Press Releases
Gev Wind Power Launches Industry First Factory To Site Quality Assurance Programme
With over 90% of turbine blades being damaged to some degree in transit, GEV Wind Power has identified a gap in the market and developed an innovative ‘factory to site’ Quality Assurance Programme to offer clients peace of mind during the transit of wind turbine blades and generators. The new scheme assists in maintaining the… Read more »
Availon gets certified for Spanish & Italian wind farms servicing
Rheine, 16/02/2016. Availon, the leading service provider for all brands of wind turbines, has announced today that it has received full HSEQ certification for its wind farm servicing operations in Italy and Spain, according to international quality, environmental and work safety standards. “HSEQ Certifications are of rising economic importance for ISPs. We service wind turbines… Read more »
image007.jpg Siemens 7-megawatt offshore wind turbine reaches final stage in development process
• Siemens’ new large direct drive wind turbine type certified• Field tests with two prototypes in Østerild, Denmark The development of Siemens’ offshore flagship wind turbine has reached its final stage: the 7-megawatt (MW) offshore turbine has successfully passed final type certification. Field testing of the SWT-7.0-154 was recently extended with a second prototype. Grid… Read more »
Met Office announces new contracts to aid safe construction of two offshore wind farms in Germany
16 February 2016, London: The Met Office today announces new forecast service contracts with two significant wind farm developments in Germany. The Met Office will be providing services to help with the safe construction and successful commissioning of these offshore wind farms in the south west of the German Bight area of the North Sea…. Read more »
The Uks Largest Onshore Turbine Blades Delivered
Some would shy away from the challenge of transporting three 145m wind turbines featuring 58.7m blades, Collett & Sons say bring it on! With approval granted for the phase three of Muirhall Wind Farm in South Lanarkshire Collett were called upon to facilitate the import and delivery of eighteen components from the Port of Grangemouth,… Read more »
New recommendations for novel materials in renewable energy to secure long term reliability
New position paper from DNV GL’s Materials Research Programme looks at the latest developments in materials and shows the need for establishing long term reliability of novel materials deployed in renewable energy systems. Attention has focused to a large extent on cost and efficiency and to a lesser extent on the key parameters of durability… Read more »
Ingeteam commissions the very first hybrid solar power and battery storage system in Brazil
The plant is located at the Brazilian army headquarters in Brasilia. Spain, 15 February, 2016. Ingeteam began the year 2016 by commissioning the first hybrid plant in Brazil to be connected to the public grid, combining PV energy and battery storage. The power generated by the rooftop PV panels (90 kWp) is stored in a… Read more »
meteocontrol to concentrate activities in Augsburg
Augsburg, 02/15/2016 – meteocontrol GmbH, a specialist for monitoring systems and quality assurance of photovoltaic systems, plans to move the development and production of its data loggers from Moers to Augsburg. The company’s base in Augsburg will take over these areas in July 2016. Until recently, meteocontrol has focused exclusively on developing Web portals that… Read more »
Europes Biggest Floating Solar Panel Project Charges Ahead In London
• Europe’s biggest floating solar panel array being installed on the Queen Elizabeth II reservoir, London • Eight football pitches worth of photovoltaic (PV) panels will generate enough energy to power 1,800 homes every year • Thames Water supports Paris Agreement to limit the global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius, with target… Read more »
skytron energy chosen for 86.2 MWp PV plant in South Africa
skytron energy’s monitoring technology helps to regulate electricity in an energy intensive region Berlin, 11 February 2016 – skytron® energy has been selected to fit out one of the largest solar power plants on the African continent with its monitoring, control and supervision technology. The Mulilo Sonnedix Prieska Photovoltaic (PV) plant will be completed in… Read more »
