Author: Anela Dokso

Vestas has received an order for the 52 MW Bella wind park, to be located in Bella, in the Basilicata region, Italy. The contract, signed with Ares, includes the supply and installation of one V136-3.45 MW wind turbine and fourteen V136-4.2 MW wind turbines delivered in different power modes, as well as a 20-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement. “The long-standing reliable partnership with Vestas has made us again lean towards the services of the Danish manufacturer, to whom we have also decided to entrust the competent maintenance for 20 years. The cutting-edge technologies ensured by Vestas…

Energiekontor has sold the Höttingen solar park with a total output of around 8.3 MW to 7C Solarparken. The solar park is located in the municipality of the same name in the Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district of Central Franconia, around 40 km south of Nuremberg, and was commissioned on 18 December 2020. The Höttingen solar park had successfully participated in the EEG tender and secured the relatively attractive remuneration of the tender date at that time. This amount of electricity is mathematically sufficient to cover the needs of approximately 3,000 German households. A novelty is the length of the financing term of…

Enel Green Power España (EGPE) has completed the construction of the Las Corchas and Los Naranjos photovoltaic plants, located between the towns of Carmona and La Rinconada in Seville. With an investment of €70 million and built in record time, the two photovoltaic plants will add a combined capacity of 100 MW and will generate 202 GWh a year, equivalent to the annual energy consumption of a town like Carmona. “The efforts of all the workers and the coordination with the local authorities in Carmona and La Rinconada, who also made it possible for the province of Seville to produce…

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has acquired MAP® RE/ES, the renewable energy business of MAP® Energy (MAP®). GIP’s fourth flagship fund, GIP IV, will acquire 100% of the MAP® RE/ES investment platform, team, and renewable energy assets under management from MAP®, a private fund manager and energy investor. The assets include a portfolio of producing royalty interests across more than 16,000 MW of operating wind and solar projects in the United States, as well as a nationwide development pipeline managed through joint ventures with leading national and regional development partners. The MAP® RE/ES business will continue to be led by its…

Capital Dynamics’s Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI) business has completed the acquisition ofthe remaining 69.98% interest in Arlington Valley Solar Energy II (AVSE II), a 175 MWdc solar photovoltaic project, from funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management. CEI acquired a 30.02% interest in AVSE II as part of the acquisition of three solar PV projects from LSPower in November 2020. Following the acquisition from the Apollo Funds, Capital Dynamics has assumed 100% interest in the AVSE II solar PV project. The 438 MWdc operating solar PV portfolio includes: Centinela Solar Energy, 252 MWdc located in Imperial County, California,Arlington Valley…

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives (IEA) has been awarded a wind construction contract for the 185 MW Glacier Sands wind farm in Mason County, Illinois. Cordelio Power, a North American based renewable power producer, awarded the project to White Construction, a subsidiary of IEA that constructs utility-scale renewable energy and heavy civil infrastructure projects. White Construction has already started limited construction work on the Glacier Sands project and expects to receive full notice to proceed in Q1 2021, with completion of the project expected in October 2021. White Construction will self-perform all of the engineering, procurement and construction needs of the…

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy awarded Global Wind Service (GWS) with pre-assembly, transport, and offshore installation for all 89 turbines comprising wind farm Fryslân in the Netherlands. The scope of work includes transport and storage of components, pre-assembly, offshore installation, and the supply of lifting equipment. Pre-assembly works are done at Amsterdam Alaska Harbour and Oude Zeug where work is scheduled to start in January 2021 and installation works following soon after. “We are very excited about being awarded with this project, thereby delivering yet another big pre-assembly project with Siemens Gamesa. The fact that they have also chosen GWS for…

Ørsted has signed agreements with a consortium comprising global institutional investor Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), and Taiwanese private equity fund Cathay PE, who will be acquiring a total of 50 % ownership share of Ørsted’s 605 MW Greater Changhua 1 offshore wind farm. CDPQ will be the majority owner among the two new partners. The Greater Changhua 1 site is part of the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farm, which Ørsted is currently constructing and expects to finalize in 2022. As part of the agreement, Ørsted will construct the Greater Changhua 1…

Siemens Energy has secured a contract by Technology Resources Energy (TRE) to equip two onshore wind farms in Vietnam with Sensproducts, digitally enhanced transmission equipment. The two wind farms IaPet-Dak Doa 1 and IaPet-Dak Doa 2 are both located in the Dak Doa district of Gia Lai province in the country’s central highlands and will have a capacity of 100 megawatts each. The wind farms are part of Vietnam’s ongoing Power Development Master Plan to further push the integration of renewable energy sources and to enhance the power supply. “The Dak Doa wind farm project is another excellent project demonstrating…

Nel has entered into an MoU with Everfuel which involves Everfuel taking a majority stake in H2 Fuel Norway (H2Fuel), a fully owned company of Nel, and changing the name to Everfuel Norway Retail. Everfuel targets an investment of NOK 26 million in H2Fuel, resulting in a 51% ownership share in the company. Everfuel Norway Retail’s strategy will be to combine the resources and build, own and operate hydrogen fueling stations in Norway, starting in Oslo. “Becoming part of Everfuel’s activities in Norway is a natural next step for H2Fuel, and I look forward to continue leading the company’s efforts…