USA – Wind Industry Veteran Rolf Miller Joins ArcVera as New Deputy Director

January 25, 2021 – ArcVera Renewables, a leading provider of consulting and technical services for wind, solar, and energy storage projects, announces the expansion of its wind energy analysis leadership team with the appointment of wind industry veteran Rolf Miller as Deputy Director, Wind Energy Technical Analysis Team. Rolf brings a unique blend of technical and managerial […]

FRANCE – Plus de 90% des responsables énergie pensent que leur entreprise réussira à réduire ses émissions CO2 de 55% en moins de 10 ans

CP Statkraft, 24 Jan 2022 – Un nouveau sondage auprès des acheteurs d’énergie, acteurs centraux de la transition énergétique des entreprises, révèle une montée en puissance de l’enjeu climatique au sein de l’industrie française. D’après l’étude, ils ne sont que 7% à déclarer que leur entreprise n’a pas encore engagé d’actions concrètes pour baisser ses […]

Wärtsilä reaches 7GW installed power capacity milestone in Africa

25/11/2021 – With over 600 power plants commissioned in 46 African countries, Wärtsilä confirms its position as a leading provider of power generation solutions in the continent The technology group Wärtsilä first began its Africa operations in Tanzania back in 1975. Since then, the group has delivered more than 600 installations, supplied power plants in 46 countries, […]

Contract signing at WindEurope Electric City 2021 as wind Lidar heads to the Adriatic to support a low carbon development strategy for gas platforms

20/11/2021 – A confidential owner of oil and gas platforms in the North Adriatic Concession area has contracted renewable energy consultancy Megajoule to install multiple wind Lidars as part of the company’s Low Carbon Development Strategy. The offshore industry standard Lidar ZX 300M will be deployed to begin taking measurements up to 300m from their […]

Sulzer Schmid completes multi-GW blade inspection campaign for Vestas in Europe

Zurich, Switzerland, 25 October 2021 – Sulzer Schmid, a Swiss company pioneering UAV technology for wind turbine rotor blade inspections, announced today that it has completed a massive blade inspection campaign for Vestas, covering close to 4,000 wind turbines across 14 countries of northern and central Europe.  With an installed fleet of close to 75,000 wind […]

Statkraft signe un contrat d’achat d’électricité éolienne avec RWE en France

Paris, 25 octobre 2021 – RWE, l’une des principales entreprises d’énergie renouvelable au monde, a signé un contrat d’achat d’électricité (PPA) de trois ans avec Statkraft, le premier producteur européen d’électricité renouvelable, pour fournir une suite de services d’accès au marché de l’électricité pour son premier parc éolien en France. Statkraft procédera à l’équilibrage ainsi […]

India’s 2021 monsoon wind resource only partly recovers from 2020’s historical lows

India, 07/09/2021 – ArcVera Renewables, a leading provider of consulting and technical services for wind, solar and energy storage projects, announced that ArcVera’s April-September 2021 India monsoon wind resource anomaly map points to a modest recovery from the extremely low wind levels recorded in 2020. This year’s monsoon winds have been 5 to 10% below average, […]

RP Global and OOLU Solar partner to launch a new solar venture in West Africa

06/07/2021, Nigeria, Africa – RP Global, a leading renewable energy developer and investor, and OOLU,  leader in energy access solutions in West Africa, announce the launch of Westa.Solar, a Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Solar Venture in West Africa, and the deployment of its first solar PPA project in Nigeria. The 500kWp solar installation will supply Petrichor […]

LATAM PR – Yinson and Verano to build 800MW pipeline of solar projects in Latin America

Verano Capital, a renewable energy project developer headquartered in Chile, and Yinson Renewables Pte Ltd, a global Independent Power Producer (IPP) which is part of the Yinson Holdings Berhad group, have agreed to collaborate on renewable energy projects in Chile, Colombia and Peru. The collaboration initially targets to progress a pipeline of over 800MW of […]

Wind Energy PR – Wind Turbine inspection specialist Sulzer Schmid closes Series B round

22  June 2021, Zurich, Switzerland – Sulzer Schmid, a Swiss company pioneering UAV technology for wind rotor blade inspections, announced today that it has completed a series B round. The company achieved significant growth in 2020, with the addition of six new countries to its portfolio. It carried out its largest ever inspection campaign covering […]

Climacool rejoint la plateforme de services à l’énergie Blue Pearl Energy pour booster sa croissance

Paris, France, 17 mai 2021 – Climacool, entreprise lyonnaise spécialisée dans le domaine du génie climatique et thermique (CVC) pour les professionnels du secteur tertiaire et industriel, a annoncé son intégration à Blue Pearl Energy, une innovante plateforme européenne de services à l’énergie B2B. Lancée en 2020, Blue Pearl Energy rassemble des PME complémentaires du secteur […]

USA Solar PR – Kevin Lichtenstein joins ArcVera to spearhead global solar consulting team

Golden, Colorado, May 03, 2021. ArcVera Renewables, a leading provider of consulting and technical services for wind, solar and storage projects, has recruited Kevin Lichtenstein as Director – Solar Energy Group, Global. Kevin’s extensive solar energy experience and renewable energy acumen will strengthen ArcVera’s rapidly growing solar project technical services practice worldwide. Kevin’s renewable energy […]

La Côte d’Ivoire aura besoin d’1GW d’électricité flexible supplémentaire pour réussir son plan de transition énergétique

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 17 mai 2021 – Une étude interne de Wärtsilä permettant de modéliser les scénarii de développement optimaux du secteur énergétique ivoirien, apporte un éclairage nouveau sur la stratégie gouvernementale visant à porter la part du renouvelable à 16% du mix électrique du pays d’ici 2030. Selon Wärtsilä, cet objectif ambitieux est non […]

RP Global sells its latest French wind farm project “Le Champvoisin” to clearvise

RP Global, a leading renewable energy developer and investor, announces the sale of its most recent project, the 12 MW wind farm “Le Champvoisin”, to the German independent power producer (IPP) clearvise AG. The deal follows the recent closing of the €24M project financing and includes a 20-year PPA from the French government, one of the […]

OPED – Nigeria’s latest gas-related power shortages could have been avoided. Here is why.

Opinion Piece by Yusuff Wale, Managing Director, Wärtsilä  Nigeria Ltd  On 28 May 2021, Nigeria’s national power generation dropped to 3,059 MW and for the subsequent seven days remained below 4,000 MW, six percent below average production. Low pressure on the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) left several gas turbine power plants with insufficient gas supply, […]