Author: Anela Dokso

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (Atlantic Shores), the 50-50 joint venture between EDF Renewables North America and Shell New Energies US, has submitted its proposal to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to supply the state with up to 2,300 MW of renewable wind energy. New Jersey seeks to award between 1,200 MW and 2,400 MW of offshore wind energy projects as part of its second solicitation. Atlantic Shores estimates their first project would be completed as early as 2027 and if awarded, the largest sized project in its bid could yield a 16% reduction in New Jersey’s carbon dioxide…

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has invested up to $128 million in funding for research and development of sustainable transportation resources and technologies, subject to the availability of appropriated funds. Split between three separate funding opportunity announcements (FOAs), the investment supports DOE’s goal of ensuring that American families have greater choice in how their transportation energy needs are met. The announcement was made by Deputy Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes when visiting a new hydrogen fueling station in Washington, D.C. “As the transportation sector and our mobility needs continue to evolve, it is important that we support technological solutions…

Van Oord has been selected by RWE as the preferred supplier for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the monopile foundations and array cables for Sofia offshore wind farm. The 1.4 GW Sofia is sited on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea 195 kilometres from the North East coast, where Van Oord, through its UK branch MPI Offshore, will create a logistics hub to deliver the comprehensive scope of work. Van Oord will deploy its offshore installation vessel Aeolus to install the 100 extended monopile foundations without transition pieces, while the 350 kilometres of array cables will…

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has provided $33 million in funding to support innovative hydrogen and fuel cell research & development (R&D), infrastructure supply chain development and validation, and cost analysis activities. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) builds upon existing efforts funded by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office to reduce cost, improve performance, and strengthen a domestic supply chain for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and applications. Activities that result from this FOA will support the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) H2@Scale vision and leverage capabilities at DOE National Labs through close collaboration with the…

OWC, AqualisBraemar’s wholly-owned renewables arm, has appointed Paul Hatfield to bolster its engineering team as principal foundations engineer. Paul’s main focus will be leading the competencies in interface and design management, and initially working on projects in the UK and Taiwan. “We are delighted to have Paul join us at this time. As the offshore wind market grows at pace, recruiting great people gets harder, not easier. Paul has worked closely with us in the past, most recently on a Taiwanese offshore wind project, and so we were very aware of his expertise and reputation and knew he would fit…

Representatives from RES have recently participated in a solar build educational event through GRID Alternatives’ Tribal PV Internship Program. This program brings together Native Americans from reservations across the country and provides them with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience on active solar job sites, complete OSHA 10 safety training, and connect with people from companies in the solar industry. During the visit to the GRID Alternatives’ Tribal Program PV job site in Boulder, Colorado, representatives from RES’ Diversity & Inclusion Team made a $3,500 donation to the program, introduced ten interns to RES and discussed career options in the…

TenneT has, together with its partners Statnett and KfW, put NordLink, the Green Cable for the exchange of Norwegian hydropower and German wind energy into trial operation. This is associated with the entry of the interconnector into the European electricity market. “NordLink is a beacon project of the energy transition and an important step in the integration of renewable energies into the electricity market. Today, we have directly connected the electricity markets of Norway and Germany for the first time. The Green Cable is calculated to be able to supply around 3.6 million households with climate-neutral energy. Norwegian hydropower and…

In 2020, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the U.S. energy sector could be 11% lower than in 2019, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data through August and EIA estimates for September through December. According to values published in EIA’s December Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA expects CO2 emissions in 2020 to fall by 19% for coal, by 13% for petroleum, and by 2% for natural gas. Many of this year’s changes in energy-related CO2 emissions are attributable to the economic and behavioral effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on energy consumption. EIA calculates energy-related CO2 emissions by multiplying…

Clearway Energy Group has started construction on six of its Illinois community solar projects, totaling 18 MW of Clearway’s 60 MW Illinois community solar portfolio. The projects are part of an 18-project, 54 MW portfolio sold to Clearway in 2019 under a master purchase agreement with Cypress Creek Renewables, which acted as the originator and early-stage developer for the majority of Clearway’s Illinois community solar portfolio. Clearway recently announced that four other Illinois community solar projects from this master purchase agreement have broken ground on construction as well. “Community solar is uniquely positioned to give everyone access to clean, cost-saving…

SSEN Transmission has awarded a contract to GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business to manufacture, deliver and commission a 420 kilovolt (kV) Green Gas for Grid (g³) gas-insulated substation (GIS) at its new Kintore 400 kV substation in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This will support SSEN Transmission in moving a step closer to reaching its carbon reduction targets by building the transmission infrastructure necessary to connect and transport renewable energy, while avoiding the addition of about 350,000 tons of CO₂ equivalent to the grid. The 420 kV g³ circuit breaker at the core of the substation is being co-funded over a two-year…