21/11/2021 – Ingeteam, el especialista global en tecnología de conversión de energía eléctrica, participará en la exposición y conferencia Electric City 2021 de WindEurope, un evento comercial global clave para las empresas que operan en la industria de la energía eólica. El tema central del evento de este año será “Construir una economía limpia” en […]
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 […]
PRESS RELEASE – Wärtsilä Corporation, Nigeria, 03 November 2021. – The technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 70 MW captive power plant for the BUA’s new Sokoto cement production plant in Nigeria. The new plant is required to supply the energy for an off grid additional cement production line. This follows an order for a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nigeria 10/10/2021 – The successful completion of the Azura Edo 450 MW gas-fired power project in 2016 was hailed at the time as setting the blueprint for future independent power projects in Nigeria. The $900 million plant, which gathered 20 international banks and equity financing partners from more than nine countries, took over six years […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Paris, France, 14 juin 2021 – La société belge REFRECO, experte de la réfrigération industrielle, commerciale et HVAC, a annoncé son intégration à Blue Pearl Energy, une plateforme innovante de services à l’énergie. Avec cette nouvelle acquisition, Blue Pearl entre pour la première fois dans le métier de la réfrigération commerciale et industrielle en France, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]
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, […]
Quebec, Canada, April 13, 2021 – Waga Energy, the European leader in landfill gas-to- renewable natural gas (RNG) technology, has been enlisted by The Mauricie Residual Materials Management Board (RGMRM) to deploy its innovative gas upgrading solution at the Saint-Étienne-des-Grès landfill, in Quebec. The green gas produced will be purchased by Énergir, the largest gas […]
Golden, Colorado, April 26, 2021. Study points to shortcomings in the hedged financial structures, with asymmetric price risk leading to significant losses for wind farm operators and gains for counterparties. Significant implications for future wind farms and ERCOT planning are described in the study. ArcVera Renewables, a leading international provider of consulting and technical services […]
The measurement of wind characteristics at a potential wind farm development site with Lidar is today’s modern approach to renewable energy development. A digital approach to a very simple need – how windy will it be. The answer and certainty of the answer leads to significant investment over the lifespan of wind farms onshore and […]
MEDIA BRIEF AFRICA – The 2021 edition of REN21’s Renewables in Cities Global Status Report, shows that one billion people live in cities with a renewable energy target or policy. The number of cities that have enforced partial or complete bans on fossil fuels jumped fivefold in 2020. With a special focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, the […]