Luxcara, one of the leading asset managers for renewable energy investments, has acquired the Finnish wind power project Välikangas, which has a projected capacity of 100 MW. The produced electricity will be sold to an off-taker on the basis of a power purchase agreement (PPA). The wind farm has been developed by and will be… Read more »
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 — Over the past decade the activities of GeoSea, Tideway, A2Sea and EverSea have experienced strong growth in a fast-evolving offshore energy market. Today we will be taking a new step in our ambition to provide the most comprehensive offering of solutions, services and equipment to our oil, gas and renewable energy… Read more »
Rotterdam, 20 February 2019 – Rotterdam based companies SeaOwls and Ulstein Design & Solutions, have decided to each go their own separate ways in the offshore wind industry. The patent rights of the SOUL concept were developed under the cooperation of both companies and will continue to be held by both SeaOwls and Ulstein. Each… Read more »
The UK subsea sector will have the opportunity to strengthen its international presence at the largest oil and gas exhibition in Australasia next month. Industry body, Subsea UK, will be seeking to enhance its business networks between Australian and British companies to exploit current oil and gas developments at this year’s AOG (Australasia Oil and… Read more »
The first turbine at the world’s biggest offshore wind farm has been installed and is now producing electricity. When fully operational, Hornsea One offshore wind farm will be nearly double the size of the current world’s largest, Walney Extension, and capable of powering well over one million UK homes with renewable electricity, generated by wind…. Read more »
Global commissioning of onshore wind turbines declined 3% in 2018, partly due to a slowdown in India and Germany. Growth is expected to bounce back in 2019, with a 32% jump to 60GW London, New York and Tokyo, February 14, 2019 – Developers commissioned a little over 45GW of onshore wind turbines globally in 2018… Read more »
29 January 2019: Local engineering consultancy Energy3 delivers ZX Lidars to wind farm developer for wind resource campaigns RES (Renewable Energy Systems), a leader in the development, engineering, and construction of wind, solar, transmission, and energy storage projects globally has confirmed that a fleet of Lidars have been deployed in Australia in support of wind… Read more »
Leading renewable energy and infrastructure consultancy Natural Power, has appointed Andre Louis Ferdinand as a Senior Engineer in the inspections service team, based in North America. Andre joins from Ascent Technologies, a Texas-based firm specialising in developing software for commercial unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Ascent Technologies was acquired by Natural Power earlier this month. Craig… Read more »
Hamburg, 13 February 2019. The Nordex Group has succeeded in entering the Ukrainian market with a major order for 133 MW. By the end of this year, the manufacturer will install 34 turbines from the N131/3900 series for the construction of the first phase of the “Syvash” wind farm. According to plans, and once completed,… Read more »
ANCOUVER, BC: Canadian optimization software company, Clir Renewables has secured its first project in France following the recent opening of its first office in Europe. The client, a GW scale owner-operator in the region has chosen Clir to support optimizing the performance of their current wind portfolio. Having considered other providers in the market, Clir… Read more »
Schiedam, Netherlands – February 8th, 2019 – Last week Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd held the completion ceremony of its “CP-8001”, a GJ-3750C GustoMSC construction jack-up design. The delivery of “CP-8001” is an important milestone for the Japanese offshore wind development as this is the first and largest DP2 jack-up built in Japan for offshore wind… Read more »
£28 million pound investment, underpinned by a £10m award from the EPSRC with further investment from industry and the Universities of Strathclyde, Sheffield and Newcastle Hub will aim to design new electrical machines with improved performance, such as offshore wind turbines and electric vehicles Project will work with industry to drive innovation and overcome manufacturing… Read more »
Zurich, Switzerland, 06 February 2019 – Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG, a Swiss company pioneering next-generation technology for the inspection of wind turbine rotor blades, announced today that it has launched a new highly competitive inspection platform. The company’s new 3DXTM HD product has been developed as a cost-effective solution to cope with large volumes… Read more »
Experimental testing should remain economically viable for manufacturers despite the increasing lengths of rotor blades – either in the form of full-scale blade testing or the testing of segment or blade components. Fraunhofer IWES received funding to the tune of around € 12 million for the `Future Concept Operational Stability Rotor Blades Phase II` project. The… Read more »
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has acquired the Texas-based firm Ascent Technologies – a developer of software for commercial unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operations. The specialist software, which has been developed by Ascent Technologies during the course of the past two years, will enable Natural Power to automate drone flights, thus… Read more »
Distribution utilities need to adopt new technologies and new ways of thinking to slash the cost of integrating renewable energy generators, electric vehicles and other distributed energy resources (DER) into their grids, according to the latest white paper from Smarter Grid Solutions. As DNOs accelerate their transition to become distribution system operators (DSOs), the report… Read more »
Scottish Renewables welcomes new faces Industry body Scottish Renewables has appointed four new directors to its Board. An election for the posts, held among Scottish Renewables’ 260 member companies, saw a record number of candidates (24), a record number of total votes cast and a record turnout (101 out of 170 eligible commercial members voting… Read more »
Zurich, Switzerland, 06 February 2019 – Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG, a Swiss company pioneering next-generation technology for the inspection of wind turbine rotor blades, announced today that it has launched a new highly competitive inspection platform. The company’s new 3DX™ HD product has been developed as a cost-effective solution to cope with large volumes… Read more »
Innovative as-a-service hybrid microgrid will save fuel, reduce emissions, boost reliability PERTH, AUSTRALIA and HOUSTON, TEXAS – Aggreko, the leader in mobile and modular power solutions, has signed a contract with mining firm Gold Fields Australia (Gold Fields) to design, build and operate a hybrid renewable-energy-plus-battery-storage system at the Granny Smith gold mine in Western Australia…. Read more »
• The company is to install a total of 63 wind turbines in seven wind farms located in Navarra, Valladolid, Zaragoza, Málaga and Cádiz • All the agreements include operation and maintenance services • With these contracts, Siemens Gamesa has sold 1.2 GW in Spain since the end of 2017, entailing the production and installation… Read more »
LOC Renewables supplies MWS work to Floatgen , France’s first offshore wind project – and its first full-scale floating turbine. The Paris office of LOC Renewables, a part of LOC Group, the leading international marine and engineering consulting firm, has successfully overseen the launch of France’s first offshore wind turbine. LOC Renewables supplied marine warranty… Read more »
Madrid, 1 Feb 2019: EDP Renewables (Euronext: EDPR), a global leader in the renewable energy sector and one of the world’s largest wind energy producers, through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America LLC, has signed a Build & Transfer Agreement with Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (“NIPSCO”). The agreement enables the development… Read more »
Energy Minister to attend opening day of Europe’s largest annual subsea conference and exhibition Scottish energy minister, Paul Wheelhouse will attend Subsea UK’s annual flagship event in Aberdeen this week, where industry experts will gather to explore why disruptive and enabling technologies hold the key to greater levels of transparency, efficiency, and performance. More than 5,000… Read more »
Unlocking the full potential of the North Sea will be on the top of the agenda at Subsea Expo – the industry’s annual flagship conference and exhibition. The “Revitalising the UKCS” conference session will explore the opportunities and challenges around new and marginal fields so that the estimated 7.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent (bnboe)… Read more »
Winterbach, Germany – January 31, 2019 – In cooperation with the cable manufacturer TELE-FONIKA Kable and the international cable and pipeline installation contractor VolkerInfra, PFISTERER has been awarded the contract for the supply of the 220 kV land cable accessories for the grid connection of the new Moray East Offshore Windfarm. Moray East is a… Read more »
• Siemens Gamesa will install 270 units of the SG 2.1-122 wind turbines • The order includes two turnkey wind projects which will be developed in the states of Gujarat and Karnataka Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has secured a new order in India from ReNew Power, India’s largest renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP)…. Read more »
Last year, Deutsche Windtechnik’s Swedish subsidiary earned official certification attesting the Management System Standard of strategic and operational services. All certificates are valid until March 2021. The ISO 9001:2015 certificate, which is the most well-known, covers strategic aspects and focuses on the internal management structure and processes, from top level management down through all levels…. Read more »
The arrival of 2019 leaves just one year until the global sulphur cap becomes reality. But as the marine industry scrambles to ready itself, an important milestone has already been reached. The new year marks a decade since the first vessel set sail with an Alfa Laval PureSOx scrubber on board. In 2009, the RoRo… Read more »
The gross increase in onshore wind energy by 2,402 megawatts (MW) and 743 turbines in 2018 is falling short of the already low expectations Short-term prospects for expansion in 2019 – 2020 remain weak; special tenders give hope for recovery from 2021 onwards Compromise on coal phase-out reaffirms the requirement to fix medium- and long-term… Read more »
Straume, Norway, January 29th 2019: Vryhof, a trusted partner to many of the offshore industry’s leading companies and its mooring business – Deep Sea Mooring (DSM), today announced the signing of a multi-year agreement with Diamond Offshore, a leader in offshore drilling. Under the terms of the agreement, DSM will provide mooring and related equipment… Read more »
PassivSystems secures ‘Sahim’ renewable energy initiative contract with Authority for Electricity Regulation in Oman (AER) to provide a technology platform to manage solar PV on 250,000 rooftops Newbury, UK, 29 January 2019 – PassivSystems has won a competitive tender to provide its PassivPro platform to the Authority for Electricity Regulation (AER) in Oman. AER will… Read more »
Subsea technology company, Rovco has formed an invested partnership with Global Marine Group (GMG) an innovative market leader in offshore engineering, to bring intelligent inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) solutions to the global offshore market. GMG, made up of three business units – Global Offshore, CWind and Global Marine – has secured a 13.8% share… Read more »
Hartlepool, UK, 29th January 2019: JDR Cable Systems (JDR), the leading supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the offshore energy industry, owned by the TFKable Group, has been selected by Jan De Nul to supply subsea power cables and accessories for the Taiwan Power Company Offshore Wind Farm Phase One. The project is… Read more »
ONYX InSight’s fieldPRO cloud software transforms inspection and maintenance reporting practices for ERG’s German technicians, creating substantial safety and efficiency gains Nottingham, 29th January 2019 – ONYX InSight has provided fieldPRO software to ERG Germany to support the digitisation of wind energy operations and maintenance (O&M) practices across a portfolio of 17 wind farms, totalling… Read more »
Marine Coordination Services has teamed up with the renewables department of award-winning global energy, engineering and infrastructure recruitment specialist Spencer Ogden for all relevant aspects of payroll, tax advice and compliance. With Spencer Ogden’s unrivalled service in the energy sector and the operational background of Marine Coordination Services combined with its on-site presence allowing for… Read more »
• EBIT before PPA and integration and restructuring costs [1] amounted to €138m (+4% YoY), the EBIT margin was 6.1%, and reported EBIT amounted to €40m (+13% YoY) • Volume totalled 2,129 MWe, driven by the offshore business (+76% YoY) • The order book stands at €23b (+8% YoY), covering 92% of the revenue guidance… Read more »