Sulzer Schmid’s new technology platform slashes cost of drone-based rotor blade inspections Zurich, Switzerland, 06 February 2019 – Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG, a Swiss company pioneering next-generation technology for the inspection of wind turbine rotor blades, announced today that it has launched a new highly competitive inspection platform. The company’s new 3DX™ HD product ...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced the financing of a 50 MW solar power project in southern Kazakhstan. The proposed financing package arranged by the EBRD includes a local currency loan of up to  $40.4 million in Kazakhstan Tenge and a loan of up to $10 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The new project, which will be located in Chulakkurgan, so ...

EDF Renewables in India and its partner for wind energy in India, the SITAC Group today announce the signing of a long-term power purchase agreement covering the output of 300 MW of wind power project recently awarded by the Indian government. This power purchase agreement (PPA) was the outcome of a competitive tender process launched by the Indian government under the 5th tender process of the Solar Energy ...

International Finance Corp. and the Asian Development Bank invested $95 million in AC Energy Inc.’s  green bonds. AC Energy, Ayala Corp.’s energy platform, said the bonds were issued through AC Energy’s wholly-owned subsidiary, AC Energy Finance International Ltd., and guaranteed by AC Energy. IFC provided an anchor investment of $75 million to complete the public placement of AC Energy’s five-year gre ...

Neptune generation of PE Smart Urban Network by Paradox Engineering enables Open Cities by providing greater flexibility and interoperability  Novazzano (Switzerland), January 30th 2019 – Swiss technology company Paradox Engineering is introducing new Neptune generation of its PE Smart Urban Network solution, providing an interoperable, scalable management platform to fully control streetlights, parkin ...

By the end of 2018, China's installed capacity for renewable energy reached 728,000 megawatts (MW), up 12 per cent on a year-on-year basis. It took up 38.3 per cent of the total installed capacity, growing 1.7 percentage points year on year, demonstrating that the alternative role of renewable energy has become increasingly important. The data were released on Monday (Jan 28) during a media briefing held by ...

Google announced that it is making a huge investment in renewable energy in Asia. The global search giant has committed to more than 30 wind and solar projects across the Americas and Europe since 2010 – making it the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy – but this is its first project in Asia. It consists of a long-term agreement to purchase the output of a 10-megawatt solar array (which is part ...

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) will strengthen its wind power generator maintenance services and expand its core product of wind power generation solution business, as part of efforts to strengthen its renewable energy business, including community-based and collaborative creation-oriented energy projects that combine solar power, storage batteries, EMS(1) and other elements. Hitachi will also strengthen its all ...

The ABB microgrid is part of the extended R&D collaboration between ABB and IITR to create platforms for research on various aspects of smart city technology deployment The groundbreaking ceremony of ABB microgrid with battery energy storage at the campus of Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IITR), was held to commence the smart campus development project. This is part of the larger R&D colla ...

Kazakhstan has just launched operation of the largest solar power plant in Central Asia. ...