Author: Anela Dokso

H2Tec, clean energy solutions provider, has been selected to perform key upgrades to the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC)’s hydrogen production plant in Orkney. H2Tec, a subsidiary of Logan Energy, will perform the program upgrades as part of the €11.7 million project, ‘Integrating Tidal Energy into the European Grid (ITEG)’, funded by Interreg North-West Europe. The H2Tec scope of work includes improvements to the efficiency of the system by procuring, installing, pressure testing and commissioning an essential pipework control panel to connect newly generated hydrogen to on-site storage tanks. EMEC’s base in Orkney is a hub for renewable development and…

KB Home has become the first home builder to offer SunPower’s new OneRoof product at its Ashbury new-home community in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2011, KB Home partnered with SunPower to introduce the home builder’s first all-solar community. During the past 18 months, SunPower’s Research and Development team collaborated with KB Home to develop SunPower OneRoof. The new product features interlocking metal roof trays with integrated panel clips to install SunPower solar panels directly to the roof deck. “KB Home has once again demonstrated its leadership, and given our long-time partnership with the home builder, we are confident…

Iberdrola has launched a friendly takeover of 100 percent of the Australian renewables company Infigen Energy, in a A$ 840 million (€510 million) transaction. By acquiring a company that boasts 670 megawatts (MW) of wind power in operation – with seven wind farms – and a wind and solar project portfolio of 1 gigawatt (GW) at various stages of development, Iberdrola will rise to the top of the South Australian market in terms of installed capacity, with almost 1,000 MW. Manned by around 80 workers, this Australian company will also bring another 560 MW in operation through proprietary, leased and…

Heerema’s Heavy Lift Vessel Aegir has experienced a dropfall incident during jacket installation for the Changhua offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The incident took place on June 15, at 16.42 local time, Heerema informed. According to the company, the piling frame and pin pile have only suffered minimal damage, while there were no injuries nor the environmental impact. Work had just started on this project, and currently, foundation installation has been temporarily paused pending investigation. Aegir is in charge of installing 21 jacket foundations for the 109.2 MW Changhua project. The exact cause of the incident is yet unknown and will be…

Wärtsilä’s has received a contract to design and equip two new zero-emissions ferries, to be built for Norwegian operator Boreal Sjö at Holland Shipyards in the Netherlands. The Wärtsilä ship design is tailored to the operating and route profiles of the two double-ended shuttle ferries. Included in the design concept is the optimization of energy consumption. In addition to the design, for each ferry Wärtsilä will supply the thruster motors, batteries, onboard and shore-based battery charging equipment, the back-up generators, and various electrical systems. The equipment is scheduled for delivery to the yard in the beginning of 2021 and the…

Aqueos Corporation has completed a diving contract for support of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) generation project development in the U.S. Aqueos deployed an IMCA compliant diving system and personnel onto a 175′ class lift boat to support the work. The work consisted of trenching the HDD pull in conduit, installation of sealing flanges, pull-in monitoring operations and protecting the HDD exit site by installing 45-tons of washed local gravel. “We capitalized on our years of experience in the oilfields of the Gulf Of Mexico. The project execution by our experienced personnel using an Aqueos owned IMCA compliant diving…

Solar Steel, a division of the Gonvarri Industries, will supply three new projects in Japan with its RackSmarT fixed solar structure. The projects are 65MW, 15MW and 14MW in size, respectively located in Gunma, Fukushima and Tottori prefectures. The sum of these projects will generate enough energy to supply 47,600 homes. With these projects, Solar Steel will have supplied 13 photovoltaic plants in Japan totaling 383 MW of fixed structure. Solar Steel diverse supply chain allows to have the best relation quality, cost and delivery times for each project location.

Sunrun and Southern California Edison (SCE) have joined forces to launch one of the first residential energy storage virtual power plants in the United States. Beginning this month and continuing through mid-2021, Sunrun and SCE will network up to 300 of Sunrun’s Brightbox home solar and rechargeable battery systems across Southern California to demonstrate how clean energy stored in Sunrun Brightbox rechargeable solar battery systems can provide peaking capacity to the electrical grid for Southern California residents. “California is leading the way to 100% clean energy for all. We’re excited to work with SCE to bring the benefits of Brightbox…

SSE has made a final investment decision for the 103-turbine, 443MW Viking onshore wind farm, located in Shetland. Viking is wholly owned by SSE Renewables having been developed in partnership with Viking Energy Shetland. Once built it will be the largest onshore wind farm in the UK in terms of annual electricity output, which is expected to be around 1.9TWh each year, therefore playing a vital role in contributing towards the UK and Scotland’s net-zero targets. SSE now awaits the outcome of the consultation on Ofgem’s minded-to position to approve a 600MW transmission connection from Shetland to the GB mainland, expected in July 2020. Final approval from Ofgem was…

Færøysund live fish carrier is set to become one of the most environmentally friendly vessels of its kind, with the supply of ABB’s power and energy system. As the first live fish carrier to feature ABB hybrid power and propulsion solution with integral energy storage, Færøysund responds to a wider green shift in the maritime industry, with consumers demanding greater accountability in the food supply chain. The 77 meters-long diesel-electric vessel is being built at the Aas Mek. Verksted shipyard in Vestnes, Norway, for Nova Sea Service, one of Norway’s largest producers of Atlantic farmed salmon. Due delivery in September…