Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Nordex, the German turbine manufacturer, has closed the first quarter of 2020 with an order intake of 1.644 GW, representing an increase of firm orders by almost 59 percent. Europe accounted for 1.292MW, which represents almost 79 percent of the total order volume. Norway, Great Britain, Turkey and Finland have been highlighted as the strongest markets. South American orders were also positive, with orders amounting to 269 MW in Chile, and 83 MW in Brazil. José Luis Blanco, CEO of the Nordex Group said:“With more than 1.6 gigawatts of order intake in the first quarter, the Nordex Group has once again…

Fugro’s Houston laboratory has doubled its advanced soil testing capacity for three-way bender element triaxial and cyclic simple shear testing to meet the demand from offshore wind projects in the US. Three-way bender element testing is performed on triaxial tests and uses piezoelectric transducers to determine shear wave velocity in different directions, which is incorporated into the design of the offshore wind turbine foundations. Cyclic simple shear tests determine the dynamic soil properties used to analyse offshore wind turbines under wave and seismic loading conditions. By the end of June, Fugro will have increased cyclic simple shear testing and triaxial…

Iberdrola’s chairman, Ignacio Galán, has addressed more than 600.000 shareholders of the company in the first ever 100 percent remote annual general meeting in its history. During the address, Ignacio Galán said that, because of the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, investments will be accelerated to aid economic activity and to prevent people loosing their jobs. Galán went on to say: “We share with you the certainty that speeding up investments, once these exceptional circumstances come to an end, is the best – I would venture to say the only – way to get through this situation of crisis…

Canadian Solar has closed $30 million in funding from the China-Portuguese Speaking Countries Cooperation and Development Fund (CPDFund). The funds will be used for development and construction of solar projects in Brazil. The company has 1.7 GWp of solar PV projects developed and awarded with PPAs in the federal and regional energy auctions, of which 480 MWp are under operation. “We are pleased to collaborate with the CPDFund again to support the development and construction of more solar projects in Brazil. The last financing transaction in 2017 helped us bring our first Brazilian project, the 191 MWp Pirapora I power…

The two companies have agreed on a strategic partnership to further develop the Chu Feng offshore wind project, which intends to participate in the next grid allocation round in Taiwan.

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