Author: Anela Dokso

MHI Vestas has moved in to Able Seaton Port (ASP) in Hartlepool ready to install 90 of its V164-9.5 MW turbines at the Triton Knoll project in Q1 2021. ASP will serve as the turbine logistics and pre-assembly hub for the project, with components expected to arrive from next month. Turbine tower sections, blades and nacelles will be marshalled and pre-assembled at ASP, before being loaded onto vessels for transport to the wind farm. Triton Knoll, the 857 MW offshore wind farm, is being built by RWE Renewables in partnership with J-Power and Kansai Electric Power, and is RWE’s most…

Maid of the Mist has launched new generation of iconic ferries, running purely on sustainable power enabled by ABB. The pair of vessels installed with all-electric propulsion from ABB have been approved to enter service on October 6, 2020. The zero-emission ferries named the James V. Glynn and the Nikola Tesla, respectively in honor of the Maid of the Mist chairman and the renowned energy pioneer – are the first all-electric vessels built in the US, with power drawn from a high-capacity battery pack supplied and integrated by ABB. In addition to batteries, ABB has supplied a comprehensive integrated power…

The International Energy Agency and the European Patent Office (EPO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on bilateral cooperation with the aim of promoting innovation in sustainable energy technologies. Under the MoU, the two organizations will publish a series of joint studies over the next three years to inform policymakers and the public about technology trends in areas that are critical for the energy transition and climate change mitigation. The EPO and IEA published their first joint report, Innovation in batteries and electricity storage, revealing that over the past decade, patenting activity in these technologies grew four times faster…

Vestas has introduced low-wind variant suited for India’s wind market and expanded its production footprint in the country. The global demand for sustainable energy solutions in low and ultra-low wind areas continues to grow as renewable technology improves in efficiency and cost. This trend is especially prominent in India, the world’s fourth largest wind energy market, where the energy demand is expected to double and the government intends to add around 100 GW wind power in the predominantly low-wind market by 2030. While the new turbine is globally applicable, it initially targets low and ultra-low wind condition projects in India…

RWE has started commercial operation of the Cranell wind farm, a 220-megawatt (MW) project, located in Refugio County, Texas. The project is powered by 100 Vestas 2.2 MW turbines and will have the capacity to generate enough electricity to power more than 66,000 homes. With the addition of Cranell, RWE operates 25 onshore wind farms in the U.S. with a total installed capacity of more than 4,200 MW (RWE’s pro rata share is about 3,600 MW). The project represents an investment of $250 million in the South Texas region. Cranell is the second of RWE’s U.S. onshore wind projects to…

Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Tilbury has unveiled its largest solar roof top installation in Europe. The building has 2 million sq. ft. of operating space – equivalent to 28 football pitches – and has been fitted with more than 11,500 module solar panels which generate the equivalent amount of electricity required to power 700 homes for one year. “At Amazon, we are putting our scale and our inventive culture to work on sustainability and protecting the environment. We are proud of the fact that Amazon has a goal to power our global infrastructure using 100% renewable energy, and this solar…

Brookfield Renewable Partners has made several senior appointments. Mark Carney, who recently joined Brookfield Asset Management as vice chair and global head of ESG and Impact Investing, has been named a vice chair of Brookfield Renewable. Connor Teskey has been appointed CEO of Brookfield Renewable. Having been with Brookfield since 2012, Teskey has most recently served as Brookfield Renewable’s chief investment officer. In that role, he has been instrumental in developing and implementing the business’ growth strategy. Sachin Shah, currently CEO of Brookfield Renewable, has been named chief investment officer for Brookfield Asset Management. While Shah will relinquish his role…

Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG), Siemens’ Smart Infrastructure (SI) and Financial Services (SFS) groups have formed Calibrant Energy (Calibrant), a joint venture that offers comprehensive onsite Energy as a Service (EaaS) solutions at no up-front cost for its customers. Calibrant Energy offers a combination of technical, operating, and risk management expertise that enables customers to access the benefits of on-site energy systems with a new level of simplicity. Using an EaaS model, Calibrant will build onsite energy solutions that seek to deliver immediate cost savings, cost certainty, resilience and low-cost energy grid augmentation. Calibrant’s technologies will include solar, integrated solar-battery…

Enel Green Power Chile (EGP Chile) is collaborating with AME, ENAP, Siemens Energy and Porsche, on the installation of a pilot plant for green hydrogen production through an electrolyzer fueled by wind energy in Cabo Negro, in the Magallanes Region. The development is subject to the approval of local authorities and finalization of the financing structure. The facility is expected to be commissioned in 2022, making it the first plant of its kind to produce green hydrogen in Chile as well as one of the largest in Latin America. “Green hydrogen can truly play a major role in the energy…

OHT ASA has, through its wholly owned subsidiary VIND Offshore Installation 1, signed the complete shipbuilding contract with China Merchants Industry Holdings, for the construction of the first of two turbine installation vessels. The vessels, currently referred to as VIND 1&2, will be of GustoMSC NG-14000XL-G design. They will be designed and built specifically to install the future-generations of offshore wind turbines and XL monopiles, and will operate with significant reductions in their environmental footprints. The company primarily announced the contract in July 2020. The vessels will be capable of efficiently installing in water depths up to 65 meters. The…