Month: July 2018

Vaisala Equips Zhejiang Zheneng with OPT100 Transformer Monitor

Reliable online monitoring will prolong the service life of transformers and prevent unscheduled outages in Shaoxing, China. 12 July 2018 – Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, has supplied leading Chinese power utility Zhejiang Zheneng Electric Power Co Ltd with two of its Optimus OPT100 Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) Monitors. The units… Read more »

Nordex Group’s order intake reached nearly 1.1 gigawatt in the second quarter

Global footprint pays off Hamburg, 12 July 2018. The Nordex Group recorded order intake of 1,089.8 megawatts in the second quarter of 2018 (previous year: 565.5 MW), thus continuing the performance seen at the first quarter of the year when new business exceeded one gigawatt. At the end of the first half of 2018, the… Read more »

Siemens Gamesa to install two large onshore wind farm projects in South Africa

•   Siemens Gamesa will supply two wind farms with a combined capacity of 250 MW •   Installation of 109 units of wind turbines will commence in 2018 with completion scheduled for 2020. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) will supply two wind farms in South Africa including 109 units of onshore wind turbines. The SWT-2.3-108 turbine will each… Read more »

Chevron Marine Lubricants receives NOLs from MAN Energy Solutions for use of ACOM with Taro cylinder lubricants

Following successful field testing, Chevron Marine Lubricants have been issued with two NOLs (No Objection Letters) from equipment manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions, for the use of three of its Taro® cylinder oils with their cylinder oil mixing system, ACOM. “Receiving the NOLS from Man Energy Solutions (formerly MAN Diesel & Turbo), demonstrates the impressive performance… Read more »

TEXO GROUP SET TO BECOME LEADING INSPECTION, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATED SERVICES SPECIALIST

A new Engineering and Technology Group is set to create up to 1000 new jobs across multiple UK based locations and generate annual revenues in excess of £100m. Texo Group is set to meet the demand for integrated engineering services within critical infrastructure. Representing an unprecedented offering in turnkey services to both UK and global… Read more »

ENcome ranked among top solar O&M providers by Bloomberg New Energy Finance

▪ ENcome ranked No. 7 solar O&M provider globally ▪ Assets under Management approximately 1.2 GW ▪ Ongoing price pressure will lead to further market consolidation Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (10.07.2018): Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), Bloomberg ́s energy research unit, has ranked ENcome one of the top providers of solar Operation and Maintenance (O&M) services…. Read more »

Parkwind and Jan De Nul build the world’s largest wind turbines off the Belgian coast

10 July 2018 – Jan De Nul Group signs contract for constructing Northwester 2, the seventh wind farm off the Belgian coast, entering for the third time into a partnership with wind farm developer Parkwind, a branch establishment of Colruyt. Jan De Nul will be responsible for the design, construction and installation of 23 foundations,… Read more »

National Infrastructure Commission report

The UK’s first ever National Infrastructure Assessment was published today (10 July) by The National Infrastructure Commission. It urges the UK Government to continue to provide support for onshore wind, solar and energy efficiency.   Responding, Fabrice Leveque, Senior Policy Manager at Scottish Renewables, said: “Onshore wind is the cheapest form of new electricity generation so it’s no… Read more »

M2 Subsea secures projects worth more than £10 million in six months

M2 Subsea, the global independent provider of ROV services, has secured contracts worth more than £10 million over the past six months. The company, which has bases in Aberdeen, UK and Houston, Texas, has successfully conducted more than ten projects across the oil and gas and renewable markets. M2 Subsea’s extensive fleet of ROVs have… Read more »

Nordex Group awarded largest ever single contract for 595 megawatts / Wind farm in Brazil comprises 191 turbines

Wind farm in Brazil comprises 191 turbines Hamburg, 10 July 2018. In the second quarter of 2018, the Nordex Group gained the largest single contract in its history: it will supply and install turbines for the Brazilian wind farm “Lagoa dos Ventos” with a capacity of around 595 megawatts for Enel Green Power. The project… Read more »

Alpha Offshore Service awarded blade repair contract for OWEZ windfarm

Alpha Offshore Service A/S has been awarded a contract with NoordzeeWind, a Joint Venture between utility company Nuon and Shell, for blade repair on the Offshore Windfarm Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ). The first large windfarm built in the Dutch sector of the North Sea, OWEZ consists of 36 3MW turbines and sits approximately six miles… Read more »

Hanwha Q CELLS solar modules power Øresund Bridge and Tunnel connecting Denmark and Sweden

‘- Danish Project developers SolarFuture and Solarpark DK cooperate with Øresundsbro Konsortiet to power the most important transport link between Denmark and Sweden using clean energy – 864 Q.PEAK BLK-G4.1 solar modules from Hanwha Q CELLS help to minimize the carbon footprint of the Øresund bridge and tunnel – High efficiency and best-in-class warranty terms… Read more »

Siemens supplies SF6-free high-voltage switchgear for English wind farm

Siemens will supply 102 SF6-free, gas-insulated 8VM1 high-voltage switchgear (GIS) to Siemens Gamesa by the middle of next year. The switchgear will protect each wind turbine individually against overloads and short-circuits and make it possible to supply electricity reliably and without interruption. Developed for wind farms, the 8VM1 from the blue GIS portfolio operates with… Read more »

ROVOP reports record year and growth in challenging market

Aberdeen 5th July 2018 – ROVOP Limited, (“Rovop”) an independent operator of underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), has marked a major business achievement after reporting record revenues and employee numbers for the company. ROVOP has also reported its best ever EBITDA (Earnings before Interest, Taxes Depreciation and Amortisation). ROVOP Limited, the UK trading business of… Read more »

WinGD celebrates milestone order for 100th X-DF engine

Only five years after the launch of the X-DF engine, WinGD is pleased to announce they have secured an order for their 100th X-DF engine. The award-winning technology developed by WinGD has demonstrated, on tests and engines currently in operation, that it offers stable combustion, inherently low NOx and greenhouse gas emissions and high overall… Read more »

Ingeteam awarded for 103 MW park in Jordan

The German Clean Tech Institute (DCTI) honours the largest, most innovative and outstanding PV projects with the Global Leading RES Award. Ingeteam, a global inverter developer and manufacturer, has installed a 103 MWp solar park in Jordan, qualifying for the Largest Project category. At the fair “The smarter E” in Munich, Markus A.W. Hoehner and… Read more »

Ingeteam aligns quality processes with turbine OEMs through new APQP4WIND standard

Spain, July 4, 2018. Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion and turbine control equipment, announced today that it just completed the training program designed to deploy the new APQP4Wind quality processes standards across the industry. Ingeteam, as an excellence-driven converter manufacturer, voluntarily sought compliance with the demanding requirements and welcomes the quality standardization… Read more »

Huawei builds up a fully intelligent ecosystem for the digital PV world

Huawei participated the 2018 Intersolar Europe, a world’s leading solar energy exhibition, from June 20 to 22 in Munich, Germany. Under the theme “Roads to a digital PV world,” it displayed new products, technologies, platforms, and a new ecosystem, in an aim to build a digital PV world together with partners. During the exhibition, Huawei… Read more »

INTERSOLAR EUROPE 2018 WAS A SUCCESS — PHOTOVOLTAICS IS THE CRUCIAL DRIVING FORCE BEHIND RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS

Munich/Pforzheim, July 2, 2018 — With 1,177 exhibitors, 86,000 square meters of exhibition space and around 47,000 visitors from 155 countries, Intersolar Europe is celebrating another successful year along with its parallel events. 2018 marked the first year in which the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry was held as one of the core… Read more »

Building A Leading PV Project for Argentina, The biggest PV project in its country was announced to start construction

Recently, another utility scale PV project in Argentina started construction. This project was said to be so far the biggest PV plant in this country. It is located at Cauchari of Jujuy Province with an overall size of 300MW and adopts massively the global advanced smart PV solutions with Huawei string inverters. Cauchari is a… Read more »

Scotland’s largest offshore wind test site generates first power

EOWDC turbine exports power to National Grid as commissioning continues The ground-breaking European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) generated power for the first time yesterday (Sunday, July 1). Clean power from the pioneering offshore wind farm, developed by Swedish energy group Vattenfall, is being successfully exported to the National Grid from the first of the… Read more »

Octopus enters Australian market with plans to replicate success in Europe

Octopus, the largest commercial solar player in Europe, today announced its expansion into the Australian market with the opening of an office in Melbourne. The move builds on Octopus’ track record in Europe, where it has attracted significant retail and institutional funds since the company entered the renewables market in 2010. Since then, Octopus has… Read more »

InnoEnergy partners with Swedish energy companies to launch Power2U

InnoEnergy, Europe’s sustainable energy engine supported by the EIT, has partnered with five significant Swedish energy companies to launch Power2U, its new venture to design and operate local energy systems. The partners – Öresundskraft, Jämtkraft, Tekniska Verken, Umeå Energi and Jönköping Energi – and InnoEnergy will jointly invest 60 million SEK. Based on an innovation… Read more »

Lifetime vessel performance will be the focus for Alfa Laval at SMM

Alfa Laval will once again have a strong presence at SMM, the world’s most prominent maritime exhibition. As the company enters its second century of marine service, the focus will continue to be on lifetime vessel performance – achieved through equipment, cooperation and services in applications throughout the ship. Over the course of more than… Read more »

Successful installation of three HVAC export cables in German waters

Jan De Nul Group completes Trianel Windpark Borkum II and Borkum Riffgrund II export cable installation projects Jan De Nul Group successfully completed the export cable installation works in the German North Sea in order to connect the offshore wind farms Trianel Windpark Borkum II, developed by Trianel, and Borkum Riffgrund II, developed by Ørsted,… Read more »

Sulzer invests in UK high voltage coil manufacturing

As part of a recent UK investment program, Sulzer has built and equipped a dedicated in-house test and development laboratory for high voltage coils. Other aspects of the program include upgrading key items of manufacturing equipment at the company’s Birmingham based Center of Excellence for coil design, manufacture and supply. These latest developments will enable… Read more »

ABO Wind orders N149/4.0-4.5 turbines

Hamburg, 29 June 2018. The Nordex Group is supplying ABO Wind, an international project developer, with two N149/4.0-4.5 turbines, each with a nominal output of 4.5 MW, for the “Wennerstorf II” wind farm. Less than eleven months have passed since the launch of this powerful turbine type and now building permission has been granted for the… Read more »