Author: Anela Dokso

Trianel Erneuerbare Energien GmbH (TEE) has acquired its largest wind farm to date from ABO Wind AG. The wind farm, named Dreieck Spreeau, is located in Brandenburg, eastern Germany.  The Spreeau wind farm consists of eight Vestas V150-4.2MW wind turbines. The project is the largest in Germany to use the V150-4.2MW turbines.  With a total output of 33.6 MW, the wind farm is the largest in the TEE portfolio to date.  The wind farm is being built by ABO Wind and the commissioning is planned for the end of 2021.  The wind farm will produce around 110 million kilowatt hours…

Global renewable energy investment increased between 2013 and 2018, reaching its peak at $351 billion in 2017, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). The 2020 edition of Global Landscape of Renewable Energy Finance highlights however, that while a cumulative $1.8 trillion were invested during the five-year period, the amount falls short to achieve the global climate commitments. Renewable energy investment slightly declined in 2018, with modest growth through 2019. Although this was largely due to the decreasing costs of renewables, the total installed capacity continued to grow. The current…

ABB Marine & Ports has been selected as a key technology partner for a far-reaching EU project exploring the use of remote offshore inspection and maintenance techniques for wind farms. With funding from the biggest EU research and innovation program Horizon 2020, the project is targeting a more efficient, cost-effective and sustainable offshore ecosystem. The project results will be made available under EU’s Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS). In a project milestone, ABB is supplying a new module of the ABB Ability Marine Advisory System – OCTOPUS optimization software. This will enable improved efficiencies by cutting the transfer…

Wärtsilä and CBO, Brazil’s operator of offshore support vessels, have signed an agreement to convert a vessel from CBO’s fleet to operate with hybrid propulsion. The ‘CBO Flamengo’ will be the first vessel in Latin America to be fitted with a battery pack for hybrid propulsion, which will improve the vessel’s energy consumption and reduce its carbon footprint. The Wärtsilä Hybrid Solution to be installed on the ‘CBO Flamengo’, a platform supply vessel (PSV), complies with the DNV-GL’s ‘Battery Power’ class notation, allowing the ship’s engines to run more efficiently by operating safely with fewer engines at a higher load.…

Mayor Cooper’s administration has entered into a partnership with Nashville Electric Service, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Vanderbilt University to construct 100 megawatts of utility-scale solar power under the TVA Green Invest program. Vanderbilt will be a 25-megawatt co-subscriber to the solar array, thereby reaching its own 100 percent renewable-energy goal for campus operations. Metro-Nashville will be the first local government to pursue access to Green Invest in TVA territory. On Metro’s and Vanderbilt’s behalf, TVA will contract with Silicon Ranch Corp. to build a solar array in Tullahoma, Tenn. The company was selected through TVA’s 2020 competitive procurement process…

Eni and HitecVision have established a new joint venture company, Vårgrønn, with the aim of developing new green energy projects in Norway and the Nordic market. Vårgrønn intends to play a major role in the development, construction, operation and financing of renewable energy projects in the country. As a first step, the company will pursue opportunities in the offshore wind sector by participating in the upcoming Norwegian tender processes for offshore licenses, also supporting Vår Energi’s ambition to reduce climate emissions through the electrification of its upstream assets. Furthermore Vårgrønn will explore opportunities within renewables, with a long-term ambition of…

DHL has started operating the first purpose-built fully electric 16-tonne vehicle in the UK. The Volvo FL Electric 4×2 rigid is now part of DHL Supply Chain’s fleet in London, making last mile deliveries into the West End shopping district. The vehicle is powered by four 200 kWh batteries which can run for 120 miles, carrying a maximum of 12 pallets and weighing up to 6 tones. It will recharge overnight at DHL’s base in Purfleet for daily operations into the city centre. It will also be 3 star compliant to the London Direct Vision Standard having great all round…

CEFC has invested in innovative solar energy technology with the potential to revolutionize Australia’s use of rooftop solar, delivering lightweight, flexible panels that can be used across a wider range of applications than existing glass panels. The CEFC committed $7 million through the Clean Energy Innovation Fund to the Sunman $12 million Series B capital raising, alongside company founder Dr Zhengrong Shi and Southern Cross Venture Partners. Sunman will use the capital to further develop and deploy the technology behind its innovative eArc solar panels and to optimize its installation processes. eArc panels, made from a lightweight polymer composite material,…

Global Energy Group has appointed Iain Sinclair to the newly created role of executive director of renewables and energy transition with plans to launch a new operation in Edinburgh. Inverness headquartered Global Energy Group has established itself as a major player in offshore wind, investing £90 million to date in its Port of Nigg facility in the Cromarty Firth to enable major infrastructure projects. Sinclair will join the senior management team and have a group wide remit to develop opportunities in offshore wind, green and blue hydrogen and sustainable infrastructure. “Iain joins us at a pivotal time as we continue…

Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Seamus O’Regan, has revealed one of Canada’s largest ever investments in tidal energy — $28.5 million to Sustainable Marine in Nova Scotia to deliver Canada’s first floating tidal energy array. Sustainable Marine developed floating tidal energy platform called PLAT-I that has undergone testing on the waters of Grand Passage for nearly two years. A second platform is currently being assembled in Meteghan, Nova Scotia and will be launched in Grand Passage later this year for testing before relocation to the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) in 2021. These platforms will make up the…