Co-investment from leading European institutional investors alongside Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners to finance construction of Swedish greenfield wind project Syndicate of co-investors includes BAE Systems Pension Funds Investment Management Ltd acting on behalf of the BAE Systems Pension Funds, Polhem Infra KB, Kommunal Landspensjonskasse Gjensidig Forsikringsselskap and Arcano managed funds First commercial-scale project to use… Read more »
Kvaerner ASA has awarded Incus-owned Scana Offshore AS a contract for the supply of mooring equipment to Hywind Tampen, Equinor’s new floating wind farm. The contract is Scana Offshore’s first hardware contract in the floating wind power market. The delivery from Scana Offshore consists of 33 hull brackets, which are used to attach anchoring lines… Read more »
Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S), has acquired two Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV) from Rix Shipping Ltd. The two vessels RIX Lynx and RIX Leopard has been acquired by Northern Offshore Services and will now join the N-O-S fleet of 39 vessels. The vessels are being renamed to M/V Mover and M/V Maker and will be part… Read more »
Bavarian ship management company MINSHIP and its subsidiary MINMARINE have announced that a bulk carrier in their fleet of managed vessels, M/V Trudy, has successfully bunkered biofuel at the Port of Rotterdam. The biofuel bunkered by the 2009-built, 30,790-dwt bulk carrier on April 17 was GoodFuels’ sustainable Bio-fuel Oil MR1-100: which is a second generation… Read more »
GridBeyond, the global leader in intelligent energy technology for industrial and commercial businesses, has joined the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) as an associate member. The company supports chemical and pharmaceutical businesses in improving their bottom line through new revenues and savings, and enhancing their sustainability credentials. This is achieved by enabling energy services, including energy… Read more »
GES is in charge of one crane and the manpower for the turbine installation of Valdejalon cluster of projects. The capacity of GES to take charge of the project from the BOP to the WTG installation is an added value for the client because the company is also building other wind farms in the same… Read more »
Specialist Maritime and Offshore media agency Wake Media today announced a new strategic partnership with leading UK integrated communications group Bray Leino, a move that supports its growth ambitions to evolve from a media agency into an all-encompassing, full-service maritime marketing provider. Based in London with over two decades of industry experience, Wake Media represents… Read more »
Evolving partnerships, merger and acquisition activity, and priority market shifts are all changing the utility online energy marketplace landscape April 16, 2020 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Guidehouse Insights examines the online energy marketplace landscape, providing forecasts for revenue, broken out by region and customer segment, through 2029. Customers are growing comfortable… Read more »
Initiatives include staff donation campaign to the International Federation of Red Cross, with total amount to be matched by the Company Siemens Gamesa will lead initiative to acquire, source and distribute vital medical equipment to hospitals in locations affected by the crisis where it operates The company’s SGRE impact social responsibility program will be refocused… Read more »
Supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the Government of Japan Tashkent, Uzbekistan, April 16 2020: The Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan is pleased to announce the launch of a tender process for a new 100 MW wind power plant. The tender is part of Uzbekistan’s renewable energy strategy aimed at generating a quarter… Read more »
The Group generated revenues of EUR 30.15 million in 2019, up 48.9% YoY, as a result of a 54.4% increase in electricity production and a sustained growth in EPC services (engineering, procurement and construction), Power Plant Operations & Maintenance services and Technology Sales The expansion of the Hungarian power plant portfolio by 20.1 MWp and… Read more »
BLACKLICK, OH (APRIL 15, 2020) – Marine Jet Power (MJP) is pleased to announce two key additions to the business development team in the Americas. Joining the growing organization is Cole Merritt and Peter Gonzalez. “Peter and Cole are a welcome addition to the MJP team in the Americas. As we continue to expand our… Read more »
ZSW and BDEW publish latest figures The pressure to expand renewables by breaking the gridlock and securing investments is mounting in face of a challenging economic situation. Renewables covered around 52 percent of gross power consumed in Germany during the first quarter of 2020. This all-time high was driven by a combination of one-off events…. Read more »
The 857MW Triton Knoll Offshore Windfarm project reached a major milestone in April as the first of the two Siemens Offshore Transformer Modules® (OTM) – the offshore substation platforms – sailed from Belgium to its final destination, 32 kilometres off the Lincolnshire coast. The team readied the first OTM which set sail on a barge… Read more »
The 219 MW Northwester 2 project in Belgium has now seen all 23 turbines fully installed In a joint operation with MHI Vestas and Jan De Nul Group, Parkwind completed the final installation of turbines at the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm. The 219 MW project is located in the Belgian North Sea, approximately 50km… Read more »
Offshore wind performance shortfall must be addressed through in-depth analysis Glasgow, 14th April 2020 – Clir Renewables, the leading provider of performance assessment software for wind energy, has announced that in excess of one gigawatt of Europe’s offshore wind assets have been onboarded onto its platform by the end of the first quarter of 2020…. Read more »
ScottishPower Renewables has awarded an East of England offshore renewables service provider a multi-million-pound contract to work on the largest windfarm being developed in East Anglia. CWind has been awarded a contract worth up to £8.2million for work on the East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm. The company will provide below water services, including subsea maintenance… Read more »
The US was the second-largest market for wind with a total cumulative installed capacity of 105.5GW, in 2019. Despite being the second-largest market, the US depends on China for numerous components present inside the nacelle, such as transformers, converters, and inverters, which is likely to cause prices to rise, says GlobalData, a leading data and… Read more »
UPPSALA, Sweden (April 8, 2020) – Global waterjet supplier Marine Jet Power (MJP) has introduced remote support capabilities for MJP waterjets operating with electronic control systems. The new remote service application will allow authorized MJP representatives to remotely and securely access the shipboard computers to diagnose and troubleshoot alarms, conduct software updates and assist with… Read more »
Health emergency comes as new solar installations are driving massive growth in renewable energy generation Solar sector needs information about how solar businesses are being impacted by COVID-19 and by national and regional government responses to the pandemic The Global Solar Council is launching a survey to gather critical information from the solar industry and… Read more »
Successful trials at ORE Catapult’s test and validation facility in Blyth pave the way for installation of world’s lightest wind farm blade at an operational wind turbine ACT Blade, a spin-off company from UK yacht-sail developer SMAR Azure, has announced that it has successfully completed the first of two tests of its novel lightweight blade… Read more »
(“NESF” or “Company”) Operating Update NextEnergy Solar Fund, the solar power renewable energy investment company, is pleased to provide the following operational update. Highlights · Generation (unaudited) in the financial year ended 31 March 2020 was 4.7% above budget (2019: 9.1%) · Financial debt* of 21% as at 31 March 2020 (2019: 27%) · Full-year dividend target of… Read more »
08 April 2020, LONDON: The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has today published guidance for the geophysical surveying for unexploded ordnance (UXO) and boulders, supporting subsea cable installation by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of surveys. The new guidance is the most comprehensive of its kind, and the first dedicated to the offshore wind… Read more »
CAPE Holland is delighted to announce it has been awarded the contract by Seaway 7 to supply a Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT) for the installation of the monopile foundations for Kaskasi OWF. After a number of years of development and many successful installations, this will be the first offshore wind project whereby the monopiles will… Read more »
Filippo Carzaniga appointed Chairman and Member of the Board Following the acquisition of ABB’s solar inverter business, the Board of Directors of FIMER Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of inverter solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Alessio Facondo as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective 1st April 2020. Filippo Carzaniga becomes… Read more »
The technology group Wärtsilä will deliver engineering and equipment (EEQ) to a 23 MW power plant to the island of Bantayan, located in Cebu in the Visayas Region of the Philippines. The power plant will supply electricity to the entire island, which currently undergoes frequent blackouts because of the lack of a reliable power supply…. Read more »
· Photon Energy has taken a minority equity stake in RayGen Resources. · The companies have also entered a strategic partnership with the objective of developing global renewable energy projects suitable for the roll-out of RayGen’s unique technology. · Photon Energy will act as a project develper, EPC contractor and project equity investor. · RayGen’s… Read more »
Hamburg, 7 April 2020. In March 2020, the Nordex Group received an order from German wind power developer Energiequelle to supply and install seven N149/4.0-4.5 turbines in Finland. The project also includes a Premium Service Agreement covering 25 years. The 29.96 MW “Konttisuo” wind farm featuring the turbines with a maximum operation mode of 4,280kW… Read more »
Total capacity of more than 46 MWp Located near the Amman Airport on challenging topography BELECTRIC awarded as O&M provider Battery storage facility under construction by BELECTRIC Kolitzheim (Germany), Amman (Jordan) – BELECTRIC is delivering a utility scale PV plant on challenging terrain: the company has completed a solar plant in Jordan on a mountainous… Read more »
OutBack Power’s FLEXmax charge controllers provide an easy-to-install solution for rapid shutdown PV systems with Tigo’s TS4-F (Fire Safety) Campbell, CA, April 06, 2020 – Tigo Energy, Inc., pioneer of the smart Flex MLPE & TS4 Platform, together with OutBack Power, a design leader in battery-based renewable energy systems, have announced the compatibility of their… Read more »
In March 2020, LONGi officially joined the Global Initiative RE100, committing to sourcing 100% of renewable electricity across its entire global operations by 2028, with an interim target of 70% by 2027.In November 2018, LONGi announced its “Solar for Solar” concept of manufacturing clean energy products using 100% clean energy. Joining the RE100 further reinforces the company’s… Read more »
Arnhem/Berlin, 6 April 2020. A full-scale prototype of the ABB hybrid HVDC circuit breaker was successfully tested on the 27th of February 2020 in the independent KEMA Laboratories as part of the PROMOTioN HVDC technology demonstration programme. The EU funded PROMOTioN project aims to tackle technical, regulatory, financial and legal challenges to the implementation of… Read more »
The renewable energy software company, VesBox, have created an automation tool that measures the financial bankability of renewable energy solar projects globally. The VesBox Platform also identifies all possible environmental, social and ecosystem risk factors associated with your project, all in less than 10 seconds. MARCH 30, 2020, VesBOX Top London researchers have created an… Read more »
Bulle (Switzerland), April 6, 2020 – In 2019, the Liebherr Group completed another very successful business year with turnover of € 11,750 million. This represents an increase of € 1,199 million or 11.4 % compared with the previous year. Despite the slowdown in global economic growth, 2019 was once again a record year for the… Read more »
Neuzeug, Austria, 06.04.2020. The engineers at the Princess Elisabeth research station in Antarctica installed five power controllers from my-PV at the end of March. With the Austrian company’s power managers, the research team will be able to use its surplus solar power in future to heat water, rooms and large buffer storage tanks. With the… Read more »
Heavy-load vehicle traffic is responsible for 6 percent of the CO2 emissions in the European Union. Solar electricity generated directly on the vehicle can improve this balance by 5 to 7 percent. In the “Lade-PV” project under the direction of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, four industrial companies and two Fraunhofer institutes… Read more »