Month: May 2020

ROVCO SIGNS MULTI-MILLION POUND SUBSEA CONTRACT WITH CWIND

Bristol, May 4 2020. Rovco, one of the offshore energy industry’s leading providers of ROV and hydrographic services coupled with artificial intelligence-based technology, has been awarded a long-term contract by CWind for subsea work on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind project. The Rovco team, managed by CWind, will carry out a campaign of subsea inspection and survey… Read more »

ABB lowers barriers to Spanish solar power investment

Digital transformation in power management is delivering more competitive solar power for 500 MW of new facilities, enough electricity to power 250,000 households ABB is supporting the transition from fossil fuels to renewables in Europe, supplying smart power systems to one of Spain’s largest new solar power plants. The company’s digitization of power management is… Read more »

Windsourcing.com launches Europe-wide B2B online shop for spare parts and repair materials for wind turbines

Hamburg, 04.05.20. During the Corona crisis, digital business models have emerged as reliable pillars for the procurement of products and services. The operation of wind turbines must be guaranteed around the clock, which is why there is a strong demand for comprehensive and directly accessible online offers for spare parts and repair materials. Windsourcing.com has… Read more »

Siemens Gamesa acquires Ria Blades plant and completes Senvion assets acquisition

Ria Blades factory in Vagos, Portugal, is a leading manufacturing facility that will become an export hub for international markets, reducing the company’s current production dependency on Asian suppliers. Following the acquisition of Ria Blades, Siemens Gamesa has completed the purchase of selected assets from Senvion announced in October 2019 (the acquisition of Onshore Service… Read more »

Turbine installation successfully completed at 714 MW East Anglia ONE Offshore Wind Farm

Thursday, April 30, 2020 — Recently DEME Offshore’s installation vessel ‘Sea Installer’ successfully completed the installation of 102 Siemens Gamesa 7 MW turbines at the East Anglia ONE Offshore Wind Farm, located 43 km off the Suffolk coast. At East Anglia ONE, DEME Offshore was working directly for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. Turbine installation started in June… Read more »

Diversification of power equipment suppliers from China intensifies as supply chains plan to tap new markets in Southeast Asia, says GlobalData

China is the largest manufacturing hub for power equipment in the world. With COVID-19 has posing a threat to China’s ambitions to remain as global hotspot for manufacturing, companies are evaluating the efficiency and responsiveness of their supply chains to deal with the challenges arisen from COVID-19 outbreak. The plan of diversification of suppliers from… Read more »

Cargostore Support the European Energy Sector During the COVID-19 Pandemic

With the COVID-19 pandemic placing much of the working world on hold, the companies still in operation have had to adapt both how they work and in some cases what they do. Cargostore Worldwide have continued to support the Dutch offshore energy sector by supplying Refrigerated containers to store vital foods and medicines for extended… Read more »

Wave, wind and PV: The world’s first floating Ocean Hybrid Platform

Looking for solar PV manufacturers to cooperate for showcase in Iraklio, Greece Hybrid power generation on the SINN Power Wave Energy Structure Ocean Floating PV uses open sea space for renewable energy production Starting this summer, SINN Power will offer solar panel manufacturers the opportunity to demonstrate and test their PV modules on a floating… Read more »

ABB launches new augmented reality technology to help transform field procedures across the energy sector

The company has developed an innovative augmenting technology aimed at digitalizing the field operator experience and improving interaction between field and control room operations. Developed specifically to meet the needs of field operators, the technology will empower seamless integration between the field and the plant distributed control system offering improved safety, reducing the risk for… Read more »

Despite severe disruptions, Canadian Solar’s Chinese PV manufacturing experiences limited impact of COVID-19 outbreak, says GlobalData

Canadian Solar, the world’s fifth-largest solar PV module manufacturer, recently stated that it had experienced limited impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on its production facilities in China. Although the company faced severe disruptions from January-mid by way of capacity loss amidst the COVID-19 carnage, it did not have a large impact on the production facilities,… Read more »

CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) enters into an early works contract for the very first Taiwan-built offshore wind installation vessel

‘Green Jade’ set to be directly employed on local wind farm projects in 2023 Thursday, April 30, 2020 — In an industry milestone, joint venture CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has initiated the early works contract for the very first floating heavy lift and installation vessel to be built in Taiwan. To be named ‘Green Jade’, the vessel… Read more »