The energy transition will only work in the long term if there are sufficient storage facilities to be able to buffer the sometimes unsteady production of electricity from renewable energies. Two projects are now attracting attention.

In Germany, the name of  'Schwarze Pumpe' (=Black Pump) is generally not at all associated with the energy transition, because it is the name of one of the large lignite-fired power stations in Lusatia in East Germany. But this could soon change. Operator LEAG has now announced that they intend to build a 50 MW electricity storage facility with a storage capacity of 53 MWh at the power plant site in order to contribute to grid stability in the German electricity grid. The ...

In our last newsletter for this year, we would like to thank our members and business partners for the good cooperation and look forward to further joint projects in 2019.

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More big names have joined the list of companies which focus on environmental sustainability, as the Rocky Mountain Institute reports.

“The record number of companies successfully pursuing renewable energy ...

The wake effect from upwind wind farms can significantly reduce the energy production — and related financial returns — of their downwind neighbors.

When groups of wind turbines reduce wind speed for up to several miles behind ...

The two companies have been working together since 2008 and now entered into another contract for the construction of a SOV to be put into work at the Moray East Offshore Wind Farm.

ESVAGT designs and builds vessels with Norwegian Havyard Ship Technology. The tailor made vessel destined for Moray East will be a 70 metre SOV in Havyard’s 831L design. Delivery is destined for the beginning of 2021, bringing the number of wind vessels on contract to MHI Vestas to five in 2021.

The two companies have been working ...

Even though the U.S. have only just started operating one offshore wind farm, a real hype has developed over the last few months about energy generation out at sea. Now, for the eighth time, areas have been auctioned off on which wind farms are soon to be built.

The eighth auction in the U.S. ended with the announcement of three winners and a record revenue of $405 million. This was preceded by a process that took much longer than experts had anticipated.

Off the coast of Massachusetts there was an area measuring the ...

A wind of change is blowing in Russia. The country starts to make its first steps into the wind industry with the help of some well-known companies.

Russia's wind industry is starting to grow. At the beginning of the month, Vestas has opened its blade factory in Ulyanovsk. The Danish turbine manufacturer has annouced the plan to produce more than 55 units of their 62 meter long blades (each weighing 12 to 13 tons) in 2019. These blades will be used for V124 wind turbines (with a 124 m rotor diameter) of their 4MW ...

The latest Antaris 5.5 kW has been installed just in time for Christmas in Hungary

The system operates in a 1-phase network ...

innogy has awarded a new contract to Senvion for service works at the German offshore wind farm

The existing contract has been replaced ahead of schedule by a new service agreement which ...

We are happy to announce RISP© - a game changer in ice protection for wind turbines.

Ballistic Ice Fall, caused by the debonding of accreted ice on a wind turbine, can be dangerous ...

ACCIONA wants to extend its blockchain traceability

ACCIONA Energía has begun a project to generally implement the traceability of the renewable nature of its electricity generation worldwide through ...

Villinger R&D from Austria with its long-term experience in Ice Protection Systems for Wind Turbines as well as for Aviation has a new cooperation partner since November 2018.

“Dalian YiBang Sience ...

In October 2018 the acquisition of the France based worldwide leading manufacturer of Doppler LiDAR systems Leosphere by VAISALA has been announced.

Herewith a significantly improved ...

Nordex receives another order from its customer AES Generación S.A.

The "Vientos Neuquinos" wind farm comprises 24 AW132/3465 turbines and is to be built in the province of Neuquén in the ...

The company has invested €176 million to build the Palmas Altas Wind Farm in Texas.

ACCIONA Energía has started construction work on its second wind farm in Texas —the company’s ninth in the U.S. — ...

Yves Rannou takes over Manav Sharma as CEO on 1st January 2019

As an industry expert with proven track record in the renewable energy industry Rannou will lead Senvion through the next phase of international growth and will ...

Mercedes-Benz Cars want to source electricity from German wind farms, whose subsidies expire after 2020 so they will live on

Mercedes-Benz Cars is the first major industrial company ...

The turbine manufacturer has signed various orders in Europe in the fourth quarter

In Belgium, Senvion has concluded contracts with customers including EDF Luminus for the Sint Gillis Waas wind ...