Month: October 2015

GeoSea (DEME Group) sprints to Galloper EPCI foundations win in UK

ZWIJNDRECHT – UK | GeoSea as DEME’s specialist in complex offshore marine engineering projects, has been awarded a major contract in the UK offshore wind market. The total value of the project boosts GeoSea’s turnover by more than 340 million euros and strengthens the company’s leading position as an EPCI contractor (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and… Read more »

UK Green Investment Bank acquires 25% stake in Galloper offshore wind farm

• UK Green Investment Bank acquires 25% stake in Galloper offshore wind farm• The project is a joint venture between GIB, project developer RWE Innogy, Siemens Financial Services and Macquarie Capital• It is the UK’s first construction-ready offshore wind project finance deal• Galloper is expected to generate enough renewable energy to power around 330,000 homes… Read more »

SAS Sunrise continues to grow with InnoLas laser technology

In 2015 solar cell manufacturer Sino-American Silicon Products Inc. (SAS) with its subsidiary Sunrise Global Solar Energy Co. Ltd. (Sunrise) has placed orders to InnoLas Solutions GmbH (InnoLas) for a total of five additional ILS-TT high throughput laser machines for Passivated Emitter Rear Cell (PERC) technology. InnoLas’ ultrafast Laser Contact Opening (LCO) process helps to… Read more »

Siemens receives order for offshore wind power plant in the United Kingdom

• 56 wind turbines of the six-megawatt class for the Galloper project• Siemens Financial Services to hold 25 percent of the total equity in Galloper Wind Farm Ltd.• Output of 336 megawatts to supply up to 336,000 British households• Long-term maintenance contract Siemens is to supply, install and commission 56 wind turbines for the Galloper… Read more »

INDEOtec SA wins another order for its Octopus II – heterojunction PV cell deposition system from a research group in the USA

Neuchâtel, October 22, 2015 – INDEOtec SA (Switzerland) announces another order intake by a renowned thin film research group located in the USA. The OCTOPUS system, which is going to be the fifth system of its kind in the field, has been adapted to the specific investigation needs of the recipient and will be shipped… Read more »

ELA Offshore is prepared for the cold season: Offshore Drying Containers in stock

ELA Container Offshore GmbH ordered several Drying Systems from Pronomar BV to increase stock. By doing this, ELA prepares itself for the cold season in which there is a high demand for Drying Containers. “We always have containers in stock to be able to react to customers’ demands on short notice. Especially within the offshore… Read more »

Oldbaum and Leosphere announce 1GW of offshore wind data campaigns underway at French sites

Oldbaum Services, one of the world’s leading wind consultancies, announced today that it has deployed two 3D WINDCUBE 400S Scanning LiDARs as part of the wind resource assessment campaigns the company is currently conducting at two French offshore wind sites. It is the first time that such long range scanning systems are deployed for operational… Read more »

AXYS and 3E sign cooperation agreement

Canadian based AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS) and Belgium based 3E NV (3E) are pleased to announce they have jointly signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding future collaborations and cooperation activities. AXYS and 3E were first formally introduced in August 2015 when AXYS purchased FLiDAR NV, previously owned by 3E and OWA. Although AXYS and… Read more »

New North American Partnership for Leading Software as a Service Provider

One of the UK’s leading engineering information management companies has this week announced its third partnership within only a matter of one month. Teesside based, Datum360, has expanded the business even further through partnering with PerfectProjects Inc – Asset Information Management Service specialists – as part of its growth strategy to position the company as… Read more »

Protecting offshore wind farm power under all circumstances

As wind power is an increasingly accepted and significant source of renewable energy, production now happens on an ever-growing scale. However, regardless of a wind farm’s production potential, safeguards are always required to ensure safety and monitoring functions continue even with a lack of wind or an unforeseen fault on the public grid. In these… Read more »

PROINSO appointed EPM provider for largest solar power project in South East Asia

Global solar energy company PROINSO has been appointed as the Engineering, Procurement and Management (EPM) provider for a 100 Megawatt (MW) solar farm project in Subic Bay, Philippines. According to mysubicbay.com, the Subic Bay Solar Farm Project will be the largest of its kind in South East Asia. PROINSO’s involvement in the project is set… Read more »

South American move for SgurrEnergy

Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has announced the opening of a new office in Santiago, Chile, signalling a strategic move to further develop its South American base. The Wood Group company is already working across Chile on both wind and solar projects and this new office will help to support its growing client base. SgurrEnergy’s… Read more »

Prysmian, new award worth more than $ 140 M for a submarine power cable project in China

This is the first submarine cable project in People’s Republic of China for the Group The new contract paves routes to new business opportunities for the Group in Asia Milan, 26 October, 2015 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a contract by Hainan Second Cross-Sea… Read more »

Rentel in exclusivity with Siemens for building the fourth complete Belgian offshore windfarm

• Largest offshore wind turbine in Belgian waters • Need for a stable legal framework for finalization of the project OSTEND – RENTEL NV has chosen Siemens NV as its preferred bidder for the supply and installation of 42 of its offshore wind turbines, involving a 15-year maintenance agreement as well. The choice can be… Read more »

EIVA dives further into the Mediterranean Sea

This week saw the signing of a representative agreement making Italian Marine ONE the second company in October to include EIVA hardware and software solutions for offshore construction and subsea surveying operations in its product portfolio. EIVA has recently increased its focus on providing customers a local point of contact due to growing international activities…. Read more »

German engineering, American pioneering and a global mindset: a winning combination

With almost 100 megawatt of storage installations worldwide and more than four gigawatts of qualified orders in the pipeline over the next four years, James P. McDougall, CEO of Younicos, is at the helm of a phenomenally successful organisation. We asked the inspirational American to tell us more about the company, its proven technologies and… Read more »

Swiss solar panel specialist relies on FLIR thermal imaging camera to perform fail-proof inspections

Solar panels have proven to be a wise, future-proof investment in terms of economy and ecology. But just like any other technology, failures may occur. Thermal imaging cameras are an ideal for quick detection of those failures. Heinz Simmler, owner of Swiss photovoltaic inspection company Energie Netzwerk, is an avid supporter of this technology. Thermal… Read more »

Cornering the market

EckPack Service is a company that’s build on innovation. It has developed an ingenious range of packaging solutions for the solar industry, built around a plastic corner that is unlike anything else available. But has it been successful? Definitely, says Technical Sales Manager, Marin Maras. PES: Welcome to PES. Would you care to introduce yourself… Read more »

Decentralised Energy Is Key To Securing Britains Energy Future

A new report explores the importance of decentralised energy as a means to delivering lower future energy bills to hardworking British familiesContributors include: Lightsource Renewable Energy, Good Energy and Foresight Group with analysis provided by KPMG. • Decentralised energy is the future. It is more efficient and costs less in the long term to use… Read more »

Hans Gatzemeier talks about Mobile Offshore Accommodation for a fluctuating number of staff

On November 3 and 4, 2015 a special conference organized by the Bundesverband WindEnergie e.V. on the topic “Offshore Windenergy Operation – Strategies and Experiences from the First Operating Phase” will take place. “We want to especially focus on “cost reduction measures” and “offshore experience reports”. For this purpose, we invited some well-respected and competent… Read more »

Oil and wind have joined forces in DNV GL-led WIN WIN JIP

The concept of using wind power for offshore oil and gas applications is one step closer to realisation. WIN WIN, a DNV GL-led joint industry project (JIP), is running with the following seven participants: ExxonMobil, ENI Norge, Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd, Statoil, VNG, PG Flow Solutions, and ORE Catapult. Initial DNV GL studies showed that… Read more »

Eca Meets Energy Minister As Solar Deadline Approaches

Government urged to “rethink” approach to solar PV Feed-in-Tariff cuts The Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) has urged Minister of State for Energy Andrea Leadsom MP to “rethink” proposed government cuts to solar PV subsidies, during a meeting on 21 October. The meeting was attended by the ECA’s Director of Business Services Paul Reeve, in addition… Read more »

German Indian Solar Partnership Accelerates Indias Expansion Plans

In the run up to Intersolar India, the new German-Indian solar partnership stimulates the plans of the government and industry Mumbai/Pforzheim/Freiburg, 22. October 2015: The Indian government is considering a further expansion of its already ambitious energy goals: plans are currently in place for an additional 100 GW (gigawatts) of photovoltaic output by 2022. It… Read more »

Enhancing the performance, reliability and lifetime of commercial photovoltaic systems

Brussels, 21 October 2015 – The closing event of the Performance Plus project was held in Brussels to present the project’s conclusions and recommendations for policy-makers, regulators, industry and technical experts. The Performance Plus project, supported by the European Commission, focused on developing and demonstrating models and tools to monitor, control and test PV plants…. Read more »

Fraunhofer Institute For Wind Energy And Energy System Technology Iwes

Nacelle testing laboratory started operation Electrical certification on the test stand instead of prolonged field tests – Fraun- hofer IWES ́ “Dynamic Nacelle Testing Laboratory” will serve to satisfy the ex- pectations and demands of many wind turbine manufacturers. After an 18- month construction period, the 100-tonne generator of a 3 MW wind turbine was… Read more »

Damen to construct Renewables Service Vessel for Delta Marine

The close working relationship between Delta Marine and the Damen Shipyards Group has produced a new vessel design – called a Damen Renewables Service Vessel 3315. The Scotland-based offshore wind service provider recently awarded Damen a construction contract looking towards a launch in early 2017. “For the last couple of years we’ve been working on… Read more »

GRUPO CLAVIJO: new installation of 2 MW in Croatia

The Spanish company Grupo Clavijo has finished work on the new solar photovoltaic installation of 2 MW in the Zupanja region of Croatia. This solar park -in operation since September- has trackers of 1 horizontal axis (model SP1000), known for their robustness, adaptability to the ground and optimal performance. Grupo Clavijo is a Spanish company… Read more »

ET Cell Optimizer Module Is Certificated by VDE and ETL

Recently, the innovative PV module – ET Cell Optimizer Module (COM) successfully obtained two certificates issued by VDE and ETL, meaning that the module’s design, type and safety conform to international high standards of PV modules. The two institutes are among the world’s most prominent independent testing organizations for electric and electronic products. The new… Read more »

Electricity Export Prices Higher than Import

On the website www.energy-charts.de, data on electricity exports and imports for Germany are prepared and displayed graphically by scientists of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE. The graphs show that Germany generates additional revenues in the billions each year through electricity exports. Revenues totaled about 1.7 billion euros in 2014, for example. Similarly,… Read more »

meteocontrol strengthens its partnership with 3megawatt

Augsburg/Chicago/Munich, October 20, 2015 – meteocontrol GmbH, a PV service provider for monitoring, and 3megawatt GmbH, a solar asset management software provider, plan to intensify their working relationship in the future. The partnership will focus on developing an all-in-one full featured solution to manage large photovoltaic system portfolios. Both companies will create a seamless interface… Read more »

IdeemaTec dominates with 101MW project volume tracker market in Jordan

Wallerfing, 20 October 2015 – IdeemaTec Deutschland GmbH is supplying seven large-scale projects for the Jordan PV government programme, and in so doing will receive a market share of over 50% of the current tracker market. For the total volume of 101 MW, the horizontally tracking safeTrack Horizon tracking systems with a tracking range of… Read more »

Ingeteam hits 30 GW installed wind capacity milestone

Leadership positions in emerging markets Brazil & India Spain, 16 October 2015. Ingeteam, an independent supplier of electrical conversion equipment, has announced today that it reached the milestone of 30 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind power capacity worldwide. The company hit this important mark after the commissioning of power converters accounting for 2 GW of… Read more »

Safeway inks first motion compensated gangway contract for W2W market

At an official signing ceremony held today, Vestland Offshore and Safeway signed a purchase agreement for the delivery of one plus two (1+2) Seagull class motion compensated gangway systems. The first system will be installed on the Vestland Cygnus, a Wärtsilä VS485 MKIII. The vessel will undergo a conversion program at the Fjellstrand shipyard where… Read more »

Catapults New Bespoke Blade Fatigue Analysis Software Certified By Dnv Gl

Innovative Knowledge Transfer Partnership blade project achieves important milestone in move to shorter and more cost effective blade tests. A project to develop a new bi-axial blade fatigue testing method – aimed at reducing fatigue test times by almost a half and overall test times by a quarter – has achieved an important milestone after… Read more »

Following H1 2015 weather analysis, Vaisala stresses importance of regional O&M strategy review

Significant performance decreases of between 5-10% were experienced in Europe’s largest solar markets, following sub-par solar irradiance levels and harsh weather conditions throughout H1 2015, according to Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement. While irradiance levels improved considerably in the second quarter of the year for some key markets in Western Europe,… Read more »