General Election ‘imperatives’ include allowing cheap, popular wind power access to energy market Document to be sent to all Scottish candidates ahead of Dec 12 poll The next UK government must commit to a package of measures to support Scotland’s renewable energy industry – including supporting innovation and the shift to low-carbon heat and allowing… Read more »
The sixth round of Ørsted’s East Coast Community Fund saw a major milestone reached, with the total funds awarded exceeding the million pound mark. The Fund was launched by leading renewable energy company, Ørsted in December 2016 and has now donated over £1.1 million to more than 95 projects in coastal areas of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire… Read more »
Siemens Gamesa will supply 62 turbines with a 4.1 MW rating for the 254 MW Stavro wind farm The project, realized by Prime Capital AG, was acquired by a consortium comprised of Korean institutional investors, Siemens Financial Services and German Pension Fund Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung, from Holmen AB Power produced will be sold through two corporate… Read more »
Innovative wind asset optimization firm appoints former data and engineering VP to drive the expansion of Clir Renewables’ industry-leading AI capabilities Vancouver, 5th November 2019 – Clir Renewables, the leading provider of digital asset performance technology for wind energy, has announced the appointment of Louisa Thue as Chief Technical Officer (CTO). Louisa brings her experience… Read more »
Sulzer’s mobile repair equipment reduces downtime to just 45 days Geothermal sites are often located in areas that are difficult to access. In this case, a power station in Indonesia in a mountainous area 780 meters above sea level with narrow access roads needed a steam turbine overhauled. Sulzer was chosen to overhaul the 55… Read more »
Primary growth drivers include cost declines, government incentives, and increased solar PV integration Nov. 6, 2019 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Navigant Research provides market forecasts for newly installed distributed energy storage systems (DESSs) in terms of power capacity, energy capacity, and revenue across 26 countries. The distributed energy storage industry has… Read more »
Bremen/Hamburg, 6 November 2019. Claus-Peter Offen Tankschiffreederei (GmbH & Co.) KG (“CPO Tankers”) has now been renamed ZEABORN Ship Management Tanker GmbH & Cie. KG (“ZEABORN Tankers”). The company is part of Bremen-based ZEABORN Group since June 2019 and has started trading under its new name with effect from 4 November 2019. Since August 2018,… Read more »
Offshore wind energy expansion in the North Sea is crucial to achieve Paris’ climate targets PROMOTioN partners call for far-reaching regional cooperation and coordination on offshore wind farm and grid infrastructure roll-out Solutions for overcoming regulatory differences have been identified, along with next steps for important stakeholders Arnhem/Berlin, 6 November 2019. Countries around the North… Read more »
LiDAR Assisted Control technology was verified to decrease a wind turbine’s load level and stabilize its operation. To bridge normative gaps and build trust and confidence in the technology’s feasibility, DNV GL applied the Component Certification in conjunction with its Qualification Procedure for New Technology. Beijing, China (5 November 2019) – One of China’s leading… Read more »
Chennai, India, November 5, 2019. Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion and turbine control equipment, has reached 1GW of production output within the first year of operations at its production facility in India. The company, which recently expanded this new facility, continues to implement its growth plans in the Indian wind energy sector…. Read more »
Hamburg, 5 November 2019. Around 15 – 20 per cent of the total cost of wind turbines are accounted for by the tower and the related logistics costs for transport to the wind farm. For the Nordex Group, keeping these costs low is a further lever for reducing project costs for their customers. This is… Read more »
The WindFloat Atlantic project is constructing the first floating wind farm on continental Europe, and will generate a capacity of 25MW; equivalent to the energy consumed by 60,000 homes in a year. Being a floating wind farm, it is secured to the sea bed with chains, and so avoids complex and disruptive offshore operations that… Read more »
Formerly the General Manager of Cargostore Containers LLC, Mr Ashraf has accepted this new role as the company received its ICV Certification from ADNOC and required a specialist representative to provide best-in-class service to its U.A.E clientele. Cargostore Containers LLC is in a unique position within the U.A.E Offshore Cargo Carrying Units (CCU) market as… Read more »
Vancouver based software company secures Start-up of the Year title at European awards Last night in a London banquet hall filled with industry peers, Clir Renewables was announced as Start-up of the Year at the inaugural European Wind Investment Awards. Hosted by A Word About Wind, the awards celebrated best practice in the European wind… Read more »
Globally leading consultancy and specialist shipbroker for the planning and installation of offshore renewable energy projects focuses on growth markets in Asia (Hamburg, Nov 2019) Global Renewables Shipbrokers (GRS) from Hamburg is celebrating the start of the strategic partnership with COLI Schiffahrt & Transport GmbH & Co. KG in the offshore renewables market in Japan…. Read more »
Climate change global objectives for 2050 are under threat Geopolitical tensions and energy matters are strongly interrelated Renewables remain the fastest-growing segment and significant transformation will be fuelled by technology and digital combining by 2040 China and India, both giant consumers of energy and CO2 emitters and dependent on coal power,experience contrasting positions on the… Read more »
Nexans is SSE’s preferred supplier for the design, manufacture and installation of the onshore and offshore export cables for the 1,075MW Seagreen wind farm project Nexans will supply and install the three 65 km offshore export cables and three 20 km onshore export cables for the project Paris La Défense, November 4, 2019 – Nexans… Read more »
Working at the top of an offshore wind turbine is being brought to life for children by Swedish energy group Vattenfall using virtual reality technology. Technology and games that tell the story of the new industry taking shape off the east of England coast and the wide range of job roles generated by the industry… Read more »
Asia-Pacific solar technology tenders in Q3 2019 saw 243 tenders announced, marking a drop of 16% over the last four-quarter average of 290, according to GlobalData’s power industry tenders database. The proportion of solar technology tenders by category tracked by GlobalData in the quarter was as follows: Project Implementation with 211 tenders and an 86.8%… Read more »
Following the award of the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) of the foundations and subsea cables for the Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) in May 2019, Jan De Nul Group is on track with all project preparations. Aligning closely with the project financial close, reached by the Client on 29 October, the first… Read more »
The world’s largest floating offshore wind power plant, Hywind Tampen, will be located in Norway, with a total capacity of 88 MW and equipped with 11 SG 8.0-167 DD turbines By reducing the use of gas turbines on the fields, the project helps cut CO2 emissions by more than 200,000 tonnes per year Strong collaboration… Read more »
ZSW and BDEW on gross electricity consumption in the first three quarters of 2019 Lack of progress in wind power expansion and too few new photovoltaic systems could put 65-percent target out of reach Renewable energies collectively covered 42.9 percent of gross electricity consumption in Germany during the first three quarters of 2019. An increase… Read more »
Key investment drivers include energy savings, market awareness of Internet of Things, and voluntary building standards October 31, 2019 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Navigant Research examines and sizes the global commercial market for connected lighting, including hardware, software, and services within commercial buildings, from 2019 through 2028. The commercial lighting… Read more »
The delivery of the third Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 bought by Swansea, UK-based High Speed Transfers has taken place at Damen Shipyards Antalya. Named HST Harri, she joins the HST Hudson, delivered in May 2018, and the HST Sofia, which was handed over in March this year. A fourth FCS 2710 for High Speed… Read more »
43% of respondents put digitalization as a core part of their business strategy Improving operational efficiency (54%) and decision making (42%) as well as helping innovation (39%) stated as top priorities Value-stacking has been identified as a key digital application for Energy Storage helping perform multiple tasks with the same storage system. Singapore, 31st October… Read more »
Floating offshore wind technology leader Ideol and Elicio, a leading offshore wind farm developer and operator, have decided to join forces to co-develop floating wind projects in Scottish waters. Ideol and Elicio are currently preparing a joint offer for the upcoming ScotWind leasing to be launched by Crown Estate Scotland. Ideol has a proven track… Read more »
SIMEC Atlantis Energy Limited (“Atlantis”), is delighted to announced that it has signed a contract to supply tidal generation equipment and offshore construction services to Japan’s Kyuden Mirai Energy (“KME”) for a demonstration project in Japan. The project, located in the straits of Naru Island within the southern Japanese Goto island chain, has a total… Read more »
SIMEC Atlantis Energy Limited (“Atlantis”), is delighted to announced that it has signed a contract to supply tidal generation equipment and offshore construction services to Japan’s Kyuden Mirai Energy (“KME”) for a demonstration project in Japan. The project, located in the straits of Naru Island within the southern Japanese Goto island chain, has a total… Read more »
To meet a market demand for lifejackets and immersion suits capable of withstanding the repetitive rigours of offshore training programmes, Survitec will introduce its 1300 Series training suit and Halo training lifejacket with Emergency Breathing System (CA-EBS) at OPITO Global this November. The 1300 Series training suit is based on the proven Survitec 1000 Series… Read more »
Novasec partners with Enlight Renewable Energy on Gecama, a 312-megawatt wind farm project, by offering qualified investors access to this attractive investment through a private placement on its end-to-end platform. Tel Aviv, October 30, 2019 –Novasec Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has secured the exclusive rights to raise €80 million to fund the… Read more »
MMS Offshore Renewable Services Ltd has taken delivery of a Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2610 from Damen Shipyards Group. The new vessel – to be called MMS Superior – will be deployed in a variety of roles in the offshore renewables, oil & gas and marine civil engineering sectors. MMS Offshore Renewable Services is located… Read more »
On Friday 18 October 2019, renewables service vessel (RSV) Isle of Jura was named at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld in The Netherlands. Isle of Jura is a newbuild vessel, constructed at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld, and is the second vessel built to a new Damen Renewables Service Vessel design. The RSV was commissioned by Seafast Marine for… Read more »
Following its latest successful investment round, Glasgow-based energy tech company Synaptec has expanded its business development team with the addition of two new sales managers. Gordon Lindsay and Tom Morley join Synaptec to support the company’s increasing customer base which covers the UK and European energy network operators and the global offshore wind sector. Most… Read more »
Jan De Nul Group completes Formosa 1 Phase 2 Offshore Wind Farm scope After four months of installation activities, Jan De Nul Group today announces the completion of an extensive EPCI scope for foundations, power cables and scour protection on the Formosa 1 (Phase 2) Offshore Wind Farm, owned by Formosa 1 Wind Power Co…. Read more »
To compete with market leaders, trailing companies must broaden their product portfolios and expand their geographic footprints Oct. 29, 2019 – Boulder, Colo. – A new Leaderboard Report from Navigant Research examines the strategy and execution of 10 companies offering advanced electric vehicle (EV) charger management technologies in the vehicle grid integration (VGI) industry,… Read more »
Industry-public partnership founded to oversee ‘exciting new phase’ of sector’s growth Group co-chaired by Energy Minister plans to increase jobs and local content Scotland’s offshore wind sector would increase eightfold under “bold plans” put forward by a new group – building enough capacity to power every household in Scotland twice over. The Scottish Offshore Wind… Read more »