A leader in offshore wind engineering – ENGIE Fabricom – has secured a contract with a major offshore wind provider to analyse the current performance and suitability of its monopile foundations on over 50 wind turbines. Operating from five sites located across the UK, the company has been commissioned to carry out complete cathodic protection… Read more »
E-kick scooters and seated e-scooters are expected to represent the largest growth opportunities in shared micromobility services over the next 10 years Sept. 9, 2020 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Guidehouse Insights examines the global market for micromobility sharing services, providing forecasts for the installed base of shared micromobility vehicles, annual shared… Read more »
Buss Terminal Eemshaven serves as base port for the foundation structures of the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. The first transition pieces have arrived at the terminal. Profound experience in port logistics and heavy lift equipment for handling the foundation sets is required. Hamburg. The first six transition pieces for Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind… Read more »
Lockdown measures created a sudden fall in electricity demand at the end of March and into April, with demand falling by ~15% below 2019 levels. However, recent research from Cornwall Insight shows that since July, there has been a gradual rise in energy demand back up towards 2019 levels. In fact, demand hit the same… Read more »
Stakeholders should focus on projects that support medical and infrastructure needs and segments that benefit from social distancing and remote employee trends Sept. 3, 2020 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Guidehouse Insights examines which microgrid segments may benefit from COVID-19 and which will likely suffer, providing recommendations for future strategies. Besides a… Read more »
RWE’s first ground-mounted solar plant with 14 megawatts under construction Commissioning planned for 2021 RWE is making good progress in expanding its solar business. Having recently completed the construction of solar farms in the US, Canada and Spain, the company has now started the construction of its first ground mounted solar project in the Netherlands…. Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has appointed John Crowley as Principal Offshore Engineer based in the Dublin office. He joins from The Renewables Consulting Group and prior to that was Offshore Engineering Manager for SSE Renewables UK where he led technical teams including, C&I, turbines, electrical and resource analysis/ metocean for… Read more »
Rule change will hamper renewable energy deployment Impact could already be being felt – despite consultation being open until October Detailed explanation of issue below Rules supporting sustainable development in Scotland will be removed under new Scottish Government proposals – harming renewable energy deployment and the country’s efforts to tackle the climate emergency. The change would… Read more »
US$620m secured from a consortium of five banks for 630 MW of wind and solar assets One of the largest renewable energy debt financing deals undertaken in the world this year Deal underlines Mainstream’s commitment to renewable power build-out in Chile and its track record in delivering gigawatt-scale renewable energy platforms Full 1.3 GW Andes… Read more »
Wednesday, September 2, 2020 — Ørsted, DEME Offshore and Siemens Gamesa have successfully completed the installation of the 94 turbines at Ørsted’s Borssele 1 & 2 Offshore Wind Farm in the Netherlands. The first turbine was installed in April 2020, and less than five months later, the turbine installation phase has been completed. DEME Offshore’s sister… Read more »
Research from Cornwall Insight’s Capacity Market Forecast highlights that the recent changes in Capacity Market (CM) rules and the technology mix will see greater competition and change in the technology entering* the T-4 auction in March 2021 compared to the previous T-4 auction. Forecasted changes to the technology mix entering CM T-4 Combined Cycle Gas… Read more »
The First Minister has today announced a £100 million Green Jobs Fund and a £25 million National Transition Training Fund which will provide green skills to support Scotland’s transition to net zero. The announcement echoes Scottish Renewables’ call for a Renewable Transition Training Fund. Responding, Claire Mack, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said: “The First Minister’s declaration… Read more »
Guidehouse Insights Report Shows Emerging Hydrogen Production Technologies are Expected to Experience a 20% Compound Annual Growth Rate from 2020-2029 Electrolyzers, solid oxide electrolysis cells, and biomass gasifiers are expected to play a key role as emphasis for decarbonization and renewables integration increases Sept. 1, 2020 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Guidehouse… Read more »
Sharp Energy Solutions Europe has entered a strategic partnership with wind project developer innoVent Planungs GmbH & Co. KG for photovoltaic projects-business. The two companies entered into the partnership in order to work together more closely on this major future project development. Their goal is to develop partnership-based free-field photovoltaic project rights up through construction… Read more »
We are phasing out an ELA Premium Plus accommodation block from our rental fleet and have it available for immediate delivery in our yard in Haren (Ems), Germany. After completing testing and inspection of all HVAC-, electrical- and PA/GA installations as well as freshwater and wastewater connections the accommodation block is ready for deployment. The… Read more »
Taipei, 1 st September 2020. CWind Taiwan announced today that it has been awarded a contract by wpd to provide a Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) at the YunNeng wind farm during the two-year construction phase starting this June. Following the successful delivery of bathymetry surveys at the wind farm, CWind Taiwan will deploy its CTV,… Read more »
The order, with an undisclosed customer, is for two new onshore wind projects in Texas that will generate a combined 325 MW of power using 65 SG 5.0-145 wind turbines Project takes Siemens Gamesa’s total installed capacity close to 6 GW in Texas, strengthening its position as one of the top 3 OEMs in the… Read more »
DSME in South Korea has awarded Scana-owned Seasystems AS a contract for the delivery of mooring equipment and analyses for two floating LNG storage units. “This is a major contract for us, and it once again confirms the leading expertise our engineers have in robust and cost-effective mooring systems. We are of course very happy… Read more »
First N149 turbine installed at the 475 MW Nysäter project in Sweden Hamburg, 31 August 2020. On 28 August 2020, the Nordex Group installed the first of 114 turbines for the Nysäter project in Sweden after completion of the necessary infrastructure work. At the end of 2018, the Group received a contract for the turnkey… Read more »
Fabrication of three Offshore Transformer Modules for the Moray East Offshore Windfarm project now completed Final OTM to sail away from the fabrication yard this weekend All three OTMs delivered to the customer with zero snags The third and final Siemens Energy Offshore Transformer Module® (OTM®) is ready to leave the fabrication yard this weekend… Read more »
Confirms positive global outlook for wind renewable energy generation Turnaround in Onshore and growth capture in Offshore and Service to drive future value creation SGRE sets objective of growing faster than the market and delivering 8-10% EBIT margin pre PPA and I&R costs for FY23 Reiterates Sustainability commitment Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy today outlined its… Read more »
In the age of Industry 4.0, stakeholders need holistic, long-term plans for territory and sitewide connectivity August 27, 2020 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Guidehouse Insightsexamines why energy industry verticals should consider the long-term evolution (LTE) family of technologies, including NB-IoT, LTE Cat-M1, LTE Cat-1, and 4G and 5G LTE, for their… Read more »
KONGSBERG announced today its plans to increase investment in maritime digital solutions, focus on building strong partnerships and combine Kongsberg Digital’s two maritime divisions into one brand: Digital Ocean. Digital Ocean will be headed up by former SVP Energy and digital twin expert Andreas Jagtøyen. The benefits and necessity of digitalization are becoming increasingly apparent… Read more »
Installation achieved within schedule, despite impact of Covid-19 90 foundations and two 50 kilometre-long export cables now in position Start of commercial operations at Triton Knoll expected in Q1/2022 RWE has taken a huge step towards first power generation in 2021 at Triton Knoll by completing the installation of all 90 turbine foundations and two… Read more »
Collett have commenced turbine component deliveries from King George V Dock, Glasgow to Solwaybank Wind Farm, Dumfries & Galloway. Consisting of 15 Vestas V100 wind turbines, each featuring 49 metre blades and 75 metre towers, our Team began the transport of each of the 120 main components and ancillary items from Glasgow’s King George V… Read more »
International engineering, technical services and project management provider ODE, which as part of the DORIS Group leads the global renewables business line, is delighted to announce the addition of David Robertson to the company’s management team. Supporting ODE’s London-Wimbledon corporate office and the new facility at The Exchange in Aberdeen, Mr Robertson will manage all… Read more »
Repowering and extensions of existing onshore wind sites in GB have yet to receive the same attention from policymakers as new build. However, without repowering activity, the current ~13GW onshore wind fleet could start to reduce in size from 2027 when many Renewable Obligation Certificate (ROC) accreditations end. Cornwall Insight’s ‘Renewables pipeline tracker report’ highlights… Read more »
New study shows half in oil and gas have considered new role in renewable energy industry – or are already diversifying into it Eight in ten Scots oil workers have considered that their careers could be impacted by actions being taken to tackle climate change, new research suggests. The equivalent of 90% of Scotland’s electricity… Read more »
Hamburg, 25 August 2020. Nordex Group has again received an order for AW132/3465 turbines from Brazil. For its new customer TODA Energia do Brasil, the manufacturer will supply eight turbines for a 27.7 MW wind farm. The project is located in the French developer Voltalia’s 2.4 GW Serra Branca wind and solar cluster in north-eastern… Read more »
Latest research from Cornwall Insight Australia shows that solar farms are responsible for paying somewhere between 10%-20% of total regulation FCAS costs in any given month (see Figure 1). This is disproportionate to solar’s energy generation in the NEM, which in FY20, was only ~3%. In contrast, wind is far more proportionate with cumulative FCAS… Read more »
Second acquisition made by €340 million Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners Operational plants increase Foresight’s European wind portfolio to 800MW Foresight has over 2.5GW of renewable generating capacity from its Solar, Wind and Bioenergy portfolios across Europe and Australia LONDON, 24 August 2020: Foresight Group LLP (“Foresight”), the leading independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager,… Read more »
Sulzer meets surging demand for boiler feed pumps in Argentina Over the past 18 months, Sulzer has delivered a record of 70 large-capacity boiler feed pumps to customers in Argentina. The projects involved multiple customers and pumps were supplied for both new-build power stations and upgrade projects across the country. Sulzer was able to meet… Read more »
The Buss Energy Group has a 24.9 percent stake in the Austrian drone specialist Aero Enterprise Aero Enterprise offers a comprehensive inspection service with a self-developed drone technology for on- and offshore wind turbines The drone specialist is one of the leading providers due to its helicopter drone technology and its self-developed software Hamburg/Germany. The… Read more »
Sennen, the renewable energy technology challenger brand reveals the launch of its new website. Its new website has been delivered in line with Sennen’s accelerated growth strategy as the company enters a new phase of securing more partners and clients, expanding its team, and developing more product features. Sennen provides powerful, intuitive, and effective data… Read more »
650 km of inter-array cable to be installed at world’s biggest wind farm. Thursday, August 20, 2020 — DEME Offshore has been awarded a substantial (1) EPCI contract for the inter-array cables at the Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B wind farms in the UK, the first two phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank… Read more »
Cornwall Insight has examined the recent trends in the Offshore Transmission Owners (OFTO) tender process. The below graph highlights the relationship over time, between the Tender Revenue Stream (TRS), or the fixed revenue stream the OFTO owner receives from the offshore wind farm, and the Transfer Value (TV), which the OFTO owner will pay to… Read more »