Author: Anela Dokso

North Star has appointed Mathew Gordon as its new chief executive. The company has also set up North Star Renewables and is seeking to deliver a new fleet of vessels to support the offshore wind maintenance market. Gordon will take over the CEO position this month from Callum Bruce, who is stepping down as chief executive after 34 years in the business, but who will remain in the short-term to ensure the smooth transition of responsibilities. Gordon has held senior positions in Unique Group, Atlantic Offshore, Viking Seatech and Subsea 7. “We have found the right person to take North Star…

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected seven projects totaling $1.94 million to conduct research and development to accelerate the adoption of performance-advantaged biofuel blendstocks. These fuels are derived from renewable feedstocks, and can deliver exceptional efficiency with low emissions. The seven projects will leverage National Laboratory capabilities as part of the Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines (Co-Optima) initiative. “When you consider how much U.S. households spend on transportation—second only to housing expenses—even a small boost in fuel economy can have an important impact on families expenses. These projects are designed to help improve energy efficiency for passenger vehicles through the…

Van Oord has selected BAUER Spezialtiefbau to provide piling works for Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm, one of the first offshore wind farms in France to obtain all the necessary government permits for its construction and operation. Saint-Brieuc will be built on an area of 75 km2 and comprise 62 turbines with a capacity of 8 MW each. In total, the wind farm will have a capacity of 496 MW. Located approximately 16 km off the French coast, the wind farm will produce 1,820 GWh per year – the equivalent of the annual electricity consumption of 835,000 people including heating. BAUER…

Scottish Government has granted consent for the High Constellation wind farm in Argyll & Bute. The project, being developed by Blue Energy, consists of 10 turbines, each with a tip height up to of 149.9 meters, and an onsite battery storage facility. Arcus has supported Blue Energy through the pre-application and consenting process. Arcus led the planning submission and EIA on behalf of the applicant, and undertook several of the technical assessments in-house including hydrology, archaeology, noise, traffic, socio-economics, climate change and other issues.  High Constellation wind farm is located on the Kintyre peninsula approximately 20km South of Tarbert and 30km…

AAL, global project heavy lift carrier, has delivered two Siemens ‘S-Gen’ generators, weighing close to 350 mt each, for two new clean energy gas-fired power plants in Europe and Maysan, Iraq. The units were built at Siemens’ worldwide energy hub in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, and transported from the Norfolk International Terminals in Virginia, USA, into Europe and Iraq onboard the AAL Singapore vessel. The estimated construction cost of each plant is over $340 million, and both feature a potential power output of 840 MW. On route to discharging the second unit in the Port of Umm Qasr, Iraq, the AAL…

Huisman has been hired by CSBC Corporation to deliver a 4,000mt Offshore Mast Crane (OMC) to be installed on heavy lift vessel Green Jade. The crane will be built at the production facility of Huisman in China and is scheduled for delivery in 2022 for deployment by joint venture CSBC-DEME Wind Energy (CDWE) in the Taiwanese offshore wind market. The crane will be installed on CDWE’s new DP3 heavy lift and installation vessel to be built in Taiwan, Green Jade, that will be deployed for both the Hai Long Offshore Wind Project and at Zhong Neng for Zhong Neng Wind Power…

The Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund managed by alternative asset firm TPG, has acquired approximately 1 gigawatt (GW) of solar PV projects from China-based Trina Solar. The solar PV projects included in the transaction are currently operational, under construction or in late stage development nearing ready-to-build status across Spain, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, and will serve as the first solar PV projects within the portfolio of newly created, Madrid-based Matrix Renewables. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. TPG and The Rise Fund are assembling a management team for Matrix Renewables and will leverage the firm’s investing and…

CS Energy has completed a portfolio of solar projects in Texas. At 32.7 MWdc, the portfolio will generate enough renewable energy to power more than 5,000 homes each year. The Texas portfolio is comprised of three separate properties: a 14.5 MW project located in Brooks County; a 7.3 MW site in McLennan County; and a 10.9 MW project in Menard County. 500 miles separate the three sites, which were developed simultaneously. The Brooks County project utilizes Sunfolding racking and the other two sites utilize Array Technologies trackers. CS Energy provided engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for all three sites and managed the project schedules to ensure the…

Equinor is leading a project to develop one of the first at-scale facilities to produce hydrogen from natural gas in combination with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project, called Hydrogen to Humber Saltend (H2H Saltend), provides the beginnings of a decarbonized industrial cluster in the Humber region, the UK’s largest by emissions. H2H Saltend supports the UK government’s aim to establish at least one low carbon industrial cluster by 2030 and the world’s first net zero cluster by 2040. It also paves the way for the vision set out by the Zero Carbon Humber alliance, which Equinor and its…

RP Construction Services (RPCS) and RECON Corporation have partnered to build 8MW of solar tracker projects in Illinois. RECON Corporation, a solar photovoltaic EPC contractor based in Michigan, will be building three ground mount solar tracker projects, utilizing the DuraTrack HZ v3 single-axis solar tracker from solar tracker manufacturer Array Technologies. The trackers will be supplied by RPCS, a partner of Array and turnkey design, supply, and build subcontractor. Array trackers keep the solar PV modules following the sun on its course throughout the day, optimizing energy gains and ensuring up to a 20 to 25% increase in energy production…