Press Releases
Availon wins 124 MW wind farms maintenance contract in Italy
Availon announced today that it has won a 124 MW maintenance contract for two Italian wind farms from Alpiq Holding Ltd., the Swiss energy group that owns and operates the two farms. The full service maintenance contract runs for a 10 year period, and covers 62 Gamesa wind turbines. Both wind farms are located in… Read more »
Tekmar seals deal with Van Oord on major Dutch offshore wind farm project
Tekmar Energy has marked a hat trick of contract wins with leading international EPC contractor Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects BV after being awarded work on the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm development in Holland. The contract reinforces Tekmar´s market-leading track record in delivering bespoke cable protections systems. Tekmar has been involved in more than… Read more »
Elektrizittswerk Der Stadt Zrich Ewz Utility Company Of The City Of Zurich To Participate In The Wpd Offshore Wind Farm Butendiek
The German wind farm developer and operator wpd has won the Elektrizitätswerk der Stadt Zürich (ewz) as further partner for the Butendiek offshore wind farm. The parties today announced that the Swiss company has acquired a share of the wpd project in the German North Sea. The other investors – besides wpd – are Marguerite… Read more »
Horizon Survey Company acquire controlling interest in Pelydryn Ltd
Horizon Survey Company (Horizon) and Pelydryn Ltd (Pelydryn) are pleased to announce that with effect from 1st December 2013 Horizon have acquired a controlling interest in Pelydryn. It is planned that the two companies will retain their individual identities and continue to operate independently. Where beneficial, Horizon and Pelydryn may combine services to provide our… Read more »
Met Office launches enhancements to VisualEyesTM
The Met Office has introduced new functions to its renewable energy weather alert system, VisualEyesTM, vastly improving accuracy and the ability to provide a more up to date forecast picture. The enhancements are designed to offer the user more weather parameters and a greater choice of simplified display and labelling options providing an improved user… Read more »
Siemens signs contract for first commercial offshore wind farm in the USA
• Third major energy project for Siemens from the US within one week• Pioneering Cape Wind project to be the first utility-scale offshore wind farm located in the US Siemens and Cape Wind have signed a major contract for the construction of the United States´ first utility-scale offshore wind farm. Once the contract becomes effective… Read more »
Demes Marine Engineering Specialist Geosea Has Been Awarded New Offshore Wind Energy Contracts
DEME’s marine engineering specialist GeoSea has been awarded major offshore wind energy contracts. GeoSea secured a new EPCI contract for the design, supply and installation of the foundations and another contract for the installation of 15 wind turbines for the Kentish Flats Extension Offshore Wind Farm from Vattenfall, one of the largest operators of offshore… Read more »
DEK Solar Reaffirms PV Market Commitment
Cites Aligned Activities with Future Parent Company On the heels of the recent announcement regarding ASM Pacific Technology’s (ASMPT) intention to acquire the DEK and DEK Solar businesses, both companies are already working to expand opportunities and view the photovoltaic (PV) market as an area of unlimited potential. While there are obvious synergies between ASMPT’s… Read more »
Meyer Burger wins strategic contract of about 40 million for diamond wire-based cutting systems and announces estimate for results FY2013
Meyer Burger awarded major strategic contract of about CHF 40 million for industrial diamond wire-based cutting systems and announces estimate for results fiscal year 2013 Meyer Burger has successfully concluded a contract with a new customer for the delivery of industrial diamond wire cutting systems and innovative diamond wire material for slicing and cutting applications… Read more »
DNV GL is trusted technical advisor to majority of South African wind energy projects
The Department of Energy in South Africa recently announced seven successful wind farm projects following the third bid round of the Renewable Energy IPP Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). These projects were awarded preferred bidder status and represent a total capacity of 787 MW. DNV GL is pleased to reveal that it is acting as the lenders’… Read more »
