On the occasion of solar energy UK show, QOS ENERGY, leading provider of cutting-edge solar monitoring software, will be offering free access, until the end of the year, to their CMMS portal to UK commercial rooftop businesses. The recent announcement of the DECC sent shock waves across the UK solar industry but also astounded some… Read more »
San Diego, CA/USA and Zug/Switzerland, 05 October 2015: UpWind Solutions, Inc., North America’s leading independent full service provider for the wind industry, and ROMO Wind, a Danish-Swiss wind turbine optimizer, have recently entered into a strategic relationship. With the partnership, ROMO Wind’s patented iSpin technology, which measures the wind in front of the rotor, will… Read more »
Peter van Berkel to lead continued growth and expansion in the region MILTON KEYNES, UK – October 5, 2015 – Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH), a global energy technology company, announced today that Peter van Berkel has been appointed general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He is focused on building scale… Read more »
Small-scale wind turbine directly connected to internal electricity network Investment provides opportunities for new Flemish wind technology Unique monitoring system for birds and bats ZWIJNDRECHT – Flemish Minister of Energy, Annemie Turtelboom, today inaugurated a small-scale wind turbine at the site of the Belgian dredging and environmental group DEME. The project is part of a… Read more »
Just days before the Seatrade Offshore Marine and Workboats Middle East in Abu Dhabi beginning 5th of October, Tuco Marine of Denmark discloses their new Dive Support and ROV Support boats. These two new vessels are complementing Tuco´s range of ProZero Workboats and Daughter Crafts and the new boats are dedicated the Dive and ROV… Read more »
Burnaby, Canada, October 1, 2015 – Schneider ElectricTM Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for the solar industry, is pleased to announce that they have been listed as an approved PV Inverter Manufacturer for Dubai Electric and Water Authority’s (DEWA) solar rooftop and net metering program, Shams Dubai. This program is one of DEWA’s… Read more »
Positive response: Hailo Wind Systems convinces with technology and service for the international wind power sector Hailo Wind Systems products and innovations in opera- tion: the attendance of the partner of international wind power systems manufacturers and operators at the HUSUM Wind show – one of the most important trade fairs focus- sing on the… Read more »
SINGAPORE, 1 OCTOBER 2015 – SGX Catalist-listed SBI Offshore Limited (“SBI Offshore” or the “Group”) announced today that its 51%-owned subsidiary, Graess Energy Pte Ltd (“Graess Energy”), through a collaboration between Gräss Solartechnik Schweiz SA (“GSS”) and China Machinery Engineering Corporation (“CMEC”), has received a letter of award for the sale of solar power in… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has conducted a technical lender’s engineer assignment supporting the 49.5MW Tenaga wind farm to financial closure. The wind farm, located approximately 30km southwest of Gharo, will help Pakistan cope with the power shortages which continue to hinder development throughout the country. SgurrEnergy has been involved in the project since 2011… Read more »
Oxford Technologies, a world-leading developer of Remote Handling systems for extremely hostile environments including Nuclear Decommissioning, Nuclear Fusion, Space and High-Energy Physics, will be demonstrating its Dexter Master/Slave remote handling technology live at the NDA Supply Chain event in Manchester in November www.decommsupplyevent.co.uk. Dexter is a state-of-the-art Telemanipulator Arm optimised for a human operator and… Read more »
Moventas, the leading wind gearbox manufacturer and service provider, is now offering revolutionary new up-tower repair capability to its customers in North America. Moventas is proud to announce new patent-pending up-tower repair capabilities that promise to save wind farm owners significant downtime and expense. Effective immediately, all failed ‘low-speed’ planetary stage gears and bearings in… Read more »
• 66 Siemens SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines ordered• Expected to power about 50,000 average U.S. homes• Order also includes service and financing Siemens has been awarded an order from Apex Clean Energy to supply, support installation and provide long-term service for 66 wind turbines for the Grant Wind project in Grant County, Oklahoma. The Grant Wind… Read more »
In the collaborative project “SpeedColl,” sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and its various industry partners, solar collectors and components were exposed to weathering and continuously monitored. Products from renowned German solar collector manufacturers and suppliers are installed on the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain, as well as on Gran… Read more »
Osnabrück, 29.09.2015. The showing of independent service provider seebaWIND Service at HUSUM Wind was a great success. The trade fair, which took place from 15 to 18 September in Husum, brought the company new customers and enquiries about service contracts for Germany and abroad. The bankability of seebaWIND’s full maintenance contracts has been optimised –… Read more »
At the Solar Energy 2015 from October 13 to 15 in Birmingham, Solare Datensysteme GmbH will present a wide array of solutions to manage PV power efficiently and optimize yields. X% regulation with the calculation of self-consumptionFeed-in Management is one function of the Solar-LogTM Energy Management System. This function allows the amount of PV energy… Read more »
The Next Generation of PV Design Software Berlin-based Valentin Software will launch the next generation of its design software PV*SOL premium at the end of this year. With significant new features, PV*SOL premium 2016 will make the process of designing a PV system even easier and faster. As with previous versions, the shading analysis of… Read more »
Accurate emissions testing is a world-wide responsibility. CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX, UK. (25 September 2015) – In response to the current crisis in confidence brought on by revelations of misconduct by a major multinational car manufacturer in reporting emissions levels, Edwards Ltd and its subsidiaries (Edwards), the leading supplier of exhaust management abatement systems to the… Read more »
JAN DE NUL SECURES FIRST OFFSHORE WIND CONTRACT WITH NOBELWIND FOR ITS NEWLY ACQUIRED JACK-UP HEAVY LIFT VESSEL VIDAR On Tuesday 15th September 2015, Jan De Nul Group and the offshore wind project Nobelwind signed the first offshore wind contract for Jan De Nul’s recently acquired offshore jack-up heavy lift vessel Vidar. It concerns the… Read more »
On the roof of Antalya stadium, with nearly 33.000 covered seaters, a solar plant with 1,4 MWp In Turkey the Super Lig is growing and therefore the country needs a new sport infrastructure. That’s why TOKI, the governmental agency for housing, is carrying out an important investment in cooperation with the Sports Ministry. Antalya Stadium,… Read more »
ELGIN, Illinois – HELUKABEL, one of the world’s leading cable manufacturers, held a ground-breaking ceremony in mid-September for the construction of a new expansion at its manufacturing plant in Windsbach, Germany. Once completed in the fall of 2016, the new building will offer more than 96,875 sq. ft. of additional office, laboratory and production space…. Read more »
A business desk is set to open in Denmark this week, to help establish and strengthen networks across Europe between companies involved in the renewable energy sector supply chain. Green Port Hull, working in partnership with the Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce, will launch the business desk in Copenhagen on Tuesday 22nd September 2015…. Read more »
It is clear that the tide has turned for DIAB. As the wind energy market in China and the USA recovers from the downturn that occurred between 2010 and 2012, sales keep surging for this Laholm based company owned by Ratos. DIAB reports a very strong first half of 2015. After a strong first quarter of the… Read more »
• Siemens will provide 10 years of service and maintenance for 149 D3-platform wind turbines Siemens has signed a long-term agreement with the U.S. energy company Minnesota Power to provide service and maintenance for 149 D3-platform wind turbines installed at the Bison Wind Energy Center, located near New Salem, North Dakota. Under terms of the… Read more »
Apprentice deckhands conclude year-long programme to secure Maritime Studies Diploma and explore long-term career opportunities in offshore wind23rd September, Isle of Wight – Class-leading offshore energy support vessel operator, Seacat Services, has announced the graduation of the first group of young seafarers from its Maritime Apprenticeship programme. The successful graduates have taken the first step… Read more »
One of the largest integrator and distributor companies of solar components in the world, PROINSO, will be exhibiting at The Green Expo in Mexico this week (Stand 334). Held in Mexico City from 23 – 25 September, it is the leading show in the solar power industry in Mexico with over 200 exhibitors and 10,000… Read more »
Burnaby, Canada, September 12, 2015 – Schneider ElectricTM Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for the solar industry, is pleased to announce that they have won the 2015 Solar Industry Award for Rural Electrification for a project in Indonesia. Schneider Electric was the solution provider for 60 remote island sites in Indonesia that needed… Read more »
Extending its RPI-series inverter line further, the leading global provider of power and thermal management is introducing new single phase inverters for Europe. The H3 is the right choice for homeowners that are seeking an affordable solar inverter that has all essential functions plus reliable performance to generate clean solar electricity for the home. Maximum… Read more »
Nantes, September 22, 2015 ‐ Meteodyn will be at the EWEA Conference & Exhibition ‐ key event for wind industry decision‐makers in Europe. This year, the event takes place in Paris – France ‐ where our headquarters are based, one more reason to be one of the official sponsors of the event. By the end… Read more »
Prenzlau, 22 September 2015 aleo solar GmbH is set to establish its own cell production facility in Germany. From 2016 approximately 200 MW of polycrystalline and monocrystalline solar cells are planned for manufacture at aleo’s factory in Prenzlau (Brandenburg, Germany). The cell production operation will be carried out by aleo Sunrise GmbH which has been… Read more »
The Hague, Petten – 22 september 2015 Dutch high-tech Company Eternal Sun, specialized in solar testing equipment, has facilitated the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) with a solar-PV testing-laboratory with a hot-spot upgrade. This laboratory will enable ECN to engage in solar-PV testing, and will allow them to meet the latest testing standards… Read more »
The Danish-Swiss wind turbine optimiser ROMO Wind is presenting its patented iSpin technology for measuring wind in front of the rotor at this year’s HUSUM Wind trade fair. Today, Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Kristian Jensen visited the stand. He got to know more about the innovative measuring method and watched a demonstration of the… Read more »
Hamburg: Senvion, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, erected its 2,000th onshore wind turbine in Germany. The 2,000th turbine, a Senvion 3.4M114 NES, forms part of the Behrendorf wind farm in Schleswig-Holstein – 15 kilometres north-east of Husum. Together, the 2,000 turbines generate over 2,565,000 kW per year on average – enough… Read more »
Husum, 17 September 2015 – Denmark’s foreign minister, Kristian Jensen, is visiting HUSUM Wind today. Besides attending a reception at the Danish pavilion, he will also be visiting a number of other exhibitors. All in all there are exhibitors from 25 countries at the fair. In addition to Denmark there are a number of exhibitors… Read more »
Lawrence, MA – September 15, 2015 – Solectria – A Yaskawa Company, a leading U.S. PV inverter manufacturer, unveiled its Decentralized Megawatt Solution today at Solar Power International. This solution combines Solectria’s three-phase transformerless inverters, an AC panel board, a transformer and monitoring, making Solectria a one stop-solution provider for customers. By continuously seeking to… Read more »
This week at the leading biennial trade fair for the wind industry, HellermannTyton presents two tried-and-tested products that cost-effectively protect cables in wind turbine towers against the effects of abrasion. Tornesch 15/09/2015: Refitting torsion cables in wind turbines is an onerous undertaking. It costs around two man days alone to replace just one of up… Read more »
The offshore wind industry often needs versatile vessels that can easily be refitted and reconfigured to perform a range of different duties, from transporting people to carrying heavy equipment. Using vacuum resin infusion and composites from DIAB, CTruk Boats lead the way in meeting this requirement with an innovative approach using a movable deckhouse structure…. Read more »