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March of the robots felt in photovoltaic circles
Robots working alongside their human colleagues on a variety of production lines are now an everyday sight, and the photovoltaic industry is taking notice of the lower costs and shorter production times that the use of robots in industry brings. In this article, Rüdiger Winter, of German company Adept Technology, a global, leading provider of… Read more »
UPS solutions for wind turbines
UPS solutions for wind turbines – high performance in all weathers The performance and profitability of a wind turbine stands and falls with its operational reliability. Any fault or outage can cost the operator dear while also potentially impacting on safety; costly servicing puts an extra strain on budgets. Therefore, it is all the more… Read more »
Setting sail to take wind power across the world
BBC Chartering is a recognised global leader in providing tailor-made shipping solutions for both heavy lift and project cargoes. It was founded ten years ago and now operates more than 140 vessels from a network of 21 offices. In recent years the company has come to be known as a leading shipper of wind turbines…. Read more »
From furniture to foil laminate
From furniture to foil – laminate : firm branches out to embrace new PV business German laminate company Bürkle is well-known in the laminates and pressing industry for its work in the wood, plastic card and circuit board industries. Now, it has gained a foothold in the photovoltaic industry and is determined to use the… Read more »
Staffing solutions: giving clients room to breathe
Staffing solutions: giving clients room to breathe in a global market Headquartered in Berlin, with offices all over Germany, DAL Zeitarbeit is a recruitment and staffing company that operates in the power industry – particularly within the wind sector. In this exclusive interview, company owner Dr. Ansgar Lauterbach explains how the firm alleviates the human… Read more »
Meeting environmental challenges
The Danfoss company of Denmark began life in an attic, the brainchild of inventor Mads Clausen. Today, the company produces around 250,000 items a day – including many energy-saving products – at 70 factories in 25 countries. The company’s products and businesses focus on reducing energy consumption as well as renewable energy. {pagebreak} Danfoss Solar… Read more »
Company forged in iron moves with the times
The German firm, Decker, started life as an iron foundry more than a century ago and has moved with the times ever since. In the late 1970s it began to supply etching equipment for the newly-emerging semiconductor industry and as this developed, so did Decker. Over the last 30 years it has created customer-specific equipment… Read more »
Taking on the challenge of grease lubrication in wind turbines
Taking on the challenge of grease lubrication in wind turbines Have you ever stopped at a wind turbine and been impressed at the sheer scale of the engineering challenges of constructing such a large harvester of wind energy? Developing and selecting the correct lubricant for these engineering monuments requires not only knowledge of lubrication solutions,… Read more »
Setting the supplier standard
Luvata has been established for hundreds of years and has contributed to a host of products, some familiar and some not so well known. In the 1990s Luvata pioneered technology that made automated mass-production of photovoltaic solar panels possible by enabling automatic ribbon soldering. In this revealing Q&A, Justin Roux, Luvata’s Senior Vice President of… Read more »
12 months in solar dissected
Meyer Burger slices into the high-tech sector for success and sustainability Meyer Burger is a leading supplier of high-precision machines with wire saws, band saws and ID / OD slicing systems for cutting hard and brittle materials such as silicon, sapphire or other crystals into wafers, prisms and other shapes. The company’s offering includes various… Read more »
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Cornwall Insight release final forecast for July price cap
Cornwall Insight has announced its final forecast for the July – September Q3 2024 Default Tariff Cap (price cap) following the closure of the observation window1 on 16 May. For a typical dual fuel household2 we predict the July price cap to be £1,574 per annum. This is a fall of approximately 7% from the current… Read more »
Jan De Nul reaffirms belief in energy transition with order for new XL cable-laying vessel
Demand for subsea cables to support a global offshore energy transition is high. The Fleeming Jenkin, due for delivery in 2026, has already booked her first projects. Jan De Nul Group has installed 2,500 kilometres of submarine cables in 25 countries to date, playing a key role in that transition. The order for a new… Read more »
EnBW starts construction of XXL wind farm in the North Sea
The rotor of a wind turbine of the latest generation covers the area of six football fields. 64 of these gigantic buildings are intended to advance the energy transition in the North Sea. The Karlsruhe-based energy group EnBW is building the largest wind farm to date on the high seas in the North Sea , which will at… Read more »
Wind Power LAB launch lightning surveillance technology
Reducing wind turbine repair costs and operational downtime by more than 40% Danish-based Wind Power LAB (WPL) have launched an innovative lightning surveillance tool tailored to combat strike damages to wind farms through early detection of potential risk. The new Lightning Analysis Service, known as LASSIE, offers major cost savings in excess of 40% because… Read more »
FuelEU for thought: new regulation leaves DoC holder with fuel liabilities risk, says OceanScore
Implementation of the FuelEU Maritime regulation from 2025 presents an accountability dilemma for shipping as it is currently the Document of Compliance (DoC) holder that will be held responsible for fuel selection and could therefore face penalties – contrary to the ‘polluter pays’ principle, according to OceanScore. Shipping companies must start preparing now for the… Read more »
Winds of change: Ampelmann signs two E1000 systems to drive growth in Taiwan’s offshore wind market
Ampelmann, the Dutch offshore access provider, has signed a new contract for two E1000 systems to work in Taiwan onboard two multipurpose support vessels to provide accommodation and walk to work services for end client Vestas Taiwan. The E1000 systems have been signed to assist in turbine commissioning. This new contract reaffirms Ampelmann’s position in… Read more »
A Systematic Ground-Mounted PV solution: Easy to install thanks to aluminium and universal anchoring
VideoRay Awarded $92.6M US Navy Maritime Expeditionary Standoff Response (MESR) Production Contract for Mission Specialist Technology
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