Annual market grows by 44%, passes 50 GW for the first time After a slowdown in 2013, the wind industry set a new record for annual installations in 2014. Globally, 51,477 MW of new wind generating capacity was added in 2014 according to the global wind market statistics released today by the Global Wind Energy… Read more »
• Logan’s Gap Wind is 12th Siemens-Pattern project to date• Siemens to supply and service 87 wind turbines for Logan’s Gap project• 200-MW onshore wind power plant located in Comanche County, Texas Siemens has been awarded another order from Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Development) to supply and install 87 wind turbines for the Logan’s… Read more »
On behalf of Centerbridge Partners LP / Implementation of the technical due diligence / Securing the transaction through technical evaluation London/Hamburg/Cologne, February 9, 2015. TÜV Rheinland provided American investor Centerbridge Partners LP important consultancy support and technical due diligence prior to its purchase of German wind-energy facilities manufacturer Senvion from the Indian Suzlon Group. TÜV… Read more »
• A further milestone in achieving the Federal German Government’s goals of expanding offshore wind power• Second direct-current grid connection now in commercial operation• Transmission capacity enough to supply more than 700,000 households with power Siemens has now handed over HelWin1, the second North Sea grid connection in quick succession, to its client TenneT. The… Read more »
Kahl am Main, February 9, 2015 – SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS) received the contractually agreed payments for the already reported orders for CIGS process machines. Accordingly, the relevant boards agree to the deliveries with a volume of around € 20 million and on part of SINGULUS the orders are booked as order intake. The assembly of… Read more »
Both contracts were awarded to Prysmian Group by the Dutch-German grid operator TenneT BorWin2 is the first offshore grid connection in operation with HVDC technology Milan, 9 February 2015. Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces the successful commissioning of the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore grid connection… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has developed the Onshore Wind Health and Safety Guidelines 2015 on behalf of the UK’s renewable energy trade association, RenewableUK. The guidelines aim to assist those involved in onshore wind energy projects, at any stage of the lifecycle in understanding and managing health and safety risks effectively and in compliance… Read more »
Den Helder/Netherlands, February 4 2015 – Acta Marine contracted CIG Shipbuilding for the design and construction of a large Wind Farm Support Vessel. The DP-2 fitted vessel measures 108 by 16 meters and offers comfortable accommodation and workspace for 75 persons onboard. The vessel will be equipped with two dedicated boat landings for Crew Transfer… Read more »
Phillip Sykes and Graham Bushby of Baker Tilly Restructuring and Recovery LLP were appointed as Administrators of Enecsys UK Limited on 30 January 2015. Enecsys is a leading supplier of smart, highly reliable grid-connected micro inverters and monitoring systems for the global Solar Power market. Headquartered in Newark, California, Enecsys boasts an impressive patent portfolio… Read more »
24 turbines completely installed in the North Sea The offshore wind farm Butendiek in the North Sea started operation of its first wind turbines. This is reported by wpd, the Bremen wind developer and operator. All foundations, cables and the substation were installed according to schedule during the last year. Today the first of the… Read more »
Kolkata/India, Mannheim/Germany, 5th February 2015: With effect from 1st February 2015, Vikram Solar, one of India’s leading solar module manufacturing companies, has extended the product warranty for its Eldora Ultima Series 60-cell polycrystalline solar modules from 10 to 12 years. A series of in-house reliability tests, product design changes and process improvements were carried out… Read more »
Off-grid Multicontainers to replace diesel generators Berlin, Germany, February 4, 2015 – The German armed forces purchase mobile solar containers equipped with high-power modules from manufacturer aleo solar. These photovoltaic modules are built into Multicon Solar containers, which act as mobile power plants to generate environmentally friendly power for the armed forces’ military camps and… Read more »
Chinese PV inverter manufacturer doubles sales and minimises failure rates Suzhou, China, 04.02.2015After having completely redesigned and extended its photovoltaic inverter portfolio in 2014, Zeversolar is now planning to double its sales and become one of the leading PV inverter manufacturers in its budget segment. While completely redesigning its portfolio, the Chinese manufacturer has enhanced… Read more »
Global solar photovoltaic balance of system (BOS) market value to fall from an estimated $34.9 billion in 2014 to $24.9 billion by 2020 However, China’s BOS market value will expand to $8.2 billion by 2020, cementing its position as the world’s leader in this space, says report LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 3 February 2015 – The… Read more »
A team of European experts, led by Robert Gordon University (RGU), are to look at ways of accelerating and streamlining the environmental requirements associated with consents for offshore wind, wave and tidal projects. The RiCORE (Risk Based Consenting for Offshore Renewable Energy Projects) project has been awarded €1.4 million from the European Commission’s competitive Horizon… Read more »
CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has created a new role in the business to ensure that it continues to develop and maintain the highest levels of SHEQ as it expands its global footprint. Mr Kevin ‘Pat’ Paton has been appointed to the role of Global Head of SHEQ (Safety,… Read more »
TBC 2015 – Lightsource Renewable Energy Limited (“Lightsource”), the UK’s leading utility scale solar PV developer and operator has secured a £103m term loan for the acquisition of 14 UK solar assets (13 UK ground mounted solar farms and 1 UK commercial roof top) with RBS.Also known as solar farms or photovoltaic power stations, these… Read more »
Offshore energy support vessel (OESV) operator places £6 million, two-boat order and prepares to launch second tank-tested 26m catamaran ahead of 2017 construction boom 2nd February 2015, Cowes – Class-leading offshore energy crew transfer vessel operator Seacat Services has placed an order worth £6 million with local boat builder South Boats IOW for two DNV-GL… Read more »
The European offshore wind industry saw new capacity installations decline by 84 MW (5.34%) in 2014 as the sector stabilised following record figures the previous year. In 2014, 408 new offshore turbines were fully grid connected, adding 1,483 MW to the European system. The total installed capacity for Europe now stands at 8,045MW in 74… Read more »
High-tech, fuel-efficient and proven catamaran design New boat due for delivery later this year Vessel will replace long-serving survey vessel Yantlet The Port of London Authority (PLA) has sealed a deal to put a new purpose-built survey catamaran on the river Thames. The robust and fuel-efficient CTruk MPC19 is set to replace the PLA’s Yantlet… Read more »
GERMANTOWN, WI – January, 2015 – Ellsworth Adhesives, a global distributor of adhesives, specialty chemicals and dispensing equipment, is pleased to announce that they will be exhibiting at this year’s MD&M West event at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. on February 10-12, 2015.Ellsworth Adhesives will be displaying the latest technology of adhesives, sealants, lubricants,… Read more »
– Expert support for solar power generation plants– Improves reliability and efficiency– Comprehensive package of checks and tests Zwanenburg, The Netherlands, January 29, 2015 – AEG Power Solutions, a global provider of power electronic systems and solutions for industrial power supplies and renewable energy applications, today announced its PV Care Check service, providing responsive, expert… Read more »
Seaway Heavy Lifting’s crane vessel ‘Oleg Strashnov’ successfully installed the last three topsides in one week for client Protexa/Pemex. Out of a string of jackets and topsides in the Gulf of Mexico the last topside was installed on Wednesday 28th January at 07.15am local time. Project location: The Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of… Read more »
Hamburg, Germany, Wednesday 28th January 2015 – HANSA HEAVY LIFT has appointed Maximilian Harmstorf as Head of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, based in Hamburg/Germany. Maximilian has over a decade of experience in the maritime industry and spent eight years in Asia in senior management roles for a number of brokers and… Read more »
GERMANTOWN, WI – January, 2015 – Ellsworth Adhesives, a global distributor of adhesives, specialty chemicals and dispensing equipment, is pleased to announce that they will be exhibiting again at this year’s EXPO MANUFACTURATM 2015 at Cintermex in Monterrey, N.L., Mexico on February 3-5, 2015. Ellsworth Adhesives will be displaying the latest technology of adhesives and… Read more »
Seaway Heavy Lifting is pleased to announce the signing of the contracts with DONG Energy for the transportation and installation of multiple offshore substations in the UK. The award consists of three contracts covering the transportation and installation of in total up to 5 platforms. The offshore substations will support the power transmission of Burbo… Read more »
ALMERE, The Netherlands – January 22, 2015 – Levitech BV, a leading supplier of advanced process equipment for the manufacturing of solar cells, announced today that it has sold two Levitrack Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) systems to Japan, the first multiple system order for ALD equipment in the world. A major multinational, which includes solar… Read more »
Sales team to expand in UK and Germany CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has today announced the appointment of Ben Hooker as Sales Manager UK and Stefan Marschner as Sales Manager Germany. Both Ben and Stefan will play key roles in developing CWind’s customer relationships and will support the… Read more »
For the first time one clamp can be used as mid and end clamp London, 27.01.2015 – At this year’s Ecobuild, mounting systems manufacturer Renusol is set to present the world’s first universal clamp for mounting photovoltaic (PV) panels which can be used as either mid or end clamp. In order to switch between the… Read more »
Schneider Electric appears in the top 10 for the second consecutive year The Group has moved up 1 place compared to 2014 London (UK), January 26th, 2015 – Schneider Electric announces it ranks 9th in the 2015 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World (“Global 100”) Index. The index has been released by Corporate… Read more »
Meteodyn will attend the key event for wind industry decision‐makers in Mexico and Central America. Meteodyn develops CFD wind software. Computational Fluids Dynamics (CFD) technology allows modeling and visualizing the wind. Contrary to linear model, results can be obtained on the most complex terrain and results are confirmed to be more accurate and reliable. Briefly,… Read more »
The UK’s leading solar energy generator, Lightsource Renewable Energy, powers towards its 1GW milestone with another 4.7MW connection. Burnthouse Solar Farm, near Turves, in Cambridgeshire, has recently been connected to the electricity grid and is capable of generating enough energy to power around 1,200 local homes.Located to the south-east of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, the 22 acre… Read more »
Sydney, 22 January 2015 – Today, Dyesol Limited and EFACEC of Portugal have completed due diligence and signed an agreement to exploit proprietary, laser assisted, glass frit sealing technology developed by EFACEC and the University of Porto in the manufacture of glass substrate, solid-state DSC (ssDSC) solar panels. As a first instalment, Dyesol will pay… Read more »
Munich, January 22, 2015 – ees Europe, the international exhibition for batteries, energy storage systems and innovative production, will open its doors for the second time on June 10. The exhibition is already showing signs of repeating last year’s success, with almost three-quarters of the available exhibition space already reserved. This tremendous interest highlights the… Read more »
Opening of warehouse and office buildings Delivery of the first systems of SCHMID Group has started January 12, 2015 Production of the first modules starting October 15, 2015 January 21, 2015, San Juan, Argentina – Freudenstadt, Germany. Following the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone on October 24, 2014 for the 71MW photovoltaic production facility… Read more »
• Siemens to supply and service 21 G2 platform onshore wind turbines• Project located near Siemens Hutchinson, Kansas nacelle assembly plant Siemens announces that it will supply 21 wind turbines to NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV), a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources (NJR), for the 48-megawatt Alexander wind project, located in Rush, Kansas. A service… Read more »