Month: March 2017

SgurrEnergy introduces UAVs to suite of services

SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, has introduced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to its existing inspection service offering after obtaining the Civil Aviation Authority‘s Permission for Aerial Work and following extensive testing in 2016. The renewable energy and grid integration consultancy’s UAVs, or drones as they’re more commonly known, are equipped with a… Read more »

Offshoredays in Heiligendamm: Gatzemeier talks about Offshore Accommodation

On March 15 and 16, 2017 the “Offshoredays” organized by Spreewind will take place in Heiligendamm, Germany. During these days, speakers from renowned companies will share their experiences. Hans Gatzemeier, Managing Director of the ELA Container Offshore Gmbh will be one of these experts. With his many years of expertise in the field of accommodation… Read more »

Vaisala Doubles Triton Production Capacity to Meet Growing Demand

Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, has doubled production capacity at its Boulder, Colorado, U.S. operations center for the Triton Wind Profiler. Vaisala has increased capacity to meet the needs of wind farm developers and operators for quick, reliable access to accurate hub-height wind measurement data. The increase in demand for Triton… Read more »

Siemens wins major order for turbine overhauling in India

Siemens has won a significant order from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) in India to overhaul 18 units of RT48S & RT56 power turbines of Siemens fleet of aeroderivative gas turbines driven by Industrial AVON & Industrial RB211 gas generators along with installation and commissioning services. The turbines are operating at Mumbai High… Read more »

SINGULUS Awarded a Major Contract with a Customer for the Supply of Production Equipment for CIGS Solalr Modules

Kahl am Main, 03. March 2017 – SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES) has signed a contract for the delivery of VISTARIS vacuum sputtering systems as well as systems for wet chemical buffer layer deposition with the brand name TENUIS II with the subsidiary of a major public energy company and producer of solar modules from… Read more »

Suomen Hyötytuuli and Bladefence sign a 5-year blade maintenance contract

Finnish wind power producer Suomen Hyötytuuli and Bladefence have signed a 5-year Spindurance blade maintenance contract, which covers all Suomen Hyötytuuli’s onshore turbines in Finland. The fleet consists of 39 wind turbines, including Vestas 3.3 MW and Siemens 2.3 MW turbines. “The blade maintenance contract follows our service and maintenance strategy. By focusing on preventive… Read more »

A business case for LNG fueled mobile offshore units

Schiedam, The Netherlands – March 2, 2017 – GustoMSC released a special report entitled ‘LNG fueled Mobile offshore units’. The report describes the use of LNG for mobile offshore units, and considers the most relevant technical, operational and economic factors for the use of this fuel in such units.  The maritime industry is experiencing increasingly… Read more »

new order for OCTOPUS II from KAUST

NDEOtec SA wins a new order for a combined OCTOPUS II – PECVD/PVD deposition system for High-efficiency and heterojunction cell development from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia Neuchâtel, February 2017 – INDEOtec SA (Switzerland) announces another order intake released by the KAUST Solar Center (KSC) of King Abdullah University… Read more »

naming new wind farm vessel of Bernhard Schulte for Siemens

Shipping company Bernhard Schulte and ICBC Leasing jointly named the second wind farm service vessel for their customer SIEMENS. The godmother Dai Ling named the second wind farm service vessel of the Hamburg based shipping company Bernhard Schulte and Beijing based ICBC Leasing “WINDEA LEIBNIZ”. The German mathematician, philosopher and physicist Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz… Read more »

ABB delivers first urban battery storage solution in Denmark to support renewables

Zurich, Switzerland, March 1, 2017 – Battery Energy Storage System connected to main grid capable of supplying electricity to 60 households for 24 hours ABB today announced the successful commissioning of Denmark’s first urban energy storage system. The Lithion-ion based battery energy storage system (BESS) will be integrated with the local electricity grid in the… Read more »

SolarEdge Rolls Out Complete Residential Solution Throughout Europe

Herzelya Pituach, Israel (March 1, 2017) – SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”) (NASDAQ: SEDG), a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, announced today that it is rolling out its new complete residential solution throughout Europe. Combining PV inverter, storage and home automation, the complete residential solution manages and monitors solar energy… Read more »

DEME orders next generation offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’

‘Orion’ will feature an unrivalled combination of exceptionally high transport and load capacity, impressive lifting heights and green technology. The vessel will be built at COSCO in China and is set to be delivered in 2019. ‘Orion’ will be deployed by DEME’s subsidiary GeoSea for the construction of the largest offshore wind farms, to service… Read more »

World’s most powerful Cutter Suction Dredger ‘Spartacus’ set to join DEME fleet

The combination of power, size and new innovations make mega cutter ‘Spartacus’ a new benchmark in the dredging industry. ‘Spartacus’ will be built at Royal IHC in the Netherlands and will be delivered in the summer of 2019. With a total installed capacity of 44.180 kW ‘Spartacus’ will be the most powerful Cutter Suction Dredger… Read more »

Higher yield of solar wafers and enhanced solar cell efficiency with new HeraGlaze© coating by Heraeus

Enhanced crucible performance able to deliver close to additional 2GW per year without increasing wafer production capacity Heraeus Photovoltaics, the worldwide leading supplier of metallization solutions to the PV industry, introduced HeraGlaze, a high-purity SiO2 diffusion barrier coating for enhanced crucible performance in wafer production. It is the first product of Heraeus Photovoltaics beyond metallization… Read more »

Grupo Clavijo and MFV Solar join forces to become the world leader in photovoltaic solar trackers

The Spanish companies Grupo Clavijo and MFV Solar, with the support of the Q-Growth Fund, have reached a merger agreement to form NCLAVE, the new name of this partnership, aimed at becoming the world leader in the design, manufacture and installation of structures and trackers for the solar photovoltaic market. NCLAVE now has more than… Read more »

Numerous additional functions for the Fronius Solar.web online portal

A new look and intelligent functions Fronius Solar Energy, the quality leader on the global solar energy market, has recently overhauled its Fronius Solar.web online portal for photovoltaic systems. Replete with its new look, the clear and comprehensive portal allows operators to easily monitor and analyse data from their own system(s). Among the new features… Read more »

Announcing Siemens/SkySpecs partnership?

Ann Arbor, MI – February 28, 2017: Siemens is collaborating with US-based company SkySpecs to deploy automated drone technology for onshore and offshore wind turbine inspections. The goal of the collaboration is to develop a push-button inspection system that is faster, repeatable and more efficient than existing methods. Siemens is involving its Wind Power business… Read more »

Energy storage alternative to Lithium Ion gains momentum – Aquion secures largest deal yet

Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 2017 – Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, and Aquion Energy, the world’s leading provider of saltwater batteries and energy storage solutions, have partnered with Japan’s RE-ENERGY Co., Ltd., and EIWAT Solar Co. to supply Kyushu Electric, one of Japan’s largest and most prestigious electric power companies,… Read more »

Younicos to upgrade energy storage system on Kodiak Island, Alaska

Austin, Texas and Berlin, Germany – February 27, 2017 – Younicos has signed an agreement with Kodiak Electric Association (KEA) in Alaska to design, install and commission an upgraded 3 MW battery-based energy storage system on Kodiak Island that will replace a system that was installed by the company in 2012. The project is expected… Read more »

Vaisala Appoints New Managing Director for 3TIER India

Rajnikanth Umakanthan to head Vaisala’s Indian subsidiary, delivering end-to-end resource risk management services for renewable energy developers, operators and investors 3TIER India, a subsidiary of global environmental and industrial measurement leader, Vaisala, has appointed a new Managing Director. Rajnikanth Umakanthan (Rajni) joins the business to lead the Bangalore-based team in the delivery of Vaisala’s platform… Read more »