NEC and EnspireME to Build Europe’s Largest Battery Energy Storage System in Germany

Wazzup Pilipinas!

NEC Corporation and NEC Energy Solutions, an NEC subsidiary, announced that they have reached an agreement with Germany-based EnspireME, a fifty-fifty joint venture established between Mitsubishi Corporation and Eneco, a Netherlands-based integrated energy company, to build a large-scale battery energy storage system in Jardelund, Germany. The system is scheduled to begin operating in December 2017, with a power capacity of 48 MW and a storage capacity of over 50 MWh, which will be the largest stationary type system in Europe.

EnspireMe will utilize this battery energy storage system to supply sustainable reserve capacity to balance the European electricity grid. Mitsubishi Corporation and Eneco will also start a pilot project involving the storage of locally produced surplus wind energy.

The European Union (EU), as a leader in alternative energy initiatives, has set a goal of meeting 20 percent of energy consumption within its member states through renewable energy by 2020. In Germany, where renewable energy has been actively introduced to provide a large, stable volume of energy to electric power systems, a market has already been established for ancillary services that maintain electric power quality, including frequency and voltage, in electric power systems.

“The market for battery energy storage systems is expected to grow significantly with the expansion of the renewable energy market. Leveraging this large-scale project in Germany, the leading market for the introduction of renewable energy, and NEC’s comprehensive battery energy storage know-how, we aim to globally expand the business of battery energy storage systems,” said Michihiro Ezawa, General Manager, ESS Division, NEC Corporation.

Chailease to Finance PhilJets' Fifth Airbus H130

Wazzup Pilipinas!

Chailease Finance, the Taipei-based financial institution, confirms it will be financing PhilJets' upcoming brand new Airbus H130 during the inaugural Rotorcraft Asia in Singapore on 18th to 20th April, 2017

The Taiwanese financial conglomerate has been growing its portfolio of customers throughout Southeast Asia, including PhilJets Group, as one of its major customers and partners in the Philippines.

PhilJets is expected to take delivery of its fifth Airbus H130 within the next three months, and has developed an expertise in operating its flagship helicopter type, making the boutique aviation group as one of the major operators of H130 in the Southeast Asian region.

It is the second aircraft in PhilJets' fleet to be financed by Chailease. With this, the two companies intend on enriching their stronger partnership further, and look forward to more business opportunities and undertakings in the future. 

Philjets Becomes Largest Airbus Helicopter Operator in Philippines with New Orders

Wazzup Pilipinas!

Leading boutique business aviation operator PhilJets Group deepens its relationship with Airbus Helicopters with a new order of one brand new H145 and two H130 helicopters. With this additional order, PhilJets which currently operates six Airbus rotorcraft including four H130, one EC130B4 and one AS350B2, becomes Philippines’ largest operator of Airbus’ helicopters in the country, with a total of nine.

Both the twin-engine H145 and the two single-engine H130 helicopters are scheduled for delivery in the last quarter of 2017. These new helicopters will used to support PhilJets’ growing VIP, corporate and tourism businesses throughout the Philippine archipelago, with the possibility of adding new missions, as the operator explores expansion plans into the emergency medical services and cargo transport sectors.

“The limited Oil & Gas and military markets contributed to an understated helicopter market in the Philippines as a whole, especially when the market remains fragmented with a multitude of medium and small operators, and numerous individual owners operating one to two helicopters each at most,” said Thierry Tea, Founder and CEO of PhilJets Group. “Establishing PhilJets in 2013, our goal was to develop the business aviation market in the Philippines to a state where it can receive the attention it deserves. Airbus’ helicopters served our needs very well and we have full confidence of the continued reliability and performance as we grow our fleet to bolster our operations”.

“We are excited at the opportunity of strengthening our relationship with PhilJets with the new helicopter orders. It is remarkable how our customer has grown by leaps and bounds in just over three years, and we are honoured to be part of its expansion journey”, said Lionel De Maupeou, Managing Director, Airbus Helicopters in the Philippines. “We are confident that Airbus’ helicopters will serve the needs of our customer well in the country, and remain committed to growing our support for PhilJets”.