18 March 2014
The Azimut project partners have completed their applied research activities to develop an offshore wind turbine by 2020 with a unit capacity of 15MW. The Gamesa-led €30.3m project brings together the efforts of 11 Spanish companies and 22 research centres, including Acciona Windpower, Alstom Wind, Acciona Energía, Iberdrola Renovables, Ingeteam, Imatia, Ingeciber, Digsilent Iberica, Técnicas […]
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18 March 2014
ReneSola has secured a contract from Enlightened Solar to supply 66 Replus string inverters and 100 Micro Replus micro inverters as part of a larger sale of ReneSola solar products. Enlightened Solar will install 2,000 ReneSola 240W and 260W Virtus II modules and the ReneSola inverters on a series of new housing projects in the […]
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14 March 2014
Schneider Electric has been selected as a preferred supplier by Areva to provide power equipment for the offshore wind power projects in France. Schneider Electric will supply transformers and circuit breakers for Areva’s wind farms, including the 500MW Saint Brieuc offshore wind farm and the current tenders for offshore wind farms at Le Tréport off […]
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14 March 2014
Alstom has signed a global partnership with Freyssinet to develop a 119m concrete tower specifically designed for its ECO122 wind turbine. The new tower will be made of 11 concrete sections, the lowest measuring 7.20m in diameter, for the base of the structure. The company has previously signed an MoU agreement with Max Bögl Wind […]
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14 March 2014
Ireland’s premier electricity utility ESB have reported after-tax profit rose by €80 million last year as the company cut back on staff costs and increased its revenue. In its annual report published this morning, ESB said profit rose to €415 million as its payroll costs fell by €51 million. The firm recorded €250 million in […]
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12 March 2014
The Nottingham City Council in the UK will set up a new non-profit energy supply company by 2015 to supply gas and electricity through the national distribution systems. The Nottingham Energy Supply Company is being set up by the council to do battle with the six big energy companies. The company will provide competitively priced […]
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12 March 2014
Westinghouse Electric has secured a contract from Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) to supply new traversing incore probe (TIP) systems for two boiling water reactors (BWR) at Olkiluoto, Finland. These systems are installed to calibrate the nuclear reactor power measurement. Pursuant to the contract terms, Westinghouse subsidiary Westinghouse Electric Sweden will handle the overall project and perform […]
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12 March 2014
Clare County Council has initiated a plan for the development of pumped freshwater hydro-energy storage facilities similar to those already seen in Turlough Hill, Co Wicklow. Three locations, namely Slieve Callan, Slieve Bernagh and Woodcock Hill, have been marked as ‘indicative areas’ for the proposed facilities which are outlined in the newly developed Draft Clare […]
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11 March 2014
GE has signed turbine supply contracts for various wind projects in Germany, Scotland, Sweden and France, with a combined capacity of more than 200MW. In Germany, the company won an order to supply 44 GE 2.5-120 wind turbines for eight new wind farms. Of the eight wind projects, three are being developed by Juwi and […]
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11 March 2014
The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has developed a new system for wind farm operations and maintenance (O&M) that will significantly cut down maintenance costs. O&M accounts for approximately 25% of offshore wind farms costs. The new system uses information from Essent/RWE, which collects and analyses data from offshore wind farms, and is […]
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