Press Releases
GLOBAL OFFSHORE PROVES NEW PRE-LAY PLOUGH TECHNOLOGY ON ITS FIRST PROJECT WITH VATTENFALL
Aberdeen, Wednesday 10 June 2020. Global Offshore, a leading provider of cable installation, repair and trenching services to the offshore renewables, utilities and oil & gas markets and part of the Global Marine Group, has completed their first phase of work at Vattenfall’s Danish Kriegers Flak site utilising the new PLP240 asset for boulder clearance… Read more »
Crown Estate Scotland has today (June 10) announced the launch of ScotWind Leasing, the first round of offshore wind leasing in Scottish waters for a decade.
Responding, Claire Mack, Chief Executive at Scottish Renewables, said: “With a quarter of all Europe’s offshore wind resource, new generations of turbines which enable us to capture it more efficiently than ever and an offshore workforce which is constantly upskilling, the stage is set for the further development of offshore wind in Scotland. “Today’s announcement by… Read more »
Engineering giant Siemens launches new business in UK to slash cost and carbon for large energy users
Siemens launches Energy Solutions to help large energy users (including themselves) to reduce costs while increasing productivity, efficiency and resilience. The aim is to reduce carbon footprint, even for those with limited risk appetite and budget. The Energy Solutions Team is led by Faye Bowser, who joined Siemens as a mechanical engineering technical apprentice in… Read more »
Bristol-based firm Sennen wins major new client
New technology will give Foresight clear vision of its assets Bristol-based technology company Sennen, whose bespoke software enables safer and more efficient renewable energy operations, has won a major new client. Leading renewable energy infrastructure and private equity investment manager Foresight Group LLP (Foresight) is now working with Sennen to deploy a system that underpins… Read more »
Ingeteam the first central inverter manufacturer to be certified to NTS UE 2016-631 (the new European network code).
Ingeteam has become the first central inverter manufacturer to be certified under the Technical Supervision Regulation of conformity (NTS) with Regulation EU 2016-631, specifically for its central inverters in the Ingecon® Sun Power range and its EMS Plant Controller system. With this certificate, Ingeteam is getting ahead of the mandatory compliance requirement that will come… Read more »
EM-POWER EUROPE TO BROADEN ITS FOCUS STARTING IN 2021
Munich/Pforzheim, June 9, 2020 – For the past two decades, Germany’s energy landscape has been undergoing a radical transformation. The government has agreed to eliminate the use of nuclear power, and phasing out coal is also within reach. Plans to shut down power plants that can supply baseload power are spurring discussions about supply security… Read more »
Two market leaders are joining forces
Solar-Log™ now also compatible with E3DC storage The Solar-Log™ energy management system is now also compatible with E3DC‘s solar power storage units. Both companies are pleased about this new cooperation. With the integration of the open-system energy manager Solar-Log™, the storage units from the Osnabrück-based company E3DC are compatible with almost all inverters on the… Read more »
Guidehouse Insights Report Shows Cumulative Capacity for New Installed Energy Storage for Microgrids Is Expected to Exceed $40 Billion by 2029
Although not required for microgrids to operate, energy storage systems have emerged as a popular and valuable component of these distributed energy networks June 9, 2020 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Guidehouse Insights analyzes the global market for energy storage for microgrids (ESMG), providing forecasts for capacity and revenue, segmented by region,… Read more »
10 Years of Research at Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm alpha ventus
Germany’s first offshore wind farm alpha ventus was inaugurated in spring 2010. Since then, it operates not only as a commercial find warm, but also functions as a research platform for the further development of the offshore wind energy sector. The accompanying research initiative RAVE (Research at alpha ventus) has been collecting measurements at the… Read more »
Athos Solar and Grupo Zaragozá connect 40MWp solar park to Spain’s grid Construction amid challenging conditions
A newly erected photovoltaic (PV) installation near Albacete, a town in the southern Spanish province of Castile-La Mancha, has been up and running since May 2020. This power plant generates more than 80 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year with 105,000 PV modules spread over 90 hectares. Roughly equivalent to 22,600 three-person households’ consumption,… Read more »