Press Releases
New members for industry body’s Board
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 »
Sulzer Schmid’s new technology platform slashes cost of drone-based rotor blade inspections
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 »
Platina Energy Partners sold a 30MWp Solar PV Portfolio in Spain to Q-Energy.
London, 6 Feb. 2019 – Platina Energy Partners LLP (“Platina”) has recently sold a 30MWp portfolio consisting of four operating solar plants located in Spain (“Portfolio”) to a Spanish investment manager, Q-Energy. Platina acquired the four solar PV plants, located close to Toledo, Sevilla and Tenerife, and arranged non-recourse long-term financing of the Portfolio with… Read more »
Meyer Burger divests its wafering business to Precision Surfacing Solutions
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announced today that it will sell its photovoltaic and specialised materials (e.g. semiconductor and sapphire glass industries) wafering equipment and service business to Precision Surfacing Solutions (PSS) (formerly Lapmaster Wolters Ltd), a global supplier of equipment and services for surface enhancement technology. As part of the transaction,… Read more »
Alfa Laval expands its PureBallast 3 training programme with three new sites for crew training
Compliance in ballast water treatment depends on crew knowledge as well as the ballast water treatment system itself. To help customers secure the needed competence, Alfa Laval is expanding its Alfa Laval PureBallast 3 training programme with crew training in Houston, Manila and Mumbai. Alfa Laval will begin PureBallast 3 crew training courses in Houston,… Read more »
Solar-Log™ Guarantees the Upper Feed-in Limit
Solar technology provider Solar-Energie Andresen GmbH (sea) installed two rooftop solar PV plants at Waagen-Wulff GmbH in Flensburg. Each plant is equipped with a Solar-Log™ PM Box 2000 to guarantee compliance with the feed-in limits specified by the regional energy supplier. Depending on requirements, the two-stage system, consisting of the Solar-Log 2000 PM+ and a… Read more »
Launch of New GeoT*SOL 2019
New version of the simulation program GeoT*SOL for heat pumps adapted to the latest developments and guidelines With the revised 2019 version of the software GeoT*SOL, Valentin Software is extending the scope of its design program for heat pump systems. As before, air heat pumps and those with geothermal probes that extract their heat through… Read more »
Aggreko signs contract with Gold Fields Australia to deploy one of the world’s largest solar-plus-batteries-plus-thermal-generation off-grid microgrids
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 »
Siemens Gamesa reaffirms its leading position in Spain with new contracts to supply 200 MW
• 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 »
Gold Fields’ Granny Smith mine to install mega solar and battery power facility
5 February 2019 – Gold Fields’ Granny Smith gold mine is set to install one of the world’s largest renewable energy microgrids powered by more than 20,000 solar panels and backed up by a 2MW /1MWh battery system. The mining company has contracted mobile and modular power company Aggreko to design, build and operate the… Read more »
