Global renewable energy developer, service provider and wholesaler, BayWa r.e has acquired Toronto-based software house PowerHub. The new addition to the BayWa r.e. group offers a leading cloud-based asset intelligence software solution and will continue to operate largely independently. The acquisition extends BayWa r.e.’s scope of digital technology services in the field of renewable energy… Read more »
The University of Aberdeen will showcase its expertise in energy research at this year’s SPE Offshore Europe, as it announces its ambition to create a new Centre for Energy Transition. The Centre – which aims to build on the University’s status as a global leader in energy research and teaching – will align research and… Read more »
Zurich, Switzerland, 02 September 2019 – Sulzer Schmid, a Swiss company pioneering UAV technology for rotor blade inspections, and NNAISENSE, a world leading artificial intelligence specialist, have partnered to develop an artificial intelligence engine to automatically detect rotor blade damages on wind turbine. This leapfrog technology is expected to bring the twin benefits of improving… Read more »
Hamburg, 2 September 2019. The management and visualisation software (SCADA) is a key component of wind turbine generators. The system controls and manages the wind turbines and the wind farm in order to ensure a maximum yield. With Nordex OSTM SCADA EDGE the Nordex Group now offers the next generation of their operations control system… Read more »
Abloy UK recently hosted a roundtable event, gathering together influential figures from the energy sector to discuss the security challenges faced by the industry in protecting critical physical assets. From speaking with key stakeholders, a number of common concerns were raised, as well as shared requirements for any potential future access control upgrades. Here, we… Read more »
The worldwide expansion of offshore wind energy, especially in Europe, but also in markets as Asia and North America, causes a further strong increase of global offshore wind capacity. Thus, in Germany, which strongly expanded its capacities within the last years, the electricity generation through offshore wind energy could be increased again: the growth rate… Read more »
Ørsted, together with ITM Power and Element Energy, has won funding from the UK Government for a green hydrogen project. The Gigastack feasibility study, led by ITM Power, is a six-month project to investigate the potential delivery of bulk, low-cost and zero-carbon hydrogen. The funding has been secured as part of the Department for Business,… Read more »
Asia-Pacific (APAC) is expected to lead the wind turbine market with an annual installation capacity of 33.14 gigawatt (GW) by 2023, largely driven by onshore deployment; followed by EMEA and Americas with capacities of 19.9GW and 11.7GW, respectively, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report ‘Wind Turbine, Update 2019… Read more »
Solar plus storage has emerged as a major opportunity and driver of new growth for the energy storage industry August 29, 2019 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Navigant Research provides forecasts for utility-scale energy storage systems (ESSs) deployed globally in terms of power capacity (MW), energy capacity (MWh), and revenue generated from… Read more »
Industry bodies Subsea UK and RenewableUK have joined forces to deliver the Cables 2019 conference, which will focus on knowledge sharing and driving collaboration across the subsea cable industry. The two-day event will take place on the 29 – 30 October at P&J Live in Aberdeen and will feature a series of panels and sessions… Read more »
Hamburg, 29 August 2019. The independent certifying agency TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH has awarded the worldwide valid IEC type certificate for the N149/4.0-4.5 turbine from the Delta4000 series. The type certificate officially confirms that the theoretical design calculations for the N149/4.0-4.5 done by the Nordex Group reflect the figures for the turbines actually measured… Read more »
• The company will supply 21 SG 4.5-145 wind turbines, operating at a flexible rating of 4.8 MW, as well as provide three and a half years of service and maintenance • Siemens Gamesa expands SG 4.5-145 footprint in the region, having sold close to 1.4 GW of this turbine model in the U.S., Canada and Mexico… Read more »
Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, addresses the audience during the opening session of the fifth global Conference on Wind Energy and Wildlife Impacts 2019 (CWW2019) taking place at the University of Stirling in Stirling, Scotland, from 27th to 30th August. Attendees from all over the world have come together to talk… Read more »
Software is expected to play an important role in the energy storage industry as power grids transition toward a distributed, digitized, and decentralized system August 27, 2019 – Boulder, CO – A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market for energy storage systems (ESSs), providing forecasts of software vendor revenue for upfront system… Read more »
In order to move towards energy independence and to attract foreign investment, the Taiwanese Government has set a target of 5.5GW of clean energy by 2025. Despite its advanced infrastructure and industries, as a consequence it is still facing major logistical, engineering and civil infrastructure challenges as it strives to meet this goal. A key… Read more »
Fred. Olsen Renewables, with the help of Natural Power, SeaRoc and ZX Lidars, has raised a total of £16,078 for the Marine Conservation Society, Scottish Mountain Rescue and Mountain Rescue England and Wales by completing the Three Peaks Challenge. A team made up of 27 employees from all four companies took park in the challenge… Read more »
Long-term contract sees two Seacat Services catamarans chartered to support offshore wind farm construction, with options for further vessels Grimsby, August 22nd 2019 – Class-leading offshore energy support vessel (OESV) operator Seacat Services has signed a long-term deal to support the construction phase of Triton Knoll offshore wind farm. The contract, which includes options for… Read more »
The largest annual event for the underwater industry in Europe will take a fresh look at how to exploit the existing and emerging opportunities across all sectors, not just oil and gas and renewables. Under the theme of “New Perspectives” Subsea Expo 2020 is set to be bigger and better than ever as moving to… Read more »
Firms from EU markets such as Denmark, UK, Netherlands and Poland represented at the trade fair / All but four per cent of the exhibition space for HUSUM Wind now fully booked HUSUM | 22 August 2019: The countdown is on: HUSUM Wind, the German wind trade fair and the most important industry meeting of… Read more »
Hamburg-based offshore service provider SeaRenergy has acquired Elbe-1, an engineering company that offers expertise and consultancy for design, certification and approval of offshore wind projects. Whereas SeaRenergy provides engineering, marine services, QHSE and Offshore Professionals for installation and O&M of offshore windfarms and platforms, Elbe-1 offers specialists and support for the planning of offshore wind… Read more »
Over the next decade, affordable low power wide area solutions will allow more water and gas utilities to take advantage of smart, connected solutions than ever before August 20, 2019 – Boulder, CO – A new report from Navigant Research explains the evolution of connected automated meter reading (AMR) and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) networks by… Read more »
ALE and Giant Taiwan have undertaken a joint venture to provide the onshore handling, transportation and storage of wind turbine foundations for phase 2 of Taiwan’s Formosa 1 wind farm project. This phase is seeing 20 additional turbines installed 6km off Miaoli County in the Taiwan Strait, raising its power generation capability from its current… Read more »
Congress programme offers exciting lectures for trade visitors / Accompanying programme and networking formats round off the fair HUSUM | 19 August 2019: Trade visitors to HUSUM Wind 2019 can look forward to an exciting conference and lecture programme as well as specialist seminars, workshops and matchmaking formats. A brief overview: HUSUM Wind 2019 Congress… Read more »
Subsea UK will host a session at this year’s Offshore Europe looking at how underwater operations can extend the life of fields and maximise economic recovery from the UKCS. Neil Gordon, chief executive of Subsea UK, will chair the session which takes place from 10am to 12noon in the Late Life and Decommission Zone Theatre… Read more »
In cooperation with PKA’s energy fund, SustainSolutions, Copenhagen ZOO has installed high-performance solar systems using Q.PEAK DUO solar modules from Q CELLS atop the zoo’s farm buildings. The arrays help to avoid around 170 tons of CO2 emissions annually and thus achieve the zoo’s ambitious climate goals. [Berlin, Germany, 15 August 2019] Copenhagen ZOO is… Read more »
Jan De Nul Group signs a contract with Vattenfall Vindkraft Kriegers Flak P/S for the transport and installation of 72 8.4MW Siemens Wind Turbine Generators (WTG) for the Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) in Denmark. “We are proud to have been awarded an offshore WTG installation project of this magnitude”, says Philippe Hutse, Offshore Director… Read more »
Guidance for 2019 confirmed Capital expenditure of approx. EUR 160 million planned for full year Sales of EUR 990.8 million in first half of 2019, EBITDA margin at 1.7 percent Sharp rise in production output Total order book of EUR 7.6 billion N163/5.X long blade model added to 5MW class Hamburg, 14 August 2019. The… Read more »
Maximum efficiency thanks to more than 20,000m² swept area Presentation of the N163/5.X at Husum Wind 2019 Hamburg, 14 August 2019 The Nordex Group is further extending its product portfolio in the market segment of turbines with a nominal capacity of more than 5 MW. “At the heart of our product development strategy, is the… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, and Swedish district energy consultant and design engineering expert, FVB, have formed a strategic partnership to further the advancement of district heating projects in the UK and Ireland. The combined skills of the organisations provide a unique complete lifecycle service to developers, owners and operators of… Read more »
Jumbo has just completed the shipment of the heaviest, tallest and the largest diameter Transition Pieces (TP’s) we have ever transported! These TP’s were shipped for our client Jan De Nul Group in cooperation with brokers Multi Marine Chartering B.V. from Laem Chabang to Taichung, where they will form part of Taiwan’s Formosa 1 Phase… Read more »
Welsh renewable energy consultancy has achieved an industry-leading 83% planning consent success rating despite constrained policy environment around onshore renewables Machynlleth, 13th August 2019 – Dulas, a leading renewable energy consultancy, has announced that it has secured its 100th planning permission for renewable energy projects. Despite this milestone achievement, which sees Dulas having added over… Read more »
Global leader in offshore wind, Ørsted, is officially opening the formal consultation phase for its Hornsea Project Four offshore wind farm this week and is inviting local residents to give their feedback on plans. A series of information events will also be held in the first week of September which give local people an opportunity… Read more »
Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) has entered an agreement to acquire a 40% stake in Iberdrola’s ScottishPower Renewables’ 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm The partnership will be the first between GIG and Iberdrola’s ScottishPower Renewables in the UK Macquarie and GIG have now supported almost 50% of the UK’s offshore wind capacity Macquarie’s… Read more »
Morag Watson, Director of Policy at Scottish Renewables said: “This is exciting news for Scotland. “With Scotland’s abundance of renewable energy resources and the incredible success we have had to date in tapping it, it is only natural that Glasgow would be top of the list to host this prestigious conference. “Scotland has some of… Read more »
As a leading provider of both turnkey repair solutions and pumping equipment to the power generation sector, Sulzer will be exhibiting and making a technical presentation at POWERGEN Asia 2019. Visitors to the event, held at MITEC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will have the opportunity to discuss the latest in maintenance services, such as weld… Read more »
Expert failure analysis techniques deliver improved reliability Sophisticated, modern turbomachinery relies on complex alloys and precision engineering to ensure reliable operation in demanding applications. However, changes in operating conditions and procedures can lead to equipment working outside its original design envelope. In the event of an unexpected failure, expert investigation and analysis can address design… Read more »