Author: Anela Dokso

Enel Green Power has started construction on the 199 MW expansion of the Cimarron Bend wind farm in Clark County, Kansas. The expansion, consisting of 74 turbines, will increase the wind farm’s capacity to 599 MW from the current 400 MW, making it the largest wind farm in Enel’s North American portfolio. Construction, which will involve an investment of over $281 million, is expected to be completed by the end of 2020. “As one of the largest renewable power producers in North America, Enel Green Power is committed to excellence in not only developing and constructing new projects but also…

First Solar has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Dow for its Gulf Coast operations. Dow’s Texas Operations is the largest petrochemical site in the western hemisphere. Under the agreement, First Solar will supply Dow with renewable energy from 75 percent of its 200 megawatt (MW) AC Horizon Solar project in Frio County, Texas. The project will utilize First Solar’s Series 6 photovoltaic (PV) modules, designed and developed at the company’s research and development (R&D) centers in California and Ohio. The Series 6 modules that will power the project utilize a range of advanced technologies, including ENGAGE PV Polyolefin Elastomers by…

The University of Exeter and Supacat are helping to pave the way for a green revolution in defence and off-road transport with the development of hybrid electrical powered version of the All-Terrain Mobility Platform (ATMP). The development supports the UK’s aim to deliver a ‘greener’ future following the government’s announcement in February to ban the sale of all new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2035. Engineering experts from the University of Exeter collaborated with British designer and developer of high mobility defence vehicles, Supacat, to pioneer a new, electric-drive version of the ATMP vehicle – which has been used by…

Nexans Solar Technologies (NST) has signed its first contract to design, manufacture and supply KEYLIOS Solar Trackers for Reden. Over 800 of the solar trackers will be installed at Reden’s next four solar parks, located in the southwest of France, with a combined peak capacity of 26 megawatt (MW). The project will be performed in partnership with OMEXOM ENR SO, the subsidiary of Vinci group specializing in renewable energies and based in Toulouse, who are in charge of the construction of the parks, including the assembly and installation of the trackers. The KEYLIOS Solar Tracker is the first product developed…

Iberdrola, through its subsidiary Ailes Marines, has awarded Navantia-Windar UTE consortium a contract for the construction of 62 jackets and piling for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm, off the coast of Brittany. The contract, worth €350 million, is the largest offshore wind contract for Navantia-Windar to date. The agreement comprises the fabrication of the jackets by Navantia at its Fene facilities and the piling by Windar at its Avilés site. The final assembly of all component parts will be completed at the Galician shipyard. The contract between Iberdrola and Navantia-Windar will help create 2,000 direct jobs. Of these, almost 1,000 are…

H2Tec, clean energy solutions provider, has been selected to perform key upgrades to the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)’s hydrogen production plant in Orkney. H2Tec, a subsidiary of Logan Energy, will perform the program upgrades as part of the €11.7 million project, ‘Integrating Tidal Energy into the European Grid (ITEG)’, funded by Interreg North-West Europe. The H2Tec scope of work includes improvements to the efficiency of the system by procuring, installing, pressure testing and commissioning an essential pipework control panel to connect newly generated hydrogen to on-site storage tanks. EMEC’s base in Orkney is a hub for renewable development and…

KB Home has become the first home builder to offer SunPower’s new OneRoof product at its Ashbury new-home community in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2011, KB Home partnered with SunPower to introduce the home builder’s first all-solar community. During the past 18 months, SunPower’s Research and Development team collaborated with KB Home to develop SunPower OneRoof. The new product features interlocking metal roof trays with integrated panel clips to install SunPower solar panels directly to the roof deck. “KB Home has once again demonstrated its leadership, and given our long-time partnership with the home builder, we are confident…

Iberdrola has launched a friendly takeover of 100 percent of the Australian renewables company Infigen Energy, in a A$ 840 million (€510 million) transaction. By acquiring a company that boasts 670 megawatts (MW) of wind power in operation – with seven wind farms – and a wind and solar project portfolio of 1 gigawatt (GW) at various stages of development, Iberdrola will rise to the top of the South Australian market in terms of installed capacity, with almost 1,000 MW. Manned by around 80 workers, this Australian company will also bring another 560 MW in operation through proprietary, leased and…

Heerema’s Heavy Lift Vessel Aegir has experienced a dropfall incident during jacket installation for the Changhua offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The incident took place on June 15, at 16.42 local time, Heerema informed. According to the company, the piling frame and pin pile have only suffered minimal damage, while there were no injuries nor the environmental impact. Work had just started on this project, and currently, foundation installation has been temporarily paused pending investigation. Aegir is in charge of installing 21 jacket foundations for the 109.2 MW Changhua project. The exact cause of the incident is yet unknown and will be…

Wärtsilä’s has received a contract to design and equip two new zero-emissions ferries, to be built for Norwegian operator Boreal Sjö at Holland Shipyards in the Netherlands. The Wärtsilä ship design is tailored to the operating and route profiles of the two double-ended shuttle ferries. Included in the design concept is the optimization of energy consumption. In addition to the design, for each ferry Wärtsilä will supply the thruster motors, batteries, onboard and shore-based battery charging equipment, the back-up generators, and various electrical systems. The equipment is scheduled for delivery to the yard in the beginning of 2021 and the…