© Nordex SE

11 May 2021 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group (ISIN: DE000A0D6554) today reported results for the first quarter of 2021. Sales increased from EUR 964.6 million in the previous year's quarter to EUR 1,251.2 million in the first quarter of 2021. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) came to EUR 10.4 million, slightly down compared to the previous year's level of EUR 13.1 million. This results in an EBITDA margin of 0.8 percent (Q1/2020: 1.4 percent). The increase in revenues is due in particular to the significant rise in installations. By contrast, the EBITDA margin contracted compared to the previous year...... read more...

© Käufer Befahrtechnik

10 May 2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - ROBUR WIND and Gebr. Käufer GmbH have signed a cooperation agreement to work together in the areas of sales and service of Käufer rotor blades and tower access systems. The cooperation covers the region Latin America. "ROBUR WIND's many years of experience in blade repairs and the quality and innovative strength of Käufer’s rotor blade handling equipment will enable us to further develop the market in Latin America regarding the important topic of blade maintenance to increase turbine efficiency under the highest health and safety requirements. We are very pleased to have this exclusive cooperation for the fast-g...... read more...

Windpulse inspection solution: more accurate documentation, more efficient inspections © Lufthansa Industry Solutions

07 May 2021 | Norderstedt (renewablepress) - German IT consultancy Lufthansa Industry Solutions presents the latest version of its wind turbine (WTG) inspection solution from the Windpulse product suite. It now enables plant managers, operators, service providers and surveyors to record target condition deviations in an even more specialized way and documents these in a compliant form in a defect database. In this way, tests, inspections, expert reports and other checks on WTGs can be planned, carried out and completed in accordance with the latest guidelines. Detailed component display, comprehensive defect tracking At the center of the late...... read more...

© juwi

04 May 2021 | Cape Town / Wörrstadt (renewablepress) - The Cape Town based subsidiary of German renewable energy specialist juwi AG, signed an agreement with Sukari Gold Mines to design, supply, build and integrate a solar battery hybrid power plant for Egypt’s largest gold mine. Centamin plc owns and operates the mine in partnership with the Egyptian Government. The hybrid power plant is expected to be operational in the second quarter of next year, after which juwi will undertake the plant operation and maintenance. Dave Manning, Director Global Hybrid at juwi said “We look forward to assisting Centamin to reduce carbon emissions and cost of pow...... read more...

© MET Group

03 May 2021 | Zug/Switzerland (renewablepress) - Swiss-based European energy company MET Group announces the appointment of a new Renewables Chief Executive Officer effective as of 1 May 2021. Christian Hürlimann will support MET’s renewables expansion strategy. Christian Hürlimann joins MET Group starting on 1 May 2021. Mr. Hürlimann will be responsible for leading the expansion, integration and management of MET’s renewable energy portfolio. His broad experience in renewables project development and management will be a great asset to MET. MET considers the growth of renewable power generation as a key part of its business strategy going forward, s...... read more...

© Nordex SE

28 Apr 2021 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - Nordex Group has received an order for the delivery of 3- and 4-MW turbines in the Netherlands comprising 35 MW. Windpark Greenport Venlo B.V. has ordered five N133/4.8 turbines of the Delta4000 series with tower hub heights of 135 m and three N117/3675 turbines with tower hub heights of 134 m for the “Greenport Venlo” wind farm. The contract also includes a premium service contract for turbines over 25 years. At the beginning of 2022, the Nordex Group will supply the eight turbines to the site in the Greenport Venlo industrial estate northwest of the city of Venlo. This region includes industrial estates with ...... read more...

© wpd windmanager GmbH & Co. KG

27 Apr 2021 | Bremen (renewablepress) - New cooperation: For the first time, wpd windmanager GmbH & Co. KG is assuming the operational management for a wind farm of LOSCON GmbH. From now on, the operations manager will take care of the commercial management of the Hoort wind farm in the Ludwigslust/Parchim district, south of Schwerin, Germany. The wind farm operated by LOSCON went into operation in 2020 and consists of 10 Nordex N117 3600 turbines with a total output of 36 MW. "We were looking for an operations manager to provide the commercial management for our Hoort wind farm", explains Matthias Munninger, chief financial officer and joint managing ...... read more...

FPM Projektmanagement erects largest PV roof-top plant in Europe © Capcora

26 Apr 2021 | Frankfurt am Main (renewablepress) - Jever-based Fellensiek Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG ("FPM Projektmanagement") secures bridge financing for the construction of the largest roof-top photovoltaic plant in Europe to date. The project, located in Germany, with a planned total capacity of 23 MWp, is being built on the roofs of commercially used halls. On the revenue side the project will benefit from a mix of feed-in tariff and corporate PPA. Capcora, a consulting firm specialised on real assets, acted as financial advisor for the transaction. The largest roof-top project in Europe is currently being built in Saxony-Anhalt. FPM Projektma...... read more...

Dipl.-Ing. Lars Weigel – Geschäftsführer WindGuard Certification © WindGuard Certification

22 Apr 2021 | Varel (renewablepress) - Lars Weigel is the new Managing Director of WindGuard Certification GmbH. The 54-year-old Diplom-Ingenieur aims to make the company, which specialises in certification services in the field of renewable energies and is headquartered in Varel, Germany, fit for the challenges of the future’s complex energy market. Lars Weigel was appointed successor of Frank Weise in April, who returned to his home region for family reasons after five years as Managing Director of WindGuard Certification. In addition to his degree in mechanical engineering from RWTH Aachen University, Lars Weigel brings to his new position e...... read more...

Vestas V150 bei Prenzlau © NOTUS energy

21 Apr 2021 | Potsdam (renewablepress) - Potsdam-based NOTUS energy commissioned two Vestas V150 wind turbines in northern Brandenburg this week, each with 5.6 MW. Together, the two turbines generate significantly more electricity than the 10,000 private households in the nearby district town of Prenzlau consume. Notus energy is the first operator in Germany to use the new turbine model from the world market leader for wind turbines. Vestas and Notus Energy have a long-standing partnership. The two V150-5.6 MW turbines form a consolidation of the existing Beesenberg wind farm. "We achieve similarly high electricity yields here as on the Baltic Sea ...... read more...