Press Releases
Barge Master Launches Fit-for-purpose Gangway
Capelle a/d IJssel, the Netherlands, December 1, 2015 – Barge Master announces the official launch of a motion compensated gangway after building a track record in motion compensated lifting. ‘The overall offshore logistics consists of safe and efficient transfer of cargo and people. While we are already known for our motion compensated lifting, customers asked… Read more »
Turbine owners establish global peer-to-peer platform to solve O&M issues collaboratively
Wind farm owners representing 12 % of global turbine assets have founded a new peer-to-peer online platform called o2o Wind, dedicated to the exchange of knowledge and experience on operation and maintenance issues. The o2o Wind forum is the first initiative of the kind aimed at fostering wind farm O&M best practice through a collaborative… Read more »
ELA Offshore Special Containers for individual needs of the Offshore Industry
Several ELA Offshore Special Units in use on the high seas One container is not just like another. For each project different specifications and requirements for a container come up. The same applies to the Offshore industry in which more and more special containers for individual works on the high sea are needed. ELA Offshore… Read more »
Siemens to supply 126 megawatts to onshore wind power plants in Scotland
• 57 direct drive wind turbines for three wind farms• Long-term service contracts included• Clean energy for roughly 50,000 households Siemens has been awarded orders for three onshore wind projects in Scotland, supplying up to 50,000 households in South and North Ayrshire and Lockerbie. The contracts also include long-term service and maintenance. For the Dersalloch… Read more »
Precise calculation of wind potential facilitates financing
First commercial offshore measurement with IWES LiDAR buoy The buoy with equipment for laser-supported remote sensing (LiDAR) passed its first real test in the shape of the winter storm “Freja” with flying colours just one week after its installation: Significant wave heights of up to 4.5 m were measured in the Danish North Sea off… Read more »
Gray Modules: New Dimension in Organic Photovoltaics for Buildings
• Merck´s new lisicon formulation enables greater power generation of more than 50 W/m² in semi-transparent Belectric OPV modules• Availability of gray modules is creating broad possibilities for architects and designers Darmstadt and Nuremberg, Germany, November 26, 2015 – Merck, a leading science and technology company, announced that semi-transparent gray-colored organic photovoltaic (OPV) modules are… Read more »
Senvion celebrates commercial operation of 350 MW Rivière-du-Moulin Wind Farm
Senvion is marking the commercial operation of the Rivière-du-Moulin wind project in Quebec, Canada. With 175 2 megawatt (MW) turbines totaling 350 MW, the wind project consists of Senvion MM92 and MM82 Cold Climate Version (CCV) type turbines. Several of the turbines are equipped with Senvion de-icing technology, adapted for cold Canadian climate conditions. The… Read more »
Convent Offshore – The Number 1-Growth Champion 2016 in Human Resources
Oldenburg. The Convent Offshore GmbH was awarded last week (Nov 17th, 2015) by the German news magazine named Focus as one of the growth champions 2016. Thereby the company has established itself as a specialist for personnel services in the offshore wind energy.The company lies with an average growth of 146 percent between 2011 and… Read more »
Innovative Photovoltaics From The Lab To The Faade Fraunhofer Ise Demonstrates New Cell And Module Technologies On Its Outer Building Faade
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has installed 70 photovoltaic modules on the outer façade of one of its lab buildings. The modules were developed and produced by the Institute and demonstrate the interplay of different technologies. Together with industry, Fraunhofer ISE developed a crystalline PV module called “TPedge” using a process that… Read more »
Rising Sun Solar Installs First JuiceBox Energy Storage System in Hawaii
San Jose, CA, USA, November 23, 2015 – JuiceBox Energy, a privately-held Silicon Valley company committed to providing safe, reliable, intelligent, and connected energy storage, announces the first Hawaii installation of its 8.6 kWh Energy Storage System with Rising Sun Solar on the island of Maui. JuiceBox Energy partnered with Rising Sun Solar, one of… Read more »
