Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has appointed Dr. Leanne Ramage as the new global Director of Advisory and Analytics. With an analytics background and from working with clients across the globe, Leanne brings more than 12 years’ experience in the industry to the role. As part of her previous remit as… Read more »
Mammoet has been shortlisted for five heavy lifting and transport industry awards. Several projects demonstrating the variety of Mammoet’s expertise have been nominated across various categories for the ESTA Awards of Excellence. The unique and complex removal of a tank at a chemical plant has made the shortlist for Crane Job of the Year in… Read more »
(Wels, 19/03/2020) The results of the “Energy Storage Inspection 2020”, a study conducted by HTW Berlin – University of Applied Sciences, were published at the start of March. The hybrid inverter, Fronius Symo GEN24 10.0 Plus, and the BYD Battery Box H11.5, impressed in the two reference cases examined and secured first and second place…. Read more »
When it comes to industrial safety, all of us understand the importance of wearing a hard hat, protective gloves or steel toe-capped boots. In fact, most employers wouldn’t dream of letting their teams on-site without adequate protection, and workers themselves are more than clued up when it comes to the latest safety requirements. However, the… Read more »
Boost Availability of Rule 21 Solutions in California March 17, 2020. Geislingen-Binsdorf, Germany: Solar-Log™ and Kitu Systems, Inc. announce a collaboration to offer expert solar plant monitoring, control, and communication solutions which meet the new California’s Rule 21 mandate. Starting on March 22nd, all smart inverters deployed with solar and energy storage installations in California… Read more »
Announced today, the new Abloy® BEAT locking solution includes a digital key, a mobile app and an IP68-rated, weatherproof Bluetooth padlock. The future-proof solution is designed to boost operational efficiency while securing critical infrastructure, commercial institutions and industry sites. Abloy BEAT is managed with the visual Abloy® OS user interface. Abloy UK has today unveiled… Read more »
(Berlin, Germany, 17.03.20) ib vogt GmbH (ib vogt) is pleased to announce the sale of the Sebastopol Solar Farm to Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV). ib vogt, a successful global Solar PV developer and EPC contractor first entered the Australian solar market in 2016 when it constructed the 11.1 MWp Williamsdale project in the ACT. Since then… Read more »
KenzFigee a well-established supplier and service provider of innovative tailor-made cranes and equipment for the marine, offshore and wind energy sectors, announces it has now a market position in the UK. KenzFigee (UK) Ltd. will provide clients in the UK sector with access to the expertise, capabilities and support services direct from their hub in… Read more »
Ben Miller, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “Floating wind technology provides us with another tool to tap Scotland’s outstanding offshore renewable energy resource. As home to the world’s first floating offshore wind farm we’re already leading the way, and today’s announcement represents welcome investment in the development of the technologies which will be… Read more »
Dry vacuum pumps Best in class for noise level Intelligent pump controls Asslar, March 16, 2020. The HiScroll models from Pfeiffer Vacuum’s new range of scroll pumps are oil-free, hermetically sealed vacuum pumps with high nominal pumping speeds of 6 to 20 m³/h. The new pumps are characterized by their compact design and quiet, low-vibration… Read more »
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen has opened Circuit Zandvoort near Amsterdam – venue for this year’s Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix. Earlier this year, Mammoet was selected as an official event supplier for the race. The track, which was opened in 1939, has undergone a €4m upgrade over the… Read more »
SYSTEM terra convinces in operation on a SWT-3.6 Hamburg, 13 March 2020. WINDEA Offshore, together with its partner WP Systems, has taken another step towards establishing the WINDEA Blade Service concept. Last week the operation of the working platform SYSTEM terra was successfully demonstrated at a Siemens SWT-3.6 offshore test turbine in the German district… Read more »
Hamburg, 13 March 2020 – The Nordex Group has again received an order from Nordic developer OX2. The Nordex Group will supply 12 N149/4.0-4.5 turbines for the 48 MW Ljungbyholm wind farm. The order also includes a premium service of the turbines with a term of 30 years. The “Ljungbyholm” project will be built near… Read more »
Paris, March 12, 2020 – The development of renewable energy that is intermittent and decentralized requires the security of the electricity grid through flexible electricity storage capacities, especially in the form of batteries. Total launches a battery-based energy storage project in Mardyck, at the Flandres Center, in Dunkirk’s port district. With a storage capacity of… Read more »
Paris, March 12, 2020 – The development of renewable energy that is intermittent and decentralized requires the security of the electricity grid through flexible electricity storage capacities, especially in the form of batteries. Total launches a battery-based energy storage project in Mardyck, at the Flandres Center, in Dunkirk’s port district. With a storage capacity of… Read more »
Worms, March 12, 2020 | The Worms-based company RENOLIT and the service provider for wind turbines WP Energy have signed a cooperation agreement on the development, marketing and sales of industrial film solutions for the wind energy sector. RENOLIT has many years of experience in the development and marketing of industrial films for, among others,… Read more »
Confirming the outstanding production and availability numbers recorded throughout 2019, the 2 MW Floatgen floating offshore wind turbine, equipped with Ideol’s patented floating foundation and installed on the Sem-Rev test site (Atlantic Coast of France), achieved a new record monthly production in February. This month of February saw Floatgen achieve a capacity factor of 66.3… Read more »
Prime Minister Rutte was briefed about sustainable energy transition in the region. The Buss Terminal Eemshaven will serve as base port for the world’s largest offshore wind farm in the future. The terminal has already implemented more than ten major offshore projects. Hamburg. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has taken the opportunity to visit Buss… Read more »
• Incoming orders of CHF 188.3 million • Net sales of CHF 262.0 million • EBITDA of CHF -13.5 million • EBIT of CHF -28.6 million • Net loss of CHF -39.7 million • Advanced strategic realignment and divestment of non-core activities • Gunter Erfurt, CTO Meyer Burger, to succeed Hans Brändle as new CEO… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has acted as technical advisor to Greencoat Capital for its recent acquisition of Letteragh Wind Farm in the west of Ireland. David Dunne, Operations Manager at Natural Power Ireland and due diligence lead for the project said: “This project represents a further expansion of Greencoat Renewables’… Read more »
Atlas Renewable Energy’s Atlas Casablanca Solar Plant will supply 613GWh from 2022, being the largest bilateral large-scale solar energy purchase and sale contract in Brazil to date. São Paulo, Brazil, March 10th, 2020 –Atlas Renewable Energy, a leading renewable energy company in Latin America along with British mining company Anglo American Plc, a leading global… Read more »
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Hamburg, 11.03.2020. Windsourcing.com GmbH, the Hamburg-based distributor for wind turbine spare parts and repair material, is expanding its range of products to include the highly sought-after rotor blade repair products from Bergolin. With the Bergolin GmbH & Co. KG, Windsourcing.com has succeeded in gaining an important market partner whose products are used on over 100,000… Read more »
The release of the next generation of Work Class ROV comes significantly closer this week, as subsea technology specialists SMD prepare to reveal its field test ready electric Quantum EV ROV. The ground breaking technology that underpins the high performance electric ROV was unveiled in September 2019 at OE19 and since then SMD has been… Read more »
KenzFigee, a well-established supplier and service provider of tailor-made marine & offshore cranes, equipment and services, has been awarded a contract by HSM Offshore, in close cooperation with Iv-Offshore & Energy, for delivery of two 3-tons electric hydraulic Ram Luffing offshore cranes destined for the ESB and EDF Renewables owned offshore topside platform Neart na… Read more »
Raspberry Pi for the Control Cabinet Schloß-Holte, Germany, 10 March 2020 – With the Smart Manager 4.0, STV Electronic introduces a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ based DIN rail PC for control cabinets that makes it easy for users to implement complex control engineering and building automation tasks with open source based hardware and software. The… Read more »
Cargostore Worldwide, London based global supplier of DNV and ISO containers and specialist equipment announces the appointment of Adam Patrick to the role of Financial Controller. Adam joins Cargostore from previous employer Wilkins Kennedy, to support the company through a targeted expansion plan. Adam is a fully qualified accountant with 10 years’ experience, who’s previous… Read more »
Berlin University for Technology and Economy, HTW, evaluated the efficiency of leading energy storage systems in combination with different inverters Shenzhen/Berlin, March 10, 2019 –The Battery-Box system by BYD Co. Ltd., one of the world’s largest manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, has been ranked as the most efficient energy storage system for the third consecutive… Read more »
Total capacity of 250 MW-AC Largest project commissioned by BELECTRIC so far BELECTRIC appointed as O&M provider Kolitzheim (Germany) / Mumbai (India) – BELECTRIC, a German based company, is further increasing its footprint in India’s ever-growing solar industry by completing a large scale solar project on behalf of Fortum Solar India Private Limited (Fortum). This… Read more »
47.5-MW Dolice wind farm innogy constructing more than 80MW in Poland innogy SE is constantly growing in its Polish core market: Last week the company started construction work on the Dolice onshore wind farm. Dolice is a 47.5-MW project in West Pomerania for which the contract was awarded in the Polish onshore wind auction for… Read more »
ABB’s advanced power systems chosen for the first self-elevating wind turbine installation vessel built in Japan will support nation’s fast-expanding offshore wind sector The 28,000-GT jack-up ship – a purpose-built, self-elevating wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) delivered from a Japanese yard – will feature ABB’s advanced power and control technologies. The vessel, on order from… Read more »
DNV GL research paper ‘The promise of seasonal storage’ finds that price of seasonal storage, if based on compressed hydrogen, could become cost-competitive with alternative forms of long-term storage Rise of synthetic fuels can provide a critical stepping-stone for the use of seasonal storage applications Overall need for additional storage solutions is lower than expected… Read more »
Global Offshore, a leading provider of cable installation, repair and trenching services to the offshore renewables, utilities and oil & gas markets and part of the Global Marine Group, has announced the contract award for cable installation and burial at the Kincardine Floating Offshore Wind Farm for Spanish developer and construction company Grupo Cobra. Utilising… Read more »
Campbell, CA, March 9, 2020 – Tigo Energy, Inc.®, pioneer of the smart modular Flex MLPE platform, today announced a new addition to the add-on TS4 Platform – the TS4-A-M. This add-on module-level monitoring solution brings smart PV module technology and the highest granularity of production data to Tigo’s residential, commercial & industrial, and utility customers…. Read more »
Long-term price certainty through a ten-year Power Purchase Agreement innogy’s solar farm to supply West Fraser’s sawmill power needs in Alberta Canadian solar farm is not benefiting from any provincial subsidies Essen, 9 March 2020 innogy has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with West Fraser Timber Co. LTD (West Fraser) for the supply of… Read more »
Ocean Sun introduces floating solar solution for man-made reservoirs and coastal waters Floating solar opens up tremendous opportunities to provide the world with sufficient renewable energy The solution from Ocean Sun is the first floating solar design of its kind to receive a Statement of Conformity from DNV GL, verifying its accordance with global safety… Read more »