Author: Anela Dokso

Siemens Gamesa has signed a bank guarantee line for up to €600 million to cover the construction of components for Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm. Located in the North Sea and owned by Danish utility company Ørsted, the farm will consist of 165 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines (1.4 GW), capable of producing enough clean energy to power 1.3 million UK households. BNP Paribas lead managed the deal, in which BBVA, Mizuho and Santander also participated. Under this agreement, the company will pay a premium in the event that it fails to achieve the defined ESG targets; otherwise, the premium will…

innogy has started investigation into an accident that occurred at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm, involving Seaway Strashnov vessel. The incident that occurred onboard Seaway 7’s Seaway Strashnov on May 8, left five people injured. The vessel was working on the installation of foundations for the 860MW wind farm located 33km away from the coast of Lincolnshire in the North Sea. According to the reports, the news about the incident have just emerged. EnergyNews.biz team has reached out to innogy looking for a comment, and will update the article accordingly. To remind, this is the second accident this month…

Wärtsilä and Vantaa Energy have signed an agreement on a joint concept feasibility study for a Power-to-Gas facility at Vantaa Energy’s waste-to-energy -plant in the city of Vantaa, Finland. The co-development agreement was signed in May and is valid for 12 months. The Power-to-Gas facility would produce carbon-neutral synthetic biogas using carbon dioxide emissions and electricity generated at the waste-to-energy plant. The purpose of the joint study is to confirm the optimal size of the project, the cost of synthetic biogas for district heating, and to understand the boundary conditions for project feasibility. Once feasible, the parties intend to continue…

The Brattle Group’s new report on offshore wind transmission details onshore electric grid cost savings of over $1 billion and significantly reduced environmental impacts in adopting a multi-user, planned transmission system to harness wind power off New England’s coast. The report, ‘Offshore Transmission in New England: The Benefits of a Better-Planned Grid’, describes the limitations of connecting each wind farm to shore individually in comparison to a ‘planned’ approach – a high-capacity offshore transmission system serving multiple wind farms, reducing marine cabling and optimizing onshore landing points. Brattle’s research underscores the role of transmission policy in the development of New England’s offshore…

James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has secured a framework contract to deliver wind turbine blade maintenance and repair services to Vattenfall, to help optimize wind farm performance. JFMS is one of three firms involved in the framework agreement, which covers nearly 50 onshore and offshore wind farms across Northern Europe. As part of the contract, JFMS’s subsidiary, Rotos 360, will deliver proactive solutions across blade inspection, repair and maintenance campaigns. “We look forward to collaborating with GEV Wind Power, James Fisher Marine Services and Danish Blade Service, whose expertise matches Vattenfall’s standard of excellence across all our operations.“The UK’s offshore…

TenneT has completed its new 22-member leadership team with the appointment of six (associate) directors. The organisation structure, which will become effective as per 1 July, is an important milestone in TenneT’s change program ‘Transforming TenneT’. Last year TenneT started this program to bring more focus in its strategy, to design a functional organisation and to create a company culture that will support the company’s growth and its role in the energy transition in the Netherlands, Germany and neighboring countries. “On 1 July TenneT’s organisation will be solid as a rock, with a complete leadership team in top condition. We…

Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has, through its Market Intelligence’s services, shown the impact of the COVID-19 to wind auctions which have been delayed or postponed in a few countries, while other countries have found solutions to continue their scheduled auctions and continue driving forward wind power growth. From January to April 2020, a total of 3.35 GW of wind power capacity was auctioned, with 2.1 GW in Europe and the remaining 1.2 GW in Asia. During the same period in 2019, nearly 5 GW of capacity was auctioned. This significant difference can predominantly be attributed to the COVID-19 crisis,…

Strata Solar has completed pre-construction development of its landmark battery project, Ventura Energy Storage (VES), a 100-megawatt, 400-megawatt hour battery energy storage system in unincorporated Ventura County, California. The project, developed by Strata, has awarded an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract to Tesla for the Megapack battery system. Construction is scheduled to start in July 2020. Strata Solar’s Ventura Energy Storage project was competitively selected by Southern California Edison (SCE) for a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in April 2019 to supply local capacity. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) unanimously approved the PPA in December 2019. “This precedent…

Pivot Energy has completed a 431 kilowatt (kW) solar carport installation for the Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA). The solar carport, located at IREA’s headquarters in Sedalia, Colorado, combines aesthetics with functionality, utilizing high-efficiency solar panels. The solar carport is scheduled to begin producing clean energy in May to help power IREA’s headquarter building. The annual amount of solar energy generated by the carport will avoid the greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to driving 100 vehicles for one year or the amount of CO2 emissions from consuming 53,000 gallons of gasoline. The structure is able to house 130 vehicles and includes…

Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and MEC+ (MEC Intelligence) have released a new report stating that India’s wind energy capacity can only realistically reach 50 GW by 2022. ‘India Wind Outlook Towards 2022: Looking beyond the headwinds’ objectively analyses the factors which have led to a drag on market growth for India’s wind energy industry over the past two years, and provides an assessment on the forecast along with a pathway to overcome these challenges to realize the high potential of the market. The report highlights key challenges that must be overcome to restore strong wind market growth in India, including: grid and…