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 »
Ingeteam Wind Energy, the global specialist in wind energy drivetrain technology, announced that it has successfully secured framework contracts with key clients for the serial supply of its latest technology developments, including its new high power DFIG converters, as well as low and medium voltage full power converters. These agreements will secure the manufacture and… Read more »
Jeremy Sainsbury OBE, a Director at Natural Power, is set to speak at Scottish Renewables’ forthcoming seminar, ‘A planning system for net-zero’. The online event will take place Wednesday 17th February between 10am and 1pm. This seminar brings the industry together to recognise the key role renewable energy plays in delivering net-zero and the changes… Read more »
Energy market researchers from WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, and UAS Grisons have crunched the numbers to find out which strategies are most efficient at reducing CO2 emissions. According to their study, much greater reductions in CO2 emissions can be achieved by increasing the prices of carbon certificates than by subsidizing… Read more »
“While we are pleased that The Scottish Government has published its draft Heat in Buildings Strategy, setting out how it is going to reduce emissions from heating and buildings, help to end Scotland’s contribution to climate change and support up to 24,000 jobs each year, the sums which it commits to the process fall far… Read more »
Kris Ohleth, a 15-year veteran in offshore wind, has been named Executive Director of the Special Initiative on Offshore Wind (SIOW), a leading policy group providing expertise, analysis, information sharing, and strategic partnership support for key offshore wind stakeholders. Ohleth was Senior Manager of Stakeholder Engagement at Ørsted. “This is a pivotal time for U.S…. Read more »
Responding, Morag Watson, Director of Policy at Scottish Renewables, said: “We welcome today’s announcement which sets out the Scottish Government’s vision for infrastructure to support and enable an inclusive net-zero economy. “With green hydrogen set to play a key role in our future energy system, we welcome the Emerging Energy Technologies Fund and encourage the Government to invest… Read more »
In a challenging offshore market, C-bed is chosen for two new projects in the UK, including what will become the World’s largest offshore wind farm, Hornsea Two. With a double contract to support offshore wind developments in the UK, C-bed secures full activity into 2022 for its Service Operation Vessel (SOV), Wind Innovation. Wind Innovation… Read more »
University of Birmingham experts are developing a novel solar energy pilot plant that will help to provide clean and affordable electricity to people living in the Gaza Strip. Working with counterparts at the Islamic University of Gaza, the researchers are combining two efficient technologies in a new way that will also help to assess the… Read more »
Jeremy Sainsbury OBE, a Director at Natural Power, has been appointed to the board of Scottish Renewables. This is Jeremy’s 20th year serving on the board, having previously served as chair (twice) and vice-chair. He is joined by two other new members; Andrew Lyle, managing director of Locogen, and Nicola Percival, senior regulatory affairs manager… Read more »
To keep up with recent exponential growth in the market, leading temporary power and cooling solutions specialist Aggreko has expanded its established European data centre team with the appointment of four industry experts. As challenges facing the data centre market have exacerbated since the COVID-19 outbreak, operators have been left facing global supply chain issues… Read more »
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, February 3, 2021 – Diab Group, a world leader in sandwich composite solutions, chose SABIC’s new LNP™ COLORCOMP™compound using nano technology to reduce weight and improve mechanical properties of sandwich structures with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) foams, which are used as the core material of wind turbine blades. The Swedish converter selected the… Read more »
A British crew transfer vessel operator has kitted out its latest CTV with DuroWiper pantographs commercial marine windscreen wipers in order to benefit from their ease of installation and reduced maintenance. Manor Renewable Energy Ltd took delivery of the Manor Endurance offshore support vessel in September and since then its six Class 90 pantograph units… Read more »