Month: September 2020

BELECTRIC secures new major contract in India

Planned capacity of 250 MW AC BELECTRIC as EPC and O&M provider awarded by Fortum BELECTRIC India ranked as “Top Ten Solar EPC Provider 2020” Kolitzheim (Germany) / Mumbai (India) – BELECTRIC, a German based company, further increases its footprint in the ever-growing solar industry of India by securing a major contract for a PV… Read more »

LONGi wins first order to supply 103 MW of Hi-MO 5 modules for TBEA’s energy production base in Xinjiang

LONGi, the world leading solar technology company, has signed an agreement with TBEA Sunoasis (“TBEA”) to supply 360MW of its high-efficiency solar modules for TBEA’s energy production base at Shihezi City in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. As part of the agreement, LONGi will prioritise delivery of 103MW of its highly anticipated new product, which… Read more »

LONGi joined Climate Week NYC 2020 in global efforts to achieve a net-zero world

This year, as a new member of the RE100 initiative, LONGi, the world leading solar technology company headquartered in Xi’an, China, joined the 2020 New York City Climate Week for the first time. LONGi is also amongst a roster of the world’s most influential companies committed to 100% renewable power that is nominated for this… Read more »

Founding partner Ørsted unveils £100,000 investment in Eureka! Mersey project

Ørsted, the global leader in offshore wind, has announced a £100,000 regional investment as a founding partner in the Eureka! Mersey project to develop a world-class science and discovery centre in the Wirral. At a crucial time for regional investment, the new partnership aims to continue the regeneration of the Wirral waterfront and address a… Read more »

Could asset ownership be the key building block for sustainable construction?

Our global economy has hit a new milestone: for the first time in history, it is consuming 100 billion tons of materials a year. Parallel to this, the global reuse of resources is in reverse, with the global circularity rate falling from 9.1% in 2019 to 8.6% in 2020. In reversing this trend, the built… Read more »

Q CELLS maintains No.1 market share in U.S. residential and commercial solar sectors

Latest U.S. PV Leaderboard report by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables shows that Q CELLS’ market share in the residential sector rose to 26.4%, which nearly equals the share of the next three competitors combined [Irvine, United States, September 28, 2020] Q CELLS, a renowned total energy solutions provider in solar cell and module, energy… Read more »

3S Lift Eclipses 500 Units of Climb Auto Systems in the US

Chicago, IL – 3S Lift is proud to announce the installation of 500 Climb Auto Systems in wind farms all over the US, adding to the 40,000 CAS installations worldwide. “We are very excited to see a growing number of North American owner/operators choosing our Climb Auto System to increase their park efficiency and improve… Read more »

The Renewables Obligation Certificate market risks being oversupplied

Forecasts from Cornwall Insight highlight the Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs) supply and demand gap will be narrower in the 2020-21 compliance period than in previous years, due to lower overall electricity demand expectations. In fact, there is a material risk of ROCs being oversupplied should certain conditions arise, which would reduce renewable generator’s expected revenue…. Read more »

HighLine Technology GmbH – New Fraunhofer ISE Spin-Off for Sustainable Solar Cell Production

Solar power is the most cost-effective form of energy worldwide, thanks to the many significant research contributions continuously made up to today. A decisive factor here is resource-saving production technology, which plays an important role along with increasing efficiency. HighLine Technology GmbH is the most recent Fraunhofer ISE spin-off company. The Freiburg-based start-up aims to… Read more »

Designed for Extreme Conditions

Aerocompact sponsors snow- and wind-proof PV mounting system for high alpine refuge Satteins, Austria, 28 Sept. 2020. Aerocompact, the manufacturer of PV mounting solutions, has planned a solar power system for Totalp Hut in Vorarlberg, Austria, and sponsored mounting solutions and services worth several thousand euros. At the beginning of 2019, an avalanche destroyed the… Read more »

RWE secures lease agreements to develop four offshore wind farm extensions projects in the United Kingdom

Potential 1.8 gigawatts awarded Agreement for Lease by The Crown Estate, RWE pro rata share about 900 megawatts RWE’s total share in the UK offshore development projects totals up to 1.3 gigawatts including 400 megawatts from the remaining seabed option at Rampion Projects in the Irish Sea, the southern North Sea and the English Channel RWE Renewables and its… Read more »

ArcVera Renewables Announces Entry Into India’s Hybrid, Wind, Solar and Energy Storage Market

ArcVera Renewables, an international provider of consulting and technical services for wind, solar and hybrid energy storage projects, has announced its entry into India’s fast-growing renewables market. ArcVera’s new Indian offices are located in Bangalore, India. The company has assembled a team of international experts to deliver industry-leading technical expertise to project developers, lenders, and… Read more »

Hornsea Two monopile installation scheduled to start next month

Offshore works for what will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm are set to ramp up in the coming weeks. Ørsted’s Hornsea Two will surpass its predecessor Hornsea One by generating 1.4GW of clean energy once complete in 2022. Monopile works are due to commence at the wind farm location 89km from landfall this… Read more »

New CFO for Meyer Burger Technology Ltd

Jürgen Schiffer is appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Meyer Burger Technology AG as of October 1, 2020. In this role he succeeds Manfred Häner, who is retiring. Jürgen Schiffer (*27. 06. 1966) is an experienced financial expert focusing on reporting, accounting, treasury management and tax law. In recent years, the graduate… Read more »

Ex-rugby international Gareth Thomas helps People’s Energy launch new campaign to end fuel poverty

An estimated four million1 UK homes are currently living in fuel poverty2. With the full financial fallout of COVID-19 not yet known, this figure is undoubtably set to rise as households face soaring energy use and severe job losses. It is this worrying outlook that has prompted People’s Energy, the UK’s first Community Interest Company (CIC)… Read more »

Higher Efficiencies in Organic Photovoltaics – New Record for 1 cm² Solar Cell

In the field of organic photovoltaics, researchers are working hard to further increase the solar cell efficiency. New materials obtained from synthetic organic chemistry have enabled significant efficiency increases in recent years. Maintaining the efficiencies achieved in the laboratory on tiny solar cells is often a challenge when the cell area becomes larger. Now Fraunhofer… Read more »

ENGIE Solutions and Smulders kick off topside fabrication of TenneT project Hollandse Kust (noord)

Representatives of TenneT TSO B.V. and the joint venture ENGIE Solutions – Iemants (subsidiary of Smulders) started the cutting of the first steel elements for the topside of the offshore transformer station for the Hollandse Kust (noord) wind farm zone. During a first steel cut ceremony at the Iemants’ facility in Arendonk on Thursday 24… Read more »

Mammoet wins two ESTA Awards in two different categories

Mammoet is delighted to announce it has won two awards at the European Association of Abnormal Road Transport and Mobile Cranes (ESTA) Awards of Excellence 2020. Mammoet won the ‘Safety’ award for its reverse signaling solution, which creates safer reversing conditions when trailer drivers are working with a spotter. Mammoet then won its second award… Read more »

Alencon Systems Introduces the FEED – the Fused Electrical Disconnect – for Use with the SPOT and BOSS DC:DC Converters

The FEED offers an integrated solution for enhanced protection and safety in PV and battery energy systems along with greater field wiring and installation flexibility across a variety of high power, high voltage DC:DC conversion applications Hatboro, PA – Alencon Systems LLC has launched a new installation option for its BOSS and SPOT lines of… Read more »

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd: Repayment of convertible bond completed

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announces today the completion of the repayment of the CHF 26.8 million 5.5% convertible bond 2014-2020 (ISIN CH0253445131). The repayment including annual interest was made from existing assets prior to the capital increase. As no new shares have been issued, the listed share capital remains unchanged.

BELECTRIC constructs two more solar energy plants in the Netherlands

The “Hof van Twente” solar energy park (9 MWp) is already operational The “Hoogeveen” solar project (24 MWp) is expected to be commissioned in Q4 2020 With installed plants producing over 100 MW, BELECTRIC is one of the leading builders and operators of PV power plants in the Dutch market Kolitzheim (Germany) – The German… Read more »

25 years of Natural Power

Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, celebrates its 25th anniversary today (24th September 2020. With a vision to create a better environment for future generations, Natural Power was founded by Stuart Hall and Ted Leeming in a tenement flat in Glasgow during 1995. Today, the business employs more than 400 staff across… Read more »

GESCO to optimize engine performance across its fleet with ABB Ability™ Tekomar XPERT

The Great Eastern Shipping Company (GESCO) is to install ABB Ability™ Tekomar XPERT engine performance monitoring and diagnostic software across its fleet of 46 tankers and bulk carriers. The development, marking the first time that India’s largest private ship owner has rolled out fleetwide engine monitoring software, follows a successful trial on two vessels. ABB… Read more »

image006.png Siemens Energy’s eco-friendly system complements one of China’s largest offshore wind turbines

SF6-free high-voltage switchgear and ester-filled transformer complete demo project, delivering an integrated clean energy solution for China First implementation of Siemens Energy’s 66 kV technologies for wind turbine applications in China Siemens Energy commissioned an eco-friendly power transmission system complementing one of China’s largest offshore eight-megawatt (MW) wind turbines. The system consists of a SF6… Read more »

Archer secures a four-year contract extension for platform drilling and maintenance services with Apache Corporation in the North Sea

Hamilton, Bermuda (September 23, 2020) Archer has secured a four-year contract extension (the “Extension”) with Apache Corporation (“Apache”) for the provision of platform drilling operations and maintenance services on Beryl Alpha and Bravo, Forties Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta in the UK North Sea. The Extension will commence 1 January 2021 in direct continuation of… Read more »

Global power industry tenders: Solar technology up 25% in August 2020

Solar technology tenders activity in August 2020 saw 131 tenders announced, marking a rise of 25% over the last 12-month average of 105, according to GlobalData’s power industry tenders database. Looking at global power tenders activity divided by the type of technology, solar held the second position in terms of number of tenders during August… Read more »

Digital Event: WindEnergy Hamburg from 1 to 4 December 2020

Hamburg, 23 September 2020 – WindEnergy Hamburg, the leading global trade event, will not be held on the Hamburg exhibition campus this year. Instead, Hamburg Messe und Congress plans to host a fully digital event in response to the coronavirus pandemic and its global impact on trade fairs and international travelling. “Following extensive consultations with… Read more »

JAPAN DEMANDS HIGHER STANDARD OF RESOURCE DATA TO SUSTAIN SOLAR MARKET GROWTH – SOLARGIS

Reliance on publicly available solar datasets may hold back development and operation of profitable solar projects in Japan Solargis sees growing demand for high-resolution, validated solar data from international and domestic developers Japan, 23rd September – Japanese solar developers and operators need to invest further in high quality resource and forecasting data in order to… Read more »

Power Roll closes £2.8m funding round to commercialise a new way to generate and store energy

Sunderland, UK 23 September 2020 – Power Roll, the developer of ultra-low-cost and lightweight flexible film for energy generation and storage, confirmed today that it has raised £2.8m of investment to commercialise its unique solar film and capacitor technologies. The investment comprises £2.0m of equity and £0.8m of convertible loans as part of the Future… Read more »

Guidehouse Insights Report Shows Residential Energy Management Solutions Revenue Is Expected to Experience a 12% Compound Annual Growth Rate from 2020-2029

Market is driven by growth of smart home devices as well as increased levels of home improvement spending resulting from COVID-19’s shelter in place orders Sept. 22, 2020 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Guidehouse Insights analyzes the global market for residential energy management (REM) solutions, providing global market forecasts, segmented by revenue,… Read more »

Delta’s Virtual Tradeshow – the Easy Way to View New String PV Inverters and e-Mobility Solutions

Delta has been participating at Intersolar for many years, as it is an ideal platform to present its latest solar and e-mobility solutions. Although this year’s exhibition was cancelled, Delta is still keen to engage with the delegates that would have attended, to offer them the opportunity to see its latest products. In order to… Read more »

Constant dripping instead of a waterfall?

Parallelizing engineering processes increasingly has long been an enforced reality. Aucotec AG, a software developer for more than 35 years, is now setting new standards in this area. With “agile engineering”, the company wants to empower designers to much more efficiently and effectively master the simultaneous cooperation of different disciplines in mechanical or plant engineering projects…. Read more »

Offshore renewables expert elected to Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship

One of the UK’s leading offshore renewable energy academics has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Professor Deborah Greaves OBE has been working in the sector for more than two decades and is currently heading a £9million programme pulling together the country’s foremost figures in wave, tidal and offshore wind…. Read more »

First ever global record of land used in mining revealed by new research

The first comprehensive global-scale data set of the geographical area used for mining activities has been revealed by Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna) using satellite imagery. The study was undertaken by lead researchers Victor Maus and Stefan Giljum, from WU Vienna’s Institute for Ecological Economics. As Victor Maus explains: “One of the… Read more »

Sharp launches new 440W half-cut cell PV panel NU-JD440

Hamburg, 22nd September 2020 – Sharp today announces the addition of a new 440W monocrystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) panel to its half-cut cell portfolio. Available today, the NU-JD440 has a module efficiency of 19.9% and uses 144 M6 wafer size half cells. This decreases the balance-of-system costs per watt-peak installed across the whole BOS component… Read more »