Press Releases
Lifetime vessel performance will be the focus for Alfa Laval at SMM
Alfa Laval will once again have a strong presence at SMM, the world’s most prominent maritime exhibition. As the company enters its second century of marine service, the focus will continue to be on lifetime vessel performance – achieved through equipment, cooperation and services in applications throughout the ship. Over the course of more than… Read more »
Successful installation of three HVAC export cables in German waters
Jan De Nul Group completes Trianel Windpark Borkum II and Borkum Riffgrund II export cable installation projects Jan De Nul Group successfully completed the export cable installation works in the German North Sea in order to connect the offshore wind farms Trianel Windpark Borkum II, developed by Trianel, and Borkum Riffgrund II, developed by Ørsted,… Read more »
Sulzer invests in UK high voltage coil manufacturing
As part of a recent UK investment program, Sulzer has built and equipped a dedicated in-house test and development laboratory for high voltage coils. Other aspects of the program include upgrading key items of manufacturing equipment at the company’s Birmingham based Center of Excellence for coil design, manufacture and supply. These latest developments will enable… Read more »
ABO Wind orders N149/4.0-4.5 turbines
Hamburg, 29 June 2018. The Nordex Group is supplying ABO Wind, an international project developer, with two N149/4.0-4.5 turbines, each with a nominal output of 4.5 MW, for the “Wennerstorf II” wind farm. Less than eleven months have passed since the launch of this powerful turbine type and now building permission has been granted for the… Read more »
SMA Debuts New Commercial Solutions in North America
Portfolio Includes New Power Classes, Safety Features and O&M Support ROCKLIN, Calif., June 28, 2018 — Today SMA America, which was recently ranked the top commercial inverter supplier in the U.S. by GTM Research, announced new comprehensive commercial solutions now available for ordering. “SMA continues to see significant growth in the commercial solar market,” said… Read more »
SeaRenergy and N-Sea Awarded DolWin Alpha Repair Project
Following an EU tender against international competition, a consortium of SeaRenergy and N-Sea has been awarded a project by TenneT covering modification works to the jacket structure of the HVDC platform Dolwin alpha, in the German Exclusive Economic Zone of the North Sea. The project will see Hamburg-based lead partner SeaRenergy provide engineering and design… Read more »
ABB solutions power Europe’s greenest data center in Norway
With ABB technology Lefdal Mine Datacenter plans to become Europe’s biggest, with the smallest environmental footprint. There was a time when the mineral olivine used to be excavated for industrial purposes, like making steel. Now, that steel is coming back underground to house a data center. Lefdal in Norway plans to become Europe’s largest and… Read more »
NKT to strengthen local power grid in Norway with high-voltage cable systems
NKT has won the turnkey order of two high-voltage cable systems ensuring power availability and transmission security in the regions of Hedmark and Oppland in Norway. NKT has been awarded the turnkey delivery of two 145 kV AC (alternating current) extruded cable system sets for the Mjøsa Project in the regions Hedmark and Oppland located… Read more »
New whitepaper highlights the benefits of the Metalock process for shipowners
A damaged main engine cylinder casing has now been returned to service in Bulgaria, after a repair operation lasting just seven days, saving almost eight months of off-hire time. The shipowners, faced with an eight-month replacement estimate for the engine, called in local Metalock engineers who worked to perform a full repair. The entire operation… Read more »
The Committee on Climate Change’s 2018 Progress Report to Parliament will be published tomorrow (28 June). It urges the Government to act now as “climate change will not pause while we consider our options”.
Responding, Fabrice Leveque, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “This is a stark warning from the independent advisory body that the UK Government is unnecessarily increasing the cost of tackling climate change by preventing the cheapest technologies, like onshore wind and solar, from competing in the electricity market. “Enabling parts of the UK, and… Read more »
