New centre of competence for renewable energies: Stefan Wehrli, Head of Energy, and Eric Langenskiöld, Senior Expert in renewable energies at Basler & Hofmann welcome the new team in line with coronavirus protocols. © Basler & Hofmann AG

21 Oct 2020 | - Basler & Hofmann AG establishes centre of competence for renewable energies Zürich (renewablepress) - The breakthrough of renewable energies requires holistic concepts and collaboration among different disciplines. To this end, the team at New Energy Scout GmbH became part of Basler & Hofmann AG on 19 October. New Energy Scout’s proven experts in the areas of wind, solar and biogas energy will join Basler & Hofmann’s new centre of competence for renewable energies. Active in some 30 different disciplines, renowned Swiss engineering, planning and consulting company Basler & Hofmann is broadly positioned and has had a strong foothold in energy consulting and photovoltaics for ma... read more...

Wind Farm Nine Canyon in the direct vicinity of the Horse Heaven project site © Scout Clean Energy

19 Oct 2020 | - Wind farm project ‘Horse Heaven’ is designed as a ‘hybrid system project’ Bremen (renewablepress) - wpd continues to successfully position itself as a project developer in the North American market for wind and solar energy. With the conceptual design of a wind farm currently under development as a ‘hybrid system project’ combining wind energy, solar energy and storage technology, the company is also expanding its expertise. The project, called ‘Horse Heaven’, is a combination of two wind energy projects in Benton County, Washington State in the Northwest of the USA, which were initially planned separately by wpd and Scout Clean Energy. In a market-oriented adaptatio... read more...

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14 Oct 2020 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received orders for 271 wind turbine systems with a total output of 1,228.6 megawatts (MW) in the third quarter of 2020 (Q3:2019: 1,700.3 MW). The Delta4000-series turbines with an output range of four to five MW accounted for 86 percent of the orders. In the first nine months of 2020, the Company's total order intake (excluding its services business) amounted to 3,758.5 MW (9M 2019: 4,738.7 MW), with the Delta4000 series playing a dominant role at a share of 81 percent. In the third quarter, 31 percent of orders came from Europe, primarily from Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and France. Driven by two major projects in the USA, the North ... read more...

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09 Oct 2020 | - Good mean wind speeds at site and technology enable subsidy-free wind farm operation Hamburg (renewablepress) - At the end of the 3rd Quarter, the Nordex Group received an order for the delivery of thirteen N133/4.8 turbines in the UK. The order also includes a 15 year Premium service contract for the turbines linked to production-based availability. The 62 MW wind farm will be built in a former coal mining region in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site is characterized by good mean wind speeds of 8.6 meters per second, perfect for the turbine variant for strong wind locations of the Delta4000 generation turbines. Installation of the turbines will start in autumn 2021. The proje... read more...

Deutsche Windtechnik and Leeward Renewable Energy have signed a long-term service agreement for five additional U.S. wind farms including Buena Vista wind farm (California) © Leeward Renewable Energy

06 Oct 2020 | - The independent service provider has signed a long-term service agreement for five additional U.S. wind farms, setting another milestone Houston, USA / Bremen, Germany (renewablepress) - In October 2020, Deutsche Windtechnik adds a further wind turbine technology to its global service portfolio. For the first time, Deutsche Windtechnik will provide service for Mitsubishi wind turbine generators (WTGs). A major service contract comprised of 564 WTGs was signed between affiliates of Leeward Renewable Energy LLC and Deutsche Windtechnik Inc. The large-scale integration of this new technology is an important step for Deutsche Windtechnik as it continues to build its U.S. presence. Th... read more...

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06 Oct 2020 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - At the end of September, the Nordex Group has received a major order to supply 62 N149/4.0-4.5 turbines for a wind farm in the USA. The machines will be supplied in the 4.8 MW operating mode. The 297 MW wind farm will be built in the Midwestern United States, construction work is due to start in spring 2021 with commissioning scheduled for the end of the same year. The project and customer are undisclosed. The Nordex Group - a profile The Group has installed more than 29 GW of wind energy capacity in over 40 markets and in 2019 generated revenues of EUR 3.3 billion. The company currently employs a workforce of more than 7,900. The joint manufacturin... read more...

ReneSola and Vodasun form Joint Venture © Capcora GmbH

05 Oct 2020 | Frankfurt am Main (renewablepress) - ReneSola Ltd (NYSE: SOL), a leading fully integrated solar project developer, and Vodasun, a Munich, Germany-based project developer specialized in the development and construction of solar parks, announced that they entered into a strategic partnership agreement to co-develop and market ready-to-build (RTB) ground-mounted solar projects in Germany. Frankfurt-based consulting firm Capcora acted as M&A advisor to Renesola in this transaction. As part of the agreement, ReneSola Power and Vodasun will create a 50/50 joint venture company with a starting project portfolio of 50 to 100 MW. The JV intends to develop these projects, as well as develop an addi... read more...

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01 Oct 2020 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - End of September, the Nordex Group received a 24 MW order from its regular customer Sancak Enerji in Turkey. For the "Baglar-3" wind farm, the Nordex Group will supply five N133/4800 strong-wind turbines. The order also includes a Premium Service contract over a ten-year term. The "Baglar-3" wind farm will be built in the Konya province, near its provincial capital of the same name, about 200 kilometres south of Ankara. Due to the very humid and cold winters at the site, the Nordex Group will supply the turbines in the Cold Climate Version (CCV). The N133/4800 will be installed on tubular steel towers with hub heights of 110 meters. With a mean annual wind speed... read more...

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29 Sep 2020 | Walldorf (renewablepress) - The type certified transponder ADL-System (Aircraft Detection Light System) STHDS4.0 of Lanthan Safe Sky GmbH was confirmed by German offshore authorities (BSH, SOLF requirements) to be compliant for offshore application. Thus, the transponder ADLS, which was developed from the beginning for offshore use, is now officially approved for this purpose. "We are convinced that our ADLS, which can be deeply integrated into wind farms, is fit-for-purpose for offshore projects. With our experience in the integration of systems into offshore WTGs and the SCADA infrastructure of the transition piece, on the offshore substation and in the wind farm, we are developing the ... read more...

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28 Sep 2020 | Paris (renewablepress) - On 14 September, construction work officially began on the 15.58 megawatt solar farm near Baraize in the department of Indre. NOTUS had offered an exclusive participation opportunity to the citizens in the surrounding area and thus organised additional financing of 1.1 million euros via the lendosphere.com platform. "This solar park is a great example of successful cooperation at local level. It is the result of the commitment of the local players and our entire team", explains Heinrich Lieser, President of Notus Energy France. The participatory financing model has enabled the inhabitants of the department to commit themselves to climate protection and the solar ... read more...