Claire Mack, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said: “We welcome the announcement of £50 million to help local authorities invest in low-carbon heat networks, as well as the assurance that rates relief will be guaranteed for such schemes until 2032. This package of measures will plug vital funding gaps and help Scotland build on its… Read more »
Wind parks are totaling 111 GWh per annum of renewable power, the equivalent of about 32,000 Belgian homes Projects will generate secured annual revenues, benefiting from a 15 to 20-year green certificates local remuneration scheme Green energy is vital to support the renewables target of the Flemish region, increasing its percentage of energy from renewable… Read more »
Oakland, U.S. – 5th February 2020 – DNV GL has launched a new online tool, Solar Resource Compass (https://src.dnvgl.com/), that aggregates solar irradiance from many leading data providers to help users make more informed decisions about the data available and the variance between data sources. Solar Resource Compass also leverages analytics developed by DNV GL… Read more »
Luxcara, an independent asset manager in the global renewable energy market and ABO Wind have closed Construction and Service Agreements for three Finnish wind projects, which Luxcara has acquired from ABO Wind. The wind projects Välikangas, Sievi and Pihtipudas are located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region and benefit from favorable wind conditions near the shore…. Read more »
KenzFigee, a well-established supplier and service provider of tailor-made marine, offshore and wind energy equipment, is proud to introduce the next generation knuckle boom subsea crane. This next generation knuckle boom crane design is based on many interactive sessions with our clients. During these sessions the most important features were related to improvement of operational… Read more »
February 3, 2020 -Seal For Life (SFL), a coating solutions company to the global infrastructure and industrial markets, announced today that it completed the acquisition of Oxifree Metal Protection (Oxifree). Following this acquisition, Seal For Life broadens its portfolio of protective coating technologies and expands its range of applications. Seal For Life was acquired in… Read more »
Osbit Ltd, the UK-based offshore technology company, has been awarded a contract by FTAI Ocean, a subsidiary of Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC (FTAI), to design and construct an innovative new well intervention tower system. Osbit’s Smart Tower System facilitates integrated riserless and riser-based well intervention operations, in water depths up to 1,500 metres,… Read more »
Luxcara, an independent asset manager in the global renewable energy market, and Vestas have closed turbine supply agreements and long-term service agreements for the three wind projects Välikangas, Pihtipudas and Sievi. Vestas has developed a customised wind energy solution that features 38 V150-4.2 MW turbines with site-specific towers, capable of optimising annual energy production and… Read more »
Laboratory findings indicate the importance of using the right oil sensor technology for turbine health monitoring Trial responds to industry need to improve operations and maintenance (O&M) efficiencies as wind farms find their profits increasingly squeezed in a post-subsidy market Nottingham, January 2020 – ONYX InSight, the leading provider of predictive maintenance to the wind… Read more »
The change of model towards clean energy accelerated commercial activity, as strong order intake in Q1 FY 2020 (+82% YoY) boosted the order book to €28,089m Sales stood at €2,001m and the balance sheet remains sound, with €175m in net cash Despite good long-term prospects, the complex situation in the industry and extraordinary costs in… Read more »
In cooperation with Sika Deutschland GmbH, WINDSOURCING.COM GmbH is again offering this year a free product training for customers from the wind energy and hydraulic steel structures sector. The training will cover the use of SikaCor® SW-1000 RepaCor for the professional repair of corrosion protection of onshore and offshore wind turbines and hydraulic steel structures…. Read more »
Berlin, January 29, 2020 – Innovative frame design can significantly increase the efficiency of solar home systems by reducing the temperature of solar modules when in use. This has been demonstrated in tests conducted by the off-grid solar module manufacturer OPES Solutions. The company investigated the temperature performance of various PV module and mounting solutions… Read more »
Wind power is being developed in more countries as well as offshore and onshore Jan. 29, 2020 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the global wind power market to assess current and future development cycles and projections for new installed wind capacity. The report provides global market forecasts, segmented by… Read more »
WinGD (Winterthur Gas & Diesel) has bolstered its investment in fuel research with the development of a flexible injection system. In a whitepaper released today, ‘Flexible Injector to Advance Alternative Fuels Research’, the engine designers describe how the concept will play a crucial role in its investigations into low-carbon liquid fuels and engine injection concepts… Read more »
70% of electricity outages are caused by problems in underground medium-voltage cable networks which have a disruptive impact on society. Smart Cable Guard locates and pinpoints faults and weak spots in cables to an accuracy of 1% within minutes to give Real-time information about condition of Örsundkraft’s grid system provides vital insights for grid maintenance… Read more »
Subsea-support vessel VOS Sugar has spent the winter months on charter to VLCV B.V. a joint venture between Van Leeuwen and C-Ventus. Combining the drilling works and marine expertise of the two companies, VLCV provides and executes all types of shore approaches for the Offshore-Wind and Oil & Gas industries. Since October 2019, VOS Sugar… Read more »
Market players are approaching product development from different perspectives, creating a diverse landscape and highly competitive atmosphere Jan. 28, 2020 – Boulder, Colo. – A new Leaderboard Report from Navigant Research examines the strategy and execution of 16 vendors of distributed energy resources management systems (DERMSs) for DER and grid management providers, with Siemens and… Read more »
Largest international names in offshore wind to discuss future of industry in Glasgow Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference comes to city today and tomorrow Key global players in offshore wind are gathering in Glasgow today and tomorrow (Jan 28-29). Almost 300 tickets have been sold for each day of Scottish Renewables’ Offshore Wind Conference, reflecting… Read more »
INNTERESTING, coordinated by the Technological Research Centre IKERLAN, has a budget of €4.75M and it is financed by the European Union´s H2020 Research and Innovation Program. The project kick-off meeting took place last 15th and 16th of January 2020 at KU Leuven facilities (Belgium). The project The full name of the project is “Innovative Future-Proof… Read more »
Axpo continues to expand its business in the direct marketing of electricity from renewable ener- gies in Germany: Axpo’s German subsidiary has been responsible for the overall marketing of the Global Tech I (GT I) wind farm in the North Sea since the beginning of 2020. Axpo Deutschland was awarded the contract at the end… Read more »
The UK-based High Speed Transfers (HST) Ltd has taken delivery of its fourth Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710. This has occurred just over 18 months since it received its first, the HST Hudson, in June 2018, which was followed by HST Sofia in March 2019 and HST Harri in October of the same year. The… Read more »
WND UK deploys UK’s first nationwide Internet of Things network Princes Risborough, UK, 24 January 2020 – WND UK, the UK’s Sigfox Network Operator, has deployed the UK’s first wireless public network for secure sensor data, achieving over 90% population coverage in just 18 months. The network uses Sigfox, a proven, low-power wide area network… Read more »
160 turbines at sea with a capacity of 1,111 MW with first-time electricity feed-in in 2019, 1,469 turbines with a total capacity of 7,516 MW connected to the grid – offshore wind energy is becoming increasingly cost-effective and delivers the usual reliable high electricity volumes Increase the expansion target for offshore wind energy to at… Read more »
Second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation carried out in Germany and the first in the Port of Rostock Thursday, January 23, 2020 — In only the second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to take place in Germany, the world’s largest LNG bunker vessel ‘Kairos’, operated by Nauticor, has supplied DEME’s next generation offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’. For the… Read more »
The onshore wind sector in Germany has struggled throughout 2019, achieving only 792.40 megawatt (MW) of onshore wind installations. The lukewarm responses to wind auctions last year means that investors are going slow on project development until any change in local regulation is implemented, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Mohit Prasad, Project… Read more »
Davos, Switzerland: Renewable energy company Ørsted is the world’s most sustainable company according to the Global 100 ranking announced today. Having completed a fundamental business transformation from fossil fuels to renewables over the past decade, Ørsted urges all countries and companies to reduce their carbon emissions to help limit global warming to 1.5C. The global… Read more »
Responding, Claire Mack, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said: “Industry continues to work hard to demonstrate its commitment to ensuring that the enormous economic benefits of offshore wind are felt as widely as possible in Scotland. “Evidence provided to the Scottish Government has already demonstrated the impact of just some of those measures: more than… Read more »
Starting in February 2020, Deutsche Windtechnik will be taking over maintenance at the Bokel-Ellerdorf wind farm, Part 3. The new service contract covers full maintenance for the six Vestas V112 wind turbines, including large components. The reasons for switching service providers, from the manufacturer to the independent provider Deutsche Windtechnik, included factors such as flexible… Read more »
Northern Offshore Group (N-O-G), owner of Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and NYK Line has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate within the offshore wind industry, including the building and operating of Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV). The objective of the MoU is to define the basic terms of a joint study to build and… Read more »
Orders of 1.5 gigawatts (GW) received in the fourth quarter of 2019 Order intake up 31 percent for the full year 2019 Delta4000 series makes up 44 percent of all orders Hamburg, 15 January 2020. The Nordex Group today announced that it continued to receive a large number of orders from Europe as well as… Read more »
Cara Dalzell, Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “Scotland’s small-scale hydropower sector provides jobs, investment and clean electricity in some of the most rural parts of the country. “Business rates make up a substantial portion of a small hydropower project’s costs, and uncertainty over how much those projects must pay, now and in future, puts… Read more »
French IPP uses datahub to monitor and optimise asset performance for a growing portfolio of wind farms Paris, 14th January 2019 – Kallista Energy, an independent power producer (IPP) of renewable energy, has chosen Greenbyte’s data platform to upgrade and reinforce its wind farm monitoring capacity as it expects its 213MW wind energy portfolio in… Read more »
Subsea technology company Seatools secured a contract from an undisclosed EPC player for the design and delivery of a piling template hydraulic and instrumentation system. The system will be used for pile installation during the construction of an offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Jan Frumau, Managing Director at Seatools, expresses his contentment with the contract:… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has acted as technical advisor to the Finnish renewable energy developer, Taaleri Energia, in a deal that sees funds managed by Taaleri Group divest part of their wind farm investment portfolio by selling their shares in the Nyby and Myllykangas wind farms to a consortium of… Read more »
An international Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition has been formed to advance sustainable deployment of ocean-based renewable energy and mitigate the harmful impacts of climate change. Ocean-based renewable energy—such as offshore wind, floating solar, tidal and wave power—could meet nearly 10% of the annual greenhouse gas emissions reductions needed by 2050 to keep global temperatures… Read more »
First wind farm to utilize N149/5.X turbines In December 2019, Ardian, a leading private investment house, and OX2, a leading Nordic developer, signed an agreement with Nordex to utilize more powerful turbines at the Åndberg windfarm Hamburg, 10th January 2020 – Ardian and Nordic developer OX2 are relying, for the first time, on Nordex turbines… Read more »