Category: Renewable News

Hatenboer-Water press release: water treatment installation for Seafox 7 platform

Seafox has placed an order with Hatenboer-Water for two Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems. The standard RO water makers will desalinate seawater into potable water on their Seafox 7 platform, which is used for accommodation, construction, maintenance and well services. The robust standard RO’s, named Oceanus, can produce up to 30 cubic meters of fresh drinking… Read more »

Siemens Gamesa to supply the turbines for Cepsa’s first ever wind farm

•   The company will install 11 of its G114-2.625 MW turbines at the wind facility being developed in Jerez de la Frontera (Cadiz) •   Nearly 60% of the turbines installed in Andalusia have been commissioned by Siemens Gamesa Siemens Gamesa, Spain’s leading wind turbine OEM, continues to fortify its position in the country having secured a new… Read more »

SeaRoc Group Expands its Sales Team to Support Growth into New Markets

SeaRoc Group has announced the expansion of its Sales Team with the hiring of Guy Richmond to the position of Sales Account Representative, with effect from 15th January 2018. Guy joins SeaRoc Group in support of the company’s strategy to expand the presence of its software management system, SeaPlanner, into new markets for the solution…. Read more »

Falck Renewables and Nordex start the year with a 115 MW order for Sweden

Hamburg, Milan, 15 January 2018. Falck Renewables, through its Swedish subsidiaries, has awarded the Nordex Group two contracts to supply in total 31 N131/3900 wind turbines and the associated civil and electrical infrastructure works on an EPC turn-key basis for the two Swedish projects “Aliden” and “Brattmyrliden”. Preliminary works have started with activity intensifying during… Read more »

Installation of Belgian topside for offshore substation marks milestone in further construction of Merkur Offshore Wind Farm

Monday, January 15, 2018 — The topside for the offshore substation for the Merkur Offshore Wind Farm has been installed over the weekend. This piece of technology is the result of a close cooperation between Belgian companies that are major players in the international offshore wind energy market. With companies like Tractebel (engineering), ENGIE-Fabricom (electromechanics), Iemants… Read more »

Siemens Gamesa continues to grow in China, having signed two new agreements for the supply of 96 MW

•   The company will install 24 of its G114-2.0 MW turbines at the Yangshugou wind farm, in north-eastern China, and 24 G97-2.0 MW turbines at the Wohushan wind farm, located in eastern China Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) continues to grow in China – the world’s biggest wind market – having signed two new agreements for… Read more »

iSURVEY celebrates successful end to 2017

iSURVEY, a leading provider of survey and positioning services to the global oil and gas, offshore renewables and telecommunications markets, has celebrated a successful end to 2017 with contract awards totalling more than £250,000. This work, which was awarded in the last two months of 2017, included two subsea cable excavation projects and a UXO… Read more »

Typhoon Class Swath CTVs to meet future windfarm requirements

Ad Hoc Marine Designs is championing the feasibility of its Typhoon Class Swath design as the best suited windfarm vessel to meet significant wave height requirements for future rounds of offshore windfarms. The company has recently released details of its new Walk to Work (W2W) Swath CTV capable of servicing the next generation of Round… Read more »

Vroon Offshore Services and Ampelmann join forces for Arkona wind farm project

Vroon Offshore Services and Ampelmann have joined forces to deploy a Walk to Work (W2W) solution for the Arkona offshore wind farm, located in the German Baltic Sea. Vroon’s VOS Stone vessel, the newest addition to its offshore-support fleet, will be mobilised with an Ampelmann A400 gangway system. The gangway, launched in 2017, will be… Read more »

SolarWorld ships more than 60 MW to Turkey

Inosolar and SolarWorld start exclusive partnership SolarWorld Industries and Turkish solar EPC and distributing company Inosolar  announced to cooperate as exclusive partners for the growing Turkish market. Both companies further agreed on shipments of about more than 60 MW of solar modules to Turkey during first half of 2018. The companies signed respective contracts during… Read more »

Luxcara acquires 45 MWp solar project in southern Spain for institutional investors

Hamburg, January 15, 2018. Luxcara, one of the leading asset managers for renewable energy investments, has acquired the solar project El Salobral located in the southern Spanish municipality of Espejo. El Salobral will be realized in late summer 2018. Completion and connection to the grid are planned for the second part of 2018. The plant… Read more »

The Prime Minister today launched the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan with a speech in London.

Responding, Jenny Hogan, Deputy Chief Executive at Scottish Renewables, said:“The Prime Minister’s speech this morning reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to decarbonisation and provided some much-needed context on the scale of the transformation which is underway in our energy system. “2017 saw the UK’s first day without coal power and Government forecasts this week have shown… Read more »

Solar-Log™ Selling in 110 Countries at 2017 Year-End

Geislingen/Binsdorf, Germany,  11 January 2018 – For Solar-Log™ globally, 2017 was the year of new product launches, much deserved industry recognition, and fleet size milestones. Solar-Log™ launched new products, was recognized by two of the industry’s top research titans, and far surpassed fleet size expectations. 110 countries, 273,098 monitored PV plants, 12 GWp total output…. Read more »

Nordex – order intake of 1.6 GW in the fourth quarter of 2017

Hamburg, 11 January 2018. In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Nordex Group received firm orders for 1,598.6 megawatts (Q4/2016: 1,420.8 MW), an increase of 12.5 percent compared to Q4 2016. After the sluggish order intake registered in the first three quarters, expectations of a strong fourth quarter have been met. New business for 2017… Read more »

RIMS go from strength to strength receiving class approval from Lloyd’s Register

Drone and robotics specialist RIMS (Robotics In Maintenance Strategies) have received their fourth Classification Certificate as Recognized External Specialists, from Lloyd’s Register for the use of Remote Inspection Techniques (drones) during surveys of enclosed spaces. The Lloyd’s certification adds to RIMS’ CV of class approvals achieved during 2017. The practical audit was successfully executed on… Read more »

In response to the growing success of Imeon Energy in Australia, the company is opening a Service Center in Melbourne.

Continuing its strategy of proximity, aiming to offer its customers the high quality service, Imeon Energy opens a Service Center in Melbourne, Australia. This follows the opening of the French Center covering Europe and the one in South Africa at the end of 2016. A year after its introduction to the Australian audience, Imeon Energy… Read more »

Saint-Nazaire (FR) | Rentel NV transports and installs offshore transformer substation

On January 12, Rentel NV transports its offshore transformer substation from the assembly yard in Saint-Nazaire (France) to the Rentel wind farm concession in the North Sea. This offshore transformer substation is the beating heart of the wind farm. It collects and stabilizes the produced wind energy, transforms the energy to 220 kV high voltage… Read more »

Sulzer doubles capacity of high voltage testing to improve repair times

Performance testing of high voltage motors and generators is usually carried out to determine benchmark data following a major repair. However, increasingly, customers are requiring this information as part of a problem diagnosis or to verify performance figures for a component when its essential data has been lost. To keep up with growing demand, Sulzer… Read more »

In response to the growing success of Imeon Energy in Australia, the company is opening a Service Center in Melbourne.

Continuing its strategy of proximity, aiming to offer its customers the high quality service, Imeon Energy opens a Service Center in Melbourne, Australia. This follows the opening of the French Center covering Europe and the one in South Africa at the end of 2016. A year after its introduction to the Australian audience, Imeon Energy… Read more »

New category at green energy awards recognises Year of Young People

Apprentice Award ‘will provide another chance to celebrate the unsung heroes’ Nominations for Young Professionals Green Energy Awards event open today Scotland’s top renewable energy apprentice will be honoured for the first time at this year’s Young Professionals Green Energy Awards, which launches today (Jan 10). The new category has been introduced to mark Scotland’s Year… Read more »

Evolve iMS secures contracts worth £400,000 and moves into new premises

Aberdeen-based Evolve iMS has today announced that it has secured contracts worth £400,000, with five major UK construction, engineering and decommissioning firms, as it gears up for further growth in 2018. The fledgling information management services company has also relocated to new premises on Queens Terrace in Aberdeen to accommodate its rapidly expanding team. Focussed… Read more »

Rovco Secures Innovate UK Funding for 3D Visualisation Project

Game changing technology to revolutionise underwater inspection  Subsea technology company, Rovco, has secured Innovate UK funding to develop a cutting-edge 3D visualisation system as part of a two-part Artificial Intelligence demonstrator project potentially worth £1m. Working in partnership with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the first phase of the project will see Rovco develop… Read more »

Generate solar power without the need for a roof thanks to unique Solar Tower

Sharp partners with HKW Solar Energy Systems on innovative solar solution London, January 10, 2018 – Solar energy services company HKW-Solar-Energiesysteme has designed a unique solar solution, with Sharp’s NQ-R256A back-contact modules as the basis. The innovative Solar Tower stands up to eight meters tall, and applies 15 years of experience in the solar industry… Read more »

BayWa r.e sold its U.S. wind project Wagner to Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company, LLC

Munich, January 10, 2018: BayWa r.e., a global renewable energy developer, service supplier, wholesaler and energy solutions provider, announced that it has sold its Californian Wagner wind park to the renewables operator Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company, LLC. The 6 MW wind project was developed, constructed and operated in-house and was placed-in service in December 2012…. Read more »

SkySpecs Raises $8M

SkySpecs proves value of automated drone inspections with at-scale operations lands $8M investment to accelerate global growth and bring actionable insights to renewable energy industry Ann Arbor, MI – January 9, 2018: SkySpecs, the leading automated infrastructure inspection company, announces an $8 million Series B financing led by Statkraft Ventures together with UL Ventures and… Read more »

Engineering company secures a series of new contract wins

One of Teesside’s leading fabrication and engineering specialists – Francis Brown Limited – has successfully secured over £1m worth of business in only a matter of a few weeks to deliver a series of projects to leading global companies. Based in Stockton on Tees, the family run business has secured four new contracts over multiple… Read more »

Sulzer strengthens maintenance support for Colombia

As the world’s leading independent maintenance provider, Sulzer continues to strengthen its support network for rotating equipment, including in South America. Opened in 2012, the Bogota Service Center is fully equipped to repair and maintain all makes of pumps, compressors and steam turbines up to 10 MW. Sulzer recognizes that modern industrial processes cannot afford… Read more »

Nordex awarded three major contracts for a total of 820 MW in the United States

263 AW125 turbines ordered by utilities Hamburg, 9 January 2018. The Nordex Group finished out 2017 with strong tail-wind from the United States. In December, two large international utilities ordered a combined 263 AW125/3000 and AW125/3150 turbines for three wind farms. This is equivalent to an installed capacity of around 820 megawatts (MW). Delivery of… Read more »

Tigo Releases New TS4 Product as the Most Cost-effective Rapid Shutdown Solution with Powerline Communication

TS4-F (Fire Safety) is the first to support SunSpec Alliance signaling specifications with all safety capabilities. Los Gatos, CA, January 8, 2018 – Tigo®, pioneer of the Smart Modular Flex MLPE platform, today Tigo®, pioneer of the Smart Modular Flex MLPE platform, today announced its new TS4-F (Fire Safety) to join the current TS4 Platform of integrated and… Read more »

Gigantic foundations for the Danish offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak leave Port of Ostend

Today at 2 pm, the barge with the two impressive foundations of 10,000 tonnes and 8,000 tonnes, destined for the Danish offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak, has left the port of Ostend in Belgium – an important milestone of this project. The barge is towed by the tug Zeus of Finland and is planned to… Read more »

Subsea NE Appoints Leading Industry Figure as Regional Chairman

Bruce Heppenstall to ensure North-east’s voice is heard The regional advocacy group for the North-east of England’s subsea sector has appointed Bruce Heppenstall as its new chairman. Heppenstall will take over the reins of Subsea North East from Andrew Hodgson to further strengthen the organisation’s position as a leading authority across the industry. CEO of… Read more »

Nordex to install 191 MW for new customers in Spain

58 AW 132/3300 turbines ordered by Gas Natural Fenosa Hamburg, 5 January 2018. The Nordex Group is benefiting increasingly from the renaissance of the Spanish wind power market: utility Gas Natural Fenosa Renovables (GNFR) has now ordered 58 AW132/3300 from the company in December. The contract covers the installation of six wind farms as well… Read more »

Adapting to changes in the world energy market

Ramboll is to merge its Oil & Gas and Energy divisions to accommodate the growing focus on sustainability and better support clients’ need for a full service, multidisciplinary offering. When Ramboll in 2016 entered the Chinese market, as the first foreign consultant on a large offshore wind farm, it was in close collaboration with Ramboll… Read more »