• 47 wind turbines for UK project of DONG Energy• Walney Extension East to have a total capacity of 330 megawatts• Service to be provided by Siemens and DONG Energy over a period of 5 years Siemens has received its first order for the new 7MW offshore wind turbine: the company is to supply, install… Read more »
Global solar energy company PROINSO has been appointed as the Engineering, Procurement and Management (EPM) provider for a 100 Megawatt (MW) solar farm project in Subic Bay, Philippines. According to mysubicbay.com, the Subic Bay Solar Farm Project will be the largest of its kind in South East Asia. PROINSO’s involvement in the project is set… Read more »
As wind power is an increasingly accepted and significant source of renewable energy, production now happens on an ever-growing scale. However, regardless of a wind farm’s production potential, safeguards are always required to ensure safety and monitoring functions continue even with a lack of wind or an unforeseen fault on the public grid. In these… Read more »
One of the UK’s leading engineering information management companies has this week announced its third partnership within only a matter of one month. Teesside based, Datum360, has expanded the business even further through partnering with PerfectProjects Inc – Asset Information Management Service specialists – as part of its growth strategy to position the company as… Read more »
This is the first submarine cable project in People’s Republic of China for the Group The new contract paves routes to new business opportunities for the Group in Asia Milan, 26 October, 2015 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a contract by Hainan Second Cross-Sea… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has announced the opening of a new office in Santiago, Chile, signalling a strategic move to further develop its South American base. The Wood Group company is already working across Chile on both wind and solar projects and this new office will help to support its growing client base. SgurrEnergy’s… Read more »
This week saw the signing of a representative agreement making Italian Marine ONE the second company in October to include EIVA hardware and software solutions for offshore construction and subsea surveying operations in its product portfolio. EIVA has recently increased its focus on providing customers a local point of contact due to growing international activities…. Read more »
• Largest offshore wind turbine in Belgian waters • Need for a stable legal framework for finalization of the project OSTEND – RENTEL NV has chosen Siemens NV as its preferred bidder for the supply and installation of 42 of its offshore wind turbines, involving a 15-year maintenance agreement as well. The choice can be… Read more »
In the run up to Intersolar India, the new German-Indian solar partnership stimulates the plans of the government and industry Mumbai/Pforzheim/Freiburg, 22. October 2015: The Indian government is considering a further expansion of its already ambitious energy goals: plans are currently in place for an additional 100 GW (gigawatts) of photovoltaic output by 2022. It… Read more »
Government urged to “rethink” approach to solar PV Feed-in-Tariff cuts The Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) has urged Minister of State for Energy Andrea Leadsom MP to “rethink” proposed government cuts to solar PV subsidies, during a meeting on 21 October. The meeting was attended by the ECA’s Director of Business Services Paul Reeve, in addition… Read more »
The concept of using wind power for offshore oil and gas applications is one step closer to realisation. WIN WIN, a DNV GL-led joint industry project (JIP), is running with the following seven participants: ExxonMobil, ENI Norge, Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd, Statoil, VNG, PG Flow Solutions, and ORE Catapult. Initial DNV GL studies showed that… Read more »
On November 3 and 4, 2015 a special conference organized by the Bundesverband WindEnergie e.V. on the topic “Offshore Windenergy Operation – Strategies and Experiences from the First Operating Phase” will take place. “We want to especially focus on “cost reduction measures” and “offshore experience reports”. For this purpose, we invited some well-respected and competent… Read more »
A new report explores the importance of decentralised energy as a means to delivering lower future energy bills to hardworking British familiesContributors include: Lightsource Renewable Energy, Good Energy and Foresight Group with analysis provided by KPMG. • Decentralised energy is the future. It is more efficient and costs less in the long term to use… Read more »
Recently, the innovative PV module – ET Cell Optimizer Module (COM) successfully obtained two certificates issued by VDE and ETL, meaning that the module’s design, type and safety conform to international high standards of PV modules. The two institutes are among the world’s most prominent independent testing organizations for electric and electronic products. The new… Read more »
The Spanish company Grupo Clavijo has finished work on the new solar photovoltaic installation of 2 MW in the Zupanja region of Croatia. This solar park -in operation since September- has trackers of 1 horizontal axis (model SP1000), known for their robustness, adaptability to the ground and optimal performance. Grupo Clavijo is a Spanish company… Read more »
The close working relationship between Delta Marine and the Damen Shipyards Group has produced a new vessel design – called a Damen Renewables Service Vessel 3315. The Scotland-based offshore wind service provider recently awarded Damen a construction contract looking towards a launch in early 2017. “For the last couple of years we’ve been working on… Read more »
Nacelle testing laboratory started operation Electrical certification on the test stand instead of prolonged field tests – Fraun- hofer IWES ́ “Dynamic Nacelle Testing Laboratory” will serve to satisfy the ex- pectations and demands of many wind turbine manufacturers. After an 18- month construction period, the 100-tonne generator of a 3 MW wind turbine was… Read more »
Brussels, 21 October 2015 – The closing event of the Performance Plus project was held in Brussels to present the project’s conclusions and recommendations for policy-makers, regulators, industry and technical experts. The Performance Plus project, supported by the European Commission, focused on developing and demonstrating models and tools to monitor, control and test PV plants…. Read more »
Leadership positions in emerging markets Brazil & India Spain, 16 October 2015. Ingeteam, an independent supplier of electrical conversion equipment, has announced today that it reached the milestone of 30 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind power capacity worldwide. The company hit this important mark after the commissioning of power converters accounting for 2 GW of… Read more »
Wallerfing, 20 October 2015 – IdeemaTec Deutschland GmbH is supplying seven large-scale projects for the Jordan PV government programme, and in so doing will receive a market share of over 50% of the current tracker market. For the total volume of 101 MW, the horizontally tracking safeTrack Horizon tracking systems with a tracking range of… Read more »
Augsburg/Chicago/Munich, October 20, 2015 – meteocontrol GmbH, a PV service provider for monitoring, and 3megawatt GmbH, a solar asset management software provider, plan to intensify their working relationship in the future. The partnership will focus on developing an all-in-one full featured solution to manage large photovoltaic system portfolios. Both companies will create a seamless interface… Read more »
On the website www.energy-charts.de, data on electricity exports and imports for Germany are prepared and displayed graphically by scientists of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE. The graphs show that Germany generates additional revenues in the billions each year through electricity exports. Revenues totaled about 1.7 billion euros in 2014, for example. Similarly,… Read more »
Significant performance decreases of between 5-10% were experienced in Europe’s largest solar markets, following sub-par solar irradiance levels and harsh weather conditions throughout H1 2015, according to Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement. While irradiance levels improved considerably in the second quarter of the year for some key markets in Western Europe,… Read more »
Innovative Knowledge Transfer Partnership blade project achieves important milestone in move to shorter and more cost effective blade tests. A project to develop a new bi-axial blade fatigue testing method – aimed at reducing fatigue test times by almost a half and overall test times by a quarter – has achieved an important milestone after… Read more »
At an official signing ceremony held today, Vestland Offshore and Safeway signed a purchase agreement for the delivery of one plus two (1+2) Seagull class motion compensated gangway systems. The first system will be installed on the Vestland Cygnus, a Wärtsilä VS485 MKIII. The vessel will undergo a conversion program at the Fjellstrand shipyard where… Read more »
Independent service provider offers end-to-end service portfolio for managing PV system operations AUGSBURG, Germany, Oct. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Raising Power, a young, dynamic enterprise that strives to achieve optimal PV system performance and maximum yield for its customers, announced today that the newly founded company will offer technical management solutions and services for all… Read more »
up to now, there was little evidence to prove that damage or fires were caused by lightning. Lightning strikes can not only cause dangerous fires but can also give rise to great financial losses in the case of surge damage. This is especially critical for smart grids, solar panels and wind turbines, but also for… Read more »
(Alameda, CA- October 14, 2015) Blymyer Engineers, the nation’s leading design firm for utility scale solar projects, announced today the company has been selected as the exclusive engineering firm for the 45 MW AC Sandstone solar project in Florence Arizona. Swinerton Builders, EPC for the project, chose Blymyer Engineers to provide engineering for Sandstone, which… Read more »
HeavyLift@Sea GmbH was assigned by Deutsche Oel & Gas AG with the Project Management of planning and installing the first new offshore natural gas production platform in Alaska’s Cook Inlet since 2000. The project involved installing a monopod platform, laying a subsea pipeline over a distance of 24 km and accomplishing the horizontal directional drilling… Read more »
Advanced Materials Key to High-efficiency Solar Technology TAOYUAN, Taiwan, October 13, 2015 – DuPont Microcircuit Materials (DuPont) recently collaborated with REC, a leading global provider of solar energy solutions, on its high-efficiency, award-winning TwinPeak solar panels. The metallization grid of the solar cells powering the TwinPeak solar panels is made using DuPontTM Solamet® PV76x photovoltaic… Read more »
Yaskawa Electric Corporation, a world leader in industrial robotics, electrical drives and frequency converters, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The company is arranging special events worldwide to mark this special milestone. In Finland, Yaskawa will be participating in the Technologia 2015 exhibition in Helsinki, Finland, together with its Finnish subsidiary, The Switch, which… Read more »
Ellzee, 12.10.2015. Since September the SolarMax group manufactures string and central inverters of the brand SolarMax for grid connected solar power systems in the Bavarian town Burgau. The group, which has been established in July 2015, overtook all the trademark and production equipment of the insolvent Sputnik Engineering AG. Following the successfully building up of… Read more »
• One of Europe’s largest onshore wind power plants gets even larger• Clyde Extension will add 54 Siemens SWT-3.2-101 wind turbines• Siemens to provide long-term service Siemens has received an order for the supply, installation and commissioning of 54 direct drive wind turbines. The SWT-3.2-101 turbines will add another 172.8 megawatts (MW) to SSE’s Clyde… Read more »
Hamburg/Edinburgh: Senvion, one of the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturers, has signed acontract with Vattenfall to supply 16 Senvion 3.4M104 turbines to the Ray Wind Farm. Located on the Ray Estate near Kirkwhelpington in Northumberland, Ray Wind Farm will have a total rated output of 54.4 megawatts (MW) and will produce enough electricity to power… Read more »
• Sixth offshore wind power plant to be handed over to the customer in 2015• Power plants put nearly two further gigawatts of wind power online• Clean electricity for nearly two million households Today marked the official inauguration of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind power plant: 78 Siemens wind turbines, each with a capacity… Read more »
Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management, will demonstrate its broad range of PV solar inverters and energy storage solution in Birmingham, October 13-15. At UK’s largest exhibition dedicated to the solar energy and renewable energy industry, Delta will present high efficiency inverters that are designed to deliver maximum yield from small- to… Read more »