German Renewables Shipbrokers will present its ship and service portfolio at booth A30 at the Windforce trade fair in Bremen. Hamburg-based shipbroker GRS welcomes all visitors to booth A30 in hall 5 at Windforce 2014. The shipbroker team will be at your disposal there for all questions concerning offshore tonnage and equipment for your renewable… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has completed technical due diligence and resource assessments for GE Energy Financial Services’ equity investment in two Irish onshore wind farms. SgurrEnergy conducted the lender’s engineer and wind analysis services for the 17.1MW Acres onshore wind farm in County Donegal and the 34.2MW Barranafaddock onshore wind farm in County Waterford…. Read more »
The 40 AREVA M5000 turbines for the German Trianel wind farm Borkum have been installed successfully by Trianel in the German North Sea. Located 52 kilometers off the German coast, this wind farm has a 200 MW capacity and covers an area of 56 km2. “This key milestone demonstrates AREVA’s expertise in the offshore wind… Read more »
The online trading platform WINDSOURCING.COM displayed a five-fold increase in the range of wind energy technology and services it has on offer for the second quarter of 2014: from 2,300 to more than 12,000 wind energy products currently available. This makes it the largest sales portal for wind energy products globally. “We are particularly pleased… Read more »
REN 21’s Renewables 2014 Global Status Report launched Now 95 emerging economies nurture renewable energy growth through supportive policies, up six-fold from just 15 countries in 2005; Renewable electricity capacity achieves new record level, jumps 8.3% in 2013, accounts for more than 56% of net additions to global power capacity; renewables meet almost one-fifth of… Read more »
Composite high-speed craft designer and builder CTruk has appointed shipbuilding industry veteran Peter McIntosh OBE to succeed Andy White as chairman. The former executive director of VT Group PLC has extensive experience of the marine and defence industries and will steer the innovative company through its next stage of growth. Andy will remain on the… Read more »
• Installed capacity in Klixbüll rises from 15 to 39 megawatts• Reactive Power at No Wind to stabilize the grid Siemens Energy has been awarded an order for the community wind power plant Klixbüll in Schleswig-Holstein. Eight modern wind turbines with direct drive technology and a 3 megawatts (MW) capacity each will be installed at… Read more »
Zwijndrecht 26. May 2014 – Yesterday GeoSea finalized the installation of the foundations for the Westermost Rough (UK) offshore wind farm project. This DONG Energy project consists of 35 wind turbine positions 9 km from the coast near Hull in the north east of England, UK. As main contractor for the foundations GeoSea has been… Read more »
New type of operations and maintenance service agreement marks milestone in offshore wind industryDBB Jack-Up Services A/S announced today a charter agreement with Siemens Energy. The agreement will see Siemens charter a new purpose-built jack-up vessel from DBB Jack-Up to service the rising number of large-scaled offshore wind power projects across Northern Europe. Thorsten Jalk,… Read more »
Last week CT Offshore received the good news and now proudly announces that yet another contact is awarded to the Danish cable installation company. The scope of work covers the cable installation and burial of 97 inter-array cables at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind OWF 1 + 2.“In the current market this is an important contract… Read more »
WindEnergy Hamburg – The global on- & offshore expo at the Hamburg Fair site from 23 to 26 September 2014 Hamburg, 15 May 2014/ WEHH4. Offshore wind farms present special challenges for plant builders, project designers and service providers. But they deliver power practically all the time, 24 hours a day, on an average of… Read more »
• Total order volume: more than EUR 1.5 billion• Winning combination of technological innovation and tailored financial solution secures largest order for Siemens Energy Service to date• 600 megawatt Gemini wind power plant will consist of 150 Siemens wind turbines• Financial Services unit closes on 20 percent equity investment, with the total shareholders’ investment almost… Read more »
The wind farm developer wpd, KfW IPEX-Bank and Helaba will jointly provide the funds for the construction of two onshore wind farms in Canada. wpd is delighted to make the announcement following its first “financial close” in Canada. The wind farms will be constructed in Springwood and Whittington in southern Ontario. Work has already started,… Read more »
Donation made following delivery of SWATH workboat Brightlingsea (UK), 15 May 2014 – CTruk recently cemented its support of the Motor Neurone Disease Association with a donation of £20,000 following the delivery of its second CWhisper SWATH workboat. The late naval architect Nigel Warren was heavily involved in the design of the first-in-class CWhisper SWATH,… Read more »
The dynamic and interactive GRS website includes a 3D vessel portfolio, an interactive offshore map and the Quick Vessel Check for a quick overview of available tonnage. Hot off the presses, the site is already online at www.german-shipbrokers.de. Visitors to the shipbroker’s site can check up-to-date vessel availability using the Quick Vessel Check. The 3D… Read more »
Significant Increase in Yield thanks to Remote Monitoring in Real Time Osnabruck, 12 May 2014. The independent service provider seebaWIND Service GmbH has been monitoring 15 Nordex N80 wind turbines with a total nominal power of 37.5 megawatts since the beginning of May. Since they are around 50 kilometres south of the North Cape, these… Read more »
seebaWIND’s CEO, Holger Hämel, is an expert commentator on the cost-effective operation of wind power plants in Germany. In this latest dispatch, he offers PES readers an invaluable perspective on the market’s various trends and challenges. As the REL 2.0 goes into effect, the remuneration rates for wind power plants will be significantly reduced starting… Read more »
The INVELOX promises to revolutionise wind power generation via a system that apparently produces 6 times the electrical power than traditional wind turbines. PES asks: will 2014 be the year when the wind industry begins saying farewell to blades? Daryoush Allaei thinks the wind power industry has it all wrong. Rather than turbines high in… Read more »
As president and CEO of The Switch, Jukka-Pekka Mäkinen heads-up one of the industry’s most pioneering companies. With a focus on drive train technology for renewable and industrial applications, the organisation is highly visible in the solar, marine and – of course – wind sectors. One of PES magazine’s original interviewees, he returns for an… Read more »
When we first reported on the pioneering TPWind platform in PES, it was little more than an EC pipedream. Since then, it’s grown into one of the most important funding programmes in Europe, and enjoys considerable influence throughout the sector. We take a look at the latest developments, courtesy of Henning Kruse and his talented… Read more »
The WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition always reflects the times, and these are busy days for the industry indeed. It’s appropriate, therefore, that topics such as operations, technology, and non-traditional wind energy purchasers will all figure prominently at WINDPOWER 2014, which takes place May 5-8 in Las Vegas, Nevada. An educational program that leaves no stone… Read more »
The American wind energy industry responded to the extension of the Production Tax Credit in 2013 by starting construction on an historic and unprecedented number of new wind farms, backed by Power Purchase Agreements with electric utilities on a record scale by the close of the year. But it’s not just the utilities backing wind… Read more »
We all appreciate that wind is expected to make a substantial contribution to a more secure and sustainable energy system. However, electricity generation from the technology is constrained by the varying availability of the resource. One possible solution is Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) – the ultimate cost-effective combination of wind and solar power. PES looks… Read more »
As one of the oldest and largest logistics companies in the Netherlands, Royal Wagenborg has always been a pioneer. Over a century has passed since it was founded, and yet the company continues to be at the forefront of the industry. Max Tack gives us a ‘guided tour’ of the visionary organisation and its notable… Read more »
A precious resource, water is one of the EU’s most valuable commodities. And yet it is being used unremittingly throughout the continent, with up to 40% consumption in power production alone. The EWEA has examined the situation and offers a credible alternative – wind energy, which uses little to no water… Water is a precondition… Read more »
The results are in and they tell us what we knew all along: there is no evidence that wind turbines make humans sick. Surprised? Nor us. The only surprise is how much bad information there is out there about wind power and health… There is no reliable or consistent evidence that proximity to wind farms… Read more »
Some anti-wind campaigners claim that wind turbine performance more than halves after 15 years, whereas manufacturers assert that units can last almost twice as long (or more). So what’s the real story? PES went in search of some answers… The Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) has made the surprising assertion that the performance of wind farms… Read more »
Is the small wind industry dead? Are governments doing enough to support the wider sector? What remaining work needs to be done to develop an effective supply chain? These are just three of the questions that are tackled by our five specially-selected wind experts in our exclusive roundtable this issue… PES: Welcome to the magazine…. Read more »
Seatower, a Norway-based designer of foundations for offshore wind turbines, is set to become the first to demonstrate gravity-based foundations. We find out more about what could be a game-changing development… The world’s first self-floating gravity based hybrid foundation will be installed in the English Channel in the fourth quarter of 2014. The Seatower Cranefree… Read more »
Africa’s impressive economic growth in recent years, reflecting a growing population as well as rapid economic development and diversification, calls for massive investments to ensure sufficient future energy infrastructure and supply. The newly-identified ‘Clean Energy Corridor’ has been earmarked as a possible source of this supply – with significant prospects for wind energy. We take… Read more »
As a well-established company with an enviable reputation in the cargo transportation, BBC Chartering understands that you can’t progress by standing still. Organisations need to evolve, to shift with the shifting markets and work hard to identify new opportunities. We spoke to the company’s Jens Meilvang. PES: It’s great to see you back in the… Read more »
Moventas’ CMaS Condition Management System has been developed to monitor how the gearbox and other drivetrain components are performing, 24/7. Even more importantly, it anticipates possible upcoming failures, and responds by delivering timely updates and alerting maintenance crews. David Moss compares two contrasting approaches. Condition monitoring or condition management?I have a friend, let’s call him… Read more »
Olivier Texier takes a look at the main challenges behind wind power forecasting, how some grid operators and/or energy off-takers introduce power forecasting constraints for wind power plant, and what the implications might be for developers and financiers. With the increased penetration of intermittent renewable energy such as wind and solar into modern grids, there… Read more »
Are America’s key communities really ready to embrace wind to the extent that the industry would like? Perhaps not, claims the Center for Rural Affairs, citing a number of possible obstacles. But – and this is a big but – there are ways forward, and ways to address the major community and landowner concerns. We… Read more »
Exhibitors, conference participants and visitors are planning to flock to WINDFORCE 2014, the renowned trade fair meet in Bremen. We take a look at what’s on offer… WINDFORCE 2014, the key event of the offshore wind industry, is taking place in Bremen from 17 to 19 June. At the same time that national and international… Read more »
China has embarked on the greatest push for renewable energy the world has ever seen, and a key element involves more than doubling the number of wind turbines in the next six years. PES takes a look at the rise and rise of the world’s next wind superpower. Already the world’s largest producer of wind… Read more »