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Challenges in evaluating drone data
Nowadays there is apparently almost no problem that cannot be solved with AI. If cars can even drive completely autonomously, should it not be easy then to find defects and other abnormalities on images from rotor blades of wind-turbines? However, where is the algorithm that detects defects in real time, qualifies them and gives a… Read more »
Reassessing a wind farm’s potential
Abstract: The ever-growing database of offshore wind farm production data provides the opportunity to improve the understanding of wind energy potential at existing and future sites significantly. In principle, the wind turbines provide a dense measurement system of the wind conditions. These need to be distinguished from all other factors that drive production at the… Read more »
Unlocking hidden cash in wind energy projects
Whether it’s prototyping, development or experimentation with materials or physical production processes, there’s a wide variety of disciplines involved in advancing wind energy science across all elements of the turbine lifecycle. Even though renewable energy businesses are spending staggering amounts on developing new technologies, very few are actually claiming the hundreds of thousands of pounds… Read more »
72 wind turbines for the 604 MW Kriegers Flak wind farm successfully installed
Jan De Nul completes the installation of the turbines on the largest offshore wind farm of Denmark. Jack-Up Installation Vessel Vole au vent was successfully deployed in challenging soil conditions. Despite the winter weather conditions and extra challenges due to COVID-19, the works were completed ahead of schedule. Jan De Nul Group installs a total… Read more »
Airswift and Competentia merge to create world’s most comprehensive technical workforce solutions provider
Houston TX, 21st June 2021: Airswift, the global workforce solutions provider, and Competentia, the global recruiting and workforce management specialist, today merge to form one of the world’s foremost workforce solutions providers serving the energy, process, infrastructure, mining and technology industries. The combined entity, which retains the Airswift name, will offer clients a truly global… Read more »
The 8 most important considerations when selecting your next hydraulic torque wrench
Operating and maintaining a single generating station or wind farm and distributing that power in an ever changing and highly regulated market is an enormous challenge. Utility leaders are under constant pressure to meet rising demands, maintain regulatory compliance, shift to a diverse energy mix, and implement sustained cost reductions, without impact to quality and… Read more »
Positioning South East Asia for the energy transition
The energy transition is shifting national agendas and is cutting across all industries and markets. As a global hub for innovation, Singapore has built a vibrant ecosystem to advance today’s efforts on energy and climate change. With South East Asia’s energy demand forecasted to grow by 50% by 2050, alternative energy sources need to be… Read more »
Green H2 accelerating the energy transition
In a recent statement, Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, affirmed his belief that in order to achieve the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement, global low carbon hydrogen production must reach 40 million tons annually by 2030, requiring an almost one hundredfold increase from today’s levels. The European Commission just announced its… Read more »
Wild weather and wind turbines
In November last year, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr Boris Johnson, announced an ambitious 10 Point Plan for a ‘green industrial revolution’, which is hoped will create and support up to 250,000 jobs. This plan covers clean energy, transport, nature and the use of innovative technologies. The plan will allow the UK… Read more »
Time to be smart when it comes to bolting
Bolted joint assemblies are a critical part of a wind turbine as they have a direct impact on the structural integrity and the performance of the turbines. Applications can be found in all parts of the turbine such as foundations, tower flanges, nacelle, blades and internal components where the bolted joint must be secured according… Read more »
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Ski area buys Synhelion solar diesel for snow groomers
Lenzerheide Bergbahnen AG, a leading Swiss tourism company, has signed a long-term offtake agreement for solar diesel with Synhelion. The renewable fuel will be used in the snow groomers of the Arosa Lenzerheide ski area for slope preparation starting from the 2027/2028 season. With this step, Lenzerheide Bergbahnen AG is taking a pioneering role in… Read more »
USV manufacturer and marine data acquisition specialist, Uncrewed Survey Solutions can now operate in UK waters utilising MGN 705
The innovative marine data acquisition provider and USV manufacturer, Uncrewed Survey Solutions (USS) has received MCA acknowledgement against MGN 705 general exemption for ROUV safe operations, enabling the business to now conduct its specialist hydrographic surveying work within UK waters. A builder and operator of its own fleet of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), USS delivers… Read more »
The Nordex Group announces leadership transition as CSO takes on new role within the company
Hamburg, 27 January 2025. The Nordex Group today announced that Patxi Landa, Chief Sales Officer (CSO) of Nordex SE transitions to a new role as Head of Nordex Capital. In his new position, Patxi Landa will focus on providing support to select customers in their project development across Nordex’s key markets with a view to… Read more »
Nordex Group reaches new heights with its inhouse developed hybrid tower: The second N175/6.X has now been installed – for the first time with a hub height of 179 metres
Hamburg, 27. January 2025. On January 26, 2025, the Nordex Group installed a N175/6.X turbine for the first time on a self-developed concrete-steel tower with a hub height of 179 metres in Santow in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. The hybrid tower is an in-house design of the Nordex Group. The 119-metre-high concrete tower of the hybrid… Read more »
Tosyalı Launches one of the World’s Largest Self-Consumption Solar Power Plant Projects
Tosyalı invests in renewable energy and signed an agreement with GE Vernova and Inogen for the first 120 MWp of Turkey’s and the world’s one of the largest self-consumption Solar Power Plant (SPP) projects with a total capacity of 1,2 GW. The project will utilize Tosyalı’s locally produced N-Type Topcon 725 Wp panels under the… Read more »
K2 Management supports Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm to successful financial close
K2 Management appointed by Inch Cape Offshore Limited to provide Lender’s Technical Adviser (LTA) due diligence services to a project finance consortium £3.5 billion financing package secures the future of the 1.1GW project – one of Scotland’s largest wind farms 27th January 2025, Glasgow – K2 Management (K2M), part of global wind engineering and advisory consultancy… Read more »
More security thanks to monitoring and early warning functions: K2 Buddy – now also for tiled roofs
Offshore wind supply chain faces systemic pressure as 2030 clean energy targets loom – Shoreline Wind report
The World’s First All-Perovskite Tandem Photovoltaic Power Station has been Completed and is now Operational!
Klein Marine System’s 5900 High-Speed Side-Scan Sonar To KIOST For Seafloor Topography Surveys
Enviromena announces second milestone of 2025 with Hampshire solar farm energisation
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