Elecnor Hawkeye recently announced the purchase of new specialty equipment for High Voltage Underground Transmission installation. The company took title to an underground cable puller that has a continuous line pull of 80,000 lbs. Hal Meeler, Director of Elecnor Hawkeye’s UG Transmission group said, “More and more utilities are moving to underground transmission over overhead because…
Tesla Nanocoatings enters agreement with NDG, offers corrosion protection coatings
Tesla NanoCoatings announces the appointment of Norwegian Drilling Group (NDG) as sales agent and distributor for its Teslan products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Tesla NanoCoatings and Norwegian Drilling Group will launch a new class of corrosion protection coatings targeting the oil and shipping industries. Offshore wind towers are another market for Tesla…
Red Lion adds multi-carrier support to Sixnet series cellular automation family
Red Lion Controls recently announced that 4G LTE multi-carrier cellular support for major North American carriers is now built into its Sixnet series RAM and IndustrialPro cellular automation products. New multi-carrier capabilities enable customers to simplify deployment and reduce inventory requirements by selecting from a list of preconfigured wireless carriers that include AT&T, BELL Mobility,…
Green Charge Networks and ChargePoint merge energy storage with electric vehicle charging
Green Charge Networks recently announced a partnership with ChargePoint. By combining energy storage with EV charging, the companies aim to eliminate the high cost of demand charges caused by spikes in power usage, often a barrier to installing EV charging stations. Demand charges are part of every commercial electricity bill and are determined by the…
UK to remain top offshore wind market by 2025, says GlobalData
The UK will remain the leading offshore wind power market globally by 2025, with its installed capacity increasing from 4.5 GW in 2014 to 23.2 GW by the end of the forecast period, representing an impressive Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 30.5%, says research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report states that…
D.C. signs largest wind power deal by a U.S. city, saves taxpayers $45 million
Washington, D.C. is about to power 35% of its electricity from wind. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Iberdrola Renewables to supply the city with wind energy. The move is expected to save taxpayers $45 million over 20 years, and is the largest wind power deal of its kind entered into…
Sage Oil Vac revamps the oil change with replacement drain valve
Sage Oil Vac is begging the question: Why are mechanics still relying on a glorified bolt to serve as an oil drain plug? Oil is the lifeblood of any engine (including a wind turbine’s gearbox). With a century’s worth of innovation and technological advances, why has the oil drain blog not changed as well? Sage Oil Vac is offering…
Wind surpasses nuclear, renewables winning in terms of use and growth
As reported by Quartz, “The dream of a low-carbon future thanks to nuclear power is already looking dated.” China and India, the two most populated countries in the world, along with several others like Japan, Germany and Brazil, are already using more energy generated from (non-hydro) renewable sources than from nuclear, according to a global industry…
Composites One presented with 2014 Gold Award from Great West Casualty
Composites One was presented the Gold Award by Great West Casualty Company as a part of the 2014 National Safety Awards Program. This is the 13th consecutive year that Composites One has been named an award-recipient by Great West Casualty Company. The National Safety Awards Program recognizes carriers in similar operations (truckload and less than…
Kett double-cut shears extend material usage and reduce costs
Kett Tool’s KL-200 Double-Cut Shears help manufacturers and contractors conserve materials and cut costs. The shears deliver precision cuts in C.R. mild steel, stainless steel, plastic and Formica without warping or bending the original material or the finished piece. “The KL-200 allows for ease of operation without damaging the final product,” said Kathy Conlon, president…
MAKE Consulting releases new global wind turbine O&M sector report
MAKE Consulting has released its 2015 Global Wind Turbine Operations and Maintenance Report, a 50-page analysis containing over 75 charts, tables and graphs of global wind power service markets and strategies. Key topics covered include the global wind turbine O&M market opportunity, service strategies of leading asset owners, availability guarantees, pricing and terms of O&M contracts…
Sika announces personnel postings and promotions
Sika, based in Madison Heights, MI, has announced new personnel and promotion appointments in several departments. For the corporation’s Target Market Industry, Mr. Ryan Brimmer was appointed as Area Sales Manager, reporting to Bill Buraczewski Region Manager. Prior to joining Sika, Brimmer held the position of Regional Sales Manager for several RV manufacturers. Brimmer will be responsible for…
UK report: commercial-scale independent wind projects up 80% in a year
More than 700 new commercial-scale independent onshore wind projects have been developed across Great Britain in the past year, latest figures have revealed. This year’s Energy Entrepreneurs Report compiled by independent energy firm SmartestEnergy shows an additional 677 MW of capacity has come on stream since last year’s report. The 707 new projects of 50 kW or…
Infigen announces sale of U.S. wind business
Infigen Energy announced that it has agreed to sell its U.S. wind business to Primary Wind Power, a newly-formed portfolio company affiliated with ArcLight Capital Partners, for approximately $272.5 million. Completion of the wind transaction is subject to various closing conditions, but it is expected to close by October 2015. Infigen’s U.S. wind business comprises Class…
STMicroelectronics boosts efficiency with new 650 V IGBTs
The new M-series 650 V insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) from STMicroelectronics offer designers a way to increase the efficiency of HVAC motor drives, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, solar power converters and all power-conversion applications working up to 20 kHz in hard-switching circuit topologies. Built using ST’s third generation of trench-gate field-stop low-loss technology, the M-series IGBTs…
AVX announces new ceramic capacitors for 200° C and 250° C operation
AVX Corporation has extended its high temperature AT Series Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCCs) with two new case sizes (0603 and 0805), two new voltage ratings (16 V VHT 250° C and 25 V VHT 200° C) and new C0G and VHT temperature coefficients that differentiate the 200° C parts from the industry-leading 250° C parts.…
NorCal partners with Lufft to create innovative relay device for wind turbines
Nor-Cal Controls is releasing a new product which will increase efficiency and reduce costs to wind project owners and operators. The “WindTalker-1000” is an innovative, smart relay device designed to allow any existing sensor to integrate seamlessly into an existing wind turbine control platform, no matter the age, type or communication characteristics of the Programmable…
Court decides Colorado renewable energy law constitutional, supports wind power
In a precedent-setting decision, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of Colorado’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), ruling that the state’s RPS does not impose unlawful regulations on out-of-state companies. In their written opinion, the judges determined that Colorado’s RPS would not harm interstate commerce. Current state law requires electric generators to ensure…
DNV GL to review RES’ energy storage projects
DNV GL will provide technical and financial due diligence on two energy storage projects from Renewable Energy Systems Americas (RES). These two projects together will comprise one of the largest energy storage deployments in North America. DNV GL anticipates this battery storage technology, when combined with proven PV solar technology, can provide significant benefits to power grids. The…
Prysmian’s new contract for submarine interconnector worth €550 m
Prysmian Group has been awarded a new contract worth around 550 euro million, for an HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) submarine interconnector that will link Norway and the UK, by Statnett SF and National Grid NSN Link, a project specific subsidiary of National Grid. The NSN Link will be the first power cable system to…