Author: Anela Dokso

Nova Innovation has celebrated its 10th birthday with the expansion of its tidal array. Nova Innovation installed its commercial direct-drive tidal turbine ‘Eunice’. The new turbine is already powering homes across Shetland. Nova has informed that the next generation of direct-drive turbine slashes the cost of tidal energy by a third – making tidal energy cost competitive with fossil fuels. Eunice is the first of three turbines set to double the size of the Shetland Tidal Array as part of the EnFAIT project. The EnFAIT project, now in its third year, has been driving the commercialization of the tidal energy…

Fluence, a Siemens and AES company, has acquired the digital intelligence platform of AMS, the provider of AI-enabled optimized bidding software for utility-scale storage and generation assets. The combination of the two companies’ technologies will help utilities, developers, and commercial and industrial customers optimize energy storage and flexible assets to deliver additional revenue, improve grid reliability and efficiency, and support the global transition to more sustainable and resilient power systems. AMS’ technology uses artificial intelligence, advanced price forecasting, portfolio optimization and market bidding to ensure energy storage and flexible generation assets are responding optimally to price signals sent by the market. The…

National Grid has, through its National Grid Ventures unit, launched National Grid Renewables, the new brand name for its US renewable energy business which includes solar, onshore wind and battery storage. National Grid Renewables is focused on accelerating the clean energy transition through developing, owning, and operating large-scale renewable energy assets across the United States. “National Grid has a critical role to play in the acceleration of a cleaner energy future, which is why we’re pleased to be launching National Grid Renewables to further underscore our commitment to reaching net-zero. In addition to being positive for our planet, developing new…

Inovateus Solar has, with its partners, formed Brilliant Capital, a solar project financing venture. Brilliant Capital is a joint undertaking of Middleburg Capital Development (MCD) and LogiKan Group and will augment the core capabilities of Inovateus’ development, engineering, procurement, and construction portfolio. The new venture will serve dual roles as system owner and operator as well as providing development capital for early and mid-stage solar projects. This highly integrated offering will accelerate Inovateus’ activity in commercial, industrial, municipal, and utility projects in the Midwest and throughout the United States. “Finding the right solar financing partner can be a huge and…

Tata Power has received a Letter of Award (LOA) from the Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) to develop a 100 MW solar project in Dholera Solar Park of Gujarat. The energy will be supplied to GUVNL under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), valid for a period of 25 years from scheduled commercial operation date. The project has to be commissioned within 15 months from the date of execution of the PPA. With this award, the cumulative capacity under development in Gujarat would be 620 MW out of which 400 MW will be in Dholera Solar Park. The plant is…

OG&E, the electric utility subsidiary of OGE Energy, has completed construction of two 5 MW solar energy farms in southeast Oklahoma. In February, the company announced it would build the two solar energy centers, one in Davis, Oklahoma, and one in Durant, Oklahoma, to help meet the renewable energy needs of the Chickasaw Nation and the Choctaw Nation respectively. Both tribes have purchased approximately 50% of each energy center’s solar output through OG&E’s solar tariff. The remaining solar capacity was made available to all customers. With the new solar farms now energized, approximately 4,600 customers are subscribed to OG&E Solar…

Altus Power America has welcomed Nicholas Minekime as a managing director to help lead origination, business development and acquisitions. Prior to joining Altus, he was director of Deal Development & Execution at True Green Capital, where he was instrumental in driving growth in solar assets, with particular focus on community solar where Nicholas built out an origination and servicing platform for over 13,000 customers. Before True Green Capital, Nicholas lead solar asset investments in Capricorn Investment Group, where he was also involved in closing investments in Tesla Motors, DEPCOM Power and TerraForm Power. Throughout his career, Nicholas has been involved…

Waves Group is providing Marine Warranty Surveyor services for Dogger Bank offshore wind farm, which is being developed in three phases known as Dogger Bank A, B and C. The company’s is providing Marine Warranty Surveyor services for Dogger Bank A, which involves the installation of foundations, infield cables, WTG, export cables and one offshore substation and the foundation for Dogger Bank B. Associated operations include loadouts, installations and pulling in cables to both foundations and substations. The contract already started and will continue through to the WTG installation phase in 2023. Located 130km off the east coast of England,…

OWC has identified geohazards that developers should address following a study of the geological conditions of the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea. This summer, representatives of the Polish government and wind energy industry signed a letter of intent on cooperation for development of offshore wind power in Poland. The goal is to install 28GW of new installed capacity by 2050. Today, Poland does not have any offshore wind farms, but aims to have installed circa 4 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and is working on a maritime spatial plan that is intended to add additional area for offshore…

Altus Power America has recently completed the construction of a 7.5 MW ground-mounted solar system in Ewa, Hawaii. Altus Power partnered with developer Environmental Chemical Corporation (ECC) and with EPC contractor, REC Solar Commercial Corporation. The project will generate over 12,400 megawatt hours of electricity during its first year of operation. The output from the project is purchased by Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO), pursuant to a Public Utilities Commission (PUC)-approved Feed-In Tariff Tier III Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The 20-year PPA will further reduce the State’s carbon footprint and contribute to Hawai’i’s goal of generating 100% of its electricity from…