Press Releases
SEACAT RAINBOW SECURES FIRST LONG-TERM CHARTER WITH BEATRICE OFFSHORE WIND FARM LTD
Next-generation Chartwell 24 catamaran joins its sister vessel at Scotland’s largest operational wind farm Wick, 9th March 2021 – Class-leading offshore energy support vessel (OESV) operator Seacat Services (Seacat) has announced that newly launched catamaran Seacat Rainbow has gone straight on to a long-term charter with Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL). Seacat Rainbow will support… Read more »
Siemens Gamesa signs a 150 MW contract in Spain with Elawan Energy for one of the largest wind farm clusters in the country
The company will supply 30 SG 5.0-145 turbines for a wind complex in Albacete, one of the three largest signed by Siemens Gamesa in Spain It will supply enough clean energy to power more than 110,000 households and prevent the emission of nearly 400,000 tonnes of CO2 Includes a long-term service agreement for a period… Read more »
Advancing standards for PV mounting systems
Thorsten Kray is the new Head of Research and Standardization at AEROCOMPACT Satteins, Austria, March 8, 2021. The Austrian manufacturer of PV mounting systems AEROCOMPACT strengthens its team with the internationally known wind engineer Thorsten Kray. With immediate effect, the doctor of mechanical engineering is responsible for the company’s research and certification activities and accompanies… Read more »
Large-scale methanol testing to begin at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre
Major tests of methanol as a marine fuel will soon begin at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark. Working closely with MAN Energy Solutions and other partners, Alfa Laval will explore the possibility of running the centre’s four-stroke, 2 MW diesel engine on methanol – without modifications or another pilot fuel…. Read more »
Only two weeks left to take part in energy networks’ accelerated green recovery plans
Energy Networks Association (ENA) is urging stakeholders to respond to their call for evidence to help unlock early investment in the grid to support a green economic recovery. By working closely with Ofgem, ENA’s members have drawn up plans to unlock early investment in the grid to support the technologies of tomorrow to be delivered… Read more »
Siemens Gamesa takes UK onshore wind to new heights with deal to install its market-leading SG 5.8-155 turbines in Scotland
Deal signed with Energiekontor will see the installation of 8 SG 5.8-155 turbines at Longhill Burn wind farm in West Lothian, near Edinburgh The turbines will be among the largest ever installed in the UK, with a rotor diameter of 155 meters to optimize power capacity Contract underpins renewed growth of onshore wind power in… Read more »
Keel laying marks an important milestone for first Taiwanese offshore installation vessel ‘Green Jade’
Friday, March 5, 2021 — An official keel laying ceremony for ‘Green Jade’ was held today at CSBC’s shipyard in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, marking a major milestone in the construction of this next-generation offshore installation vessel. ‘Green Jade’ is owned by CDWE, a joint venture between CSBC, the largest shipbuilder in Taiwan and DEME Offshore. Representatives from CDWE and… Read more »
meteocontrol has a new Head of Sales for Europe
Augsburg, March 05, 2021 – meteocontrol GmbH, a global provider of independent monitoring and control systems for photovoltaic systems, has filled the role of Head of Sales for Europe with a long-standing employee. As Head of Sales for Europe, Tobias Knoblauch has been in charge of the meteocontrol subsidiaries in Italy and France and responsible… Read more »
Wind Energy Asia 2021 will showcase great localization results
Integrating a truly hybrid real exhibition with a virtual platform to breach time and space in this pandemic world Wind Energy Asia, the largest and most international wind expo in Taiwan and second largest in Asia, despite the pandemic can be held live in the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center from March 10 to 12, 2021. This… Read more »
Solar PV overtakes wind to lead India’s sustainable power transformation, says GlobalData
Wind energy led India’s renewable transformation for more than a decade. Solar PV, though a late starter, has now overtaken the wind installed capacity to emerge as the top clean energy producer in the country as of January 2021, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. As per the Ministry of New and Renewable… Read more »
