Month: May 2018

Ingeteam and Indar to present latest innovations at AWEA WINDPOWER 2018

Spain, May 07 2018. Ingeteam and Indar, independent suppliers of electrical conversion equipment, will exhibit at AWEA WINDPOWER 2018, to be held this year in Chicago, United States, May 7-10. At this occasion, Ingeteam will present its latest developments in the field of O&M predictive maintenance with its Ingeboards data analysis platform, as well as… Read more »

Village Microgrid Project in Tanzania by Trojan Battery & Rafiki Power Named Finalist for Intersolar Europe “The Smarter E Award”

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif., May 3, 2018 – Rafiki Power and Trojan Battery have been named as finalists for the Intersolar Europe “The Smarter E Award” for a microgrid project in Tanzania.  The remote microgrid features maintenance-free, non-spillable Trojan deep-cycle Solar AGM batteries as the energy storage solution and provides electricity to homeowners and businesses… Read more »

Ayrshire wind turbine installation contractor Windhoist has been awarded a multi-million pound contract award on the Beatrice offshore wind project.

Responding, Fabrice Leveque, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “We’re delighted to hear that Windhoist has secured its first work in Scotland’s growing offshore wind sector. “This partnership shows how SMEs can benefit from offshore wind, and also that companies can utilise their expertise in one sector to secure contracts in another. Windhoist’s ambition… Read more »

SOLAREDGE LAUNCHING GRID SERVICES AND VIRTUAL POWER PLANT SOLUTION

The solution supports a new model of energy generation HERZELYA PITUACH, ISRAEL — May 3, 2018 —SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”) (NASDAQ: SEDG), a global leader in smart energy, is launching an innovative solution for grid services and virtual power plants, to support a shared energy economy. SolarEdge’s grid services offer aggregative control and data reporting… Read more »

SeaRenergy achieves stage 3 of the Safety Culture Ladder

As one of the first companies in Germany, SeaRenergy successfully implemented the Safety Culture Ladder into its organization. TenneT introduced this new safety certification to the offshore wind industry as a tool to further increase safety awareness and enhance safety culture within the organization. SeaRenergy has already been working on a high safety standard before… Read more »

RIMS teams up with Dutch Drone Company to offer full drone package services

RIMS have joined forces with Dutch Drone Company (DDC) to create a new partnership which will allow RIMS to offer the market an enhanced package of drone services for both indoor and outdoor drone flights in the Netherlands. The use of drones for inspections enables remote live on-screen object inspection, which can result in the… Read more »

RIVE Private Investment and Mirova acquire a 60 MW wind project in France from Nordex

Hamburg/Paris, 3 May 2018. RIVE Private Investment and Mirova, through its fund Mirova-Eurofideme 3, have acquired “Le Douiche” wind farm, a ready-to-build onshore wind project in France from the Nordex Group. The manufacturer will be supplying 20 N117/3000 turbines with a total capacity of 60 MW for the wind farm, split into two project companies…. Read more »

The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics elected Chairmen and 7 new Steering Committee members during their meeting on 02 May, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium

The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Photovoltaics (ETIP PV) elected during the meeting today in Brussels the Chairman and two Vice-Chairmen for the term 2018 – 2020. Marko Topic, Professor at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Elec. Eng. and Affiliate Professor at the Colorado State University, was reelected as ETIP PV Chairman. Wim… Read more »

Ecotricity selects Next Kraftwerke’s NEMOCS to build Virtual Power Plant

Virtual Power Plant (VPP) by Ecotricity & Next Kraftwerke British green electricity company Ecotricity is the first client to implement NEMOCS, Next Kraftwerke’s new software-as-a-service solution. The German Virtual Power Plant operator recently introduced NEMOCS to third parties as a way to network and optimize operation of power-producing and consuming units. NEMOCS can connect thousands… Read more »

sonnen leads the European market for residential storage systems ahead of LG Chem and VARTA Storage

The European market for residential storage systems is continuously growing. Where around 31.500 systems were sold in 2016, the market reached 50.000 new installed systems in 2017. A current analysis from EuPD Research shows that despite various market entries, sonnen and LG Chem were able to maintain their strong positions ahead of VARTA Storage. Bonn…. Read more »

Cargostore now the largest operator of DNV 2.7-1 Reefer CCUs in the world

Cargostore Worldwide Trading cements its position as the world’s largest operator of DNV 2.7-1 Reefer Cargo Carrying Units. The London-based global shipping container specialist, Cargostore Worldwide Trading Limited has reached a growth milestone as the world’s largest operator of DNV 2.7-1 certified Reefer Cargo Carrying Units (CCUs). With the deployment of an additional 70 20ft… Read more »

Deutsche Windtechnik Ltd. receives a new service contract in the United Kingdom

Edinburgh, Scotland /Bremen, Germany, 01.05.2018  In addition to Scottish Power and Ventient Energy, the global developer and operator RES will now also be working with the independent full-service provider Deutsche Windtechnik in the UK: Effective July 2018, Deutsche Windtechnik Ltd. is in charge of providing complete maintenance for RES’s wind farm Forss. The wind farm,… Read more »

Sea Installer installation vessel arrived in Port Oostende to install wind turbines at sea

The A2Sea wind turbine installation vessel Sea Installer arrived this afternoon at Port Oostende. Once it was moored at the head of the REBO offshore wind terminal, Siemens immediately started the loading procedure of the 7 MW wind turbines, which are ready for use on the quay. A spectacular installation Two wind turbines will be… Read more »

Wind Innovation on new renewable mission in the UK

Dutch offshore company, C-bed Floating Hotels, presents a new important assignment for the DP2 Walk-2-Work vessel, Wind Innovation. In 2015, C-bed decided to buy and completely re-build a former seismic survey vessel into a floating four-star hotel and project basecamp. The result reflects C-bed’s experience in offshore wind with every detail of the ship supporting… Read more »

Jan De Nul and Hitachi Win a Contract for 21 5.2MW Wind Turbines for Taiwan Power’s Changhua Offshore Wind Farm Project

Taipei, 30 April 2018 – Jan De Nul Group and Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501) today announced that they have signed the contract with overall work for the manufacturing and installation of 21 5.2MW wind turbines (109.2MW) for the Changhua Offshore Wind Farm Project, which Taiwan Power Company plans to construct off the coast of Fangyuan in… Read more »

“Innovation in Solar Building Skins & Energy Efficiency towards Sustainable Cities” – ETIP PV workshop took place in Berlin, Germany

 Focus on innovation in solar building skins / building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV)  The second IPV workshop was organized in Berlin with the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin and SETA Network, London  Further events planned in Spain, France and the Netherlands The conference and workshop on Innovation in Solar Building Skins & Energy Efficiency towards Sustainable Cities took… Read more »