UK offshore wind installed capacity to increase more than fivefold from 4.5 Gigawatts (GW) in 2014 to 23.2 GW by 2025 Government continues to support offshore wind with contracts for difference, to help lower generation costs in the long term, says analyst UK to Remain Top Offshore Wind Power Market by 2025, with Capacity Exceeding… Read more »
Burnaby, Canada, July 20, 2015 – Schneider ElectricTM Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for the solar power conversion chain, is proud to announce that, according to a recent 2014 IHS report, they have been ranked third in market share for global central inverters in revenue terms, representing the highest market share growth in… Read more »
— Establishes Direct Sales Channel for SunEdison’s Residential & Commercial Sales in this Growing Market LONDON, July 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE), the world’s largest renewable energy development company, today announced that it has acquired Mark Group, based in Leicester, United Kingdom, the country’s leading full service energy solutions provider and a… Read more »
DELAWARE, OHIO – July 2015 – Engineered Materials Systems, a leading global supplier of conductive interconnect materials for photovoltaic applications, introduced its new EMS 561-403 Low-Cost Snap Cure Conductive Adhesive for stringing applications in crystalline silicon and thin-film solar modules. EMS 561-403 is designed to electrically interconnect solar cells using ribbons. The adhesive is stress… Read more »
Romax Technology Ltd, has secured an agreement to provide condition monitoring services for India’s largest independent power producer Mytrah Energy Ltd, including end of warranty inspection services for 32 x 2MW wind turbines, from sites in Rajasthan & Gujarat, India. Romax is widely regarded as a market leader in wind turbine drive train design and… Read more »
London, 20 July 2015 – Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, welcomes the latest report by BVG Associates, which outlines how advances in technology, the supply chain and policy have combined to put UK offshore wind power generation on track to become sustainable without financial support from consumers. BVG’s report highlights that the costs… Read more »
The Belgian company DEME Environmental Contractors (DEC), member of the DEME Group and the Norwegian company Veidekke Entreprenør AS have established a joint venture and entered into a contract for remediation of the historic refinery site located at Valløy near Tønsberg (Norway), on behalf of Esso Norge AS. The contract is valued at approximately 470… Read more »
From June 10-12, 40,000+ visitors and 1,000 exhibitors gathered at Messe München, for Intersolar Europe and the collocated electrical energy storage (ees) exhibition. Together these two shows covered 7 halls and attracted visitors from over 143 different countries, emphasizing the international nature of the show. Compared to the previous year the electrical energy storage exhibitors… Read more »
Adwen has concluded the commissioning of the forty 5MW offshore turbines at Trianel wind farm Borkum, in the German North Sea. The forty AD 5-116 turbines (formerly known as M5000-116), are now operational, ready to feed an average of 800 GWh electricity yearly into the grid, meeting the electrical consumption of up to 200,000 German… Read more »
– Leading renewable energy insurer analyses mitigation and prevention of potential project-crippling bottleneck – Insurer notes 15 – 20 incidents per year in generator step up transformers in the global wind industry London, 16th July 2015 – Asset managers and project owners must carefully consider contingency plans in order to mitigate the risk of transformer… Read more »
The Hague, Warschau – 2 July 2015 Dutch high-tech Company Eternal Sun, specialized in solar testing equipment, has facilitated the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) with a fully equipped Solar Laboratory. This laboratory will enable PAS to engage in both solar-PV and solar thermal testing, and will allow PAS to meet the latest testing standards… Read more »
Vaisala wind forecast predicts below average wind speeds to continue in many regions due to persistent El Niño California and southern Texas wind speeds to pick up following record Q1 lows After the record low wind anomalies that challenged many project operators in the United States in the beginning of the year, wind energy performance… Read more »
Waldaschaff, Germany/Slough, UK, 15th July 2015. ANTARIS SOLAR Germany is expanding its global network of exclusive national distributors by signing partner agreements with a number of new distributors in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. ANTARIS SOLAR has seen a dramatic increase in overseas distributors wanting to offer ANTARIS SOLAR modules to their customers. New… Read more »
— Agree to jointly develop and deploy clean energy, smart city and low carbon solutions around the world SHANGHAI, July 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Shunfeng International Clean Energy Ltd. (SFCE), a leading global integrated clean energy solution provider, today announced its strategic cooperation agreement with the NARI Group Corporation (NARI in abbreviation which is a… Read more »
GRS has been commissioned to ship a new-build vessel again. The Hamburg-based specialist shipbroker was able to successfully provide the appropriate tonnage for the transportation as well as support for the project. The shipowner Njord Offshore from the UK was pleased to take delivery of the 26-metre long CTV from the Strategic Marine shipyard in… Read more »
MECASOLAR is attending one of the leading solar events in Brazil, to be held in São Paulo from 15 to 17 July.The company will exhibit its products at stand 402, along with local partners BRAFER and GRUPO ENERGIA. 13 July 2015. MECASOLAR -specialising in the design and manufacture of solar trackers, fixed structures for ground… Read more »
Lessons learned from the prolific increase in building workboats for the offshore wind farm sector can benefit the military user, according to CTruk CEO Andy White. Andy told the audience at a Royal Institute of Naval Architects conference entitled Warships 2015: Future Surface Vessels that developments in vessel design, construction and operation as a result of the demanding… Read more »
StorEdgeTM SolutionStorEdgeTM is SolarEdge’s all-in-one solution that uses a single DC optimized inverter to manage and monitor both solar generation and energy storage. The StorEdgeTM inverter is designed to support grid-tied solar, backup power, and smart energy management. The backup power application provides backup power to pre-selected loads in the event of grid interruption. The… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, a Wood Group company, recently completed technical support for the two wind farms of Tod Hill (11.4 MW) and Harthill (5.7 MW) located in Scotland. Tod Hill wind farm is situated near Larbert, Falkirk, and Harthill can be found at in North Lanarkshire. The projects add to SgurrEnergy’s rapidly growing… Read more »
ELA Container Offshore GmbH has confirmed its participation at SPE Offshore Europe from September 8th – 11th, 2015. The exhibition will take place at the Exhibition & Conference Centre in Aberdeen. At booth X09 on the outdoor exhibition area, ELA will showcase its offshore accommodation modules. “We are happy that we were able to contract… Read more »
Burnaby, Canada, July 8, 2015 – Schneider ElectricTM Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for the solar power conversion chain, is pleased to announce that they have provided the complete electrical balance of system (BOS) for a 17 MW project in Japan. Schneider Electric will provide a complete solution including PV Boxes, Array Boxes,… Read more »
The market in the Benelux is relatively small, as only 322 MW were installed in 2014. This means a further decrease as compared to the year before. The residential segment of systems up to 10kW is the dominant segment in Belgium and the Netherlands. Bonn. Installers in the Benelux most commonly offer Asian brands in… Read more »
Dutch nonprofit service company promotes social housing sustainability with deployment of advanced Enphase solar energy systems LYON, France, and EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands – July 9, 2015 – Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH), has entered a strategic partnership with WocozoBV, a Dutch nonprofit service company that provides renewable energy services to social housing projects. Wocozon will… Read more »
Capacity mechanisms should not be a tool to keep unprofitable and unnecessary power plants online as the European Union continues to grapple with overcapacity, according to a paper released by the European Wind Energy Association. Capacity mechanisms – instruments whereby governments pay some generators to keep power plants online in order to meet peak demand… Read more »
EU PVSEC and Intersolar Europe are combining their strengths for the most important global solar power event in 2016 The EU PVSEC, the world’s largest international photovoltaics conference, will be held at the same time and in the same location as the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry, Intersolar Europe, in Munich. Both events… Read more »
Solid fuel boilers, water heating stoves and pellet stove heating systems have been gaining popularity for years now. Like in other areas of building management, visualisation and monitoring for biomass systems are increasing in importance as well. RESOL now offers a new solution: With VBus®Touch FK, you can turn your mobile devices into a RESOL… Read more »
New system delivers unprecedented: • Data processing and live viewing of production data • Customized views of production data • Fast access to common data views • Filter data for more relevant production information Making fast, objective, economic decisions at every stage in PV production is essential to ensuring maximum yields in today’s competitive solar… Read more »
Levitech is a global leader in semiconductor production solutions for the IC and solar industry, which was established in 2009, headquartered in Netherlands. The Levitrack ALD system produced by Levitech is a state-of-the-art production solution for the solar industry. As the ALD based Al2O3 membrane has excellent passivation performance, the system can be used for… Read more »
Wind Minds have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korean company Doarm Engineering to develop offshore wind farms in South Korea, according to Hans Rijntalder, a renewable energy consultant and founder of Pondera Consult, one of four companies that form Wind Minds. Rijntalder told Offshore WIND that the MoU arose from the Dutch trade… Read more »
BLUEFIELD SOLAR INCOME FUND LIMITEDCompletion of Acquisition of 49.9 MWp Solar Project London, 6th July 2015. Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that with effect from 30 June 2015 it has completed the acquisition of the previously announced West Raynham solar energy plant. The Company signed binding agreements to acquire… Read more »
Hamburg: Senvion is scaling up its Research & Development (R&D) capacities and will open its new R&D Centre in Bangalore, India, in September 2015. The team in India will strengthen the global TechCenter in Osterrönfeld, Germany, in further developing wind turbines in order to continue its international growth path. Senvion will both increase the staff… Read more »
Technology provider partners with Siem Offshore Contractors on submarine composite power cable subcontract for the Veja Mate offshore wind farm 06 July 2015, Littleport, UK: JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the offshore energy industry, has been awarded a subcontract by Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (“SOC”) to supply submarine composite power cables and related… Read more »
Nearly half of all German installers purchase their PV modules directly from the manufacturer. This is the highest share amongst the European markets. The downfall of the German market continued and, for the first time, the German market dropped behind the UK with a total installed capacity of 1,9 GW in 2014. Nevertheless, Germany remains… Read more »
• Largest wind service order ever for Siemens in Germany• Installation of 400 megawatts of wind capacity starts in March 2017• Commissioning expected in late 2017• Project financing for wind power plant successfully closed• Siemens Financial Services provides a significant proportion of the equity Siemens will supply, install and commission 67 of its 6-megawatts direct… Read more »
Merkur Offshore has signed with respectively Alstom and DEME a binding Turbine Supply Agreement and Balance of Plant Contract for the construction of the Merkur Offshore wind farm, including supply and installation of 66 Alstom Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbines. Additionally, Alstom has signed a long term service and maintenance contract. The turbines will be… Read more »
One and a half month after the acquisition of the dock facilities at Hanøytangen, Bergen, Semco Maritime now wins the first of four potential orders for preparation of newly constructed rigs from operator Songa Offshore. With the order for preparation of the newly constructed Songa Equinox, Semco Martime now has the first of four potential… Read more »