In most parts of the world, renewable energy is flourishing – with wind power leading the charge into untapped markets and booming territories. We asked GE’s Peter Oram to provide us with an overview of the current situation in a number of key technologies… After a record year of installations in 2014, renewables accounted for… Read more »
EWEA Annual Event, the world’s premier wind energy conference and exhibition, comes to the French capital this year. We examine what delegates can expect from the hotly-anticipated show, which is taking place just two weeks ahead of the UN Climate negotiations, guaranteeing strong international media exposure and attracting over 9,000 high-profile business and political leaders…. Read more »
Reed Exhibitions Japan will be holding the fourth instalment of Japan’s largest wind energy show WIND EXPO next March in Tokyo. We take a look at what to expect. “WIND EXPO 2016 will be a great edition,” says Show Director Takeshi Tanaka. He adds: “With the Japanese wind energy market expecting growth, WIND EXPO will… Read more »
“The use of alternative energy in Kuwait is important for three reasons: the growing demand for electricity, the high price of oil and the optimal environment for investing in alternative energy as Kuwait is abundant with bright sun and wind,” says Dr. Bader Al Taweel, Chairman of Renewable Energy at Kuwait Engineers Society. And who… Read more »
Osnabrück, 03.11.2015. seebaWIND Service GmbH will provide full maintenance for the Esperstedt-Obhausen wind farm in Saxony-Anhalt. The farm boasts 16 Fuhrländer FL2500 wind turbines with a total capacity of 40 megawatts. By winning this contract the vendor-independent service provider now has 90 per cent of this turbine type in Germany under contract. The full maintenance… Read more »
ATP-owned ALL NRG Group acquires WTG Partners, and with this acquisition, ALL NRG Group comes closer to achieving its vision of becoming a total supplier to the wind power industry. WTG Partners in Ebeltoft is acquisition number four by ALL NRG Group, and with this acquisition ALL NRG Group comes even closer to achieving its… Read more »
rom November 9th – 12th, 2015. The exhibition will take place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) in Abu Dhabi. At booth HV90 on the outdoor exhibition area, ELA will showcase its offshore accommodation modules. “We are happy that we were able to contract one of the last available spots. The size and… Read more »
Strategic agreement sees Greensolver and PLY Energy collaborate to deliver enhanced European asset management services to financiers and investors Paris, 2nd November 2015 – Greensolver, the independent wind and solar farm asset manager, has announced that it is merging with Dutch based developer and asset manager, PLY Energy. Under the terms of the agreement, PLY… Read more »
Fred. Olsen Renewables has awarded the contracts for the supply of wind turbines and balance of plant on its Brockloch Rig Wind Farm development (otherwise known as ‘Windy Standard II’), located at Carsphairn Forest in Dumfries and Galloway. Senvion has been selected to supply 30 of its 2.05MW turbines, while balance of plant works will… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has supported the Galloper offshore wind farm, which will be located 27km off the coast of Suffolk and generate up to 336MW, to reach financial close. SgurrEnergy, a Wood Group company, conducted technical due diligence providing initial bankability feedback to the developer, which was then followed by the successful completion… Read more »
• 56 wind turbines of the six-megawatt class for the Galloper project• Siemens Financial Services to hold 25 percent of the total equity in Galloper Wind Farm Ltd.• Output of 336 megawatts to supply up to 336,000 British households• Long-term maintenance contract Siemens is to supply, install and commission 56 wind turbines for the Galloper… Read more »
• UK Green Investment Bank acquires 25% stake in Galloper offshore wind farm• The project is a joint venture between GIB, project developer RWE Innogy, Siemens Financial Services and Macquarie Capital• It is the UK’s first construction-ready offshore wind project finance deal• Galloper is expected to generate enough renewable energy to power around 330,000 homes… Read more »
ZWIJNDRECHT – UK | GeoSea as DEME’s specialist in complex offshore marine engineering projects, has been awarded a major contract in the UK offshore wind market. The total value of the project boosts GeoSea’s turnover by more than 340 million euros and strengthens the company’s leading position as an EPCI contractor (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and… Read more »
Canadian based AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS) and Belgium based 3E NV (3E) are pleased to announce they have jointly signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding future collaborations and cooperation activities. AXYS and 3E were first formally introduced in August 2015 when AXYS purchased FLiDAR NV, previously owned by 3E and OWA. Although AXYS and… Read more »
Oldbaum Services, one of the world’s leading wind consultancies, announced today that it has deployed two 3D WINDCUBE 400S Scanning LiDARs as part of the wind resource assessment campaigns the company is currently conducting at two French offshore wind sites. It is the first time that such long range scanning systems are deployed for operational… Read more »
ELA Container Offshore GmbH ordered several Drying Systems from Pronomar BV to increase stock. By doing this, ELA prepares itself for the cold season in which there is a high demand for Drying Containers. “We always have containers in stock to be able to react to customers’ demands on short notice. Especially within the offshore… Read more »
• 47 wind turbines for UK project of DONG Energy• Walney Extension East to have a total capacity of 330 megawatts• Service to be provided by Siemens and DONG Energy over a period of 5 years Siemens has received its first order for the new 7MW offshore wind turbine: the company is to supply, install… Read more »
As wind power is an increasingly accepted and significant source of renewable energy, production now happens on an ever-growing scale. However, regardless of a wind farm’s production potential, safeguards are always required to ensure safety and monitoring functions continue even with a lack of wind or an unforeseen fault on the public grid. In these… Read more »
This is the first submarine cable project in People’s Republic of China for the Group The new contract paves routes to new business opportunities for the Group in Asia Milan, 26 October, 2015 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a contract by Hainan Second Cross-Sea… Read more »
This week saw the signing of a representative agreement making Italian Marine ONE the second company in October to include EIVA hardware and software solutions for offshore construction and subsea surveying operations in its product portfolio. EIVA has recently increased its focus on providing customers a local point of contact due to growing international activities…. Read more »
• Largest offshore wind turbine in Belgian waters • Need for a stable legal framework for finalization of the project OSTEND – RENTEL NV has chosen Siemens NV as its preferred bidder for the supply and installation of 42 of its offshore wind turbines, involving a 15-year maintenance agreement as well. The choice can be… Read more »
The concept of using wind power for offshore oil and gas applications is one step closer to realisation. WIN WIN, a DNV GL-led joint industry project (JIP), is running with the following seven participants: ExxonMobil, ENI Norge, Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd, Statoil, VNG, PG Flow Solutions, and ORE Catapult. Initial DNV GL studies showed that… Read more »
On November 3 and 4, 2015 a special conference organized by the Bundesverband WindEnergie e.V. on the topic “Offshore Windenergy Operation – Strategies and Experiences from the First Operating Phase” will take place. “We want to especially focus on “cost reduction measures” and “offshore experience reports”. For this purpose, we invited some well-respected and competent… Read more »
The close working relationship between Delta Marine and the Damen Shipyards Group has produced a new vessel design – called a Damen Renewables Service Vessel 3315. The Scotland-based offshore wind service provider recently awarded Damen a construction contract looking towards a launch in early 2017. “For the last couple of years we’ve been working on… Read more »
Nacelle testing laboratory started operation Electrical certification on the test stand instead of prolonged field tests – Fraun- hofer IWES ́ “Dynamic Nacelle Testing Laboratory” will serve to satisfy the ex- pectations and demands of many wind turbine manufacturers. After an 18- month construction period, the 100-tonne generator of a 3 MW wind turbine was… Read more »
Leadership positions in emerging markets Brazil & India Spain, 16 October 2015. Ingeteam, an independent supplier of electrical conversion equipment, has announced today that it reached the milestone of 30 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind power capacity worldwide. The company hit this important mark after the commissioning of power converters accounting for 2 GW of… Read more »
Wallerfing, 20 October 2015 – IdeemaTec Deutschland GmbH is supplying seven large-scale projects for the Jordan PV government programme, and in so doing will receive a market share of over 50% of the current tracker market. For the total volume of 101 MW, the horizontally tracking safeTrack Horizon tracking systems with a tracking range of… Read more »
At an official signing ceremony held today, Vestland Offshore and Safeway signed a purchase agreement for the delivery of one plus two (1+2) Seagull class motion compensated gangway systems. The first system will be installed on the Vestland Cygnus, a Wärtsilä VS485 MKIII. The vessel will undergo a conversion program at the Fjellstrand shipyard where… Read more »
HeavyLift@Sea GmbH was assigned by Deutsche Oel & Gas AG with the Project Management of planning and installing the first new offshore natural gas production platform in Alaska’s Cook Inlet since 2000. The project involved installing a monopod platform, laying a subsea pipeline over a distance of 24 km and accomplishing the horizontal directional drilling… Read more »
• One of Europe’s largest onshore wind power plants gets even larger• Clyde Extension will add 54 Siemens SWT-3.2-101 wind turbines• Siemens to provide long-term service Siemens has received an order for the supply, installation and commissioning of 54 direct drive wind turbines. The SWT-3.2-101 turbines will add another 172.8 megawatts (MW) to SSE’s Clyde… Read more »
Hamburg/Edinburgh: Senvion, one of the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturers, has signed acontract with Vattenfall to supply 16 Senvion 3.4M104 turbines to the Ray Wind Farm. Located on the Ray Estate near Kirkwhelpington in Northumberland, Ray Wind Farm will have a total rated output of 54.4 megawatts (MW) and will produce enough electricity to power… Read more »
• Sixth offshore wind power plant to be handed over to the customer in 2015• Power plants put nearly two further gigawatts of wind power online• Clean electricity for nearly two million households Today marked the official inauguration of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind power plant: 78 Siemens wind turbines, each with a capacity… Read more »
Hamburg/Edinburgh: Senvion, one of the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturers, has signed a major new contract with leading renewable energy developer Blue Energy to supply 32 turbines to the developer’s Beinneun Wind Farm in Scotland. With a total rated output of 108.8 megawatts (MW), the wind farm will produce enough electricity to power more than… Read more »
San Diego, CA/USA and Zug/Switzerland, 05 October 2015: UpWind Solutions, Inc., North America’s leading independent full service provider for the wind industry, and ROMO Wind, a Danish-Swiss wind turbine optimizer, have recently entered into a strategic relationship. With the partnership, ROMO Wind’s patented iSpin technology, which measures the wind in front of the rotor, will… Read more »
Small-scale wind turbine directly connected to internal electricity network Investment provides opportunities for new Flemish wind technology Unique monitoring system for birds and bats ZWIJNDRECHT – Flemish Minister of Energy, Annemie Turtelboom, today inaugurated a small-scale wind turbine at the site of the Belgian dredging and environmental group DEME. The project is part of a… Read more »
Positive response: Hailo Wind Systems convinces with technology and service for the international wind power sector Hailo Wind Systems products and innovations in opera- tion: the attendance of the partner of international wind power systems manufacturers and operators at the HUSUM Wind show – one of the most important trade fairs focus- sing on the… Read more »