Residents and businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire will be able to keep up to date with the latest news and developments regarding the region’s emerging renewable energy sector, thanks to a brand new website that has been launched by Green Port Hull. Packed with news and information, the new site will give the latest… Read more »
Hamburg-based specialist shipbroker showed expertise in bringing British freight ferry as accommodation vessel into the offshore renewables market “We’re proud of being the competent partner for all parties in this project”, GRS Managing Partner Matthias Mroß is pleased to say.Up to 150 berths for offshore technicians at the windfarm “Nordsee-Ost” were provided by the freight… Read more »
MARKOS (Polish composite manufacturer) has been EN 1090 certified by TÜV SÜD. The main production activity of MARKOS company is glass reinforced plastic production of wind turbine nacelles, hub covers, lifeboats, rescue boats, tenders, RIBs, leisure boats, technical boats and other products. However MARKOS also manufactures steel elements designed for wind turbine nacelles and steel… Read more »
Colchester, 20 April 2015 – CTruk has won an order for two more of its 22m multi-purpose catamaran Wind Farm Service Vessels (WFSVs). Both will be delivered to leading offshore wind service supplier CWind this summer as the first-of-class CWind Sword continues to impress on the EnBW Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany. Peter… Read more »
Valentin Software has updated the market-leading design software PV*SOL and PV*SOL premium and adapted the programs to reflect the latest developments in the market.The result is that the detailed design, visualization and in particular yield calculation of photovoltaic systems has become even more relevant. New lithium-ion battery model for battery storage systemsIn both variants, PV*SOL is… Read more »
– Ranked as a top tier module by VDE Institute, Suntech’s four busbar modules prove to generate more power and offer increased efficiency. WUXI, China, April 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Suntech announced today that the company will upgrade all of its solar panel production to its four busbar modules. The modules will replace the photovoltaic… Read more »
Within the scope of the project “Offshore Hub Ems-Achse”, a special lecture event on the theme “Offshore Accommodation” will take place on Tuesday April 28th, 2015. This event was organized in collaboration with the law firm Ahlers & Vogel and the company MARIKO GmbH. Objective of this event is to provide an in-depth view into… Read more »
Burnaby, Canada, April 15, 2015 – Schneider ElectricTM Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for the solar power conversion chain, is pleased to contribute significantly to the development of solar in the UK by connecting more than 300 MW to the grid in end of March, on top of the 200 MW already in… Read more »
CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has today announced that it has placed an order for four new crew transfer vessels from Aluminium Marine Consultants (AMC), a shipbuilding and consulting company based on the Isle of Wight. The order consists of two 23m aluminium catamarans and two 26m aluminium catamarans…. Read more »
Memorandums of understanding signed with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Meyer Burger, and Centrotherm at Hannover Messe Kolkata/India, Hannover/Germany, April 16th 2015 – Solar company Vikram Solar has begun three new collaborations with leading international research institutes and technology companies from Germany and Switzerland. The partnerships are intended to further optimize the… Read more »
Intersolar China 2015 in Beijing closes with considerable impetus for the solar industry Freiburg/Pforzheim, Germany, and Beijing, China, April 16, 2015 – The latest edition of Intersolar China took place in Beijing from April 1-3, 2015. For the second time, the exhibition and conference for the solar industry were held together with Clean Energy Expo… Read more »
ISRA VISION AG came in first place in the “Medium-sized Businesses” category of the German Industry’s Innovation Awards 2015. The award, under the patronage of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research as well as the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, was presented to ISRA for its innovative “Plug & Automate”… Read more »
lobal Marine Systems Limited’s vessel Cable Innovator has recently left Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion) after extensive work including the installation of a ballast water treatment system and a 5-year survey. Global Marine Systems has been active on the cable-laying market since the industry’s earliest days and offers its clients 160… Read more »
As part of the German award INDUSTRIEPREIS 2015 Lufft has been elected as overall winner at the start of the industry trade fair HANNOVER MESSE. The mobile road sensor MARWIS prevailed in the category “Optical Technologies”. The measuring instrument of the German measurement and control technology company stood out as an outstanding solution to all… Read more »
Enphase’s data and grid visibility provide Hawaiian Electric with tools to accelerate solar deployment for its customers PETALUMA, Calif. and HONOLULU-April 14, 2015-Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENPH), announced today that the company has collaborated with Hawaiian Electric Company to clear the backlog of solar customers awaiting interconnection on the island of Oahu. After making a commitment… Read more »
Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, has signed four new contracts totaling 45 megawatts (MW) with leading renewable energy developer Blue Energy. These represent the first contracts Senvion has signed with the UK developer and will involve the supply of turbines… Read more »
Rail-free installation of solar arrays on trapezoidal sheet metal roofs Cologne, Germany, 15th April 2015 – Mounting systems manufacturer Renusol has extended its MetaSole mounting solution to include the new MS+ Portrait, which is capable of fixing photovoltaic modules to roofs in portrait orientation. The innovation ensures excellent rear ventilation of the solar modules and… Read more »
The local manufacturing will maximise price competitiveness and will help PROINSO deliver international standard product without compromising on quality and reliability. 15 April 2015. PROINSO strengthens its presence and penetration in the Indian photovoltaic market with the launching of the MECASOLAR products manufactured in India. The new Flat Roof and Pitch Roof Structures, produced in… Read more »
• Supply and maintenance of 40 direct drive wind turbines• 100-megawatt project to supply 30,000 Canadian households with clean electricity Siemens has received an order for the supply, installation and commissioning of 40 SWT-3.2-113 direct drive wind turbines. Customer is Grand Bend Wind Limited Partnership, a partnership between Northland Power Inc., a Canadian independent power… Read more »
Berlin/ Newhaven/ London, 15/04/2015.ib vogt GmbH and its subsidiary vogt solar ltd commissioned eight solar farms with a total capacity of 132.4 MWp in the first quarter of 2015 in the United Kingdom. All the solar farms were connected on time for the UK “1.4” ROC policy incentive deadline for ground mounted solar systems. All… Read more »
• The plants, located in various counties throughout the United Kingdom, have a combined capacity of 57.8 MW • With these five new PV plants, Martifer Solar now has connected successfully approximately 175 MW in the UK alone Martifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, has connected five plants ahead of the 31st March deadline… Read more »
The EIVA NaviSuite software suite now includes a dedicated solution for anchor handling operations that offers advanced catenary simulation. This ensures users data they can trust and a complete picture of the entire operation.NaviSuite Beka is a versatile, scalable and user-friendly software solution that increases the efficiency and safety of anchor handling operations during rig… Read more »
ECOWindS (European Clusters for Offshore Wind Servicing) project has published the first iteration of its Joint Action Plan outlining key research and innovation activities for the cost effective progression of the offshore wind servicing industry. ECOWindS is a collaborative project involving partners from Denmark, Germany, Norway and the UK that will contribute to cost reduction… Read more »
Hamburg: Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, launches a new wind turbine on the market in spring 2015. The turbine type Senvion 3.2M122 is particularly suitable for low-wind sites and offers higher yields compared with its predecessors thanks to its capacity… Read more »
FoundOcean has been awarded the contract to grout the 150 monopile foundations for the 600MW Gemini Offshore Wind Farm, on behalf of main contractor Van Oord. The project will be the first to use MasterFlow 9800, a revolutionary new material jointly developed by FoundOcean and BASF. MasterFlow 9800 possesses a unique combination of features that… Read more »
ELA Container Nederland and ELA Container Offshore GmbH are jointly participating at Maintenance NEXT from April 21st – 23rd, 2015. The exhibition will again take place at Ahoy Rotterdam and will be dealing with the maintenance industry of today and tomorrow, with focus on employment increase, innovation and value creation. At booth 213 in hall… Read more »
teamtechnik presents the new STRINGER TT1800 at the SNEC 2015 trade fair in Shanghai. The global market leader for stringer systems will be demonstrating the latest high-performance stringer with its unique single track technology live. teamtechnik has once again cut the cycle time and increased the stringer throughput to 50 MWp per year. At a… Read more »
Energy transition meets design award: the innovative energy storage unit, neeoQube from AKASOL GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany) has received the 2015 Red Dot Award, the most important international award for product design. For AKASOL, the quality German manufacturer of lithium-ion energy storage units, this is their second award within a few months. The innovative company also… Read more »
Mecasolar has supplied 1MW in horizontal solar trackers and Mecascrew foundation screws. The 1MW installation in Jadowniki will be connected in April. 13 April 2015. MECASOLAR has supplied 1MW in horizontal solar trackers and MECASCREW foundation screws to a new project in Poland. The installation lies 300km from Warsaw in Jadowniki, southern Poland, and is… Read more »
165 Years Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum It is not without reason that Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum can be seen as the pioneer of vacuum technology: For 165 years, the company Leybold, located at Cologne, Germany, has developed and supplied vacuum pumps, systems, standardized and customized vacuum solutions and after sales services for a wide range of industrial… Read more »
Meyer Burger enters into strategic collaboration with leading French research centre CEA and receives order of over CHF 12 million in PV equipment. Meyer Burger and CEA will carry out joint research on next generation high performance Heterojunction and SmartWire Connection technologies. Meyer Burger has received an order of over CHF 12 million from the… Read more »
Suntech’s modules receive the certificate of the enhanced hail test Wuxi, China, April 8, 2015/Press Release/: Today, Suntech announced that its modules received the VDE certification of the enhanced hail test, demonstrating the high quality and durability of Suntech’s modules in extreme weather conditions, testing higher than other modules in the industry. In 2014, Suntech’s… Read more »
Munich, April 9, 2015 – Traditional diesel generators, widely used across the globe, are now being complemented by photovoltaics in new markets and applications. Solar-diesel hybrid systems already represent profitable alternatives, particularly for large-scale industrial users in remote, yet sunny, regions. From June 9-12, 2015, the Off-Grid Platform at Intersolar Europe in Munich presents an… Read more »
Lightsource Renewable Energy has connected 27 new solar farm sites with a total capacity of 303 Megawatts peak (MWp) in a single month ahead of the 1.4 Renewable Obligations Certificate (ROC) deadline. It’s been a bumper month for the UK’s leading solar energy generator, taking the company’s total installed capacity to 960MWp – with 58MW… Read more »
wpd windmanager Scandinavia Oy is taking over the technical and commercial management of a portfolio of wind farms in Finland owned by a renewable energy fund managed by the British fund manager, Impax Asset Management (AIFM) Limited. The first project is the 27MW Joukhaisselkä wind farm near Sodankylä in Lapland. The first turbines of type… Read more »
Seaway Heavy Lifting has entered into a contract with Cardon IV in Venezuela for transportation and installation of the Perla project gas production platforms complete with tie-in of the subsea infrastructure. The Perla development consists of 3 gas production platforms connected to the shore landing near Punto Fijo, through a 30″pipeline. The water depth in… Read more »