Author: Anela Dokso

Vestas has secured a service agreement for the Croatian wind energy project Orjak in northern Croatia from VJETROELEKTRANA ORJAK, a daughter company of ECOwind Handels-und Wartungs-GmbH, which is a subsidiary of global renewable energy developer BayWa. Vestas will deliver the maintenance of the project’s five Senvion MM92-2.05 wind turbines and the 18-year Active Output Management 4000 (AOM 4000) service agreement will start immediately. “We have established a strong partnership with Vestas on multiple projects and are pleased to see this continue with Orjak. The 10 MW project benefits from a long-term feed-in tariff and with Vestas now in place as…

SSE Renewables is seeking consent for the next phase of its Firth of Forth offshore wind farms, Berwick Bank and Marr Bank. Combined, these proposed developments could generate up to 4.15 GW of renewable electricity. RPS has been appointed the lead offshore Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and shadow Habitat Regulation Appraisal (HRA) consultant for both Berwick Bank and Marr Bank offshore wind farm projects. “We are pleased to have RPS on board as lead EIA and HRA consultants. They bring a wealth of experience to this key discipline for the development of the Berwick Bank and Marr Bank projects and we…

DTE Electric has received approval from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) for a plan to keep electric rates unchanged from today until 2022. The company’s Renewable Energy Plan was also approved by the Commission. Following a 12-week moratorium on service interruptions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and $30-40 million bill reduction for electric customers in June and July, the regulatory plan maintains current electric rates to help customers as they recover from the pandemic. The plan also allows continued investments in infrastructure and tree trimming programs plus the accelerated retirement of the River Rouge power plant, now only…

Hellenic Cables has secured a contract by Seaway 7, the renewables business unit of Subsea 7, to supply 66kV inter-array cables and accessories for the Seagreen offshore wind farm. Under the contract, Hellenic Cables will design, manufacture, test and supply approximately 320 km of 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables and associated accessories. The cables will be produced in Corinth, Greece, at Hellenic Cables’ vertically integrated submarine cables plant. Delivery is planned by early 2022. The Seagreen offshore wind farm project is a 1,075MW project which is located 27 km off the Angus Coast in the Firth of Forth, off the…

Xodus has appointed Alexander Thillerup as a US renewables vice president to head up a new office in Boston as the company looks to grow its offshore wind services across North America. Alexander Thillerup joins Xodus from Aegir Wind Solutions, where he was director of project management. With more than 15 years’ experience in the renewables industry across Europe and Australia, he has managed several industry-leading projects for developers, including the concept development of the 6MW tower for Equinor’s Hywind Scotland turbines, the world’s first floating wind farm. “This is a fantastic opportunity as we grow our operations in Boston.…

Nautilus Solar Energy has acquired 15.1 MW community solar development portfolio from SGC Power. The six projects are located across five counties and three separate utility territories in Maryland, and will produce enough energy to power 3,300 subscribing households in the region. The projects are at various stages of development and construction with most of the projects expected to reach operational completion by Q4 2020.   The six projects are part of a larger 32.8 MW portfolio of Nautilus community solar facilities located throughout the state. All projects are qualified under the Maryland Community Solar Pilot Program to bring clean, local,…

Naval Energies has joined the DeepWind offshore wind cluster as part of its strategy to offer floating wind technology into the Scottish market. Scotland is aiming to be carbon neutral by 2045, with offshore wind as a key ingredient in its energy mix, as evidenced by the launch of the ScotWind Leasing Round. The new industry body, the DeepWind cluster, has the main objective of developing a significant offshore wind energy supply chain. It is also tasked with encouraging innovation and, more generally, economic growth through the development of the offshore wind sector. Created in April 2019, it brings together…

CorPower is establishing a research and development, manufacturing and service centre for wave energy converters in Viana do Castelo, northern Portugal, with a €16 million investment plan. The location has been chosen to support CorPower’s demonstration project HiWave-5, and for the long-term development of supply and service capacity for commercial wave energy farms. CorPower’s work complements the Portuguese Industrial Strategy for Ocean Renewable Energies, designed to create a competitive and innovative industrial export cluster for ocean renewable energy. “This is a crucial stage in our pursuit to develop a new class of high efficiency wave energy converters. CorPower’s goal is…

A consortium of maritime companies has revealed the concept design of an Autonomous Guard Vessel set to revolutionize the offshore industry. The Autonomous Guard Vessel is specifically designed for surveillance of offshore structures throughout their life cycle, ranging from wind farms to substation platforms and cable routes. This concept to replace conventional guard vessels came to life in a project group facilitated by LISA, a community for maritime professionals. The project group resulted in a consortium, which includes C-Job Naval Architects, SeaZip Offshore Service, Sea Machines and recently joined by MARIN and eL-Tec elektrotechniek. With any area that needs to…

O3 Energy and UPower Energy are developing a 7.5 MW utility-scale solar portfolio in Texas that is being financed by AVANA Capital. This portfolio of work enables five different Texas rural electrical Co-ops the ability to offer renewable energy via solar power to thousands of residential and commercial customers throughout Central and West Texas. The seven solar farms maximize efficiency by using semi-transparent bi-facial panels combined with Archtech Solar Skyline E-W axis trackers. The combination of these allow for up to a 30% increase in electricity production, the company explained. “This is a massive portfolio of work for O3 Energy and UPower. Not only will…