Europe’s leading solar energy generator, Lightsource Renewable Energy, has completed rooftop solar installations at two major sea ports in South Wales. Lightsource designed and installed rooftop systems at Associated British Ports (ABP) sites in Cardiff and Swansea. The 250 kilowatt peak (KWp) systems at each site will save more than 4,260 tonnes of carbon emissions… Read more »
Category: Renewable News
Siemens receives order for offshore wind power plant in Great Britain
• Siemens to supply 91 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6 megawatts• Order is part of the frame agreement with DONG Energy concluded in 2012• Race Bank wind power plant to have a total capacity of up to 580 megawatts• Service to be provided by Siemens and DONG Energy over a period of… Read more »
SgurrEnergy supports Nordergrunde offshore wind farm to financial close
Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has delivered full technical lenders’ due diligence to KfW IPEX and the European Investment Bank, in support of the achievement of financial close on the 110MW Nordergrunde offshore wind farm. Located within the German 12nm zone of the North Sea, 16km north of the German North Sea coast Nordergrunde is… Read more »
GOLDBECK acquires Gehrlicher Solar Services GmbH, one of the leading O&M providers in Germany
GOLDBECK Solar GmbH acquires Gehrlicher Solar Services GmbH, effective retroactively as of April 1, 2015. With the acquisition of the service and system management businesses of PV-specialized Gehrlicher Solar Services, GOLDBECK expands its own O&M portfolio and assimilates one of the most technically competent and best-situated market leaders in Europe. For the Gehrlicher Group, the… Read more »
ECOHZ takes pioneering step in Asian green power market
02 July 2015, Oslo – Companies increasingly want to document that the electricity they use, outside of Europe and North America, comes from renewable energy sources. ECOHZ is taking a pioneering step in the Asian green power market and is providing SGS, as the first company in the world, green power documented with the International… Read more »
Sunny Outlook For Engineering Firm
TGE Group, one the UK’s leading suppliers of renewable energy and heat systems, has completed the installation of a 950-panel installation on top of Salop Design & Engineering’s metalworking plant in Shrewsbury. The installation, which was completed within 4 weeks, is among the largest roof-based solar farms in Shropshire and forms part of Salop Design… Read more »
Lvaro Vallejo The New Financial Director At Grupo Clavijo
The Spanish company Grupo Clavijo, an international leader in solar photovoltaic structures and trackers, has appointed Álvaro Vallejo to its management team as the Financial Director. With a degree in Administration and Business Management and a Master in Tax Consultancy, Álvaro holds extensive experience as the head of tax, accounting and financial departments in a… Read more »
Financial year 2014/15: Senvion increases revenue by 6.6%
Hamburg: Senvion generated total revenues of EUR 1,926 million in the FY2014/15 (1/4/2014 – 31/3/2015), 6.6% growth versus the previous year. Total performance increased from EUR 1,845 million in FY2013/14 to EUR 1,999 million in FY2014/15, an 8.3% increase year on year. Adjusted1 EBITDA for FY2014/15 was EUR 155 million, an increase of 6.2% from… Read more »
First commissioning task successfully completed
DBB Jack-Up’s new purpose-built vessel J/U WIND SERVER has just completed her first large commercial operation performing commissioning support during the turbine commissioning of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 project in the German North Sea. Having supported work on more than 50 turbines during the three months’ charter for Siemens AG – DBB Jack-Up’s WIND SERVER… Read more »
BASF to sell stake in SolVin to Solvay
Ludwigshafen, Germany – July 1, 2015 – BASF is selling its 25% share in the joint venture SolVin to Solvay. The transaction will take place on July 1, 2015. Financial details were not disclosed. In addition, BASF has reached agreements with Solvay and Inovyn to continue to supply BASF’s site in Antwerp with basic chemicals…. Read more »
skytron® energy expands into Japanese PV market
“Made in Germany” technology ensures trouble-free operation of 2 PV plants in Hokuto City skytron®energy to start local service support in Japan Berlin, Germany 1 July 2015. – skytron® energy has completed installation of its supervision and monitoring system for two photovoltaic PV plants in Japan in cooperation with Nippon Solar Services GK, a Tokyo… Read more »
meteocontrol integrates theft protection in PV monitoring system
*Augsburg / Kaiserslautern, 01 July 2015 – meteocontrol GmbH, a leading company for professional remote monitoring of photovoltaic systems, has formed a collaboration alliance with viamon GmbH, a manufacturer of GPS-based theft protection for PV modules and inverters. The integration of the anti-theft feature in meteocontrol’s VCOM virtual control room monitoring system provides operators of… Read more »
Energy sector recruitment firm helped to up-skill technicians
A business that provides recruitment services to the energy sector has received support from the Green Port Growth Programme (GPGP) to improve the skills of the technicians it supplies. Boston Energy, in Beverley, works with some of the world’s energy giants, including GE Energy, Rolls Royce Marine, Siemens, Centrica, Dong Energy, Senvion and MH Vestas…. Read more »
Senvion strengthens management team and changes legal form
Hamburg: The Hamburg-based wind turbine manufacturer Senvion is strengthening its management team in order to further build on the strong performance of the 2014/15 fiscal year. Senvion has appointed Manav Sharma as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Manav Sharma has been at Senvion for more than four years and has headed its Finance department since October… Read more »
Chinas Wind Power Capacity Will Treble By 2025 As Global Growth Stabilizes Says Globaldata
China’s installed wind capacity will treble from 115.6 Gigawatts (GW) in 2014 to an estimated 347.2 GW by 2025 However, ‘future annual wind installations will not grow as much as before and will range between 20 GW and 22 GW each year during the next decade,’ says analyst LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 1 July 2015 –… Read more »
image007.jpg Offshore wind park Westermost Rough officially inaugurated
• First commercial offshore project of the Siemens D6 platform• 6 MW direct drive turbines in a large scale project for the first time• Siemens to service Westermost Rough for 5 years• Eco-friendly power for 150,000 British households Today, the offshore wind power plant Westermost Rough was officially inaugurated. Consisting of 35 Siemens wind turbines,… Read more »
MECASOLAR supplies 4.5MW in horizontal trackers to solar PV plant in Turkey
Mecasolar is supplying solar materials to a 4.5MW solar plant in Antalya, Turkey.The project strengthens Mecasolar’s position in the Balkans, where the company plans to develop 30MW by 2017. 1 July 2015. MECASOLAR will supply 4.5MW in solar trackers to a new project in Korkuteli, in Antalya Province, Turkey A total of 47 trackers, using… Read more »
Solar-Fabrik repair programme with online test tool and certificate retention
Hamburg/Germany, July 2015, 1 – Suncycle, one of the leading service providers in the solar sector has developed an online test tool and a repair process for defective junction boxes of PV modules made by the manufacturer Solar-Fabrik. Suncycle repairs or replaces the junction boxes concerned, which involve a fire hazard, and provides system owners… Read more »
Vortex Forecast Helps Indias Wind Industry Look Ahead
Spain’s renewable energy modelling specialist, Vortex, is contributing crucial data to a first-of-its- kind project to improve wind forecasting and scheduling in Tamil Nadu, India. The pilot project launched on 13 May by the National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) will help Tamil Nadu’s state-owned electricity generation and distribution utility, Tangedco, better manage fluctuations in… Read more »
Ampelmann provides access solution for commissioning of the Solan project in West of Shetland
Delft, 30th June 2015 – This Summer, Ampelmann, the global leader in motion compensated access solutions, will provide one of its offshore access solutions to enable ‘walk to work’ for a commissioning campaign on Premier Oil’s Solan field, West of Shetland. The Ampelmann system enables the safe and effective transfer of the workforce in one… Read more »
Seazip Offshore Service gets off to a successful start in the offshore oil and gas industry
Harlingen-based SeaZip Offshore Service has entered into a partnership agreement with Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC). HMC, the world’s market leader in transporting, installing and dismantling offshore oil and gas installations, has contracted service vessel SeaZip 4 for its annual project activities in the North Sea for the coming summer months. SeaZip Offshore Service is thus… Read more »
Intersolar India 2015: New Signals Coming From The Indian Solar Market
The Indian government’s energy policy is raising growth expectations Mumbai, India and Pforzheim/Freiburg, Germany, 26. June 2015: India has ambitious objectives for expanding solar energy. The government plans to increase photovoltaic output by a factor of 30 by 2022, to a total of 100 gigawatts. The state of Maharastra has also committed to a determined… Read more »
Ampelmann provides access solution for maintenance project in the Southern North Sea
Delft, 25th June 2015 – Ampelmann, the global leader in motion compensated access solutions, has been awarded a long term contract by a large oil & gas major operating in the Southern North Sea to provide a system for use on its offshore assets. The Ampelmann A-type system enables the company to deploy its workforce… Read more »
MARTIFER SOLAR connects PV PLANT in belgium for orka nv
• The rooftop PV plant, located in Evere, Belgium, has a capacity of 738.45 kWp • With this new plant, Martifer Solar now has connected successfully approximately 35 MW in Belgium Martifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, has completed the construction and connection of a 738.45 kWp PV system on the rooftop of the… Read more »
Siemens And Esvagt Christen Wind Industrys First Offshore Service Operation Vessels
• Flagship of Siemens comprehensive offshore logistics concept• Benefits include increased wind turbine uptime and power production• Contributes to lowering costs associated with wind energy• ‘Esvagt Faraday’ set for service operations at Butendiek wind farm in NorthSea• ‘Esvagt Froude’ to be utilized for service at Baltic II wind farm in Baltic Sea Joined by government… Read more »
FLiDAR optimises costs in combined operation
During a recent two week offshore operation, FLiDAR chartered one vessel to serve three clients. The Pole Star began its journey in Oban, Scotland, first sailing to the NAREC met mast to pick up one of the FLiDAR buoys which had just finished a successful post validation campaign for Mainstream Renewable Power’s Neart na Gaoithe… Read more »
Oliver Gosemann elected as the new Chairman of Phoenix Solar’s Supervisory Board
Annual General Meeting approves all motions of management by a large majority New Chairman appointed to the Supervisory Board Sulzemoos, June 23rd, 2015 / The shareholders of Phoenix Solar AG (ISIN DE000A0BVU93), an international photovoltaic system integrator listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, elected a new member of the Supervisory Board… Read more »
Phoenix Solar CEO Tim P. Ryan lays out Six Point Plan to consolidate turnaround in 2015
Full year forecast of €140-160 Mio million sales revenues confirmed, with positive EBIT Benefits of restructuring and lower cost base have increased competitiveness With continued strong growth in the global solar industry in 2015 to over 50 GWp (est.), demand for experienced, international EPC partners such as Phoenix Solar remains healthy Sulzemoos, 23 June 2015… Read more »
CWind wins crew transfer vessel contract at Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm
CWind has today announced that it has won a six months contract to provide crew transfer services to Greater Gabbard Offshore wind farm. Its 19m catamaran, one of more than 20 crew transfer vessels in the fleet operated by CWind, will assist with O&M activities at the project, which became operational in August 2013. Under… Read more »
Sungrow signs deal to supply 75MW of Inverters in Thailand
Sungrow continues international growth and by opening Thai office Hefei, June 23, 2015 -Sungrow, one of the worlds leading PV-inverter manufacturers, announced a deal to supply 75MW of central inverters to be connected to the power grid in Thailand. These projects are separately developed and built by the wholly owned subsidiaries of Super Block Co.,… Read more »
Siemens hands over fourth North Sea grid connection HelWin2 to TenneT
• Fourth direct current grid link now in commercial operation• Transmission capacity of 690 MW enough to supply nearly 900,000 German households• Further milestone achieved for the German government’s offshore development targets• Four Siemens platforms with total of 2.9 GW transmission capacity linked to the grid With HelWin2, Siemens has handed over the fourth North… Read more »
First Solar Modules to Power Landmark 200MW Solar Photovoltaic Project in Dubai
Consortium led by ACWA Power establishes global cost benchmark with Middle East’s largest PV plant DUBAI, United Arab Emirates/TEMPE, Az. – June 23, 2015 – First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced that it has signed an agreement to supply its high performance photovoltaic (PV) modules to power the 200 megawatt (MW)AC second phase of… Read more »
Moventas Receives Occupational Health And Safety Certification
Renewable energy industry’s leading gearbox manufacturer and service provider Moventas promotes wind industry health and safety standards by receiving an occupational health and safety certification for its Finnish company and Finland-based field service. Moventas has had a documented occupational health and safety system since 2010, and received good feedback on health and safety management from… Read more »
Japanese delegation on fact-finding visit to the Netherlands offshore wind industry
A delegation of thirty Japanese offshore wind companies will visit the Netherlands this week on a fact-finding mission to gain further understanding of the Dutch offshore wind industry strengths and capabilities. Dutch exporters association Holland Home of Wind Energy (HHWE) has invited the Japanese delegation, which is led by the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA)…. Read more »
Module Inspection Solutions Best Performance And Reliability For A Long Product Life Cycle With 100 Automatic Defect Classification
Features include:• STRING-Q EL / VISION – String-based Inspection on Electroluminescence and optical camera image• MOD-Q EL – Module Inspection based on Electroluminescence Imaging• MOD-Q VISION – Optical Module Inspection and Classification High quality photovoltaic (PV) modules demand extremely accurate performance data while seeking the lowest possible production cost. Subsequently, the PV industry is looking… Read more »
Availon opens brand new international headquarters in Germany
Rheine, Germany: Availon announced today the opening of their new global headquarters in Rheine. This move is a direct result of the tremendous growth that the wind turbine service provider has recently experienced. Over the last three years, Availon’s workforce almost doubled to reach 380 employees. “Eight years after establishing Availon, we are opening a… Read more »