Press Releases
Inspired by Mars
Atonometrics was founded in Austin, Texas, in 2007, with the mission to provide high-quality test and measurement equipment to the small but growing photovoltaics industry. The company founders came from a long background in test and measurement equipment for the semiconductor industry. The experience of the management team included over 30 years of R&D, product… Read more »
Innovation, quality, strategy and vision
Headquartered in the suburbs of Shanghai, APsystems was originally founded in the Silicon Valley over 11 years ago by Dr Zhi Min Ling, current Chairman & CEO and Dr Yuhao Luo, CTO of the company. Today PES Solar reports back from an interview with Olivier Jacques, President, Global Executive VP of APsystems, who draws a… Read more »
More than 65% of households are now supplied by green energy companies
According to the latest research from Cornwall Insight, households with ‘green’ suppliers – those only offering electricity tariffs backed by Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin (REGOs) certificates – rocketed from less than 20% in 2017 to 65% 2021. This percentage would be even higher if green tariffs from suppliers that also offer standard non-green also… Read more »
Chevron Marine Lubricants expands reach in Africa with Akwa Group
Chevron Marine Lubricants will boost its presence in African ports after extending its joint venture with Akwa Group. Chevron is now an equal partner in Afriquia Lubrifiants, with plans to extend the blending, distribution, and marketing business beyond Morocco to markets in sub-Saharan Africa. The enhanced agreement enables the joint venture to manufacture Chevron’s premium… Read more »
Double strike success for BladeBUG in latest offshore wind trials
London, June 2021, Advanced offshore repair and maintenance robot, BladeBUG, has successfully performed the first remotely controlled lightning protection test on an offshore wind turbine, cementing the case for wide adoption of repair and maintenance robots across offshore wind. During a recent test at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Levenmouth facility BladeBUG was controlled… Read more »
ZF Wind Power celebrates the 3000th SHIFT 4k gearbox on Global Wind Day
The 3000th SHIFT 4k gearbox has been manufactured at ZF Wind Power Lommel (Belgium): the complete 4k-line now powers 14GW of turbine capacity and has enabled 12 million households to switch to renewable energy. New generation SHIFT platforms will unlock even larger opportunities for wind technology. With a contribution of more than 86 percent of… Read more »
GWEC: Global Wind Day signals new era for wind energy as urgency builds towards COP26 in Glasgow
Countries around the world need to urgently scale up deployment of wind power in order to address the climate emergency, according to the Global Wind Coalition for COP26, which officially launches today on Global Wind Day. The world is in a ‘make or break’ decade for climate action, and it is against this backdrop that… Read more »
Kelvion partners with Helmholtz Zentrum to test future power technology
The Helmholtz Zentrum in Dresden has chosen Kelvion’s innovative printed circuit K°Bond heat exchangers to test a power cycle using supercritical CO2 for the project “Carbosola”. Known as the Brayton Cycle, it is much more efficient than those based on water/steam and, as a result, is expected to become an important technology in future. Thus,… Read more »
Swire Energy Services invests in wind O&M technology company, BladeInsight, to support renewable development.
Global energy services provider, Swire Energy Services (SES) has announced the investment in wind O&M technology start-up, BladeInsight. The deal will see SES obtain a majority shareholding, with options for further future investment. Founded in 2015 by André Moura, BladeInsight is a Portugal-based technology company providing the wind sector with cloud-based O&M asset management software… Read more »
Nigeria’s latest gas-related power shortages could have been avoided. Here is why.
Opinion Piece by Yusuff Wale, Managing Director, Wärtsilä Marine & Power Services Nigeria Ltd On 28 May 2021, Nigeria’s national power generation dropped to 3,059 MW and for the subsequent seven days remained below 4,000 MW, six percent below average production. Low pressure on the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) left several gas turbine power plants… Read more »
