Arrival of the new MV-FRT tester on the test site in Grevenbroich © windtest grevenbroich gmbh

19 May 2025 | Grevenbroich (renewablepress) - With the commissioning of a new medium-voltage fault ride-through tester (MV-FRT tester), windtest grevenbroich gmbh is expanding its range of services for testing the electrical properties of different electrical generation units to stabilize the power grids of tomorrow. "With our unique MV-FRT container, we are using state-of-the-art technology that enables us to demonstrate grid stability properties at the highest level and to test different electrical generation units in accordance with the latest technical standards. We are very proud of this!" explains Monika Krämer, Managing Director of windtest greve...... read more...

Signing of the agreement between ENERTRAG and green flexibility © Tom Schweers

19 May 2025 | Dauerthal/Kempten (renewablepress) - ENERTRAG and green flexibility are launching their first joint battery storage project: a 60 MW stor-age facility with a capacity of 130 MWh is being built in Tantow (Brandenburg). It will store surplus wind and solar power and feed it back into the grid as needed. This will improve grid stability, reduce curtailments of renewable energies and ensure a secure power supply. Commissioning is scheduled for early 2026. Storage creates flexibility for renewable energies ENERTRAG has been developing and operating wind and solar parks for decades, while green flexibil-ity specialises in large-scale batter...... read more...

Barbara Frencia, CEO, Business Assurance DNV / José Luis Blanco, CEO der Nordex Group © Nordex SE

15 May 2025 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - During a certificate handover ceremony, the Nordex Group was yesterday awarded with unified global certifications by DNV for the following management systems: Quality (ISO 9001), Occupational health and safety (ISO 45001), and Environmental (ISO 14001). Global certifications are essential in the wind industry, as they confirm compliance with internationally recognized standards and provide a competitive advantage by facilitating access to global markets and strengthening customer trust. “Having worked systematically with certifications over many years, we are proud to achieve now our first global certificatio...... read more...

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13 May 2025 | Cuxhaven (renewablepress) - We look back on a successful financial year 2024 and at the same time are optimistic about the future," said Heiko Wuttke, CEO of PNE AG, in his speech at the Annual General Meeting of PNE AG today (13 May 2025). "The new German government does not currently indicate that it is putting the brakes on the expansion of renewable energies. The issue of security of supply with a focus on the scope of grid expansion will become more important. But we can also handle this well." At the Annual General Meeting, the shareholders of PNE AG voted overwhelmingly in favour of the use of the balance sheet profits and hence the...... read more...

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12 May 2025 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Management Board of Nordex Group has appointed Ibrahim Oezarslan to the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), effective 1st May 2025. In this capacity, he will oversee all Global Sales and Project Execution activities of the Nordex Group, with Managing Directors from all regions reporting to him. He will continue to report to José Luis Blanco, CEO of the Nordex Group. "We are delighted that Ibrahim Oezarslan will be taking on the role of Chief Commercial Officer at Nordex," explains José Luis Blanco. "Ibrahim's more than 25 years of experience at Nordex, most of them in various customer-fa...... read more...

Qualitas Energy announces strategic partnership with AMG © Qualitas Energy

09 May 2025 | Berlin, Madrid and West Palm Beach, Florida (renewablepress) - AMG, a strategic partner to leading independent investment management firms globally, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a minority equity interest in Qualitas Energy, a leading global investment and management platform with a dual focus on funding and developing renewable energy, energy transition, and sustainable infrastructure. Under the terms of the agreement, Qualitas Energy’s management team will retain majority ownership and continue to lead the organization’s day-to-day operations, maintaining investment, strategic, and oper...... read more...

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09 May 2025 | Cuxhaven (renewablepress) - PNE AG performed well in the first quarter of 2025, with two wind farms commissioned in Germany strengthening its own generation portfolio. PNE also secured permits for two further wind farms and a photovoltaic project. In addition, the project pipeline grew slightly compared to the end of 2024. That is a good starting basis for the rest of 2025. However, this good operational performance has been hampered by a sharp drop in power generation from wind energy. According to the BDEW, around 31 per cent less power was generated onshore by wind turbines across Germany than in the same period last year, due to...... read more...

© Nordex SE / Markus Völter

08 May 2025 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received its first order from GETEC green energy GmbH: The Nordex Group is supplying and installing seven N163/6.X turbines for the 49 MW Zerbst wind farm in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The order also comprises the Premium Service for the turbines over a period of 20 years. With the Nordex turbines, GETEC green energy is expanding an existing wind farm on a former military airfield in the city of Zerbst. The Nordex Group will install the Delta4000 series turbines on 164-metre-high hybrid towers from summer 2026. GETEC green energy GmbH GETEC green energy GmbH, Magdeburg, develops energy s...... read more...

INTERSOLAR Munich: VSB Group presents expertise in the field of photovoltaics © VSB Group

06 May 2025 | Dresden (renewablepress) - The VSB Group, an internationally active developer and operator of renewable energy projects, will showcase its wide range of current photovoltaic projects, hybrid parks combining wind and PV, as well as battery storage and e-mobility solutions at the Intersolar Europe trade fair from May 7 to 9, 2025, in Munich. In addition to its core business area of onshore wind energy, VSB has been committed for nearly three decades, together with municipalities, energy suppliers, companies, and farmers, to the expansion of photovoltaics (PV) across Europe. VSB develops holistic solutions that combine wind, photovoltaics, an...... read more...

Mike Weich, CEO of Heelstone, a Qualitas Energy company © Qualitas Energy

06 May 2025 | Durham/Berlin (renewablepress) - Heelstone Renewable Energy (“Heelstone”), a premier U.S. utility-scale renewable energy platform, has acquired the wind and solar development assets and the team of Valor Infrastructure Partners (“VIP”), a renewable energy company based in Palm Beach, Florida. This transaction marks Heelstone’s first acquisition since its purchase in May 2024 by Qualitas Energy, a leading global investment and management platform with a dual focus on both funding and developing renewable energy, energy transition, and sustainable infrastructure. The acquired portfolio of development-stage projects includes a number of...... read more...