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New contracts and orders in industry
Wärtsilä ship design chosen for state-of-the-art fishing vessel
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he technology group Wärtsilä will provide the ship design, as well as the main engine and other propulsion equipment, for a new state-ofthe-art fishing vessel. The ship will be built at the Balenciaga shipyard in Spain for Castlehill, the Fraserburgh, Scotland based owners. The 69.8 metre-long ‘Resolute’ will replace an existing trawler of the same name in the owner’s fleet. When delivered in 2020, this innovative vessel will provide high efficiency, and will represent the latest in ship designs for fishing
industry purposes. It will operate in the fishing grounds of the North Sea. “Wärtsilä’s Smart Marine vision supports the development of efficient and environmentally sustainable solutions, and this ship will certainly meet those criteria,” says Riku-Pekka Hägg, Director, Ship Design, Wärtsilä Marine. In addition to the ship design and relevant documentation, Wärtsilä will also supply a Wärtsilä 32 main engine, as well as the gear, shaft line, stern tube and controllable pitch propeller (CPP).
Under a separate agreement, the company will also develop a concept that can be used for the owner’s application for an extended fishing quota. Visit: www.wartsila.com
E.ON and Clever form JV for ultra-fast electric car charging D
enmark-based E-mobility Service Provider Clever and Germany’s E.ON have announced a joint venture for building and operating ultra-fast
chargers along the freeways throughout Scandinavia. ‘Ultra-Fast Charging Venture Scandinavia’ will aim to connect cities in Denmark, Norway and Sweden with a total of 48 ultra-fast charging sites. The joint venture is fulfilling a promise to the European Commission’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme to build 28 co-financed sites in Denmark and Sweden. The joint venture will also deploy 20 sites in Norway outside of the funding scope. The joint venture will be a charge point operator, where the partners share the vision to provide
more ultra-fast charging stations and better customer experience for drivers of electrical vehicles across borders. In 2020 all 48 sites are planned to be operational. E-mobility customers of Clever, E.ON and third party operators will get access to the charging stations. “This is a major leap forward for Scandinavian and European EV drivers alike. With this new joint venture, we’re journeying into the new era of borderless sustainable e-mobility,” says Casper Kirketerp-Møller, CEO of Clever. Visit: www.eonenergy.com
PNE Group wins 174 MW Polish wind energy contracts T he internationally operating German wind power company PNE Group has achieved further success in Poland with two new wind energy projects. Under the terms of the contract, wind power turbines with a nominal capacity of total 174 MW will be constructed by PNE at the ‘Barwice’ (42 MW) and ‘Jasna’ (132 MW) wind farms. Both projects are located in windy regions in northern Poland and have been developed by subsidiary WKN. Construction of the wind farms
Nouryon signs deal with Itaconix for bio-based polymers
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ouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) will expand its offering to customers in the detergents market through a supply agreement with bio-based polymers maker Itaconix. Itaconix will produce and supply polymers with chelating properties that Nouryon will market to
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is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2019. 14 wind power turbines will be erected at the Barwice wind farm. 39 turbines are planned for the Jasna wind farm. Completion and start of operation are scheduled for 2019 and 2020. Markus Lesser, CEO of PNE AG, said: “This is a great success for us. Our intensive and multi-year project development in Poland is now paying off. The internationalisation of our core business has taken another major step forward. In addition to
customers in household, institutional, and industrial detergent and cleaner applications. In addition, the companies will work together to transition many of Itaconix’s current detergent customers to Nouryon. This is the first supply agreement resulting from a joint development agreement signed by the two companies in 2017 to explore opportunities for polymers made
our successful developments in France, Sweden and the USA, the market for wind energy in Poland is now also developing extremely well for us.” Visit: www.pne-ag.com
from bio-based itaconic acid using technoloy from Itaconix. Peter Kuijpers, General Manager Chelates and Micronutrients at Nouryon, said: “These polymers will generate new opportunities for our customers in key detergent applications, enabling greener formulations without compromises on technical performance.” Visit: www.nouryon.com
