Bureau Veritas, a global player in testing, inspection and certification services, announced this week that it is acquiring Woerden, Netherlands-based technical consulting firm Versatec Energy B.V. The acquisition is consistent with LEAP | 28, Bureau Veritas’ strategy to build a...
KEMA Consulting, a division of CESI Group, has been selected as the primary provider of consultancy services as part of a framework agreement, with a maximum contract value of €7 million, to support TenneT’s offshore grid expansion. This agreement is...
International brewer HEINEKEN has partnered with Arcadis, NIRAS and Royal HaskoningDHV for its global Integrated Net Zero Production programme. These partners will bring technical expertise to support HEINEKEN’s global ambition to reach net zero in scope 1 and 2 by...
Independent European private equity firm InfraVia Capital Partners (InfraVia) has acquired a majority shareholding in GIGA Storage, a Dutch player in Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) development, construction, and operations in the Netherlands and Belgium. Through this partnership, the companies...
Last Friday, Dutch renewable energy company Windunie presented its new organizational model focusing on improving cooperation in the energy market. With this new focus, Windunie is responding to market developments in which the development of local energy hubs plays an...
Dutch renewable energy consultancy Pondera is stepping into the renewables market in New Zealand. The company has appointed Eugene Bajema as Business Developer to explore opportunities in offshore wind and other renwable energies. Eugene Bajema recently joined Pondera as Business...
In 2022, renewable energy accounted for 15 percent of gross national energy consumption. This was still 13 percent in the previous year. Consumption of solar and wind energy in particular increased last year. Energy consumption from biomass decreased slightly. This...
Today, during the first Caribbean Climate and Energy Conference (CCEC) in Aruba, the Netherlands, Aruba and Sint Maarten agreed to strengthen cooperation in the field of renewable energy. Several organizations, Caribbean islands, and countries from various parts of the world...
GIGA Storage B.V. will realise large-scale energy storage on the former DAMCO site in Delfzijl with the aim of solving local congestion and providing grid balancing services to TenneT. In the settlement of the bankruptcy of DAMCO Aluminum Delfzijl Coöperatie...
SemperPower’s third utility-scale energy storage project, Project Pollux, which will facilitate the integration of renewable energy into the Dutch power grid, is currently in the realization phase. When it begins operating in the fall of 2023, the battery system, which...
