deck carriers and HLVs from third parties, to transport the 40… Read more »
Ship repair and vessel services specialist ROG has charted an independent future after reacquiring a controlling 75% stake previously held by shipbuilder Royal IHC. The move marks an important development for ROG, which comprises two divisions focused on general ship repair and offshore wind mobilization and demobilization projects. ROG Managing Director Martin van Leest explained… Read more »