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24 Jun 2021 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - AES Brasil has commissioned the Nordex Group to supply and install 55 N163/5.X turbines for the 313.5 MW wind farm Cajuína. The order also includes the service of the turbines over the period of five years with several extension options of up to 20 years. The project is located 100 kilometres west of the city of Natal in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The site has constant average wind speeds of around 9.2 m/s and a high capacity factor. The start of the installations of the turbines, which will be delivered in a project-specific operating mode of 5.7 MW, is scheduled for summer 2022. The Nordex Gr...... read more...

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22 Jun 2021 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - A Finnish wind farm developer has placed orders with the Nordex Group to supply N163/5.X turbines for four wind farms totalling 199.5 MW. The orders also include a Premium Service of the turbines for a period of 30 years. The project names and the customer are undisclosed as per customer request. The wind farms will be constructed in the interior of the mid-west of Finland as well as in the west of the country, near to the coast in the Ostrobothnia region. The Nordex Group will supply the N163/5.X in the project-specific 5.7 MW operating mode on tubular steel towers, with a hub height of 148 and 159...... read more...

Service team of Deutsche Windtechnik © Deutsche Windtechnik

17 Jun 2021 | Bremen/Paris (renewablepress) - ENGIE, as a leader in the energy transition, and the independent service provider Deutsche Windtechnik have expanded their Europe-wide cooperation for the maintenance of wind turbines in recent months, signing several new service contracts for wind turbines since the end of 2019. In addition to wind farms in France, Benelux and Germany, Deutsche Windtechnik began providing service for a wind farm operated by ENGIE in Poland for the first time in March 2021. The wind turbines, for which Deutsche Windtechnik provides service and different scopes of service, include various technologies from well-known manufacture...... read more...

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17 Jun 2021 | Oldenburg (renewablepress) - One becomes three: The Oldenburg-based energy service provider and software developer energy & meteo systems GmbH has spun off its Virtual Power Plant and FuturePowerFlow (Redispatch 2.0) business areas into the newly founded companies emsys VPP GmbH and emsys grid services GmbH as of 1 June 2021. The company is thus reacting to the dynamic developments in the energy sector and the increased demand for customized software solutions. The business areas of power forecasts for wind and solar as well as consulting services for the international energy market will remain with energy & meteo systems GmbH. "Wit...... read more...

© VSB Group

10 Jun 2021 | Dresden (renewablepress) - VSB, the international project developer for wind energy and photovoltaics, has announced changes at the executive level: as of 1 June 2021, Frédéric Lanoë, an internationally experienced manager from the renewable energy sector, will now lead the company as CEO. Following the VSB Group’s strong focus on internationalisation, the company is also breaking new ground at the top management level: The Group warmly welcomes Frédéric Lanoë as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). “In Frédéric Lanoë, we are pleased to have gained an industry great and a very highly experienced top manager to drive VSB’s growth towards becom...... read more...

Deutsche Windtechnik has been providing complete service for the Nordergründe offshore wind farm for a year. © Deutsche Windtechnik

09 Jun 2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - One year after being commissioned to provide complete service for the offshore wind farm Nordergründe, Deutsche Windtechnik has an excellent record of its work to show: With an average contractual agreed availability of 98.78 percent over the course of a year, the value for the Nordergründe wind farm even exceeds the contractually guaranteed uptime. In addition to alpha ventus and Riffgat, Nordergründe is the third offshore wind farm for which Deutsche Windtechnik is also responsible for providing maintenance for the turbines as part of a full service agreement. Following the insolvency of the turbine manufacturer...... read more...

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08 Jun 2021 | Rudolstadt, Germany (renewablepress) - Condition Monitoring expert Bachmann Monitoring has confirmed its recent authorization as an Approved Training Organization by the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT). Bachmann’s newly-approved program is carried out in full accordance with ISO 18436, the International Standard for the qualification of Condition Monitoring practitioners, and allows participants to seek certification as Vibration Analysts. BINDT approval independently verifies the high quality of training delivered by Bachmann and validates its training center to globally-recognized standards. Participants Succe...... read more...

Lars Schiller, Vice President Operational Management © Energiequelle GmbH

08 Jun 2021 | Kallinchen (renewablepress) - Energiequelle GmbH regularly conducts customer satisfaction surveys in the field of operational management. Energiequelle has regional offices all over Germany and has once again received top marks in the survey. On a scale of 1 to 6 (1 = excellent, 6 = insufficient), the 18 questions received an average rating of 1.3. A good 30 customers participated in the survey. In the survey, Energiequelle wanted to hear from its customers how satisfied they are with the company’s technical and commercial services and communication. Specific topics included customer service, reporting, handling of payment processing...... read more...

© wpd AG

07 Jun 2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - A few days ago, wpd was able to record the surpassing of the mark of 200,000 MWh of green electricity generated in the current year in the Spanish 177 MW Torozos portfolio. This means that the four projects El Poleo (14 Siemens Gamesa G132 turbines of 3.4 MW each), Las Panaderas (13 turbines of the same type), Navillas and Corralnuevo (12 Siemens Gamesa G132 each) have already produced over 500,000 MWh since the end of 2019. This is a success that demonstrates the wind potential of the project cluster located in the Castilla y León region. The projects at sites on the Montes Torozos plateau were awarded the contra...... read more...

Visualizations Green Areal Lausitz © Euromovement

04 Jun 2021 | Cottbus/Peitz/Dauerthal (renewablepress) - The company Euromovement gains ENERTRAG as a strong partner for the planned commercial and industrial area Green Areal Lausitz (GRAL), at the former Drewitz. With the signing of the cooperation agreement between the two companies, an important foundation has been laid to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the GRAL industrial site, and to launch a flagship project for forward-looking entrepreneurial initiatives in Lusatia. The innovative Brandenburg-based company ENERTRAG has many years of experience in the production of renewable energies and the development of regenerative, hydrogen-based ...... read more...