SAN DIEGO (Nov. 13, 2020): EDF Renewables North America and Nucor Corporation, a diversified steel and steel products company, today announced the signing of a 15-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) for 250 megawatts (MWac) of solar energy in Texas. The project, selected by Nucor under a competitive RFP process, is expected to begin delivering clean electricity in… Read more »
Tuco Marine Group launches new Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat series as part of the company’s wide range of ProZero boats for professional users. The new range complements the ProZero series with new RHIB ́s below the approx. 8m length that have been the smallest in the ProZero range until this new launch. “Delivering ProZero boats… Read more »
Less plastic consumption with the new hardware generation for Solar-Log™ Sustainability in day-to-day operations is an important goal. That’s why we constantly check all processes, from development through to production. Small, higher-performance, more environmentally friendly. The new Solar-Log™ products also benefit nature. Thanks to these products, Solare Datensysteme GmbH (SDS) now uses just a fraction… Read more »
The 41 MW floating solar plant will be installed at the Hapcheon Dam in the south of the country in what will become the largest such PV construction located at a dam anywhere in the world. [Seoul, South Korea, November 13, 2020] Q CELLS will construct a 41 MW floating PV power plant, which once… Read more »
The skylines of big cities like New York, London and so many others in the world have been shaped by skyscrapers. Despite their aesthetical beauty, these high-rise buildings typically draw their power from the traditional carbon fuel grid and are therefore contributing to the ever increasing carbon emissions and air pollution in major metropolises. Here,… Read more »
Adjusted EBITDA increases by 13% to €2.2 billion; adjusted EBIT up 29% to €1.1 billion; adjusted net income at €762 million. Wind and solar power portfolio expected to increase to about 10 GW by year-end RWE involved in more than 30 projects in the promising field of hydrogen RWE continues to expand its renewables business:… Read more »
World’s first serial powertrain for Vestas’ EnVentus platform is launched onto the wind market Vestas and ZF Wind Power bundled forces to anticipate the growth trajectory of renewable energy Customers all over the world will benefit from more flexible solutions and a wide range of customized turbine variants Lommel, Belgium. ZF Wind Power and Vestas… Read more »
Lachen, Germany, 12 November 2020. The leading manufacturer of PV cleaning systems SunBrush® mobil from Lachen (Germany) has commissioned its new device TrackFlex in Chile for the first time. The operator of the PV plant Eiffage Energía will use the device to clean its 103 MW solar power plant in the Atacama Desert. The company… Read more »
Commenting on the announcement that Ofgem has confirmed mutualisation has been triggered for the 2019-20 compliance period (CP 18) of the Renewables Obligation (RO), Tim Dixon, Wholesale Team Lead Cornwall Insight, said: “This will be the third consecutive year in a row that mutualisation will have been triggered. This CP is slightly different from the… Read more »
Lost production feature will give insights into sources and causes of wind farm lost production. Technology company Sennen has secured grant funding to develop a new software feature that will help wind farm operators minimise lost revenue caused by wind turbine down time. The new feature will enable users to quickly and accurately understand losses… Read more »
Hamburg, 11 November 2020. The Nordex Group has received another large order for the N149/4.0-4.5 from the Delta4000 series. A wind farm developer has placed an order with the Nordex Group for 63 turbines for a project in the United States. The project and customer are undisclosed. In the summer of 2021 the Nordex Group… Read more »
If LNG is a ‘bridge’ fuel, how long is the bridge? And, more importantly, where is it leading? Those questions framed discussions at a series of virtual workshops hosted by Gas Fest and Society for Gas as Marine Fuel (SGMF) last week as senior representatives from shipowners, energy majors, bunker operators, port authorities, class societies… Read more »
As the UK aims to meet targets to achieve net-zero status by 2050, FIMER teams up with Custom Solar UK to install the country’s largest 6.5MW commercial rooftop solar array. The UK’s largest commercial rooftop solar system is being unveiled today (November 11th) at the Port of Hull, one of 21 Ports owned and operated… Read more »
With the help of a €1 million grant from the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), Atlantis and its project partner Asturfeito have given the green light to advance their project to the manufacturing stage of the Variable Pitch System for Tidal Turbine Generators (VPSTTG) This takes the project one step closer to… Read more »
On November 7, the grand occasion of the 3rd China International Import Expo (hereinafter referred to as “CIIE“) was still in full swing. At the UK Pavilion, LONGi’s founder and president Li Zhenguo announced ” Net Zero carbon Photovoltaic, created by LONGi ” keynote speech, and announced that LONGi officially joined the “EV100” and “EP100” initiatives by the Climate Group…. Read more »
Research from Cornwall Insight’s ‘Connected homes insight service’ has found both suppliers and consumers have made tentative steps to explore Time of Use (ToU) tariffs. However, adoption of these tariffs is anecdotally low at the moment, and ambitious innovation and uptake has been held back by slow industry processes and understandable consumer caution. Key findings:… Read more »
300,000km of cable laid across a 34.5km onshore route to connect the power generated offshore, to homes and businesses Innovative drilling techniques used to limit the impact on people, wildlife and the environment Completion of the Moray East offshore windfarm came a step closer as Siemens Energy, lead contractor for the 950MW project, announced work… Read more »
Grossröhrsdorf, Germany: Saxony-based Skeleton Technologies – the largest European manufacturer of ultracapacitor-based energy storage – announced today it has completed a €41.3 million financing round. Current strategic investors, including EIT InnoEnergy, FirstFloor Capital, UP Invest and Harju Elekter, led the equity raise and were joined by European private investors. Taavi Madiberk, CEO and co-founder of… Read more »
ANKER’s innovative precast foundations mean that plant construction can be significantly optimized: not simply logistically, but economically and ecologically while at the same time reducing the CO2 footprint The Hamburg start-up company ANKER Foundations GmbH has developed a new type of technology for building foundations for wind turbines. The young company is using its technology… Read more »
Acquisition sees Q CELLS secure development rights for 10 solar projects in Spain’s Aragon and Castilla y León autonomous communities. RIC Energy will oversee the development of each site to bring them to Ready to Build status by Q4 2021. Q CELLS, a renowned total energy solutions provider in solar cell and module, energy storage,… Read more »
With the new version PV*SOL premium 2021, which will appear in November 2020, the coupling of a PV system with a heating and hot water system can now be designed. PV*SOL premium is a dynamic simulation program with 3D visualization and detailed shading analysis for designing and simulating photovoltaic systems. The program version 2021 has… Read more »
Smart energy communities that integrate multiple clean energy technologies are key to developing zero carbon cities Nov. 4, 2020 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Guidehouse Insights analyzes the global market for technologies that support the development of smart energy community concepts, providing forecasts for all world regions, including breakouts by advanced energy… Read more »
t’s big news – very big news! For the past ten years, the Port of Thyboron has been working to increase the depth of the channel Thyborøn Kanal as well as the harbour approach. After responsibility for dredging the channel was handed to the Port of Thyboron in 2019, we submitted an application to the… Read more »
As the marine industry races to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre is taking a key role. The 2800 m2 testing space – already equipped for today’s oil and gas fuels – has been readied for testing with biofuels. In coming years, the centre will accumulate knowledge that… Read more »
New platform to provide inspiring engineering, delivered right to your inbox Since 2001, Mammoet has given you the inside story behind heavy lifting and transportation’s most complex projects through its magazine, Mammoet World. We have enjoyed showing you the expertise, the technology and – most importantly – the people that made these achievements possible. Our… Read more »
CWind, part of the Global Marine Group, has completed this year’s campaign as part of their East Anglia ONE Windfarm contract. In 2019, CWind was awarded a multi-year contract with ScottishPower Renewables and Macquarie’s Green Investment Group to provide below water services, including subsea inspections of the foundation jackets and offshore substation, any corrective maintenance… Read more »
For the past six years, OX2 has installed the most onshore wind turbines in Europe, according to statistics from the trade association WindEurope. Since 2015, OX2 has installed a total of 377 wind turbines, with a total capacity of 1.6 GW. ”We are proud to have contributed a significant amount of renewable energy for Europeans…. Read more »
On the 1 October National Grid ESO launched its new frequency response service, Dynamic Containment. This is the first in a suite of new, faster-acting response services, designed to address significant deviations when they occur on the transmission system. The roll-out of this new post-fault response service aims to help respond to frequency events faster…. Read more »
> Largest German PV project which is not owned by a utility > Solar power plant will have an installed capacity of approx. 172 MW > Construction to commence this year; commercial operation to start at the end of 2021 > BELECTRIC with overall responsibility for project development, construction and operation To illustrate your article… Read more »
Scottish Renewables launches renewable energy manifesto ahead of next year’s Scottish Parliament elections Recommendations focus on improving wellbeing, strengthening Scotland’s economy and sustaining the environment The next Scottish Government should establish a Net-zero Energy Commission to provide the country with a national net-zero pathway which would bring society together as it works towards a greener… Read more »
Next Kraftwerke and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) today announced the launch of their joint venture. “Next Kraftwerke Toshiba Corporation” is a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) as a service provider that enables third parties in Japan to set up their own VPP. Following their Memorandum of Understanding of October 2019, the two… Read more »
Naïo Technologies, expert in agricultural robotics solutions, and VARTA, leader in innovation and key battery technology, collaborate to create an autonomous transportable charging station for robots to offer higher performing robotics solutions to farmers. The first prototype will be presented at the FIRA 2020 from 8th to 10th December 2020. The event will be hosted… Read more »
The Clean Energy Package, the Green Deal, European Climate Law: The European Union has introduced numerous initiatives promoting joint, climate-friendly energy policies. But the EU’s legal means are limited – just how limited they are is the focus of Stefan Storr’s research. A professor at WU’s Institute for Austrian and European Public Law, Storr criticizes… Read more »
Hamburg, Germany, 3 November 2020 – DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, has updated its global project certification approach for wind farms, the DNVGL-SE-0190 Project certification of wind power plants. The new scheme, which is much more comprehensive than before, is designed to use the different certification phases… Read more »
Acquisition of 2.7 gigawatts project pipeline from Nordex successfully concluded Strong foundation for further expansion of RWE’s renewables business in Europe Nordex’ mostly France-based development team joining RWE Renewables RWE and Nordex SE have successfully completed the process of acquisition of Nordex’ European onshore wind and solar development platform by RWE. This comprises a development pipeline… Read more »
Ingeteam has supplied 72 solar inverters for Naturgy’s photovoltaic project in Chile. Over the next few months, Ingeteam is set to perform the commissioning work and will be responsible for providing the subsequent O&M services for this project with a power capacity of more than 100 MW. November 3, 2020. Ingeteam has supplied 72 PV… Read more »