Author: Anela Dokso

First Solar has supplied its advanced Series 6 photovoltaic (PV) solar modules to JP Energie Environnement (JPee) to power its 59-megawatt (MW)DC Labarde solar power plant. The facility, believed to be the largest urban solar PV power plant in Europe, is being built on the site of a former open-air municipal landfill in Bordeaux in South West France. The land was designated as a wasteland, unfit for residential or commercial buildings, or agricultural use. JPee, however, secured a 35-year lease for the 600,000-square meter site and began developing the Labarde solar project, which was selected under successive rounds of the…

Liebherr and MCCtec Rostock have signed a contract with Aibel for the delivery of a cylinder-luffing crane, type RL 2600-35 Lit for DolWin epsilon platform. The company TenneT TSO commissioned Aibel to build the offshore platform DolWin epsilon on which the Liebherr crane will be used for supply and maintenance tasks on the German North Sea. The RL 2600-35 Lit is a weight-optimized and compact designed offshore crane. It is the ideal equipment for small platforms, where space is limited. The RL 2600-35 Lit has a box boom with a maximum working outreach of 52 meters and a maximum lifting…

OYA Solar has closed a $35 million construction and interconnection financing from NY Green Bank, that will support the construction of three community solar projects in New York state. The first, a 6.8 MWDC project in Constable, New York, is already under construction. OYA expects the three projects to be placed in service early next year and they will be the first in a 100 MWDC portfolio that OYA intends to construct through the end of 2021. Together, the entire portfolio will provide 155 GWh annually, enough to power approximately 39,000 homes annually with clean energy, to a wide variety…

Worley has secured a contract to provide the early front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) for the first two carbon capture units at Drax Group’s power station in North Yorkshire, UK. Each unit is expected to capture approximately 4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. The carbon capture units will incorporate the negative emissions process scheme, Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS). Drax has piloted BECCS which generates renewable electricity while permanently removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Worley’s work includes developing the plant layout, cost estimation and schedules for FEED and detailed engineering, procurement and construction. It will…

CHANEL has committed $35 million toward solar energy projects for low-income multifamily households with Sunrun. The partnership will expand access to solar for nearly 30,000 low-income residents across California, offering families on average up to $40 to $50 a month in energy cost savings. CHANEL’s investment will also support more than 20,000 hours of job training in the first year, offering valuable vocational skills and certifications to hundreds of people in disadvantaged communities. Through the partnership, CHANEL and Sunrun will install approximately 30 megawatts of solar energy systems on affordable multifamily properties throughout California. This investment is part of CHANEL’s…

LONGi has supplied 11.7MW of innovative solar modules to a PV plant within the Parque Fotovoltaico Libertadores in Los Andes Province, Chile, which is now supplying electricity to the local grid. LONGi was selected as the sole module supplier for the project. The plant, covering 24.4 hectares, was developed by D ‘E Capital and constructed by EPC company Orion Power, with an investment of $12 million. There are 28,720 units of LONGi high-efficiency solar modules deployed at this PMGD (Pequeños Medios de Generación Distribuidos) project, with a projected service life of 30 years. “Today we are inaugurating a PV plant…

Vortex Energy, a global renewable energy platform managed by Beaufort Investments, has completed the sale of its controlling and managing stake in Vortex Solar (Vortex III), a 365MW solar PV portfolio, acquired in 2017 from TerraForm Power, at an enterprise value of circa GBP 500 million. The stake was sold to TNB International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), an existing shareholder in the business and one of South East Asia’s largest utilities with an installed capacity of circa 15GWs globally. Vortex III is one of the largest standalone portfolios in the UK, with an average asset…

Energy company Eneco has become a member of the Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports (AYOP) association, which represents over 85 companies and organizations active in the North Sea Canal region with a focus on the offshore sector. Eneco sees membership of AYOP as an ideal way to work with regional players in the maintenance and operation of its existing wind farms as well as the Hollandse Kust Noord farm, recently awarded to CrossWind, a joint venture consortium between Shell Nederland and Eneco. CrossWind aims to have the new wind farm operational by 2023. Hollandse Kust Noord will have an installed total…

SeaTwirl has signed letters of intent (LOI) with two specialist companies for the development and manufacturing of composite parts for struts and blades as well bearing solutions to the company’s wind turbine named S2. The intent is to develop cost efficient and robust solutions for the S2 and to enter into long-term cooperation agreements. For the struts and blades, SeaTwirl will cooperate with Elitkomposit which is based Uddevalla, Sweden. They are specialists in the development and manufacturing of composite solutions and delivers, among others, to high demanding customers in the defense and space industries. For the bearing solution, the cooperation…

Nuvve Corporation and Blue Bird Corporation have made available the Blue Bird’s Vision Type C and All American Type D electric school buses enabled with Nuvve’s vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. Both Blue Bird bus types are now equipped with a standard CCS connector capable of V2G charging and discharging of the 155kWh batteries that allow up to 120 miles of range on a single charge. With Nuvve’s latest V2G 60kW DC CCS charging station, the buses can be fully charged in approximately three hours. This charging solution fully complies with new V2G interconnection regulations and meets UL-1741-SA certification requirements specifically mandated…